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Northern Graphite (TSXV: NGC) CEO Hugues Jacquemin joins Kitco Mining’s Paul Harris at Future Minerals Forum 2026 in Riyadh just minutes after signing a $200 million agreement to build a battery anode materials plant in Saudi Arabia. Jacquemin outlines how the joint venture with Obeikan Investment Group came together after a year of work, saying, “We spent about a year working together on crafting...

First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM; OTCQX: FQVLF) President and CEO Tristan Pascal joins Kitco Mining’s Paul Harris at Future Minerals Forum 2026 in Riyadh as copper trades near $6 per pound. Pascal explains that copper is increasingly being driven by a structural gap between supply and demand. Electrification, renewable energy, electric vehicles, data centers, and AI-driven grid upgrades are acceler...

Highlander Silver (TSXV: HSLV) President and CEO Daniel Earle joins Kitco Mining’s Investment Trends with Paul Harris to break down silver’s explosive move into the end of 2025 and the company’s decision to scale aggressively into the next phase of the cycle. With silver up roughly 170% last year and far outperforming gold, Earle says the move follows the typical structure of precious metals bull...

Gold Royalty (NYSE American: GROY) CEO and Chairman David Garofalo joins Kitco Mining’s Paul Harris to outline why the macro forces driving gold higher remain firmly in place as 2026 begins, and how those dynamics are reshaping the royalty and streaming sector. Garofalo links gold’s strength to decades of currency debasement, record global debt, and persistently negative real interest rates, argui...

Collective Mining (TSX: CNL; NYSE American: CNL) Executive Chair Ari Sussman joins Kitco Mining’s Investment Trends with Paul Harris to reflect on a breakout 2025 and outline what could drive the next phase at the Guayabales Project in Colombia. At Apollo, Sussman explains that the discovery of the deeper RAMP zone has reignited growth at depth with higher-grade, bulk-style mineralization after th...

Greg Orrell, Portfolio Manager at OCM Gold Fund, joins Kitco Mining’s Paul Harris to break down why the precious metals market enters 2026 in uncharted territory. With gold closing in on $4,500/oz and silver pushing through $80/oz at the time of recording, Orrell highlights how unusual the move has been, noting that “the gold price went up every single month in 2025,” something he says has not hap...

Syntholene Energy (TSXV: ESAF) CEO Dan Sutton says the company’s synthetic jet fuel strategy is built on proven industrial execution, supported by a board with deep mining, uranium, and infrastructure experience. Newly listed on the TSXV, Syntholene is positioning itself as a next-generation fuel producer using geothermal heat to drive high-temperature electrolysis and deliver a major cost advanta...

In his final interview as CEO of Newmont (NYSE: NEM; TSX: NGT), Tom Palmer joins Kitco Mining’s Paul Harris to reflect on the decade that reshaped the world’s largest gold producer. Palmer steps down on December 31 after steering the company through the Goldcorp integration, the COVID era, cost inflation, and the landmark acquisition of Newcrest. He says the Newmont he is handing to incoming CEO N...

Discovery Silver (TSX: DSV; OTCQX: DSVSF) President & CEO Tony Makuch joins Kitco Mining at the 2025 NBC Capital Markets CEO Mining Conference to break down Discovery’s dramatic transformation. The acquisition of Newmont’s Porcupine complex has turned the company from a silver developer into a cash-flowing, Ontario-based gold producer with major growth potential. Makuch says the deal “unlocks...

Lundin Gold (TSX: LUG) President and CEO Jamie Beck joins Kitco Mining at the 2025 NBF CEO Mining Conference in London to discuss his transition into the role and the next phase of growth at the high-grade Fruta del Norte mine in Ecuador. With $4,000 gold, strong free cash flow, and a debt-free balance sheet, the company continues to return capital through a fixed $300 million dividend and a varia...

Aya Gold and Silver (TSX: AYA) CEO Benoit La Salle joins Kitco Mining’s Investment Trends to discuss the company’s record performance and expanding footprint in Morocco. The company remains the only pure silver producer in the sector, anchored by the Zgounder mine, where a new 2,700 tonne per day plant has lifted total capacity to about 3,700 tonnes per day. The ramp-up helped deliver strong third...

Solaris Resources (TSX: SLS; NYSE American: SLS) President and CEO Matthew Rowlinson joins Kitco Mining at the 2025 NBF CEO Mining Conference in London to discuss the new pre-feasibility study and maiden reserve for the Warintza Project in Ecuador. The study outlines 240,000 tons per year of copper equivalent for the first 15 years, a $1.07 per pound C1 cash cost, an NPV of $4.6 billion, a 26 perc...

Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) CEO Paul Rollinson joins Kitco Mining at the NBF CEO Mining Conference in London to discuss another solid year for the company. Kinross reported 500,000 ounces of gold equivalent in Q3, lifting its cash position above US$1.7 billion, delivering almost US$700 million in free cash flow, and becoming net cash on the balance sheet. The company increased its dividend by...

New Gold (TSX: NGD; NYSE American: NGD) CEO Patrick Godin joins Kitco Mining at the 2025 NBC Capital Markets CEO Mining Conference in London to break down a year defined by a full operational turnaround and a proposed merger with Coeur Mining. New Gold delivered one of the strongest quarters in the sector, producing more than 115,000 ounces of gold and 12 million pounds of copper while cutting all...

Aris Mining (TSX: ARIS; NYSE American: ARMN) CEO Neil Woodyer joins Kitco Mining at the 2025 NBF CEO Mining Conference in London to break down a pivotal month for the company, including the landmark settlement of its long-running international arbitration with the government of Colombia. As Woodyer explains, “It now has a very clear legal obligation spelled out in many pages and many subpages,” ma...

Artemis Gold (TSXV: ARTG; OTCQX: ARGTF) Executive Chair Steven Dean says Blackwater is generating exceptional margins as the company accelerates its next stages of growth. Speaking with Kitco Mining at the NBF CEO Mining Conference in London, Dean says “we’re in a very fortunate position to have significant organic growth,” noting all-in sustaining costs of about $840 per ounce and a margin of mor...

AbraSilver Resource Corp. (TSXV: ABRA; OTCQX: ABBRF) CEO John Miniotis says the Diablillos silver gold project is entering its strongest development window yet as Argentina’s new RGI regime reshapes project economics. Speaking with Kitco Mining at the NBF CEO Mining Conference in London, Miniotis says, “RGI has been an absolute game changer for Argentina as a whole, and specifically for our projec...

McEwen Copper Vice President and General Manager Michael Meding joins Kitco Mining at the NBF CEO Mining Conference in London to discuss the new feasibility study for the Los Azules copper project in San Juan, Argentina. Meding says the country’s new RIGI fiscal regime “recovers lost trust in Argentina” by restoring clear, long-term legal and tax stability. The study outlines annual production of...

Mining M&A and financing activity continue to accelerate, according to Elian Terner, Managing Director and Head of Global Mining and Metals Investment Banking at National Bank Capital Markets. Speaking with Kitco Mining at the NBF CEO Mining Conference in London, Terner said, “This year was a record year for us” as developer financing reopened, generalist investors returned to the sector, and...

First Majestic Silver (NYSE: AG; TSX: FR) President and CEO Keith Neumeyer joins Kitco Mining at the 2025 NBF CEO Mining Conference in London to discuss how the acquisition of Gatos Silver has transformed the company. With silver near $50 per ounce, First Majestic expects to produce about 32 million silver equivalent ounces in 2025, making this its strongest balance sheet in 22 years. Neumeyer say...

Foran Mining (TSX: FOM; OTCQX: FMCXF) is preparing to bring Canada’s next copper mine online. Executive Chair Dan Myerson joins Kitco Mining at the 2025 NBF CEO Mining Conference in London to give an update on the McIlvenna Bay build in Saskatchewan. Phase one carries an $800 million capital cost and is set to produce 65 million pounds of copper per year starting February 2026. Despite port closur...

Highlander Silver (TSX: HSLV) President and CEO Daniel Earle says the silver cycle remains in the early stages, with the gold-silver ratio still near 80:1. He notes the sector is trending toward a typical halving of that ratio across a full bull market cycle. “It reached a peak of 106/107:1,” Earle said, adding that silver should continue to outperform if global growth accelerates in 2026. In Octo...

West Point Gold (TSXV: WPG; OTCQB: WPGCF) CEO Quentin Mai says the company’s latest drill results confirm the scale and grade potential of its Gold Chain Project in Arizona’s Walker Lane trend. Speaking with Kitco Mining’s Investment Trends, Mai said the team believes it is chasing “a world-class deposit,” citing an October intercept of 32 meters grading 3.17 g/t gold, part of a structure that has...

Americas Gold and Silver Corporation (TSX: USA; NYSE American: USAS) CEO Paul Huet speaks with Kitco Mining’s Paul Harris about the transformation of the Galena Mine in Idaho and the company’s return to growth across its U.S. and Mexico operations. Huet says his first goal was to rebuild the foundations for success. “If we want to turn that around, we've got to fix the mine. In order to do th...

New Found Gold (TSXV: NFG; NYSE-A: NFGC) is advancing its high-grade Queensway project in Newfoundland at a time when gold is trading near $3,900 an ounce. Speaking with Kitco Mining’s Investment Trends, CEO Keith Boyle highlighted the project’s strong leverage to price. “At $2,500, our internal rate of return would be 56% and our NPV over $700 million. But at $3,300, we ran the numbers and got to...