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Bill Powers interviews Joe Mazumdar of Exploration Insights about Q1 2026 results from major gold miners, focusing on Newmont’s 16% year-over-year production decline alongside a much higher realized gold price, modestly higher AISC, expanding EBITDA margins, and sharply higher free cash flow that is being directed to dividends and buybacks rather than major growth CapEx. Mazumdar argues reserve growth has relied on mega-mergers while organic reserve replacement and new-project spending remain limited, supporting higher commodity prices. The discussion then shifts to capital-cost blowouts at South32’s Hermosa/Taylor project and the negative-NPV PEA from Arizona Metals, emphasizing recurring risks in underground projects and how majors can absorb overruns unlike juniors. They cover Kodiak/Teck’s Arizona copper SpinCo concept, Trump’s proposed critical minerals “project vault” and price floors, and criminal fraud charges tied to altered assays at a junior, concluding with board oversight and compensation incentives.

00:00 Intro
00:16 Newmont Q1 Results Breakdown
01:16 Margins Surge on Gold Price
03:35 Cash Returns vs Reserve Growth
05:54 Do Majors Still Explore
08:48 Why Divest Small Mines
12:21 Incentives Drive Strategy
16:00 South32 Hermosa Capex Blowout
23:13 Arizona Metals PEA Shock
27:31 Underground Project Pitfalls
28:54 Supply Crunch and M&A
30:57 Arizona Copper Spinco
34:37 Founder Shares Concerns
36:32 Critical Metals Project Vault
41:14 Assay Fraud and Enforcement
45:00 Board Pay and Incentives
48:58 Newsletter and Site Visits

Joe Mazumdar’s website: https://www.explorationinsights.com/
Follow Joe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoeMazumdar

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In this month’s Junior Mining Insights discussion, Bill Powers and Brian Leni bring back the ‘Shady, Scam or Strategic?’ segment. Three recent questionable actions by CEOs and directors in the junior mining sector are discussed. The duo also shares firsthand experiences with lying CEOs and scumbag directors. The episode concludes with chat about developers and the DCF dilemma?!

00:00 Intro
0:53 Shady CEO?
5:26 BCSC scam?
8:08 Lying CEO?
10:26 Mistaken Trust!
14:55 Dirty Director?
20:02 Scamming Execs?
26:30 Shady Projections?
29:11 Stealing CEO?
35:40 DCF Dilemma!

Press Releases discussed:
https://www.bcsc.bc.ca/about/media-room/news-releases/2026/23-ceo-pays-bcsc-25000-for-late-insider-reports
https://www.emeritaresources.com/news-and-media/news-releases/emerita-resources-corp-discloses-osc-application-for-enforcement-proceeding-regarding-historical-matters
https://canexmetals.ca/site/assets/files/5359/gold_basin_nr_26-3_termination_of_charles_straw_final.pdf

Brian’s website: https://www.juniorstockreview.com/
Brian’s YT: https://www.youtube.com/@FIELD_NOTES
Bill’s Twitter: https://x.com/MiningStockEdu

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Pro investor David Erfle provides commentary about gold, silver, and junior miners after a sharp correction. Erfle says the current “boring” 2–3-month consolidation is bullish base-building after roughly 200% moves in GDX/GDXJ, noting relative strength in the TSX Venture and miners versus silver, and COMEX open interest at 20-year lows as gold rises without heavy speculator leverage. He highlights strong central-bank physical buying and dollar diversification (including China’s continued purchases). Erfle discusses his approach of accumulating and trimming positions, his 23-stock junior portfolio and watchlist, a preference for earlier-stage sub-$150M market-cap names, due-diligence red flags for late-stage developers, and why Newmont’s strong earnings and free cash flow are positive for the sector, while also addressing insider selling and subscriber concerns.

00:00 Intro
00:26 Gold Silver Pullback
00:59 Bullish Consolidation Signs
03:33 Comex & Central Banks
06:26 Accumulate Juniors
08:15 Trim Profits Strategy
10:36 Developer Due Diligence
11:31 Early-Stage Focus
13:00 Newmont Earnings Impact
16:42 Insider Selling Signals
18:04 Subscriber Questions
22:09 Disciplined Seling

David’s website: https://juniorminerjunky.com/

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Rick Rule discusses recent mining M&A including G Mining’s acquisition of G2 Goldfields, which Rule views as uniquely accretive due to roughly $1B in 10-year operating and capital synergies from developing a unified district. They also cover Agnico Eagle’s consolidation in Finland as a logical infrastructure-leveraging deal, its disciplined per-share accretion framework, and its junior investments as a “farm team” to gain toeholds and information advantages. Rule warns lithium is not scarce and sees many deposits chasing limited build capital, while noting uncertainty around direct lithium extraction. He argues Middle East energy shocks will most benefit uranium via energy-security policy shifts, explains factors in assessing mine builds and capital stacks, describes traits of elite geologists, and outlines his free natural-resource portfolio review service.

00:00 Intro
00:36 Rule Symposium Preview
03:40 G Mining Buys G2
06:29 Agnico Consolidates Finland
10:03 Agnico Junior Farm Team
13:52 Lithium M&A and DLE Risks
18:23 Middle East Shock Boosts Uranium
20:37 Can Juniors Build Mines
24:33 Spotting Elite Geologists
36:30 NextGen Uranium Premium
42:40 Portfolio Reviews and Wrap Up
43:58 Outro and Disclaimers

Rule Symposium July 6-10 in Boca Rotan, FL: https://cvent.me/XOqdLa?via=mse

If you would like Rick to review your mining stock portfolio reach out to him at:
https://ruleinvestmentmedia.com/

Rule Investment Media YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/@RuleInvestmentMedia

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“Drilling at Eau Claire continues to reinforce resource continuity and demonstrate resource growth potential outside of the current block model between resource blocks in shallow previously untested areas,” commented Tim Clark, CEO of Fury Gold Mines. “Phase 2 drilling will continue to de-risk and expand Eau Claire, as we focus on connecting the current mineral resource outside of the PEA mineable portion to bring more of the existing gold ounces into a future development scenario, unlocking additional value for shareholders.”

Tim Clark, CEO of Fury Gold Mines, provides an update on the advancements at the Eau Claire gold project in northern Quebec as well as an overall corporate update along with SVP Bryan Atkinson.

0:00 Introduction
0:23 Drill results
1:59 Expansion potential
3:03 Talent acquisition
4:50 Bryan’s new venture
7:00 Resource update
8:21 Treasury
9:27 Catalysts

Sponsor: https://furygoldmines.com/
Ticker: FURY
Press Release discussed: https://furygoldmines.com/fury-intercepts-12-50-g-t-gold-over-7-02-metres-outside-theeau-claire-block-model/

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