Eric Sprott discusses the precious metals and the factors that influenced prices over the past week.

Eric Sprott discusses current global events and how they impact gold and silver prices. He also mentions what he learned this week at the Kirkland Lake annual meeting.

Eric Sprott discusses the factors that drove precious metals prices over the past week.

Josh Phair, CEO of Scottsdale Mint, joins us to discuss the current dynamics of the gold and silver markets as well as the terrific products offered by Scottsdale Mint.

Richard Hayes is CEO of The Perth Mint. In this episode, he answers questions about Perth Mint products as well as global gold supply and demand trends.

Chris Howard is Executive Director in charge of the bullion division at The Royal Mint in the U.K.

On the surface, activity in precious metals markets was subdued during the week ended Friday, April 26.

We believe a new gold mining mergers and acquisitions (M&A) cycle has been ignited, and we expect this merger boom to accelerate over the next several years.

“Modestly,” because spot gold traded essentially flat, declining 0.1% to $1,290.35, in concert with flat 10-year Treasury yields (down 1 basis point).