Sprott's Thoughts

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).

The big central banks are all on the same page, blaming those nasty “external forces” for economic slowdowns

Gold provides the capacity to remove virtually unlimited amounts of capital from the vagaries of the global financial system at a moment’s notice.

Gold recovered the $1,300 level and came off lows of the month as the dollar weakened and as Brexit jitters permeated investor sentiment.

We believe that gold bullion and gold mining equities may be poised for a multi-year uptrend.

Volatility in global equity markets, the outlook for the Federal Reserve and a weakening dollar, pushed gold out of the doldrums for the year.

Gold is being watched like a hawk as volatility extends its topsy-turvy ride through the global equity markets.

As part of Rule’s ongoing “Know-Who” interview series, Beaty outlines the strategies he employed over the past decades to find success in building resource companies.