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Fred Bell, CEO and Director, of Elemental Royalty Corporation (NASDAQ: ELE) (TSX: ELE), joins me to review the acquisition of 5 streams and royalties for US$290 Million from Orion Mine Finance Management LP, and the strategic divestment of the Generation Business to Carlin East. We also discuss the long-life assets in their top 8-10 assets, as well as the organic growth profile in front of the company over the next few years.
 
Acquisition of Stream and Royalty Portfolio: Elemental has entered into definitive agreements to acquire a high-quality portfolio of precious metals assets consisting of five streams and royalties for total consideration of US$290 million, with US$200 million in cash and US$90 million in equity to Orion Mine Finance Management LP. The portfolio is expected to be immediately accretive to NAV per share, materially accretive to revenue per share, increases the Company's precious metals weighting and adds material exposure in North America.
Strategic Divestment and Simplification: in conjunction with the portfolio acquisition, Elemental announces that it has entered into a non-binding agreement with Carlin East Inc., wherein Carlin East will acquire Elemental's Generation Business comprising wholly-owned exploration projects and will take on management and shared ownership of the Company's Option Agreements and selected early stage exploration royalties related to the Generation Business. As consideration for the transaction, Elemental will acquire a cornerstone equity stake in Carlin East, and CEO and Director, David M. Cole, has resigned to take up a leadership position at Carlin East.
 
Highlights
Immediately accretive stream and royalty portfolio acquisition materially increases Elemental's revenue, scale and exposure to high-quality producing precious metals assets, further adding to the Company's growth profile
Enhances portfolio quality and diversification, Ruby Hill and Kouroussa will rank in the top five and top ten assets respectively in Elemental's portfolio, and increase the Company's exposure to Tier 1 jurisdictions.
Strategic Divestment of Generation Business allows Elemental to retain the existing portfolio of over 100 early-stage royalties accumulated over more than a decade and to participate as the largest shareholder in future royalty generation through ownership of Carlin East
Reduction in Elemental G&A by over 25% with additional savings expected and streamlined company structure
 
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Alex Langer, President and CEO of Sierra Madre Gold And Silver (TSXV: SM) (OTCQX: SMDRF), joins us to review the ramp up in throughput in operations at the La Guitarra silver-gold mine complex in Mexico, which includes 3 producing mines:  La Guitarra, Coloso, and Nazareno.   We look ahead to the ongoing 2-phase plant expansion and upcoming increased 30,000 meters of drilling planned across the La Guitarra District slated to begin here in Q4.  Additionally, we discussed the path forward at the recently acquired Del Toro mining complex, and the increased drill program there to 30,000+ meters of drilling across that property package starting next year.
 
Throughput at the Guitarra processing plant has significantly increased following Phase 1 expansion modifications to the existing crushing and milling circuits. Daily production has reached up to a steady 720 tonnes per day ("tpd"). This represents more than a 40% increase versus the previous nameplate capacity of 500 tpd.
 
Further modifications to increase capacity are scheduled to be made following the commissioning of the new 11x12 ball mill, which is now installed. Sierra Madre has also accelerated underground development, and started the groundwork for the permitted dry stack tailings facility expansion.  This is a key component of the eventual Phase 2 plant expansion plan to increase throughput to 1,200 tpd to 1,500 tpd.
 
Development has been accelerated at all three of the mines within La Guitarra - Guitarra, Nazareno and Coloso - to provide feed to the expanded plant. Approximately 2.6 kilometers of development drives have been completed since June 2026. As haulage ramps are being driven both vertically and downward from the 180-access level, this ramp development is expected to allow for additional production areas to be developed. Since July 2026, over 800 meters of access and production drives have been completed.
 
For the balance of the discussion Alex outlined the aggressive 30,000+ meter exploration plan about to commence across the La Guitarra district land package. There will be a drilling focus on the East District, at past producing historic mining areas like Mina de Agua and El Rincon.
 
The company will also embark on a parallel 30,000+ meter program next summer across their Del Toro complex.  In June 2026, Sierra Madre closed the acquisition of the Del Toro silver mine, adding a past-producing, fully permitted asset of 3 mines and a 3,000 tpd plant to its Mexico-focused silver and gold portfolio.
 
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If you have any questions for Alex regarding Sierra Madre Gold and Silver, then please email them to us at either Fleck@kereport.com or Shad@kereport.com.
 
In full disclosure, Shad is a shareholder of Sierra Madre Gold and Silver at the time of this recording, and may choose to buy or sell shares at any time.
 
 
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In this Company Update, Eric Roth, President and CEO of Capella Minerals (TSX-V: CMIL / OTCQB: CMILF), joins me to provide a comprehensive exploration update across the company's portfolio of copper, gold, and critical mineral projects in Finland and Spain.
Hessjøgruva Permitting and Tümad Earn-In: Drill permits are officially in hand for the high-grade copper-cobalt-zinc project in central Norway, paving the way for an upcoming partner-funded drill program of up to 8,000 meters aimed at delivering a maiden 43-101 mineral resource estimate..
Solana IOCG System in Spain: Progress on target generation and modified earn-in terms across a 200-square-kilometer land package hosting over 100 kilometers of cumulative high-grade vein strike length.
Hunting for the Buried Tier-1 Engine: The geological rationale behind using ground gravity geophysics to pinpoint the large iron oxide copper-gold "mother source" driving mineralization.
Reconnaissance Drilling at Killero West: Key structural and geochemical findings from initial core drilling in Finland and what the presence of narrow high-grade copper veins means for tracing surface gold anomalies.
 
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Erik Wetterling, Founder and Editor of The Hedgeless Horseman website, joins me to review his key takeaways from the Precious Metals Summit in Beaver Creek.  The conversation then moves into how he is evaluating opportunities in lieu of the recent correction in gold, silver, and copper juniors.  We also review a site visit that he just came back from with a copper explorer operating in British Columbia.
 
We start off discussing the mining conference dynamics as attendees, but then dial into what Erik was looking for in the meetings he took.  This touches upon reflections on investor sentiment, the deluge of sector newsflow, company valuations, and portfolio management.  
 
He points out that often times the news released by junior companies over the last few weeks was actually positive, and further derisked or advanced their projects, and yet only got a muted response with the bearish sector backdrop during the month of September.  This macro backdrop pressuring a sector-wide correction was there at the same time as many company key press releases hit; which had retail investors making an erroneous correlation that given news was not positive. 
 
This is one of the setups and sector disconnects that Erik looks forward to exploiting in his own portfolio.  He is looking for improving value propositions in exploration stocks, that have put out compelling news in the recent past, which sets up future news releases, and thus they have key alpha growth catalysts on tap in the medium-term.
 
We wrapped up getting Erik’s reflections from a recent site visit he just returned from with the team at Red Canyon Resources Ltd. (CSE: REDC | OTCQB: REDRF | Frankfurt: I91) in British Columbia, Canada.  The Company’s core goal is to make impactful copper discoveries and has a portfolio of 100%-owned copper and copper-gold porphyry exploration projects.
 
The 100%-owned Kendal copper project in west-central British Columbia is a priority project for the Company. The 2026 exploration program including an independent vectoring study and expanded geochemical surveys have been completed.  A 3DIP geophysical survey is currently in progress.
 
Recent work on Company’s 100%-owned Osiris project in central British Columbia has outlined new high-priority areas at Nautilus and EV (see news releases September 14, 2026, and August 14, 2026). Fall exploration work is ongoing including, planned initial diamond drilling at the EV and Nautilus targets.
 
 
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Dustin Perry, Founder and CEO of Kingfisher Metals Corp. (TSXV:KFR) (OTCQX:KGFMF) (FSE:9700), joins us to review the first assay result back from the lab from their fully-funded 15,000 metre drill program in 2026.  There will be many more assays coming back from the lab over the months ahead from their multi-pronged approach to various copper-gold targets across the Hank-Mary district of the Hwy 37 Project, in the Golden Triangle, British Columbia. 
 
On September 21st, the Company reported that drill hole # HW-26-015 contained visible gold and the assay returned 8.8 m of 20.33 g/t Au, 937.6 g/t Ag, 2.98% Cu, 11.08% Zn and 0.99% Pb (38.50 g/t AuEq) from 462.0 m, within a broader zone of 27 m grading 13.61 g/t AuEq (7.33 g/t Au, 322.0 g/t Ag, 1.01% Cu, 4.05% Zn, 0.54% Pb) from 461.0 m to 488.0 m. HW-26-015 was designed to test the Hank porphyry Cu-Au target, first identified in drill hole HW-25-011, and intersected a high-grade polymetallic vein containing visible gold on the shoulder of porphyry-style mineralization.
 
This assay result is the first received this season and covers a single 27 m interval within HW-26-015. Standard multi-element assay results for the remainder of the hole are pending. To date this season, 13 diamond drill holes have been completed, and 4 are in progress, for a total of approximately 9,500 m across the Hank-Mary District.
 
Highlights from this release include:
 
Sub-intercept of 8.8 m of 38.50 g/t AuEq
Visible gold observed within a high-grade polymetallic (Au-Ag-Cu-Zn-Pb) vein
Hydrothermal alteration, veins, and base metal mineralization continue below the reported intercept before transitioning into porphyry alteration and mineralization
Visually strongest mineralization at the Hank Porphyry observed to date in HW-26-019
4th diamond drill was added to the HWY 37 Project
Over 9,500 m drilled in 17 holes, including 4 holes in progress
 
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Arturo Préstamo Elizondo, Executive Chairman and CEO of Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd. (TSX: SCZ) (NASDAQ: SCZM) (FSE: 1SZ), joins me to review the acquisition of a 500 tpd mill dedicated to their San Lucas ore-sourcing business; which will then free up milling capacity at their 3 other mining complexes in Bolivia. In addition, we discuss the growth on tap at their Zimapan Mine in Mexico, the near-term production that should begin by year-end at their Soracaya Project, and the potential for future project acquisitions.
 
On September 18th, the Company announced the acquisition of a 500-tonne-per-day ("tpd") milling facility located in Bolivia, comprising two 250-tonne-per-day processing circuits, each equipped with selective flotation systems for the recovery of lead and zinc with high-grade silver contents. The newly acquired facility will be solely dedicated to processing ore sourced through the Company's wholly-owned Bolivian subsidiary, San Lucas, providing additional milling capacity to support continued expansion of its third-party ore-sourcing business.
 
By transitioning materials from San Lucas to the acquired facility, Santacruz will free up capacity at its existing three mine processing facilities at Bolivar, Porco, and Caballo Blanco, allowing the Company to advance its mine development plans and increase production from its own operations in Bolivia without internally competing for available processing capacity.
 
This milling facility is expected to be commissioned during the fourth quarter of 2026 and to reach commercial production by year-end 2026. The total investment in the milling facility is expected to be approximately US$14 million, inclusive of acquisition, commissioning and all costs required to bring the facility to commercial production.
 
Next we shifted over to the combination of exploration success at the Level 960 and the improved efficiencies at the Zimapan Mine in Mexico.  Operations will be stepping up over the next few quarters from processing higher grade material at better costs.
 
Additionally, the operations team is advancing their silver-dominant Soracaya mine, where there is already a decline ramp into this project with initial stope access in 2 areas. The company has been working on the optimization plan and getting equipment lined up to start mining.  Once the permit is received in the near-term, then the plan is to get the mine into initial ramp-up production by December of 2026. Full production will begin in 2027 with the potential to add another 2-3 million ounces of mostly silver contribution to the company’s production profile.
 
Wrapping up, we discussed their guidance this year for just over 10 million ounces of silver equivalent production, and the delta in their lower valuation compared to other mid-tier silver producing peers.  Arturo highlights their clean balance sheet, lack of royalites or stream hindering financials, and the potential for future accretive acquisitions in the Americas; in addition to the growth initiatives at all their current mines that could be catalysts for a rerating higher.
 
 
If you have any follow up questions for Arturo regarding Santacruz Silver, then please email those to me at Shad@kereport.com.
 
In full disclosure, Shad is a shareholder of Santacruz Silver at the time of this recording, and may choose to buy or sell shares at any time.
 
 
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A stark divide is opening up between real-world commodity supply constraints and short-term paper market sentiment. In this comprehensive Weekend Show, Brien Lundin (Editor of Gold Newsletter) breaks down the institutional momentum emerging from the Beaver Creek Precious Metals Conference, explaining why gold’s underlying drivers represent the strongest setup since the 1970s despite bond yield volatility. Then, Dan Steffens (President of the Energy Prospectus Group) uncovers the severe disruptions rattling the crude and fuels supply chain, from Middle Eastern pipeline strikes and European refinery deficits to a looming North American natural gas squeeze. Both Brien and Dan share a number of companies you should have your eye on. 
Segment 1 & 2 - Kicking off the show, Brien Lundin, editor of the Gold Newsletter and host of the New Orleans Investment Conference, recaps the Beaver Creek Precious Metals Conference and characterizes the sector as being in a strong, fundamentally driven bull market. He analyzes the relationship between rising bond yields and market volatility, examines corporate trends such as spinouts, strategic investments, and toll milling, and highlights several promising junior mining stocks. 
Click here to learn more about the New Orleans Investment Conference on October 28-31. - https://neworleansconference.com/korelin/    
 
Segment 3 & 4 - Dan Steffens, President of the Energy Prospectus Group, analyzes the fundamental drivers shaping current energy markets, examining how geopolitical conflict, pipeline disruptions, and refinery bottlenecks impact crude oil, refined fuels, and natural gas supplies. He also addresses the disconnect between commodity prices and equity valuations, highlighting key investment and growth opportunities across large-cap producers, oilfield services, and undervalued small-cap stocks. 
Click here to visit the Energy Prospectus Group website for more energy market and stock analysis - http://www.energyprospectus.com/
 
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In this Daily Editorial, Cory and Shad sit down with Marc Chandler, Chief Market Strategist at Bannockburn Capital Markets and Editor of the Marc to Market website, to examine the latest shifts across global bond markets, central bank policy expectations, and foreign exchange movements.
Fed Rate Expectations: How recent commentary from Federal Reserve officials and shifting economic data have altered market probabilities for upcoming interest rate decisions.
Labor Market Dynamics: Why recent employment figures and significant downward revisions highlight a cooling job environment despite low weekly jobless claims.
Global Yield Divergences: Key comparisons between US Treasury movements and international bond yields, with a focus on fiscal and political pressures in Europe.
US Dollar Resiliency: What is driving the continued breakout in the greenback and how interest rate differentials impact major currency pairs.
Macro Drivers vs. Election Noise: Why core economic fundamentals like inflation and growth will matter far more to financial markets than upcoming political headlines.
 
Click here to visit Marc’s site - Marc To Market - https://www.marctomarket.com/
 
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In this Company Introduction, I welcome Dan Sutton, CEO of Syntholene Energy (TSX-V: ESAF, OTC: SYNTF), for an overview of the company's proprietary technology, ongoing operations, and commercial path to market within the synthetic fuel sector.
A Rapidly Expanding Sector: An overview of why synthetic fuels are positioned to grow from roughly $15 billion today to more than $400 billion by 2035, and why synthetic hydrocarbons represent a massive structural shift away from traditional fossil extraction.
Targeting the Aviation Sector First: Why kerosene and jet fuel serve as the company’s highest-margin beachhead market, and why aviation is uniquely suited for drop-in synthetic solutions compared to other transportation sectors.
Cracking the Hydrogen Cost Barrier: How the company's proprietary thermal hybrid production process combines abundant geothermal heat and power to tackle the primary cost driver of synthetic fuels.
Operational Success in Iceland: Key takeaways from the rapid construction of the demonstration facility, initial hydrogen production metrics, and the ongoing independent technical review with Imperial College London.
Regulatory Tailwinds and Commercial Mandates: What the upcoming 2030 airline consumption quotas in Europe and the UK mean for fuel suppliers, off-takers, and future project economics.
Scale-Up Blueprint and Project Economics: An outline of the modular commercial footprint, traditional project-level debt financing structures, and targeted 65%+ EBITDA margins.
Near-Term Catalysts on the Horizon: What investors should monitor next, including third-party validation results, feedstock power purchase agreements, and binding commercial offtake negotiations.
 
Please email me with any insight you have on the synthetic fuel market or questions for Dan. 
 
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Sean Brodrick, Editor of Wealth Megatrends, Supercycle Investor, Resource Trader, and contributing analyst to Weiss Ratings Daily, joins us for a wide-ranging discussion where he shares his key takeaways from the Beaver Creek Precious Metals Summit, as well as opportunities he sees in gold, silver, and copper stocks.
 
We start off getting insights into how Sean approached interviewing the companies he met with, the primary trends he noted with the producers and developers, and also some red flags he looks for to help filter through all the companies. This ties into his broader portfolio management strategies.
 
Sean is still mostly animated by revenue-generating gold, silver, and copper producers, but still sat down with developers with a line of sight towards near-term production.
 
We kick it off reviewing how higher oil and diesel prices may effect input costs in many producers much less than some analysts would anticipate.
He shares how he views low-cost producers versus high-cost producers that may have a plan to expand or improve efficiencies to bring costs down.
We delve into companies that have had relative strength versus remaining relative laggards, what the market is telling us about these stocks or if they are just underfollowed, and if that could presents any opportunities.
He discusses the wide margins of the miners, and his views on different capital deployment and return to shareholder options that companies have in this strong metals price environment. 
We contrast companies that want to grow organically versus those that may be inclined to use their strong balance sheets to make acquisitions.
Sean talked about the unique point in time where some juniors actually want to move forward into production on their own, and that some companies actually don’t want to be taken over until they have the chance to further unlock their value proposition.
We review the risks associated with different company strategies, and tie it back to the management team’s experience and ability to execute.
 
 
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