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Joel Elconin - Market Momentum, Tech Rotation, and the Path to New Highs

In this episode, we welcome Joel Elconin, co-host of PreMarket Prep and founder of the Stock Trader Network, to break down the market’s steady rebound, shifting sector leadership, and what to watch as we approach year-end.
Key Discussion Highlights
Market Grind Higher The S&P and Nasdaq continue a slow climb toward all-time highs, with day-to-day rotation across tech, value, and retail.
AI Trade Reset META cost cuts, Oracle’s struggles, and Google’s new TPU chips highlight a more competitive, and more selective, AI environment.
Seasonality & Fed Expectations Santa Claus rally patterns, tax-loss selling, and shifting rate-cut odds are shaping year-end behavior.
2026 Themes Guests on Joel’s shows continue to flag healthcare strength, selective value opportunities, and resilient retail trends.
Stocks Mentioned: META, ORCL, GOOGL, CRM, BRK.A/B, AMZN
 
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District Metals - New Large-Scale Uranium Targets In Sweden & Answering Your Questions On Share Price Correction and Valuation

In this update, Garrett Ainsworth, President and CEO of District Metals (TSX.V:DMX | OTCQX:DMXDF | Nasdaq First North:DMXSE SDB), addresses the recent stock sell-off and multiple new large and high priority targets across their Swedish uranium assets.
Key Discussion Points:
New Target Generation - Large Mobile MT surveys across Alum Shale properties highlighting large drill targets.
2026 Exploration Path - Permit timing, priority zones, and shallow/scalable drill programs.
Share-Price Volatility - Garrett addresses the ~50% stock pullback, confirming the Company holds $9M CAD in cash and has no need for short-term financing, despite market rumors.
Valuation Disconnect - DMX trades at $0.08/lb (Inferred U3O8) versus the peer average of $3.44/lb.
 
If you have any follow up questions for Garrett please email me at Fleck@kereport.com.
 
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Note - District Metals is now traded on the OTCQX. The uplisting from the OTQB was announced on November 12.
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Nick Hodge – Pro Trading Tips And Picks In The Silver, Gold, Lithium, and Copper Stocks

Nick Hodge, Co-Owner of Digest Publishing and editor of Foundational Profits and Underground Alpha, joins us for a longer-format discussion with macroeconomic factors, veteran stock tips and opportunities in select silver, gold, lithium, and copper stocks.
 
We start off discussing the break in silver to all-time highs, coming out of the mid-October through mid-November corrective move in the precious metals sector.  Nick points out that in light of this sector resurgence in silver, gold, and also copper over the last few weeks, that we’ve continued to witness large, outsized financings in companies like Vizsla Silver and Arizona Sonoran Copper; that were aggressively taken up in very short periods of time.  This underscores the large pools of money on the sidelines that are still quite interested in getting positioned with the highest quality projects as the metals bull market continues to unfold.
 
We review how the recent moves in both gold and silver to record levels have become too big to ignore for generalist investors and analysts, that will now shift their gaze to the expanded margins playing out in Q4 and continue to push PM producers to higher levels.  
He flagged the capital flows and stock performance in royalty companies like Royal Gold and Empress Royalties as evidence that more generalists and institutional funds were being drawn into the precious metals sector.
This led to a discussion about the substantial positioning of Tether Investments recently into a handful of royalty and streaming companies; which may pave the way for more rotation of funds from the crypto space into the PM stocks.
 
Additionally, Nick sees the most undervalued opportunities in the brownfield developers with defined ounces in the ground, compelling economics, and that are moving down the pathway towards production.
He pointed to companies like Perpetua Resources and Revival Gold as good examples of developers up near 52 weeks highs, garnering interest from investors, but that still had more runway to keep appreciating in price to NAV metrics.
 
Even the exploration stocks focused on new discoveries are getting a stronger bid in this environment, and Nick points to the move up this year in Kingsmen Resources, including the move today on the back of a silver/gold discovery in Mexico.
 
Next we shift over to the uptick in both the lithium carbonate pricing on the global markets, as well as a renewed interest in many lithium stocks.
Nick unpacked his investing journey and strategy utilizing early positioning in private placements to experience multi-fold returns in lithium stocks like Q2 Metals, and Lion Rock Resources, both with compelling recent exploration results.
 
Wrapping up we touched about the continued favorable supply/demand fundamentals in the copper sector, the improving pricing strength in copper itself, and the recent surge in copper producers in several ETFs.
Nick mentioned positions in the (PICK) iShares MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers ETF, the positive market reaction in Ivanhoe Mines despite reduced production forecasts, and the M&A positioning for Teck Resources from AngloAmerican and BHP as evidence of a pickup in interest in copper and base metals producers.
 
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Total Metals - Building a High-Grade Gold & VMS Portfolio in Ontario and Manitoba

In this company introduction, we chat with Michael Dehn, Executive Chairman of Total Metals (TSX.V:TT | OTCQB:TTTMF | Frankfurt:04N).
Michael introduces the newly listed company and its portfolio of high-grade gold and VMS projects in the prolific Red Lake District. We discuss the upcoming $9 million financing designed to launch an aggressive 2026 drill program, starting in January at the Electrolode VMS project, and accelerating exploration on the newly acquired High Lake and West Hawk Lake gold assets.
Multi-Asset Exploration Strategy
Electrolode Project (VMS): Located strategically between Kinross's Great Bear and First Mining's Springpole. The project hosts an Inferred resource with a high-grade core of 0.5M tonnes @ 17.87% Zinc (plus Au, Ag, Cu). Drilling to test the Arrow Zone and new targets is planned to start in January 2026.
High Lake / West Hawk Lake (Gold): Two high-grade gold assets recently acquired. The strategy is to leverage shallow historic drilling and high-grade resources.
Operational Advantage: The projects benefit from low operating risk due to their proximity to major mining centers (Red Lake, Winnipeg) and existing infrastructure, with six mills within trucking distance for potential toll milling.
Financials & Corporate Goals
Financing: The Company is set to close a total financing of up to $9 million (flow-through and hard dollar) to fund the exploration budget of at least $5.5 million for 2026.
Corporate Plan: Plans are in place to move to the TSX Main Board and pursue a potential dual listing on the ASX in 2026.
 
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Sitka Gold - RC Gold Project: Resource Expansion Drill Results at Blackjack, Eiger and Saddle Zones

In this company update, Mike Burkey, VP of Corporate Development at Sitka Gold (TSX.V:SIG | OTCQB:SITKF | Frankfurt:1RF), recaps the final 2025 drill results from the Blackjack, Eiger and Saddle zones, aimed at expanding the 2.8 million ounce resource at the RC Gold Project.
We discuss successful resource extensions at the Blackjack and Eiger zones, the value of the Saddle Zone in reducing the strip ratio, and the confirmation of increasing grade with depth. The major catalyst pending is the final batch of 36 drill holes, predominantly from the high-grade Rhosgobel discovery.
Key Discussion Points:
Resource Expansion & Pit Economics: Final drilling confirms growth at Blackjack margins and the high-grade, near-surface Saddle Zone, improving pit economics.
Grade-at-Depth Thesis: Confirmed increasing grade with depth at Eiger and Blackjack.
Low-Hanging Fruit: Follow-up plans for 2026 focused on resource upgrade/expansion and the new Blackjack South discovery.
Major Catalyst Pending: Update on the 36 drill holes awaiting final assays, predominantly from the high-grade Rhosgobel new discovery.
 
If you have any follow up questions for Mike please email me at Fleck@kereport.com. 
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Dave Erfle - Silver's $96/oz Technical Target, Thesis Gold's Impressive PFS & M&A Recaps

In this editorial, Dave Erfle, Founder and Editor of the Junior Miner Junky, breaks down the explosive move in silver, now approaching $60/oz, and the technical long-term target of $96/oz.
We analyze the macro tailwinds and examine the Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS) from Thesis Gold (TSX-V:TAU). The PFS reveals exceptional economics, with an After-Tax NPV of $2.37 Billion (at base case $2,900 Gold and $35 Silver). Dave also covers the accelerating M&A environment, including the bolt-on acquisition by Montage Gold and the strategic divestment by Endeavour Silver.
Key Discussion Points:
Silver Price Trajectory: The technical and fundamental case for continued upside, including the long-term $96/oz target and the impact of looming Fed rate cuts.
Thesis Gold PFS Analysis: Breakdown of the economics, emphasizing the 23% silver value often ignored by the market.
M&A Trends: Examination of the latest merger activity, including the accretive acquisition by Montage Gold and the strategic move by Endeavour Silver to shed non-core assets.
Valuation Strategy: Advice on navigating the current market volatility, focusing on buying undervalued juniors and trimming fully valued positions.
Click here to visit the Junior Miner Junky website to learn more about Dave’s investment letter.
 
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Blackrock Silver – Final Set Of Drill Assays From Eastern Expansion Step Out Program, Building Towards Expanded Resource Estimate And Updated PEA In Q1 2026

Andrew Pollard, President and CEO of Blackrock Silver (TSX.V:BRC – OTCQX:BKRRF), joins us to discuss the final set of diamond core drill assays, from this year’s exploration program, stepping out into the Eastern Expansion area at their 100% owned Tonopah West project located in West-Central Nevada, United States.  The Eastern Expansion Program was a follow-up to the Company’s reverse-circulation scout drill program at Tonopah West completed in February 2025, which showed significant potential to expand the DPB South resource area 1,200 metres in an easterly direction.
 
EASTERN EXPANSION PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS:
 
At least three mineralized northwest oriented structures have been identified within the 1.2 kilometre eastern expansion trend running parallel to the Pittsburg-Monarch fault that suggest a series of footwall fault splays as opposed to a singular east-west structure;
TXC25-173 cut 0.92 metres of 2,122.7 grams per tonne (g/t) silver equivalent (AgEq) (1,162 g/t silver (Ag) & 8.79 g/t gold (Au)) from 220.9 metres, and a separate zone of 1.04 metres grading 534.8 g/t AgEq (189.8 g/t Ag & 3.16 g/t Au) from 215.5 metres;
TXC25-178 drilled 6.4 metres of 296.6 g/t AgEq (135.7 g/t Ag & 1.47 g/t Au), including 0.46 metres of 3,853 g/t AgEq (1,771 g/t Ag & 19.06 g/t Au) from 183.8 metres in a north-south oriented structure within the M&I Conversion Area at DPB South; and
Results from the Company's drill program targeting expansion potential across a one kilometre trend of vein corridor between the DPB and Northwest Step Out resource areas and the Eastern Expansion Program will be incorporated into an updated mineral resource estimate and preliminary economic assessment on Tonopah West estimated to be completed in February 2026.
 
Andrew reiterates that the silver and gold mineralization at Tonopah West remains open to the northwest, east and internally between the main bodies of mineralization, as well as at depth.  He also highlights how this new understanding of the North-South orientation to mineralization in the Eastern Expansion area that will inform next year’s follow up drilling.  We also discuss how with more drilling this area could be important earlier on in the mining development sequencing.
 
As it stands today, before all this expansion drilling gets included, the updated MRE released in September, based on just the M&I conversion drilling, contains a total of 0.107 million ounces (“Mozs”) of gold (“Au”) and 9.5Mozs of silver (“Ag”), or 21.1Mozs of silver equivalent (“AgEq”) of indicated mineral resources, and 0.47 Mozs of Au and 35.5Mozs of Ag, or 86.88Mozs of AgEq of inferred mineral resources.
 
We discussed that this Tonopah West Project really works even at far lower silver and gold prices due to the very high-grade nature of the deposit, and has excellent torque to rising metals prices.  At a 180 grams per tonne (“g/t”) AgEq cutoff, the average block-diluted grade of the indicated mineral resources is 493 g/t AgEq and the average block-diluted grade of the inferred mineral resources is 525.9 g/t AgEq.  This actually keeps the proposed head grade at much higher levels than other peer development projects, once the economics and stope optimization process is factored in.
 
The Company is engaged in many derisking and development activities from hydrology and geotechnical drilling, to permitting, engineering, metallurgical studies, and this will all be factored into the updated Preliminary Economic Assessment due out in February of 2026.
 
 
If you have any follow up questions for Andrew regarding Blackrock Silver, then please email them into me at Shad@kereport.com.
 
In full disclosure, Shad is shareholder of Blackrock Silver at the time of this recording, and may choose to buy or sell shares at any time.
 
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Erik Wetterling – Value Proposition Adjustments In Montage Gold, K2 Gold, and Finex Metals

Recorded December 1st, 2025:  Erik Wetterling, Founder and Editor of The Hedgeless Horseman website, joins me to outline any adjustments that he is making to the value proposition in 3 gold exploration stocks, based around recent press releases and milestones.
 
He sees this newsflow and fundamental catalysts as much more relevant for any changes to the company’s valuation (either up or down), rather than the improving sentiment within the backdrop of rising underlying precious metals price environment.
 
 
 The companies we discuss in this interview are:
 
 
Montage Gold Corp. (TSX: MAU, OTCQX: MAUTF) – On November 28, 2025 — Montage Gold Corp. announced that it has entered into a binding Scheme Implementation Deed with African Gold Limited (ASX: A1G) pursuant to which Montage will acquire all of the issued share capital of African Gold that it does not already own, by way of an Australian court-approved Scheme of Arrangement. The Transaction adds the high-quality resource-stage Didievi project in Côte d’Ivoire to Montage’s portfolio and strengthens its footprint in the country, where it has established a strong presence through its ongoing build of its Koné project, which remains on-budget and well on schedule.
 
K2 Gold Corp. (TSX.V: KTO) (OTCQB: KTGDF) – On December 1, 2025, K2 Gold announced that the United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for K2's Mojave Exploration Drilling Project in Inyo County, CA. This milestone follows rigorous independent review, over 100 days of public comment and scoping, and consultation with local communities representing a significant step forward in de-risking and advancing one of the most compelling exploration projects in the United States.
 
FinEx Metals Ltd. (TSX.V: FINX) – On November 25, 2025, FinEx Metals announced that it has received initial assay results for the first five drill holes from the East Target of its 100%-owned Ruoppa gold project, located in the Central Lapland Greenstone Belt of northern Finland. The Company completed its first diamond drill program at Ruoppa, comprising fourteen drill holes totalling 2,483 metres, in August and September 2025.
 
 
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K2 Gold - Mojave Project Permit Received, Over $10M in Treasury for Drilling In 2026

In this breaking update, Anthony Margarit, President and CEO of K2 Gold (TSX.V:KTO | OTCQB:KTGDF | FSE:23K), confirms receipt of the long-awaited exploration permit for the Mojave Project in California.
The Company is fully funded for its initial Phase I drill program, thanks to the recent exercise of over 30 million warrants, boosting the treasury to $10.8 million. We discuss the immediate roadmap for drilling, which commences in early 2026 and will focus on expanding high-grade, near-surface oxide gold at the Dragonfly and Newmont zones.
Key Discussion Points:
Permit Secured: The BLM’s issuance of the Final EIS allows for the immediate commencement of exploration on the Mojave Project (22 drill pads permitted) upon publication of the forthcoming Record of Decision (30 days).
Fully Funded Program: Recent warrant exercises have positioned the Company with $10.8 million in the treasury, fully funding the next year of exploration.
Phase I Focus: Drilling will target the Dragonfly and Newmont zones, focusing on expanding near-surface oxide gold.
District Upside: The property hosts multiple poly-metallic trends, including the never-before-drilled Gold Valley target, which returned up to 375 g/t Au at surface.
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If you have any follow up questions for Anthony please comment below or email me at Fleck@kereport.com. 
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Cerrado Gold – Q3 2025 Financials, 70,000 Meter Exploration Program At Minera Don Nicolas, Key Upcoming Milestones At Lagoa Salgada and Mont Sorcier

Mark Brennan,  Founder, CEO, and Director of Cerrado Gold Inc (TSX.V: CERT) (OTCQX: CRDOF), joins me to review their Q3 2025 financial and operational metrics at the producing Minera Don Nicolas (MDN) gold mine in Argentina. We discuss the aggressive 70,000 meter exploration program on tap for MDN into 2026, and unpack the key upcoming development catalysts at the Lagoa Salgada VMS Project in Portugal and the Mont Sorcier Iron-Vanadium project in Quebec.
 
Q3 2025 Financial Highlights
Gold equivalent production of 13,832 Gold Equivalent Ounces (“GEO”) vs 11,437 GEOs in Q2 2025 (+21%) at an AISC of $1,915/oz
Adjusted EBITDA of $11.8 million for Q3 2025, and Cash at $16.5 million
Partial hedge expires end December increasing future gold sale prices
Full year guidance of 50,000-55,000 GEO maintained:
Heap leach production growing as expanded crushing capacity and improved recoveries result in another record of quarterly production of 10,429 GEO (+33% vs Q2)
Q4 Underground mining production ramping up with underground development at Paloma advancing, and three access portals targeted to reach production stopes by year-end.
CIL plant starting to receive ore from underground development, production expected to ramp up in Q4/2025 as higher-grade underground material supplants lower grade stockpile feed in the mill
20,000 meter exploration program expanded by 50,000 meters to a 70,000 meter surface program, with additional rigs to arrive in the fourth quarter
 
Mark and I review their Minera Don Nicolas producing gold project in Argentina, and the record heap leach gold equivalent ounce production for the quarter. There is expanded and improved crushing capacity at the heap leach, from the newly installed secondary crusher, and this will continue to be impactful on a move-forward basis in Q4 and beyond, with the quantity of ore being placed on the pad having increased, and with it helping to reduce down unit costs in the latter part of H2 2025.
 
Next we unpacked the growing value proposition at the Lagoa Salgada VMS Project  in Portugal, with a Post-tax NPV of US$147 million and a 39% IRR in the current Feasibility Study. This Project adds both substantial precious metals resources along with critical minerals exposure (42 % Gold & Silver, 24% zinc, 14% copper, and 5% tin) to the future production profile.  We also discuss the various work streams leading to optimized Feasibility Study in Q4, a construction decision by mid-2026, and with first production slated for early 2028.
 
We wrap up discussing the underappreciated value and ongoing derisking work that is moving towards a Bankable Feasibility Study which has been moved back to Q2 of 2026 at the Mont Sorcier Iron Project in Quebec. Recent metallurgical test work, has reaffirmed the potential to produce high-grade and high-purity iron concentrate grading in excess of 67% iron with silica and alumina content below 2.3%.
 
 
If you have questions for Mark regarding Cerrado Gold, then please email those to me at Shad@kereport.com.
 
In full disclosure, Shad is a shareholder of Cerrado Gold at the time of this recording, and may choose to buy or sell shares at any time.
 
Click here to see the latest news from Cerrado Gold.
 
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