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Ontario, Finland do best in world mining risk rankings
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2026-02-12 13:30 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Sam Williams
Mining Journal, London
Thursday, February 12, 2026
Ontario retained its position as the world's lowest-risk mining jurisdiction in Mining IQ's World Risk Insights featuring MineHutte ratings, with Finland surging to second.
The report, produced by Aspermont research division Mining IQ and partner and legal consultants MineHutte, rates mining investment risk across six categories -- legal, governance, social, environmental, fiscal, and infrastructure.
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Texas unveils official bullion coin and gold bills program
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2026-02-12 10:13 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Jeremy Szafron
Kitco.com, Montreal
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
In a historic shift for state level finance, Texas has officially moved from a passive storage model to an active, state-run bullion supply chain. The rollout, announced live from the Texas State Capitol, introduces a first-of-its-kind, dot-gov storefront that allows the public to purchase state-branded gold and silver directly from the comptroller's office.
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Trump races to catch up to China in new scramble for Africa's minerals
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2026-02-12 08:58 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Ben Farmer
The Telegraph, London
Thursday, February 12, 2026
Donald Trump may have spent months berating South Africa's government over its policies, but that did not stop him from sending dozens of smiling American officials to the country this week.
Washington's glad-handing trade envoys and ambassadors have been on their best behaviour for the world's largest get-together of mining dealmakers, held in the shadow of Cape Town's Table Mountain.
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China lets yuan rise to strongest level in years as trend away from dollar grows
Submitted by admin on Wed, 2026-02-11 20:06 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Sylvia Ma
South China Morning Post, Hong Kong
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
China's central bank today set the yuan's daily fixing rate at its strongest level since mid-2023 as the Chinese currency extended gains with investors increasingly rotating out of U.S. dollar assets amid concerns over the Federal Reserve's independence and US debt sustainability.
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Myrmikan's Dan Oliver: This is still just the beginning of gold's resurgence
Submitted by admin on Wed, 2026-02-11 17:19 Section: Daily Dispatches5:24p ET Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
In his latest commentary, Myrmikan Capital's managing member Dan Oliver outlines what he sees as the collapse of currencies under the weight of debt and credit bubbles, gold's replacement of the U.S. dollar as the world reserve currency, and the sharp rise in gold mining company profit margins.
Meet Dan Oliver, who has gold bugs thinking $12,000 is not only possible but the right price
Submitted by admin on Wed, 2026-02-11 09:13 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Barbara Kollmeyer
MarketWatch, New York
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
The dollar's demise is unavoidable, says Myrmikan Capital's founder
Gold yes, dollar no.
While Tuesday is looking flat for stocks, gold is hanging onto the $5,000 an ounce mark.
Missing Canadian mining company workers in Mexico found dead
Submitted by admin on Tue, 2026-02-10 20:46 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom the Associated Press
via ABC News, New York
Monday, February 9, 2026
MEXICO CITY -- Mexican authorities said today that five of the 10 workers missing from a mine operated by a Canadian company in the northwestern state of Sinaloa have been identified among 10 bodies found in clandestine graves last week in a nearby community.
The Attorney General's Office said in a statement that the remaining bodies were still awaiting identification.
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Adam Sharp: Germany wants its gold back (again)
Submitted by admin on Mon, 2026-02-09 18:33 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Adam Sharp
Daily Reckoning, Baltimore
Monday, February 9, 2026
Germany has the second-largest gold reserves in the world at 3,350 tons.
The U.S. is first with 8,133 tons.
China says they hold 2,300 tons, but it's widely known they've been secretly buying for decades. The country's true holdings may even surpass America's.
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500 years ago Copernicus figured out the financial universe too
Submitted by admin on Mon, 2026-02-09 17:01 Section: Daily Dispatches5p ET Monday, February 9, 2026
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Nicolaus Copernicus wasn't just an astronomer who figured out that the Earth revolves around the Sun and not the other way around. He was also all sorts of other things, including an economist who, 500 years ago, figured out that inflation was largely a function of excessive money creation and published a notable essay about it.
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South Dakota lawmakers kill government 'transactional gold' boondoggle
Submitted by admin on Mon, 2026-02-09 16:32 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Jp Cortez
Sound Money Defense League
via Money Metals News Service, Eagle, Idaho
Monday, February 9, 2026
The South Dakota legislature today rejected a vendor-inspired "transactional gold" bill that would harm South Dakotans, free enterprise, and the gold industry by entangling the state in a sweeping, government-run gold scheme.
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