Matt Badiali: A generational opportunity in miners
Submitted by admin on Fri, 2026-02-13 19:10 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Matt Badiali
Daily Reckoning, Baltimore
Friday, February 13, 2026
The selloff in gold miners this week has shaken out the hedge funds and momentum traders.
That's fine, because over the next few years they're going to miss something special.
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Guanajuato Silver Is Reactivating Silver and Gold Mines in Mexico
Silver smashes are just derivatives and metal is still scarce, Maguire tells LFTV
Submitted by admin on Fri, 2026-02-13 12:22 Section: Daily Dispatches12:20p ET Friday, February 13, 2026
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
The recent smashes of the silver price have been entirely matters of derivatives trading to facilitate short-covering and the metal remains in great scarcity, London metals trader Andrew Maguire tells this week's episode of Kinesis Money's "Live from the Vault" program. Additionally, Maguire says, the People's Bank of China is preparing what will be essentially a monetization of silver.
The program is 45 minutes long and can be seen at the Kinesis Money channel at YouTube here:
'Genius' girl, 10, in China began buying gold 3 years ago to keep parents from spending her lucky money
Submitted by admin on Fri, 2026-02-13 10:39 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Fran Lu
South China Morning Post, Hong Kong
Friday, February 13, 2026
A 10-year-old girl from northern China began buying gold with her Lunar New Year lucky money three years ago, fearing her parents would spend it. She has since been hailed as a "genius" due to the skyrocketing prices of gold.
The girl, hailing from Langfang in Hebei province, has been using the red packets -- known as lai see in Cantonese or hong bao in Mandarin -- that she receives during Lunar New Year to buy gold for three consecutive years.
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Russian memo sees return to dollar system in pitch made for Trump
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2026-02-12 14:41 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Alberto Nardelli
Bloomberg News
via MoneyControl.com, Mumbai
Thursday, February 12, 2026
The Kremlin has set out proposals that could see Russia embrace the dollar again as part of a wide-ranging economic partnership with the Trump administration, according to an internal Russian document reviewed by Bloomberg.
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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