Category: Precious Metals
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The Great Central Bank Gold Rush: How Physical Gold Is Repricing Global Debt and Challenging the Dollar System
As central banks accumulate physical gold at historically extraordinary levels, the world is witnessing something far more consequential than a precious metals rally. A fundamental reassessment of sovereign debt, reserve assets and monetary credibility is underway—while America’s Treasury gold remains recorded at just $42.22 an ounce. For more than half a century, the global financial…
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China’s Gold Black Hole: Shandong Gold Cuts Production as Chinese Banks Retreat from Leveraged Trading
China is producing less gold, importing record quantities and restricting retail access to leveraged precious-metals trading. Together, these developments raise an important question: Is the world’s largest gold market undergoing a structural shift toward physical bullion that could reshape international gold flows and accelerate reserve diversification? China’s gold market is sending three significant signals simultaneously.…
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Sterling Silver Day 2026: Celebrating 925 Years of Tradition, Craftsmanship and the Enduring Value of Silver
Every September 25, Sterling Silver Day celebrates one of humanity’s most enduring precious metals. The date, written 9/25, represents sterling silver’s defining purity of 92.5%, a standard that has united generations of silversmiths, collectors and precious-metal enthusiasts. Originating in Japan, the observance was established by Miyamoto Shoko, a distinguished silverware specialist founded in 1880. The…
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Wheaton Precious Metals: 47 Employees, Billions in Value — The Power of the Streaming Model
Wheaton Precious Metals has built one of the leanest large-cap business models in the global resources sector. With just 47 employees worldwide, the company demonstrates how precious-metals streaming can generate extraordinary scale without the enormous workforces, equipment fleets and operating infrastructure normally associated with mining. The numbers in Wheaton Precious Metals’ latest presentation are striking.…
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Cambodia Gold Project Returns to the Table as Higher Gold Prices Transform the Economics
A 27,000-hectare Cambodian mining portfolio that was put on hold when gold traded near $1,000 an ounce is being reconsidered as dramatically higher bullion prices reshape the economics of previously marginal deposits. Sometimes the most interesting mining opportunities are not newly discovered deposits. They are projects that were discovered, surveyed and partially developed years ago—but…
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First Majestic Silver Pushes Jerritt Canyon Toward a 2027 Gold Restart in Nevada
First Majestic Silver is steadily bringing one of Nevada’s significant dormant gold assets back toward production—and the scale of the company’s 2026 exploration program suggests Jerritt Canyon is becoming increasingly important to the First Majestic story. Invest Offshore congratulates First Majestic Silver Corp. (@FMSilverCorp) on reporting the completion of approximately 13,000 meters of drilling at…
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China’s Gold Vault Network: Beijing Is Building the Physical Rails for a More Global Yuan
China’s push to internationalize the yuan is taking a distinctly old-world turn: gold. Rather than simply asking foreign governments and companies to trust another fiat currency, Beijing is building infrastructure that could give yuan-denominated trade a physical exit door into bullion. China is developing a network of offshore gold vaults while expanding the trading, clearing…
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Venezuela’s Gold Reserves: When Sovereign Bullion Becomes Geopolitical Power
Venezuela’s gold story is no longer simply about how many tonnes sit in a central-bank vault. It is about custody, sanctions, sovereignty and the difference between owning an asset and actually controlling it. For generations, Venezuela was known primarily as an oil superpower. Yet as the country moved through currency crises, sanctions, declining oil revenues…
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Silver Steamroller: US Debt Clock Signals a Pre-Fed Takedown Scenario
The US Debt Clock has released another “DJT” poster, and this one puts silver directly on the tracks. The headline is bold: Silver Steamroller At the top of the image, a massive silver locomotive powers forward, carrying a silver dollar symbol and a large silver coin on the front. Below, the poster’s central figure asks:…