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Jaime Carrasco: Gold Going "Much Higher," Silver Force Majeure Inevitable
By Charlotte McLeodMar 09, 2026
Charlotte McLeod
With an eye for detail and over a decade of experience covering the mining and metals sector, Charlotte is passionate about bringing investors accurate and insightful information that can help them make informed decisions.
She leads the Investing News Network's video and event coverage, and guides a team of writers reporting on niche investment markets.
Jaime Carrasco, senior portfolio manager and senior financial advisor at Harbourfront Wealth Management, shares his outlook for gold and silver, saying prices must rise much higher.
He also talks about how to build a strong precious metals portfolio.
"We're moving from a credit-based economy, a bubble that is blowing up, to a resource-based economy — and that's very healthy going forward," Carrasco said.
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Securities Disclosure: I, Charlotte McLeod, hold no direct investment interest in any company mentioned in this article.
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Garrett Goggin: Gold, Silver in New Era, My Stock Strategy Now
By Charlotte McLeodMar 09, 2026
Charlotte McLeod
With an eye for detail and over a decade of experience covering the mining and metals sector, Charlotte is passionate about bringing investors accurate and insightful information that can help them make informed decisions.
She leads the Investing News Network's video and event coverage, and guides a team of writers reporting on niche investment markets.
Garrett Goggin, founder of Golden Portfolio, says although gold and silver haven't gone mainstream yet, the metals — and the mining sector overall — have entered a new era.
"It's a real mind shift — it's a new era in mining right here," he said.
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Securities Disclosure: I, Charlotte McLeod, hold no direct investment interest in any company mentioned in this article.
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Silver Hammer Mining: Fully Financed for 2026 Exploration Program in Idaho and Nevada
By Pia RiveraMar 09, 2026
Pia Rivera
Pia oversees the Production teams in Vancouver and Toronto. She was the first production manager at INN in 2008, left briefly and rejoined the company in 2011. Since then, she has been helping provide value to mining, cannabis, technology and life science companies by ensuring that campaign deliverables are executed on time and on spec. Pia holds a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the University of the Philippines.
Silver Hammer Mining (CSE:HAMR,OTCPL:HAMRF) President, CEO and Director Peter Ball outlined the company’s key objectives in 2026 following its successful closing of a C$3,913,617 non-brokered private placement.
The company said it will first focus on evaluating results from the Silverton project in Nevada, where drilling was conducted in December: “We had to do some resampling of the assays, and in other labs we're waiting for those holes to be fully analyzed and released to the public.”
Meanwhile, the past-producing Silver Strand project in Idaho's Coeur d’Alene Mining District remains fully permitted and is set for exploration in the summer of 2026. Ball said that its California patent within the Eliza project can also be drilled as soon as a drill and crew arrives on site, with no further permits required.
In late 2025, the company acquired the Fahey Group project, which is said to be the last property within the Silver Belt of the Coeur d’Alene Mining District that has remained largely unexplored. It sits between two of the well-known silver mines in North America: Americas Gold and Silver's (TSX:USA,NYSEAMERICAN:USAS) Galena mine and the historic Sunshine mine, owned by private company Sunshine Silver Mining & Refining.
Ball said that Silver Hammer will continue to review new projects that are “accretive” to its strategy of becoming a leading silver exploration company in North America, highlighting how Nevada and Idaho are some of the best places to look for silver at current metal prices.
“Whatever it is today, US$90 (or) US$95 an ounce, it gives us a real opportunity. If we hit any holes in all our projects this year, I think we'll reward our shareholders from the investors that we recently brought in.”
Watch the full interview with Silver Hammer Mining CEO Peter Ball above.
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Nine Mile Metals: Unlocking High-grade Copper at Bathurst Mining Camp Projects
By Pia RiveraMar 09, 2026
Pia Rivera
Pia oversees the Production teams in Vancouver and Toronto. She was the first production manager at INN in 2008, left briefly and rejoined the company in 2011. Since then, she has been helping provide value to mining, cannabis, technology and life science companies by ensuring that campaign deliverables are executed on time and on spec. Pia holds a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the University of the Philippines.
Nine Mile Metals (CSE:NINE,OTCQB:STVGF) is moving toward extensive drilling at its exploration portfolio following a recently completed placement of C$4 million and a new high-grade lens of 13.71 percent copper equivalent over 15.1 meters at its flagship Nine Mile Brook project at the Bathurst Camp in New Brunswick.
CEO Patrick Cruickshank shared that Nine Mile Brook is the highest lens ever found in the Bathurst Camp, with almost 20 percent copper, 38 percent lead-zinc, 3 to 4 ounces of silver and between half and 2 grams per tonne gold.
Meanwhile, the first drill results from the company’s past-producing Wedge volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) project demonstrate high-grade assay results of up to 15 percent copper. Cruickshank said the company has found the deposit to be rich in copper, unlike traditional VMS assets with mainly lead-zinc.
VMS deposits are significant geological sources of copper, zinc, lead, gold and silver.
The company said that proceeds from the C$4 million placement will primarily be used for exploration activities and related expenses on its critical minerals projects in the Bathurst Mining Camp, alongside general and administrative obligations.
Cruickshank noted that Nine Mile Metals is hoping to move Wedge VMS to over 10 million tonnes of copper. The company will also test samples from the Nine Mile Brook project for the direct-to-smelter option through Glencore’s (LSE:GLEN,OTCPL:GLCNF) analysis and metallurgical testing.
Watch the full interview with Nine Mile Metals CEO Patrick Cruickshank above.
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West High Yield Resources: On Track for First Pilot Processing Plant Construction Mid-2026
By Pia RiveraMar 09, 2026
Pia Rivera
Pia oversees the Production teams in Vancouver and Toronto. She was the first production manager at INN in 2008, left briefly and rejoined the company in 2011. Since then, she has been helping provide value to mining, cannabis, technology and life science companies by ensuring that campaign deliverables are executed on time and on spec. Pia holds a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the University of the Philippines.
West High Yield Resources (TSXV:WHY,FWB:W0H) welcomed 2026 with progress. Following its receipt of a permit in October 2025 and the recent closing of a non-brokered C$500,000 private placement, the company is now advancing its processing pilot program and working on additional permits.
Director and Company Secretary Barry Baim shared that securing a permit for Record Ridge allows the company to move from an explorer and developer into a commercial mining company.
Record Ridge is located 7.5 kilometers west to southwest of Rossland, BC. It holds a 172 year mine life and contains high-purity magnesium of over 99 percent.
Baim shared that the company began working on the project in search of gold, but later saw its development as a multiple-resource mine. Present within the ore are magnesium, silica, nickel and iron, which are recognized as critical minerals in different parts of the world.
“China controls pretty much 95 percent of all critical minerals and rare earths. We have a very valuable resource and an ore that contains four (of these),” he said, citing magnesium as a key element for low-carbon transition.
Should the projected schedule be followed, the company is expecting to start mobilizing around June and have commercial sales by the end of 2026.
A letter of intent is also currently in place with a company that will purchase ore from West High Yield Resources for the first couple of years.
Watch the full interview with West High Yield Resources Director and Company Secretary Barry Baim above.