JuniorMinerJunky.com founder David Erfle joins Kitco Mining’s Digging Deep to unpack a pivotal week for gold, silver, copper, and mining equities. “Gold futures hit $3,700 and silver now is back over $42 in the futures market as we’re speaking right now,” he says. With money flowing and juniors hitting 52-week and all-time highs, sentiment has flipped. “It’s really nice to see a lot of those frowns from the last couple of years turned upside down.”

Speaking at Precious Metals Summit Beaver Creek, Erfle breaks down the proposed $53 billion Anglo Teck copper mega-merger, calling it a major positive for the sector and noting the 12 to 18-month timeline could invite rival bids from giants like Glencore or Rio. He also points to a new wave of juniors securing producing mines for cash flow, citing Integra, Discovery, and Heliostar as examples.
On royalties, Erfle highlights the $450 million Elemental Altus EMX merger into a $1 billion mid-tier, alongside Tether’s $100 million investment as crypto capital moves into mining.

Erfle says bargains are harder to find and a correction is likely, but he remains bullish on fund flows and sector momentum.

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