RE: You need to see this…22 Mar 2026 09:53
Times is Murdoch backed. Fairly conservative in their stance but an opportunist as his guiding principal.
I don't see a problem of the shares being shorted over short term, as lot of ppl are turning to cash but inflation will keep devaluing it.
In terms of US pressure or what not,
strangely enough Venezuela has somewhat turned to do biz with the USA recently
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/05/trump-us-venezuela-gold-deal
So USA or China or wherever there is still a market, gold shall flow.
And the fundamentals in the company hasn't radically changed, as long as the mine construction continues on time but possible slight increase in as the gold will still be sold in the market at big margins.
Gold could go to 3k? with dxy rising, and strangely enough Iran saying only yuan backed oil to go through Hormuz but yuan is USD pegged. Pressure on Asian markets could also lead to sell off.
However, structurally due to USA being schizo in their sanctions, both parties and debt rises, gold seems like it will be heading to 10k, silver to 200+.
Also regards to jobs and stuff, MTL will be helping out the locals and hasn't kicked out the local artisan miners.
These type of small scale miners seems appealing to activists and environmental types but they never do anything professionally as they don't have the tools, budget or regards to safety and just end ends up giving mining a bad name as it had happened in Philippines and just to be exploited unnecessarily by the middle men, just as in Africa where this puny operation with mercury leaching destroys the water table and tiny gold is sold off to Dubai.