Greetings, Investors! I have a lot more -- and uber-profitable -- goodies for you as we start off the weekend!
First, for those who missed it, I was a guest on my old friend Maurice Jackson's Proven & Probable Show several days ago, talking about the macro backdrop that, in great part, has led to these record runs in gold and silver prices.
You can watch this meaty discussion RIGHT HERE or by clicking the below graphic.
It's HUGELY important to understand the factors that have led us to this place; and Maurice expertly guides our conversation here into the banking and monetary "facts of life" we're going to be contending with even more in the days ahead.
Along the way, there's a BONUS: of some updated comments specifically on Apollo Silver (TSXV-APGO; OTCQB-APGOF) and why 1. It's had a great run and 2. what catalysts we see for 2026.
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Also, I want to share with you several other videos covering more of my present recommendations: importantly, these are ones I have a BUY rating on even now, as I see near-term catalysts and what they'll do FAR outweighing my concerns that precious metals stocks generally are a bit over their skis near-term.
First, we have THIS QUICK CATCH-UP from early this past week with Chairman, Co-Founder and C.E.O. Rudi Fronk of Seabridge Gold (NYSE-SA; TSE-SEA).
Notwithstanding the tripling of Seabridge's share price in 2025, we discuss the THREE reasons why Seabridge shares still don't begin to reflect the value here!
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Next, I visited at week's end with C.E.O. Deepak Varshney of Formation Metals (CSE-FOMO; OTCQB-FOMTF). You can watch this quick and exciting update RIGHT HERE.
(NOTE: Here's where it benefits you to not just get some occasional "hot stories" after the fact but to be a paid Member of The National Investor if you aren't already!)
Back around Christmas, FOMO was one of several of my recommendations I singled out that 1. remain a BUY, 2. Have near-term reasons that are company-specific to be especially engaged and 3. are stories that some profits taken on stories not as cheap any more should be redeployed into.
Since then, FOMO has DOUBLED in about a month (and there are numerous others you're MISSING if you aren't a paid Member, BTW!!)
Watch my visit here with Deepak to get the skinny on why I see FOMO shares going A LOT higher.
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Shifting our attention back to British Columbia's famed Golden Triangle where Seabridge's flagship KSM and growing Iskut Projects are located, one of my newest recommendations -- Eskay Mining (TSXV-ESK; OTC-ESKYF) -- has more than doubled in 2026's first few weeks.
Here again -- as you're going to learn from THIS DEEP DIVE into the company with C.E.O. Mac Balkam and V.P. - Finance Rob Myhill -- there are near-term reasons why I expect that ESK is only getting started with its re-emergence after a prolonged period of "quiescence," as Mac puts it!
As I explained in my initial recent recommendation of Eskay--as well as in my introductory comments in this video profile/interview--Eskay tantalizes me in the broad similarities of this story to another of my recommendations that our Members have already made a lot of money on: North Peak Resources (TSXV-NPR; OTCQB-NPRLF).
North Peak's Project in Nevada is woefully underexplored, even though surrounded by major projects/companies held by McEwen Mining, i80 Gold and others.
Likewise, Eskay's 130,000 or so acres in the Golden Triangle (one of the largest, singly-owned land packages there and also underexplored) is surrounded by the likes of KSM, Brucejack, Eskay Creek, Treaty Creek and others.
The potential speaks for itself, as you're going to continue hearing from me.
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Finally, for now, yet another of my stories that's done very well...but remains a BUY in a pricier sector, given that ITS OWN STORY renders it still CHEAP.
And that is Arizona Gold & Silver (TSXV-AZS; OTCQB-AZASF) whose C.E.O. Mike Stark I recently visited with RIGHT HERE to take an updated measure of things as 2026 gets underway.
In short, as we discuss, the company's flagship Philadelphia Project in Arizona is already vastly exceeding the initial expectations.
A few of us have started doing some back-of-the-envelope calculations here and are increasingly of the mind that what started as the thesis of a combined silver and gold resource that could be one million ounces or a little greater gold-equivalent is taking the shape of something FAR larger.
And if that's proven correct, AZS also remains DIRT CHEAP even after its own nice run.
All the best,
Chris Temple
Editor/Publisher
From the desk of Chris Temple -- Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026
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