Investing

No single fund captures the entire critical minerals supply chain. This new eResearch special mining report compares ETFs, mutual funds, and royalty and streaming companies offering exposure to lithium, cobalt, nickel, and rare earths like neodymium and dysprosium. Learn why fund names can be misleading, how royalty and streaming structures shift investor risk, and why one “rare earth” ETF holds 96.6% true rare-earth exposure while another holds just 16%. See how BATT, PICK, COPX, REMX, REXC, EART, Altius, Wheaton, and other vehicles stack up. Download the full 9-page report to compare holdings, fees, and geographic exposure before choosing your investment vehicle. [more]

This week’s Canadian mining recap tracks Barrick backing a Golden Triangle junior with a $20.9 million stake, a Sprott-backed three-way silver merger, a completed cross-border gold producer merger, and a ~$44 million financing package for a New Brunswick copper-zinc complex, all unfolding against a choppy, “Fear”-dominated precious-metals tape. Add a bonanza-grade silver discovery in Ontario and a standout copper-gold porphyry hit in British Columbia, and it’s clear junior-level consolidation and capital formation are proceeding on their own momentum. Read the full weekly recap for the details. [more]