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7 hours ago Brett Heath, CEO of Metalla Royalty & Streaming, says rising borrowing costs and increasingly expensive mine builds are creating a larger role for royalty and streaming capital across the mining sector. Speaking with Kitco Mining at the 2026 Mining Forum Americas in Colorado Springs, Heath said streams are becoming a “mainstream form of financing” as companies look for alternatives to traditional debt and equity.

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6 hours ago (Kitco News) - The US is on track to run roughly $10 trillion in deficits over the next five years, with no political will to rein in spending, and that fiscal backdrop keeps the long-term case for gold intact, according to Lyn Alden, founder of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy and author of Broken Money.

5 hours ago Greenheart Gold President and CEO Justin van der Toorn says Tosso Creek is now the company’s top exploration priority as an initial 2,000-meter diamond drill program tests the project’s scale and structural controls.

6 hours ago David Erfle, Founder and Editor of JuniorMinerJunky.com, says stronger junior balance sheets are changing the dynamics of mining M&A by giving companies more room to advance projects before considering a sale. Speaking with Kitco Mining, Erfle also points to Agnico Eagle’s strategy of taking strategic positions in juniors before committing to full acquisitions, calling it a more disciplined approach than the aggressive buying seen in the previous cycle.

Sep 29, 2026 Has gold entered a key buy zone for investors? Gold has indeed entered a buy zone, but to call it “key” is a bit of an exaggeration. The $4200-$3941 area is a buy zone… for modest-size buying of gold, silver, and mining stocks. What caused the drop (which is perhaps better labeled a price sale)? Well, China’s “Golden Week” holiday begins October 1. Ironically, it’s a week when the nation’s gold markets and shops are closed.

WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) - US inflation increased less than expected in August and price pressures were more moderate in the prior month than previously reported, likely reducing the urgency for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates ​again in October. Another rate hike this year, however, remains on the table as the report from the Commerce Department on Wednesday showed consumer spending surging last month.

(Kitco NewsWire) – Spot gold prices were modestly lower and spot silver prices were weaker in late U.S. trading Wednesday, as cooler U.S. inflation data lowered October Fed hike expectations but failed to stop another rise in long-dated Treasury yields. At the time of writing, spot gold was trading near $4,156.10 an ounce, down 0.60% on the session, while spot silver was trading near $60.180, down 1.90%.

Sept 30 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook on Wednesday said she is committed to bringing inflation down ​without harming the labor market in remarks that ‌only briefly touched on monetary policy and did not address the latest inflation data.