
Bill Powers
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Bill Powers
@billpowers1970
Author, Analyst and Contrarian




BREAKING: Copper makes a new all-time high



Talisker Resources: From Explorer to Producer Terry Harbort joins us to discuss the Bralorne project, DSO production strategy, and how Talisker is ramping toward a multi-mine growth profile in British Columbia. Watch Here👇 youtu.be/8X97OvH6Kxc @Talisker_Ltd | $TSK.TO | #coi





ETF investors have sold 58 million ounces of silver in the past 2.5 months. That physical silver suddenly had no destination anymore. It should have ended up in London’s free float or as backing for COMEX / Shanghai silver futures. If I had known that beforehand, I would have said the silver market would move back into balance, because 58 million ounces is a huge amount of metal. But that did not happen. The silver market has not normalized. The 1-month silver lease rate in London averaged 0.0% in 2023 and 2024. Yesterday it was 0.75%, which is still historically very high. I cannot find where those 58 million ounces actually brought relief. If you look at COMEX and Shanghai futures, there are 67 million fewer ounces backing those futures over the same 2.5-month period. In 2022, 2023 and 2024, my view was simple: silver will go much higher once retail investors stop selling. Back then they sold more than 300 million ounces. That view is now relevant again, and the effect is even more extreme, because in 2022, 2023 and 2024 ETF investors kept the market in balance, while the market is now still completely out of balance.







#TMR Tamar Minerals - Now cashed up to drill Great Wheal Vor - once one of the world highest grade #TIN mines (>5.5%) Drilling only stopped when they reached mineral rights boundary .... Tamar now have those mineral rights!


Terry Harbort, $TSK CEO, joined @RedCloudFS to discuss the Company’s exciting growth story, including production at the Mustang Mine, ramp-up activities, and advancement of the Olympus mine. ▶️ Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=PRspG6… $TSKFF | #Gold | #TaliskerResources

Talisker Intersects 52.2 g/t Au over 0.55 metres, within 19.15 g/t over 1.60 metres, from the 2025 Bralorne Gold Project Resource Conversion Program - $TSK.TO $TSKFF.US $TSK-WT.TO | CEOCA Breaking News @GlobeNewswire/talisker-intersects-522-gt-au-over-055-metres-within" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">ceo.ca/@GlobeNewswire…



In case you’re curious where the losses are, the PE industry has been acquiring and then raiding the floats of c.10% of US life insurance assets. They’ve been filling them with private credit and direct lending, all using the same private ratings agency to misclassify the loans.



All jokes aside, this latest development in the Fed situation is fascinating. If I were a holder (especially foreign) of US govt debt, I'd be getting increasingly nervous now about holding those paper assets. The hard asset bull market is so far from over.





@DarioCpx Any concern around CME raising margin requirements?



