What I really want to know is: Why should I continue to hold your stock? And why does it feel like you're actively alienating the retail investors who stood by you when it mattered most? As a long-term shareholder who's ridden out multiple brutal cycles and still maintains a significant position, I'll acknowledge that the recent Pan pivot transaction was essential. It stabilized the company and prevented a far worse outcome. Credit where it's due. But the way things have unfolded since then has left many of us deeply frustrated and sidelined. Retail investors, you know, the ones who refused to sell during the darkest periods and helped prevent a total share-price collapse? That loyalty is precisely what kept the stock at a level that made this deal viable in the first place. Yet since the transaction closed, the dominant tone from leadership has been self-congratulatory. Compensation package, RSUs, stock options, and preferential share placement allocations, appear disproportionately directed toward executives, senior management, and insiders. Many of these same leaders have retained their positions without meaningful accountability, and the board has continued to approve these grants with little apparent restraint. Meanwhile, the broader shareholder base (especially retail) that enabled this turnaround opportunity has received virtually no tangible upside and scarcely any acknowledgment. This disconnect is amplified by what seems like a profound lack of self-awareness about optics. Celebrating personal windfalls while long-term holders remain underwater, or at best flat, during one of the strongest bull markets in decades is eroding the remaining goodwill that carried the company through its toughest years. I'm concerned that genuine alignment with shareholders won't emerge until the last of the early believers and loyal retail holders have finally been driven away. I truly hope I'm wrong. With a cleaner balance sheet and a clear runway ahead, the company is now positioned to capitalize on favorable market conditions but only if it can execute and regain investor trust. That has been elusive to date yet you wouldn’t know it based on the aforementioned compensation situation optics and no performance management accountability. What it desperately needs next is leadership that demonstrates it truly values the patience and sacrifice of ALL investors including those who never abandoned ship. I'm still here because I believe in the underlying assets and long-term potential. Maybe I am stupid for it. But that conviction is being tested daily by the perception that management's priorities lie elsewhere. A meaningful shift that includes improved communication, disciplined capital allocation, or incentive structures that actually tie executive rewards to sustained shareholder returns, would go a long way toward restoring confidence. And of course execution and doing what you’re going to say you’re going to do. Just because you’re able to grant yourselves generous option grants doesn't mean they should be rubber-stamped without question. Optics matter. Consider setting real performance hurdles before checking the box simply because you can. I know I'm not alone. These feelings are widely shared among long-term retail and institutional holders who have remained supportive through thick and thin. We're not asking for miracles or promises that can't be kept. We just want clear evidence that our continued commitment is recognized and valued. So shame on me for still being here. Now what if anything will you do to keep me on board? That’s the question you should address to your retail audience who is still with you tomorrow. Regards, #baggolder

Luca Mining acquiring the Cozamin Mine in Zacatecas, Mexico for total upfront consideration of $290M + deferred and contingent consideration. $LUCA.NE 🇲🇽 newswire.ca/news-releases/lu…

Artemis Gold buying Vista Gold in a stock deal valued at $427M, implying consideration of $2.83 per Vista common share. Represents a 29% premium on 20-day VWAP. Vista Gold shareholders will own 5% of the combined company. $ARTG.NE $VGZ.TO Mt. Todd project in Northern Territory 🇦🇺 businesswire.com/news/home/2…

i can tell almost no one has seen this video, it goes with yesterday's press release. for all the wdo holders out there, this looks like a new system,and as such is a big deal,imo. (especially given the stupidly low valuation it currently has.)

MVIS $GDXJ rebalance announced. 44 added. 1. Rio2 Ltd (RIO CT) 2.Hemlo Mining Corp (HMMC CT) 3.i-80 Gold Corp (IAUX UA) 4.Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM UA) 5.Omai Gold Mines Corp (OMG CV) 6.Minerals 260 Ltd (MI6 AT) 7.NorthIsle Copper & Gold (NCX CV) 8.Lunr Royalties Corp (LUNR CT) 9.First Mining Gold Corp (FF CT) 10.Benz Mining Corp (BNZ AT) 11.Elemental Royalties Corp (ELE UR) 12.Highlander Silver Corp (HSLV CT) 13.Troilus Mining Corp (TLG CT) 14.Mineros SA (MSA CT) 15.Gold X2 Mining Inc (AUXX CV) 16.Asante Gold Corp (ASE CV) 17.Collective Mining Ltd (CNL CT) 18.Liberty Gold Corp (LGD CT) 19.Forrestania Resources (FRS AT) 20.Turaco Gold Ltd (TCG AT) 21.Banyan Gold Corp (BYN CV) 22.Gold Royalty Corp (GROY UA) 23.Thesis Gold & Silver (TAU CV) 24.Talamore Mining Corp (TALA CT) 25.Versamet Royalties Corp (VMET CT) 26.Mako Mining Corp (MKO CV) 27.GoldSky Resources Corp (GSKR CV) 28.Aurelia Metals Ltd (AMI AT) 29.Apex Mining Co (APX PM) 30.New Pacific Metals Corp (NEWP UA) 31.Mining Americas Inc (MAI CT) 32.TRX Gold Corp (TRX UA) 33.Meridian Mining (MNO CT) 34.Unico Silver Ltd (USL AT) 35.Heliostar Metals Ltd (HSTR CV) 36.Vox Royalty Corp (VOXR UR) 37.Sinda Ltd (SIND UN) 38.Blackrock Silver Corp (BRC CV) 39.Vista Gold Corp (VGZ UA) 40.NexGold Mining Corp (NEXG CV) 41.Jaguar Mining Inc (JAG CT) 42.Guanajuato Silver Company (GSVR CV) 43.Silver Storm Mining Ltd (SVRS CV) 44.International Tower Hill Mines (THM UA)

Solid update from $LGD.TO Liberty Gold on Black Pine FS. The update came in better than Paradigm estimates on capex, their estimate was $450M to $500M, and on AISC, their estimate was more than $1,700. FS mines more tonnes, produces more gold per year, spends more capex, and uses much higher gold-price assumptions as compared to the PFS. Overall an economically strong and viable project that demonstrates leverage to the upside while still financially feasible on the downside.

Scotiabank is estimating 41 new additions and 2 deletions to the upcoming $GDXJ rebalance. This would be the highest number of additions since 2010. The rebalance will be announced after market close on September 11 and will be effective after market close on September 18.

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Chart from Scotiabank on $GDXJ rebalance coming up.

We all get things wrong. It’s part of the game. Frankly I was wrong too. Over 3 years. But I’ll take it. 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽

Updated deck with pipeline permitted and fully funded at current #Gold x. $MAI.TO

Legacy MAI shareholders today have risen.

A little over two years ago I wrote this. My how things have changed. 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽

I can retire this now. 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽

News Release 📰– @Mining_Americas Announces Key Permit Approvals for Development of the Cerro de Oro Project in Northern Zacatecas, Mexico. $MAI.TO $MAIFF Full news release: bit.ly/4cVqvlq

Mining Americas Announces Key Permit Approvals for Development of the Cerro de Oro Project in Northern Zacatecas, Mexico $MAI.TO tinyurl.com/2yj54h2r

$MAI.TO Mining Americas Announces Key Permit Approvals for Development of the Cerro de Oro Project in Northern Zacatecas, Mexico 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽

What a Warshout

BESSENT COULD UNLEASH $1 TRILLION ON BOND MARKET The US Treasury could tap its nearly $1 trillion cash account to fund expanded bond buybacks, potentially giving it major firepower to push long-term yields lower. Treasury recently doubled minimum buybacks of longer-dated securities to $4 billion, with Bessent signaling even larger purchases are possible. Using existing Treasury cash could strengthen the program’s market impact while reducing the need for Federal Reserve involvement.

Wake up, folks. Commodities are telling you something, and yesterday the Treasury confirmed it. Scarcity in the physical world. Repression in the financial one. Scarcity pushes prices up. Repression holds yields down. The gap between them is the debasement. Commodities are the only asset class that wins on both sides. The structural case for commodities has been turbo charged. Underinvestment, deglobalization and electrification all pushing markets like diesel cracks and copper to new highs. Meanwhile the chokepoints are increasing, from Hormuz to the Red Sea, the Rhine, the Panama Canal, the Black Sea grain corridor and Russian refining capacity. It is becoming increasingly apparent that not a single one of those is reachable by anything in Washington's toolkit whether it be caused by war or weather. The illusion of abundance is likely behind us. I said as much on CNBC this Monday, and I got long gold, silver and agriculture last week. Ten points for you to consider. (1/11)

Treasury said it is at least doubling the maximum size of purchases of longer-dated nominal coupons in its program to buy back government debt, raising the cap from $2 billion to at least $4 billion per operation beginning Sept. 9. home.treasury.gov/news/press…