Junior Mining Stock Ghosts, PDAC Sentiment & Canada Funds Miners with Bill Powers & Brian Leni

In this month’s Junior Mining Insights discussion, Bill Powers and Brian Leni recap the past month in junior mining with a North American focus after attending Vancouver’s Metals Investor Forum and PDAC in Toronto. They evaluate Canadian government initiatives and grants around critical minerals and processing capacity, with Brian expressing skepticism but acknowledging speculative implications when support validates strong projects. Bill shares lessons from high-net-worth investors and explains the three types of junior mining “ghosts” that spook your equities. The duo further discusses investor psychology, volatility management, due diligence, management vision, and caution around the growing trend of bulk sampling.

00:00 Intro

01:06 MIF & PDAC Sentiment

04:00 Canada processing push

05:34 Politics and US ties

08:57 Government signals investing

12:44 PDAC day two crowds

15:41 Bull market and rumors

17:41 Volatility and psychology

20:58 High net worth playbook

26:33 Junior mining ghosts

29:59 Spotting Hidden Power

30:55 Using Ghost Categories

32:08 Macro Marketing Moves

35:16 Conviction Over Speculation

38:31 When Bad Actors Appear

42:41 Bulk Sampling Trend

48:22 Financing Frenzy Signals

52:05 Attributing Price Moves