Richard (Rick) Mills
Mining Expert & Financial Writer
Richard Mills is a mining expert, financial writer, and the owner of Aheadoftheherd.com. He invests in the junior resource/bio-tech sectors and his articles have been published on over 400 websites, including: WallStreetJournal, SafeHaven, MarketOracle, USAToday, NationalPost, Stockhouse, Lewrockwell, Pinnacledigest, UraniumMiner, SeekingAlpha, MontrealGazette, CaseyResearch, 24hgold, VancouverSun, CBSnews, SilverBearCafe, Infomine, HuffingtonPost, Mineweb, 321Gold, Kitco, Gold-Eagle, The Gold/Energy Reports, CalgaryHerald, ResourceInvestor, Mining.com, Forbes, FNArena, Uraniumseek, FinancialSense, Goldseek, Dallasnews, Vantagewire, Resourceclips and the Association of Mining Analysts.
Richard (Rick) Mills Articles
The Bloomberg Commodity Index (BCOM) is made up of exchange-traded futures on 22 commodities and is widely mimicked by ETFs and fund managers. On Nov. 28, 2025, the weighting for gold was at 19.4% and silver at 7.1%. On Jan. 8 the BCOM is...
2025 was historic in that gold, silver and copper all rose significantly at the same time — the first time this has happened in 45 years.
The BRICS countries are moving away from the US dollar as the currency that settles international transactions, and gold is an integral part of the new settlement mechanism.
It took just 71 days for the US federal government to add another trillion dollars to the national debt. In August, the debt soared past $37 trillion for the first time. On Oct. 21, it blew past $38 trillion, according to FXStreet.
Gold is a reliable indicator of geopolitical tensions, and one would think that the peace agreement between Israel and Hamas would knock the gold price off its lofty perch. But it didn’t.
Gold is up 51% year to date and reached a record-high $4,059/oz on Oct. 8, silver is doing even better at a YTD increase of 70%, palladium is up 59%, and platinum has gained 76%. Copper is up 24%, currently trading at $4.86/lb and...
The Fed is lowering interest rates in the face of sticky and rising inflation. That is a disaster in the making.
There are two demand drivers for gold. The fear trade has to do with demonetization, currency destruction, and negative real interest rates (interest rates minus inflation), which are usually gold positive. A newer term would be de-...
A “commodity supercycle” is a period of consistent price increases lasting more than five years, and in some cases, decades. The Bank of Canada defines it as an “extended period during which commodity prices are well above or below their...
So far so good, profits are incredible, gold miners are making money hand over fist and shareholders are reaping their rewards. The problems facing our gold producers are going to become apparent in the next few years.
