The upcoming US Presidential elections are whipping up market volatility, but mercifully, it wasn’t the main topic of conversation in the least populated state of the union, where I found myself on a short site visit last week. Out there, a more pressing matter was whether a snowstorm would hit before we wrapped up on-site.

In the Weekly Market Digest, in response to the market volatility, investors shifted toward alternative assets, boosting the value of bitcoin and gold while major US equity indices generated negative returns. Commodities, including precious and industrial metals, experienced downward pressure, accelerating declines in related equity benchmark ETFs.

The Exploration Insights Portfolio saw a decline roughly in line with the precious metal equity ETF as it underperformed the base metal one. 

In Stock Talk, one of the top performers from last week is gearing up for drilling in Quebec, as is a prospect generator in Serbia. I review results from drill programs in the Yukon, the southwest US, and southeastern Australia. I present my notes on a site visit to a Top Pick royalty generator’s only cash-flowing royalty.