Fifty years ago, two American astronauts took a few grand leaps on the face of the moon on behalf of mankind. In today's Rant, I look into the recent leaps on the sentiment for gold and silver, and the impact on the EI Portfolio. I also review the advance of a royalty held by a prospect generator, metallurgical results from a lithium project, and quarterly production results from a junior gold producer and a royalty/streaming company.

In The Rant, I review the market factors supporting a buoyant gold price. In Stock Talk, I cover a small financing by a lithium brine developer in Argentina, a new joint venture deal by a prospect generator in the Golden Triangle, and summer program updates from a zinc explorer in the Yukon and a gold explorer in Japan.

Several unrelated earthquakes rocked the west coast of North America while market tremors impacted the gold price. Lithium explorer manages to effectively tap the fickle junior mining equity markets. Junior gold miner provides update of its producing, developing, and exploration assets in Nevada and Mexico. Site visit note on a prospect generator’s project in the Sierra Madre Gold Belt of Mexico.