Christine Cho Analyst Performance

Investors pulled 2.9 billion dollars from the world's largest gold fund in a single day this March, pushing total outflows to 14 billion. At the same time, the World Gold Council recorded the highest quarterly central bank gold buying on record, with buyers taking physical delivery instead of paper shares.

Newmont spent 15 billion dollars acquiring Newcrest in 2023, the largest deal in gold mining history. Yet production stayed at 5.9 million ounces, unchanged from 2020. Newmont, Barrick and Agnico all face the same reserve shortage, pushing majors toward acquiring smaller producing miners. Recent deals show the pattern: Rupert Resources jumped 67 percent and G2 Goldfields jumped 79 percent the day their buyouts were announced. Analyst Garrett Goggin has identified four junior miners he believes are next on the shopping list.