For over four decades, Montreal-based Kitco Metals has been one of the world’s premier retailers of precious metals products and a pioneer in the metals, commodities and cryptocurrencies media space, regarded as the leading global reference.
Kitco is at the forefront of innovation, applying the latest technologies to selling, buying, and trading precious metals; and global precious metals storage.
Kitco’s website (www.kitco.com) is visited daily by millions of people around the world. Kitco was the first precious metals company to provide investors with real-time market information, prices, news and analysis, and online precious metals services. The company maintains traditional and established services and continues to innovate by developing mobile and Internet of Things (IoT) applications and implementing next-generation web and blockchain technologies within the precious metals market.
Kitco Media encompasses Kitco News, Kitco Crypto, Kitco Mining, Kitco Education, Kitco Reach, Kitco Applications, and other Kitco media initiatives and partnerships. Kitco is one of the most recognized brands in precious metals and the world’s top source of metals, commodities, and mining information. Kitco has been expanding determinedly into the Cryptocurrency sector since 2019 with the launch of a live price update app.
Kitco News reports on the biggest market-moving news, covering global financial and business news across the spectrum of precious metals, cryptocurrencies, commodities, equity markets, macroeconomics and geopolitics.
Kitco Media content is available 24/7 on various over-the-top platforms including Kitco.com, YouTube and Kitco mobile applications.
Kitco News is the leading, global authority on precious metals and mining news. With a diverse and experienced team of reporters and broadcast journalists we cover market-moving news across the spectrum of precious metals, cryptocurrencies, commodities, macroeconomics and geopolitics, on written, video and audio media.
Our goal is to help people make informed investment decisions by providing them with objective, timely, up-to-date news, expert analysis and opinion, interviews with global leaders and exclusive coverage of events and conferences.
Kitco News is head-quartered in Montreal, with a team of journalists around the globe including bureaus in New York, Hong Kong and Vancouver.
Kitco Crypto is a Kitco Media initiative dedicated to covering the fast-moving cryptocurrency industry. The goal of Kitco Crypto is to keep readers, viewers and users well informed of breaking news within the digital asset sector and to provide in-depth coverage of the most important developments in the cryptocurrency and DeFi industry. Our written, visual and audio coverage includes updates on prices, regulatory actions, information about the top projects in the space and up-to-date analysis of the crypto markets from top investors and leaders in crypto. The Kitco Crytpo News team has access to the top Crypto, Bitcoin, DeFi events and conferences around the world, securing exclusive interviews and content.
Kitco Crypto's coverage of cryptocurrencies offers a unique look at the dynamics between this emerging asset class and the commodities space as a whole.
Kitco Mining is one of the world’s most recognized brands in the metals and mining sector. Our mandate is to be the top resource for all mining information and news. We offer a clear perspective on where the industry is going through breaking news coverage and in-depth reporting, presented alongside real-time base metals and mining stock prices. Kitco Mining regularly features exclusive interviews with CEOs and investors in the industry, offering direct access to some of the most influential voices in mining. Our reporting is a coveted, trustworthy resource for industry stakeholders eager to know how the mining industry is evolving.
Be the leading source of news and information across the spectrum of precious metals, cryptocurrencies, commodities, and finance.
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John Dourekas is responsible for all aspects of Kitco Media, including its programming, the division’s expanding digital properties all of its editorial units and overall operations. He leads content, new product capabilities, marketing, media sales and strategy worldwide.
Michelle Makori is the editor-in-chief and lead anchor, managing all editorial operations including video, written and audio content. Michelle is an internationally acclaimed broadcast journalist, news anchor, reporter, and producer and has worked for leading global media organizations including i24News, Bloomberg, CNN Money, CGTN and SABC.
Michael McCrae is leading Kitco’s coverage of the mining sector. McCrae, who has both an MBA and CMA, knows how to build digital media properties. He was co-founder and publisher of MINING.com, an award-winning news site.
Neils Christensen has a diploma in journalism from Lethbridge College and has more than a decade of reporting experience working for news organizations throughout Canada. He has worked exclusively within the financial sector since 2007, when he started with the Canadian Economic Press.
Anna Golubova is the reporter for Kitco NEWS. As a journalist with five years of experience, she has covered a range of topics, focusing on economy and politics. Anna began to exclusively cover economic news in 2013, attending media lockups at the Bank of Canada and Statistics Canada.
Cornelius Christian is a producer at Kitco News. He previously taught economics at Brock University and St. Francis Xavier University. He holds a BA in Economics from the University of Alberta, and a MPhil and DPhil in Economics from the University of Oxford. Cornelius's publications have appeared in The Review of Economics and Statistics, Economics Letters, Explorations in Economic History, and The Financial Post.
Jordan Finneseth is a Crypto Market Reporter for Kitco Crypto. Coming from a background in Psychology and Human Behavior, he began to focus his attention on the cryptocurrency space in early 2017 after noticing the rapid growth of this emerging market. Since that time, Jordan has worked as a content creator for multiple projects and as a crypto news journalist reporting on the latest developments within the cryptocurrency market. Jordan holds a Master of Science in Clinical/Counseling Psychology and a pair of Bachelor's degrees in Psychology and Environmental Health Science.
Jim Wyckoff has been involved with stock, financial and commodity markets for over 25 years. His experience and specialized training in journalism and economics enrich his popular daily AM-PM Round-up and his Technically Speaking column on Kitco.com.
Vladimir (PhD, MEng in Mining) is a professional mining engineer, scientist and analyst that has more than 20 years of practical in-field and research experience. He is particularly interested in collecting, processing baseline data and writing insightful data-driven mining industry analytics, articles, statistical and research reports.
Paul Harris is a mining information analyst with over 24 years of experience in the Americas. He is the Founder of Copper Gold Symposium CGS Medellin & CGS Quito. Paul also co-hosting the Kitco NEWS Roundtable Podcast with Michael McCrae and Neils Christensen.
Ernest Hoffman is a Crypto and Market Reporter for Kitco News. He has over 15 years of experience as a writer, editor, broadcaster and producer for media, educational and cultural organizations. Ernest began working in market news in 2007, establishing the broadcast division of CEP News in Montreal, Canada, where he developed the fastest web-based audio news service in the world and produced economic news videos in partnership with MSN and the TMX. He has a bachelor's degree Specialization in Journalism from Concordia University.
Jonathan Da Silva developed a passion for hard money and economics from a young age, having been influenced by family who sought to teach him that "nothing is free", and the importance of intrinsic value early on. His interest in markets grew keener during the great financial crisis of 2008; leaning on family with vast trading experience, he began to self-educate on technical analysis and economics- drawing inspiration from the works of individuals like W.D. Gann and Adam Smith. Jonathan has been a proud member of the Kitco team since 2017 and hopes his writing inspires readers to consider an objective view of the metals, and the greater financial markets.
Todd Horwitz -- known as Bubba -- is chief market strategist of BubbaTrading.com. He is a regular contributor on Fox, CNBC, BNN, Kitco, and Bloomberg. He also hosts his daily podcast ‘The Bubba Show.’
Gary S. Wagner has been a technical market analyst for 25 years. A frequent contributor to Stocks & Commodities Magazine, he has also written for Futures Magazine as well as Barrons.