Video News/Xplor 2025

Michael Gentile, founding partner of Bastion Asset Management, joins Kitco Mining’s Ernest Hoffman at Xplor 2025 in Montreal to discuss the powerful tailwinds driving gold, silver, and copper markets. He says a surge in central bank buying has created a “firm owner demand in gold that you haven’t had for 50 or 60 years,” adding that investors are still early in recognizing the scale of the ongoing bull market. Gentile also outlines why junior miners are next to benefit as majors generate record cash flow and M&A activity accelerates. He warns that Canada has a generational opportunity and says “we’re watching that ship sail and we’re not getting on that ship,” urging faster timelines to develop the country’s mineral wealth.