Jayant Bhandari, a private strategic resource investor that consults many high-net-worth investors and institutions, joins me to share his outlook on both gold and copper demand, as well as 3 different arbitrage trade opportunities in resource stock mergers, and the value proposition he sees in 2 gold exploration companies.

We start off in a general discussion about the macroeconomic and geopolitical tensions underlying the consistent bid in the gold price to higher levels. At these higher prices he is not adding to his gold positions, but he is holding his positions bought at lower levels and anticipates pricing to keep advancing higher in most global currencies for medium to longer term.

We also discussed the higher average pricing we’ve seen in copper (and this interview was recorded on Monday before Trump floated the plan to place a 50% tariff on copper coming into the US). Jayant focused on the economic health in China being more robust that often covered in Western media outlets, and that despites the US/China tariff war, he still anticipates their internal growth will underpin consistent demand for copper and many other commodities.

The balance of the discussion focuses on value arbitrage setups in 3 resource stocks being acquired, and opportunities in 2 gold explorers that he holds in his own portfolio. The companies that we reviewed are:

• Arbitrage trade in the merger of Mandalay Resources Corp (TSX: MND, OTCQB: MNDJF) and Alkane Resources Limited (ASX: ALK)
• Arbitrage trade in the merger of Granite Creek Copper Ltd. (TSX-V:GCX) (OTCQB: GCXXF) and Cascadia Minerals Ltd. (TSX-V:CAM) (OTCQB:CAMNF)
• Arbitrage trade in the merger of Nuclear Fuels Inc. (CSE: NF) (OTCQX: NFUNF) and Premier American Uranium Inc. (TSXV: PUR, OTCQB: PAUIF)
• Value proposition in the exploration strategy for Aztec Minerals Corp. (TSX-V: AZT), (OTCQB: AZZTF).
• Value proposition in the exploration strategy for Irving Resources Inc. (CSE:IRV)(OTCQX:IRVRF).

Wrapping up, Jayant shares more information about why listeners may want to attend his Capitalism and Morality conference on August 22-23rd this year in Vancouver. KER listeners can use coupon code KEReport25 for 10% off admission.*

https://jayantbhandari.com/capitalism-morality-2025/