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Rick Rule.

Perspectives on natural resources, commodity cycles and contrarian investing.

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The cost of maintaining copper supply

The copper industry requires at least $250 billion in capital expenditure over the next 10 years to maintain current levels of output,
Rick RuleKitco Mining ·
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Rule discusses replacement capital and the role of streaming and royalty finance on Kitco Mining’s Digging Deep. This is his estimate as reported on the date shown.

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Boring can be a good thing

People criticize prospect generators by saying that they're boring, and I would suggest that the contrary word to boring is terror.
Rick RuleResource Stock Digest ·
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Rule explains his preference for exploration companies that bring in partners to fund drilling. The interview discusses Kincora and Empress; both Rule and the interviewer disclose owning shares.

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People behind the mining company

Commodity turns out to be less important than people.
Rick RuleKitco Mining ·
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In a Vancouver Resource Investment Conference interview, Rule argues that assessing management is central to selecting mining investments.

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Finding opportunity in unpopular commodities

As a contrarian investor, there's nothing I love as much as hate.
Rick RuleKitco — Green Rush ·
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In a Green Rush interview with Matt Watson, Rule discusses nickel and lithium after sharp price declines. He is referring to investors abandoning a commodity, not hostility toward people.

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Valuation models are guides, not guarantees

But I have never believed in their implicit accuracy. I've regarded them as guidelines.
Rick RuleStansberry Investor Hour ·
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Rule is discussing financial valuation models with Dan Ferris and Corey McLaughlin. He uses models to compare scenarios while recognizing that commodity prices and other assumptions can be wrong.

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How commodity cycles turn

The cure for low prices was, in fact, low prices.
Rick RuleStansberry Investor Hour ·
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Rule tells Dan Ferris how low uranium prices discouraged production while demand grew, setting up a subsequent recovery. He is describing the supply response behind his uranium investment thesis.

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Uranium prices—or the lights go out

But five years from now, if the uranium price doesn’t go up, the lights go out, it’s that simple.
Rick RuleMining Stock Education ·
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Speaking to Bill Powers at PDAC 2018, Rule argues that uranium prices below the full cost of production cannot sustain supply indefinitely. His five-year horizon refers to 2018, not today; the interview page includes the transcript and recording.

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