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,
Perspectives on natural resources, commodity cycles and contrarian investing.
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,
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.
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.
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.
People behind the mining company
Commodity turns out to be less important than people.
In a Vancouver Resource Investment Conference interview, Rule argues that assessing management is central to selecting mining investments.
Finding opportunity in unpopular commodities
As a contrarian investor, there's nothing I love as much as hate.
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.
Valuation models are guides, not guarantees
But I have never believed in their implicit accuracy. I've regarded them as guidelines.
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.
How commodity cycles turn
The cure for low prices was, in fact, low prices.
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.
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.
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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