Dear Reader,

Type ‘gold news Australia’ into Google and I bet the first thing you notice isn’t gold news, but mining-related news.

That’s what happens when you’re nothing but a quarry for the rest of the world.

The press is more than happy to talk about what Newcrest Mining shares did or didn’t do for the day. Evolution Mining might even get a look in their commentary.

Northern Star is a go-to for gold mine coverage. As is Saracen Resources now. Both having a 50% stake in the Kalgoorlie Super Pit makes them easy fodder.

Of course, pick up a newspaper and you’ll notice in the market section there’s a lot of talk about all the capital raising the gold juniors are doing.

Money is flowing thick and fast into these gold tiddlers right now.

As the coronavirus reached our shores and rattled our markets down 36%, there was a worry that the smaller companies wouldn’t see the end of the year.

Back in April, a change made to capital raising requirements by the ASX allowed greater tin rattling by both percentage of shares issued…and the documents required to apply for a rights issue.

Of course, despite the global pandemic ripping through the world, the tiniest, riskiest sector of the Aussie market is, for lack of a better word, flying.

And all of these are hot topics for the papers.

Yet when it comes to talking about the underlying commodity they’re digging up, it gets little mention.

And that’s exactly where I come in (click here now).

Regards,

Shae Russell, Editor, Rock Stock Insider