[Recorded April 21st, 2026]  Nick Hodge, Co-Owner of Digest Publishing and editor of Foundational Profits and Underground Alpha, joins us for our monthly longer-format discussion on different macroeconomic factors and market reactions to the war in the Middle East, his key takeaways from the 13th annual Scottsdale Capital Event, and investing strategies in select gold, copper, lithium, uranium and critical minerals stocks in tantalum, antimony, and rare earths.

Nick discussed how after big runs over the last year in gold and gold equities that he had elected to apply a pruning and planting strategy, in cutting back position sizing from being overweight in GDXJ, Royal Gold, Inc. (NASDAQ: RGLD), Versamet Royalties Corporation (TSX: VMET), and some other precious metals stocks to raise cash that can be deployed on either pullbacks or into other sectors.

Shifting over to the energy side of critical mineral stocks, Nick highlighted some of the copper, lithium, and uranium names that have had his attention lately.

• With the copper stocks, Nick highlighted the steep March corrections and then the recent bounces higher in many copper producers, like Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN) (OTCQX: IVPAF).
• He highlighted the acquisition of Arizona Sonoran Copper Company Inc. (TSX:ASCU | OTCQX:ASCUF) by Hudbay Minerals Inc (TSX, NYSE: HBM) and how that may be used as a good case study and lens for consideration of other advanced assets and what kind of projects and jurisdictions interest the senior producers.
• Nick pointed out that 2 of the copper developers with good investor engagement, solid pounds in the ground resources, and good fundamentals that were attending the recent Scottsdale conference were Gunnison Copper Corp. (TSX: GCU) (OTCQB: GCUMF) and Aldebaran Resources Inc.  (TSX-V: ALDE) (OTCQX: ADBRF).  

• Nick pointed out that lithium prices have been on the move higher and flagged the recent high-grade Li resource estimate released this week by Q2 Metals Corp. (TSX.V: QTWO) (OTCQB: QUEXF).

• Last month he was adding more to his position in North Shore Uranium Ltd. (TSX-V:NSU), and he reiterated the constructive macro drivers behind more growth and adoption of nuclear power and the need for new uranium discoveries.

We then pivoted from the “energy metals” over to growing investor interest in the “defense metals” like tungsten, tantalum, antimony, and rare earths.

• Nick also flagged PMET Resources Inc. (TSX: PMET) (ASX: PMT) (OTCQX: PMETF) as a company that not only has a world-class lithium project, but also compelling cesium and tantalum resources for a suite of critical minerals.

• He mentioned Energy Fuels Inc. (NYSE American: UUUU) (TSX: EFR) as a company has accumulated on pullbacks, for their exposure to domestic production and processing of both uranium and rare earths.

• Perpetua Resources Corp. (Nasdaq: PPTA) (TSX: PPTA), is a company he’s supported for over a decade for the interest in both their gold and antimony resources, and he pointed out that it has been the antimony kicker that has gained the project more traction with investors, and expedited the permit approval process last year.

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