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To: Widget Jr

I have never heard of Scott brown the author.

But his first example.
“For example, Stillwater Mines, which operates in the United States and is the only large Platinum/Palladium mining effort in the US reported the 4th quarter of 2015 a 23 million dollar profit. And that is the only real mining operation of any size in the United States that mines Platinum Group metals. You are not going to make millions buying and selling gold when the actual mines are not making that much themselves.”

Is so false and misleading I actually laughed.

Granted some of the other stuff is reasonable.

I bet the newbie author never spoke with or dealt with Hannes who actually would take your call 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

That guy was awesome till he wasn’t.

Or try to help a startup in Bolivia where the owner had developed an eco friendly refining process and wanted to mint super pure .99999 coins for the Bolivian gov’t


16 posted on 01/31/2024 5:55:12 PM PST by algore
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To: algore
"But his first example.... Is so false and misleading I actually laughed."

What is false in that statement for 2016?
That Stillwater Mines is the only large Platinum/Palladium mining operation in the US? That their 45th quarter 2015 profits were $23 million? That there is no way to make more money trading metals than the companies that mine and produce them?

This was written the year before Hannes Boone and Sibyane Company bought Stillwater in May 2017 then rebranding the company in August.

The company's history after the article was written is not relevant.

21 posted on 01/31/2024 6:41:20 PM PST by Widget Jr
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