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There was a time when gold could be plucked from riverbeds by hand.
A time when prospectors chased shining veins through sunlit canyons and mountain passes.
A time when giants like Homestake and Barrick carved billion-dollar fortunes from the Earth with little more than grit and a shovel.
That time is over.
Because as of now, the world has officially hit Peak Gold.
And this changes everything.
For investors, for governments, for currencies, and, most importantly, for anyone who still believes gold will always be there when the rest of the system collapses.
The truth is stark: There is less easy gold left to find and far more required in the way of finding it.
And if you think the next gold rush is around the corner… you're dead wrong.
The Golden Drought Has Already Begun
You won’t hear this from the media, but I’ve been watching the numbers closely for over a decade.
And the data is in.
Global gold discoveries peaked back in 2016. Since then? Collapse.
From the 1990s through 2012, the mining world averaged over 20 major gold discoveries every year. That means deposits with at least 2 million ounces of proven gold.
Since 2012? Just 25 major discoveries… total.
That’s not a slowdown. That’s a cliff dive.
The reason is simple: We've already found the easy gold.
Those shallow, high-grade, surface-level deposits that made 20th-century mining a cash cow? They’re gone.
Today, geologists are drilling deeper, chasing lower grades, and spending more for less.
Average ore grades have plummeted from 10 grams per ton in the 1960s… to just 1 or 2 grams per ton today.
That means for every ounce of gold, miners must now move 5–10 times more rock.
More fuel. More labor. More machinery. More cost.
All for less gold.
Miners Are Waving the White Flag
Faced with this reality, gold majors are making a telling move…
They’re giving up on exploration.
From 2012–2022, the top 10 gold companies slashed their exploration budgets by over 50%.
Rather than spend millions hunting for new deposits that may not exist, they’re doing something else entirely:
Buying each other.
Just look at the wave of mergers and acquisitions sweeping the sector:
- Newmont and Goldcorp
- Barrick and Randgold
- Agnico Eagle and Kirkland Lake
These aren’t partnerships born out of opportunity. They’re lifelines.
Each one is a desperate grab for reserve replacement.
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These companies aren’t finding new gold. They’re simply reshuffling what already exists.
That should terrify you.
Discovery Is Just the Beginning… of a Very Long Road
Even when a new deposit is found, that doesn’t mean gold comes pouring out the next day. Far from it.
The average time from discovery to actual gold production? 10–15 years.
Permitting alone can take 5–7 years. Especially in places like the U.S., Canada, and Australia where environmental red tape is tighter than a submarine hatch.
Then add another 3–5 years for feasibility studies, engineering, environmental impact assessments, community negotiations, and, of course… financing.
So even if someone found a new Pebble Creek-sized deposit tomorrow, it likely wouldn’t deliver its first ounce until 2035. And that’s a best-case scenario.
Think about that.
And ask yourself: What happens if gold demand surges in the meantime?
The answer? Supply won’t be able to respond.
The pipeline is dry. And there's no quick fix.
Which is exactly why gold’s long-term price trajectory is so bullish.
Gold Mining Is Getting Dangerous
Meanwhile, the cost of doing business keeps soaring.
The average all-in sustaining cost (AISC) of mining gold now ranges from $1,300–$1,500 per ounce.
Upfront capital costs for a modern mine? North of $1 billion.
And it’s not just the money.
Mining remains one of the most dangerous industries on the planet.
- Underground explosions
- Equipment failures
- Toxic chemical leaks
- Fatalities that no ESG fund wants to explain to shareholders
That’s part of why banks are pulling back.
Why pension funds are avoiding mining exposure.
And why environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing is squeezing the industry from all sides.
The result: Less capital for new mines… and more pressure on existing ones.
Governments, Permits, and Protestors
Let’s say you beat the odds.
You find gold. You drill. You file the reports. You raise the cash.
What comes next?
A bureaucratic nightmare.
In the United States alone, miners must navigate a maze of agencies just to move forward:
- Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- U.S. Forest Service
- State departments
- Tribal authorities
And it only takes one lawsuit, one endangered species, or one local protest to derail the entire project.
Just ask the folks behind the Donlin Gold project in Alaska. Decades of delays. Billions spent. Still waiting.
Or Pebble Creek, sitting on $500 billion worth of gold and copper, deadlocked for over 40 years.
Or look abroad to the Brumadinho disaster in Brazil. When a tailings dam collapsed in 2019, over 270 lives were lost. The environmental damage? Catastrophic. The legal fallout? Ongoing.
Every miner in the world is now on notice: Mess up once and you're done.
And the global community isn’t waiting around. Cyanide bans, mercury restrictions, protected watershed designations, and community "no-go" zones are multiplying.
We are entering an era where approval is the exception, not the rule.
So What Happens Next?
The world still needs gold.
- Central banks are buying more gold now than at any time since Bretton Woods.
- China, Russia, India, and the BRICS bloc are hoarding bullion.
- Retail demand in Asia is on fire.
- And the dollar, shackled by $36 trillion in U.S. debt, continues to decline in real terms.
Yet supply cannot keep up.
We are in a structural deficit.
Meaning gold will not only rise in price…
It will become priceless.
What This Means for You
As a major advocate and investor of NatGold… and the man who called the $150 oil spike in 2008, the shale boom, and the 2020 COVID market rebound before they happened…
I’m telling you now…
Gold is not just another asset.
It is the foundation of all monetary systems.
And in a world that’s facing declining supply, soaring demand, and unprecedented monetary instability…
Gold will once again become the most powerful form of money in history.
But don’t think you can just go out and buy a gold miner and call it a day.
Most gold miners are in decline. High costs. Regulatory delays. Eco-sustainability pressure. No new discoveries.
Which is why I recommend NatGold.
NatGold is not a miner. It doesn’t produce dirty gold. It doesn’t need tailings dams or cyanide or billion-dollar permits.
Instead, it tokenizes certified, in-ground U.S. gold reserves. Billions of dollars’ worth, already verified by geologists, already mapped, and ready to become a digital asset.
The best part? It bypasses the decade-long delays of physical production and brings that value to the blockchain today.
No mining. No mercury. No middleman.
Just pure, verified, sovereign U.S. gold wealth in token form.
And for a limited time, the NatGold token pre-sale is open.
This is your chance to be first.
To front-run the next monetary reset.
To own digital gold that reflects the true scarcity now gripping the physical markets.
And to profit from what I believe is the greatest wealth event of our time: the remonetization of gold.
History is repeating.
But this time, you don’t need a shovel.
You need NatGold.
Get to the good, green grass first…
The Prophet of Profit,
Brian Hicks
Check us out on YouTube!Brian is a founding member and President of Angel Publishing. He writes about general investment strategies for Wealth Daily and Energy and Capital. Brian is the managing editor and investment director of R.I.C.H Report (Retired Independent Carefree Healthy), New World Assets and Extreme Opportunities. For more on Brian, take a look at his editor’s page.
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