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Historic Gold Breakout: Bigger ‘Upside’ Ahead, Says CEO Who Called Rally | Joe Ovsenek

Feb 6, 2026
Joe Ovsenek, CEO and president of Tudor Gold, a mining leader behind the Treaty Creek project. He discusses why today’s gold rally feels different, the role of central bank buying and geopolitics, plans for a high-grade underground mine, and how permitting, financing, and majors’ discipline shape mining strategy.
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INSIGHT

Multipolar World Fuels Gold Demand

  • Geopolitical fragmentation is driving sustained gold demand beyond investor flows.
  • Joe Ovsenek argues a multipolar world reduces appetite for US dollars and boosts gold as a common currency.
ADVICE

Plan Studies Using Conservative Gold Prices

  • Use conservative gold assumptions for studies; Ovsenek suggests around $3,000/oz for planning.
  • He warns not to overstate long-term prices when building feasibility into project economics.
INSIGHT

High-Grade Shapes Improve Mine Economics

  • Defining higher-grade domains within a large resource materially improves mine planning.
  • Tudor Gold focused on higher cutoffs to identify shapes that can support an underground mine with better economics.
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