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Mining Stocks Have Tech-Company Margins and Wall Street Hasn't Noticed | Tavi Costa

Feb 17, 2026
Tavi Costa, co-founder and CEO of Azoria Capital, a mining and real-assets investor, shares why precious metals and miners are still early in the cycle. He highlights miners’ tech-like margins and low exploration budgets. He discusses a potential US dollar breakdown, a commodity and emerging-markets surge, and why Latin America and junior miners offer compelling opportunities.
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Pullback Is Digestion, Not The Peak

  • Tavi Costa believes the recent metal-price pullback is digestion, not a cycle peak.
  • He expects historically elevated metal prices to persist due to supply constraints.
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Demand Rises While Supply Fails To Respond

  • Demand drivers like deglobalization, renewable buildout and AI support higher metal demand.
  • Supply isn't responding: production and new discoveries are falling despite higher prices.
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Dollar Weakness As The First Domino

  • Costa expects a substantial breakdown of the US dollar (DXY) versus other fiat currencies.
  • He sees that dollar move as the first domino triggering EM, commodities, and capital reallocation.
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