Investing in gold is a curious phenomenon, when you think about it, because the metal’s value-preservation capabilities, in effect for thousands of years at this point, sit at the intersection of currency and commodity.
A pawn shop will readily hand over cash for your gold coins, bars and jewelry based on the spot price, plus a little margin, because the market for owning them to boost your self esteem and hedge against inflation has proven itself to benefit from reliable demand going back millennia.
This article is disseminated in partnership with gold mining companies White Gold Corp. and London BTC Company Ltd. It is intended to inform investors and should not be taken as a recommendation or financial advice.
At the same time, an increasing number of industries are turning to gold, including electronics for its resistance to oxidation, aerospace for its temperature resistance, medicine for its non-toxic nature and renewable energy for its high conductivity, helping to support a floor price for the metal when stocks are booming and safe-haven demand is on the decline. That said, industry only represents about 10 per cent of overall demand.
The upshot is that, whether you’re in the market for a new necklace or portfolio protection, the symbiosis between macroeconomic conditions and buyer sentiment is the ultimate determiner of where the price of gold will go from here, which means that investors keen on optimizing their exposure should minimize the chances of this pairing standing in the way of long-term returns.
A historically reliable way to achieve this is by placing your conviction in company fundamentals and investing in gold explorers, developers and producers, whose ability to consistently deliver on growth milestones over time are what shareholder value is made of.
In the newest edition of Weekly Market Movers, I’ll introduce you to a pair of junior miners actively marching along value-enhancing paths, each of which joined Stockhouse for an interview over the past week.
White Gold
First we have White Gold, market cap C$454.17 million, whose 21-property portfolio, spanning more than 3,000 square kilometers, occupies about 40 per cent of the Yukon’s richly mineralized White Gold district, including Talamore Mining‘s 4-million-ounce Coffee deposit and Western Copper and Gold‘s more than 20-million-ounce Casino deposit.
The company commands its presence in the district with its flagship White Gold project, whose resources are estimated at 1,732,300 ounces indicated and 1,265,900 ounces inferred, while remaining vastly untapped across the land package’s four constituent deposits.
The multi-million-ounce project is complemented by more than five gold and critical minerals targets showing prospective mineralization, plus several strong superficial geochemical anomalies, collectively representing one of Canada’s most attractive advanced-stage gold projects.
At the top, White Gold is under the care of a leadership team with a track record of advancing multi-million ounce discoveries to production, which has been feeding the market with positive news flow for more than a decade and is well-equipped to continue doing so through a fully funded 2026 exploration program.
Leadership’s high alignment with shareholders, owning a sizeable 15.8 per cent of the company, plus top gold miner Agnico Eagle’s own 19 per cent stake, further de-risk your due diligence.
White Gold stock (TSXV:WGO) last traded at C$1.99 and has added 306.12 per cent year-over-year.
David D’Onofrio, Chief Executive Officer of White Gold, joined Stockhouse’s Ricki Lee to chat about the White Gold project’s new preliminary economic assessment, which outlines a 9.4-year operation producing an average of 188,000 ounces of gold per year. Watch the interview here.
London BTC Company
A second stock to watch when it comes to cutting through gold volatility with operating leverage is London BTC Company, market cap £5.47 million, which is mining Bitcoin in third-party facilities in Canada and the United States and holding it in treasury, actioning the thesis that the cryptocurrency can hedge against inflation, much like gold, and better prepare portfolios for the digital age. The company has accumulated 80.16 BTC as of February 2026 worth about £3.7 million at today’s price.
Given Bitcoin’s short track record, coming to prominence only during the Global Financial Crisis of 2008, London BTC is actively hedging its crypto exposure though the development of four gold projects in Nevada and one in Australia, offering investors the potential to create value above and beyond owning these assets alone. Here’s a breakdown:
- The Black Star gold and silver project in Nevada yielded high-grade gold at surface, including a rock chip sample up to 16.23 grams per ton (g/t) gold and up to 50.5 g/t silver, just 16 miles from the 16.4-million-ounce Hycroft mine.
- The Teep gold and silver project in Nevada offers robust rock chip samples of its own, grading up to 36.90 g/t gold and 730.8 g/t silver, in the heart of the more than 40-million-ounce Walker Trend between Reno and Las Vegas.
- The Huntington-Whitman gold and silver project in Nevada is located 5 km from the Sleeper Mine (3.6 million ounces of gold and 23.5 million ounces of silver) owned by Paramount Gold and Silver, and only 1.2 km from the Jumbo deposit, the largest historical producer in the district, which is reported to host bonanza-grade veins up to 822 g/t gold.
- The Amonett-Frank gold and silver project, also in Nevada, delivered rock chip samples up to 52.66 g/t gold and 88.3 g/t silver, substantiating its proximity to the nearby Goldbanks gold resource, which is estimated to host resources of 2.56 million ounces of gold and 7.47 million ounces of silver.
- Finally, the Chance gold mine in Western Australia is only 4 km south of the historic 2.6-million-ounce Copperhead gold mine.
London BTC is in a strong position to advance its pair of complementary asset bases, exploiting historically high gold prices while continuing to accumulate Bitcoin contingent on market conditions, thanks to holding about US$1.2 million in cash and US$4 million in available debt as of February 2026.
The capital will be allocated by an executive team proven in the company’s target markets, including CEO Hewey Rattray, who brings a long history in early-stage technology and digital asset investing, having played a role in raising more than £100 million in capital, and Chairman David Lenigas, who also leads the boards at Rincon Resources and Riversgold Limited, each of which is advancing prospective polymetallic projects.
London BTC stock (LSE:BTC) last traded at £1.65 and has given back 69.44 per cent year-over-year.
Rattray spoke with Ricki Lee about the company’s approach to gold exploration and how recent high-grade results from Blackstar will shape project work moving forward. Watch the interview here.
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