Top 10 Dominant Drivers of Metals Markets in 2026 – Sprott – 2.10.26

Summary:

Join Sprott CEO Whitney George and Jacob White, CFA, Director of ETF Product Management, as they discuss deglobalization, fiscal dominance and the powerful moves across gold, silver, uranium, copper, rare earths and other critical materials. We’ll share where we see the most compelling opportunities in the year ahead.

This webcast will cover:

• How accelerating deglobalization and geopolitical tension are reshaping markets
• The shift toward the debasement trade and rising momentum in hard assets
• Key fiscal and monetary policy trends across the U.S., EU and Japan
• Gold’s strengthening role as a store of value and silver’s ongoing bull market
• Outlook on uranium’s bull setup, potential copper supply shocks and the strategic rebuild of the rare earths supply chain

Hosted by Ed Coyne, Senior Managing Partner, Global Sales at Sprott Inc. Edward C. Coyne is a Registered Representative of Sprott Global Resources Investments Ltd.

Accepted for 1 CFP / IWI / CFA CE Credit

Speakers:

Whitney George was named Chief Executive Officer of Sprott Inc. in 2022. He is also a Senior Portfolio Manager at Sprott Asset Management USA. Mr. George joined Sprott in 2015 and previously spent 23 years in senior roles at Royce & Associates LLC (“Royce”) in New York. He was Co-Chief Investment Officer of Royce from 2009 to 2013 and played a key role in the firm’s growth and evolution into a leading U.S. small-cap manager with peak assets of more than US$40 billion. At Sprott, Mr. George is also Senior Portfolio Manager of Sprott Focus Trust (FUND), a closed-end equity investment fund that seeks to provide long-term growth of capital through a focused portfolio of value stocks of companies across all market capitalizations. Prior to joining Royce, Mr. George held positions with Dominick & Dominick, Inc., WR Lazard & Laidlaw, Inc., Laidlaw, Adams & Peck and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. Whitney holds a bachelor’s degree from Trinity College.

Jacob White joined Sprott Asset Management in July 2020. He is responsible for managing Sprott’s ETF lineup, ETF product development, investment analysis and thought leadership. Prior to Sprott, Mr. White worked in asset management on a proprietary outcome-oriented fund-of-funds platform, OCIO (Outsourced Chief Investment Officer) clients and delegated accounts. He helped manage diversified investment strategies, primarily for Canadian institutional investors. Mr. White holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (Finance Major) from Wilfrid Laurier University, a Bachelor of Mathematics from the University of Waterloo, and is a CFA^® charterholder.

Ed Coyne joined Sprott in January 2016 and has more than 25 years of investment management and sales experience. Mr. Coyne is the Host of Sprott Radio, a lively podcast series that provides in-depth intelligence on precious metals and critical materials investments, featuring subject matter experts.

Before joining Sprott, he was a Principal and Investment Specialist for 18 years at Royce & Associates, a small-cap value manager located in New York City and the investment adviser to The Royce Funds. Before joining Royce, Mr. Coyne worked with Zweig Mutual Funds and Neuberger Berman as a Regional Sales Director. He began his career at Reich & Tang, a provider of deposit, liquidity and cash management solutions for banks, broker-dealers, investment advisors, institutional investors and public entities. Mr. Coyne earned his Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies from the University of Missouri. He also holds a Series 7 license, administered by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).