MINING
A LEADER IN MINING
With over 45 years of experience in the mining industry, Douglas has held diverse roles ranging from a prospecting geologist to a portfolio manager overseeing investments for the world’s largest mining private equity fund. His exceptional achievements have earned him the unique distinction of being one of only three people inducted into both the U.S. National Mining Hall of Fame and the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame, highlighting his extraordinary influence on the industry's evolution and growth.
RESUME HIGHLIGHTS
ARTICLES
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2025.03.28 Are you a Lifestyle Company?
2025.03 MMSA Gold Medal Newsletter
2025.03.07. Mining Industry Continues to Decline
2025.02.24 MMSA Acceptance Speech
2025.02.07 Relationship of Financing Alternatives to Project Status
2025.01.17 Are you a Lifestyle Company?
2024.12 Mine Finance Bottleneck - Dearth of Capital
2024.11.25 Being First on Planet Earth
2024.09.25 Lifecycle of Mineral Companies
2024.08.22 Five Most Important Things Impacting Mining
2024.07.20 Fabrication of a Mining Company
2024.02.09 CSM Relationship of Financing Alternatives to Project Status
2024.02.06 Development-Stage and Pre-Production Mining
2024.01.10 UWO. Relationship of Financing Alternatives to Project Status
2024.01 Why Companies Can’t Fund Education
2023.11.08 Evaluating Mining Projects from an Investment Firm’s Perspective
2023.10.21 Rick Rule’s Royalty and Streaming Bootcamp
2023.10.09 CIMERA. Being First on Planet Earth
2023.08 Welcome to the Celebration marking 75 years of Mining Engineering
2023.07 Tale of Three Countries
2023.06.08 Responsible Miners and the Green Economy
2023.06.12. Canadian Mining Hall of Fame Looks to the Future with newest inductees
2023.05.24 CMHF Douglas Silver Life Tribute
2023.05.24 CMHF Douglas Silver Acceptance Speech
2023.05.10 The Conflict between ESG and Valuations
2023.05 Red Cloud Interview
2023.02.14 The 6IX Report Interview
2023.03.10 Financing Post quote
2023.03.08 What Makes ESG So Pertinent Now
2023.03.07 Restructuring Mining Companies
2023.02.22 Your Future. Your Challenges.
2023.02.10 Relationship of Financing Alternatives to Project Status
2023.02 Rise of the Mining Royalty Companies Cover
2023.01 Have all the High-grade Discoveries been made?
2022.11.21 Supply and Demand in the Green Economy Keynote
2022.10.11 Mining Veteran Doug Silver on the Massive Role of Canadian in Global Mining
2022.09.28 Importance of Canada to Global Mining
2022.08.27 Keynote - Supply and Demand in the Green Economy
2022.08.04 Stop the World and Let Me Get Off
2022.06.19 The Importance of Canada to Global Mining Keynote
2022.04.01 Facts You Might Not Know About Ringtail Cats
2022.03.31 Where are Mineral Companies Located?
2022.02.17 Who Wants Some Good News
2022.02.16 How Today’s Social Changes Will Impact Your Life
2022.02.02 COVID-Inspired Early-Retirement Plans
2022.02.01 Relationship of Financing Alternatives to Project Status Slides
2022.01 Acquisition and Financing of Mining Projects Short Course - II
2022.01 Acquisition and Finance of Mining Project Short Course - I
2022.01 Why is Stripping Indecent?
2022.01 Acquisition and Financing of Mineral Projects.
2021.08.13 Where Do We Go from Here? Silver Summer Series
2021.08.13 Where Do We Go from Here?Silver Summer Series Text
2021.03.08 The Fate of Gold Deposits Keynote
2021.03.01 Looking Past the Pandemic Keynote
2021.02.05. Relationship of Financing Alternatives to Project Status
2021.01 Acquisition and Financing of Mineral Projects. UA online course 1.
2021.01. Acquisition and Financing of Mineral Projects. UA online course II
2021.01 Fickle Fallacies in Forecasting Fungible Commodities
2020.10.15 Geologist Leap-Frogging Through Life
2020.05.11 Relationship of Financing Alternatives to Project Status
2020.02.20 What is an Appraisal?
2020.20.20 Relationship Between Financing and Project Status
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2019.09.11 When are Commodity Price Related to the Molybdenum Industry Going to Rise Keynote?
2019.08 Why Investors Don’t Like Exploration. Silver Summer Series 2019
2019.03.05 SEC Adopts Rules to Modernize Mineral Disclosure Requirements
2019.11.18 What’s It Going to Take To Get Investors Back Into Mineral Exploration?
2019.02.19. Relationship of Financing Alternatives to Project Status
2018.09.29 NMHF Acceptance Speech
2018.05.18 NMHF Inductee and Prazen Living Legend of Mining Award
2018.03.08. Three Most Important Takeways for Investors.
2018.03.07 Miners Increasingly Tapping Private Equity
2018.02.05 Public Mining Company Database
2017.11.08 Why Invest in Alaska?
2017.03.14 What’s More Mainstream than Mainstream Finance?
2017.02.20 When are Commodity Prices Going to Rebound? Keynote
2017.02.10. Relationship of Financing Alternatives to Project Status
2016.11.16 Royalties, Streams and Offtakes
2016.09.26 How Private Equity Has Bridged the Capital Gap for Mining Companies.
2016.05.05 Tone Down the Hype, Standardize Definitions
2015.12.29 Key Funds Source for Miners Depleted
2015.12.14 Private Equity, Pension Funds Eye More Metal Streaming Deals
2014.11.05 Investor Presentation for Mining Entrepreneurs
2014.08.28 Gaining Competitive Advantage in Today’s Markets
2013.07. The Role of Alternative Finance in the Royalty Space
2013.04.15 The Art of a Good Presentation
2012.07.17 An investor’s View of Resource Nationalism.
2012.03.06. Keynote Luncheon on Royalties - Royalties Explained Text
2012.03.06 Royalties Explained
2012.03.06 The Nitty Gritty of Royalties
2012 It’s the Perception Stupid
2011.11.29 The Art of Raising Money
2011.09.28 Key Ingredients of Tomorrow’s Acquisitions
2011.04 Yearly Mortality Database
2010.11.08 Translating Reserves and Resources into Reality
2010.09.11 When are Commodity Prices Related to Molybdenum Going to Rise?
2010.08.26 These are the Worst of Times. These are the Best of Times
2010.08.10 New Approach to Creating Royalty Value
2010.05.19 2010 Scorecard on Gold Exploration
2010.03.22 Changing Landscape of the Global Mining Industry
2010.02.11 Outlook for Mining and Metals Worldwide
2010.02.04 Role of China in Global Mineral Supply and Demand
2010.01.04 Why Natural Resource Investors Prefer Global Rules
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2009.10.27 Epithermal Gold and Markets
2009.09 Tubas, Teens and Tiny Rooms
2009.08 Evidence That the Market Correction is Underway
2009.07.14 The Post-Credit World
2009.05.24 Semana Interview Transcript in English
2009.05.24 Semana Economica Interview
2009.05.19 The Value of New Mineral Discoveries Made During the Supercycle
2009.04.17 Acquisition and Financing of Mining Projects Short Course II
2009.04.17 Acquisition and Financing of Mineral Projects Short Course I
2009.03 Strategies for Saving Your Job
2009.02 When Ignorance Meets Greed
2009.01 Royalty Vs Equity Investments
2008.09.08 How to Avoid Rising Capital and Operating Costs
2008.08.22 IRC’s Doug Silver Say Commodity Supercycle Has Not Ended
2008.08.21 The Correction Connection
2008.07 Super Cycle The Future
2008.06 Super Cycle Past, Present and Future Keynote
2008.04.23. Toronto Exchanges Make Pitch to Colorado
2008.02.15 The Fundamentals of Taking a Company Public
2008.01.05 Super Cycle: Past, Present and Future Keynote
2007.12. Goring the Nobel Peace Prize
2007.11 Solving the Greatest Challenge of Our Times
2007.10 How Mineral royalty Companies Look at Royalties
2007.09 the Changing Nature of Mineral Discovery
2007.09.28 The Changing Nature of Mineral Discoveries from a Market Perspective
2007.09 Finding Financial Flaws in Frothy Fortunes
2007.08.23 Viagra Vs Mining. What is the Difference?
2007.08 Getting Kinda Warm Isn’t It
2006.11 Why the Falconbridge Merger Did Not Make Sense
2006.09 Economics of Metals Mining in a High Price Scenario
2006.08.24 Stories from the Bull Market or Bull from the Stories Market Notes
2006.06 When Pigs Come to the Trough
2006.05.16 Royalty Financing - A New Way to Finance Success
2006.05 They Overpaid for that Asset
2006.05. Hey Lend Me Your Ant Stick
2005.12 How Dumb is Intelligent Design?
2005.10 Sinophobia - Not a Nasal Condition
2005.08 The Race for Resources
2005.06.04 When Industrial Superpowers Get Stupid Text
2005.05.15 Validating Mineral Discoveries Keynote
2005.03.15 Unraveling the Mysteries of Mining Transactions
2005.02.23 The Fundamentals of Taking a Company Public
2004.12.06 How Long are the Horns on this Market
2004.12.09. Gold Price Hots 16-year High
2004.11.30 Gold Futures Hit 16-year High on Weak Dollar
2004.11.13 Newmont May Lose Its Status as Top Dog
2004.10 Schedule is Set for SME’s Arizona Conference
2004.09 Wake Up and Pay Attention
2004.08.19 How to Grab the Brass Ring
2004.08.13 Trends and Issues Confronting Minerals Development
2004.08 Gerrymandering the Political Process
2004.08 Investment Idea Numero Uno
2004.02.24 Evolution of the Exploration Process in an Evolving Society.
2004.01 One of the Greatest Secrets in Mineral Exploration
2003.12 The New Era of gold Investing.
2003 11. Another Sustainable Development Sermon on the Mount
2003.10 Unraveling the Mysteries of Mining Transactions - Part 4
2003.10 Unraveling the Mysteries of Mining Transactions - Part 3
2003.10 Exploration Survey - When Theories Don’t Work
2003.08.19 The World According to Doug
2003.08 Unraveling the Mysteries of Mining Transactions - Part 2
2003.07.18 House Panel Hears of Need for Policy
2003.07.17 Congressional Testimony of Douglas Silver
2003.07.01 Mining Centres of the World - Denver Expanding Reach
2003.06 Unravelling the Mysteries of Mining Transactions, Part 1
2003.04 Convention Speaker Sees a Bright Future
2003.03.12 Why Exploration is No Longer Discretionary
2003.02.13 So You want to go Public?
2003.02 Obstacles to U.S. Mineral Development
2002.12.06 Gold Leading a Metal Comeback
2002.12 Don’t Wait for the Movie
2002.12 Around the World in 30 Minutes
2002.12 Around the World in 30 Minutes Text
2002.10.24 Unraveling the Mysteries of Mining Transactions Text
2002.10.24 Unravelling the Mysteries of Mining Transactions Presentation
2002.09.09 State of the Metal Mining Industry
2002.09 Every Financial Crisis Has a Silver Gold Lining
2002.08.15 The Gold Industry - We are Back
2002.07.06 Gold Shines in Downturn
2002.07 The Economics of Image
2002.06 Organizing Random Thoughts
2002.05.28 Straight Talk Mining
2002.04 Is the World Picked Over?
2002.03.19 Bringing Perspective to a Very Complicated World
2002.03.10 Realities of African Mineral Exploration, Development and Production
2002.02.26 Why Geologists Rule the Planet
2002.02.26 Why Geologists Rule the Planet Evidence and Text
2002.02.25 A Positive ROI from Greenfield Exploration
2001.11.09 What Terrorist Attacks Mean to the U.S. Mining Industry
2001.11.06 Mining Can Bolster the Economy
2001.11 What Terrorist Attacks Mean to the Mining industry - AMA
2001.11 What Terrorist Attacks Mean to the Mining Industry - SME
2001.11 Who is Driving Homestake’s Hearst?
2001.07 The Economics of Tomatoes
2001.06.27 Depleting The World’s Gold Resources
2001.05 Agents of Production for Global Mining Investors
2001.04.26 The Role of Latin American Mineral Discoveries Text
2001.03 Blackouts - Black Eye or Black Hole?
2001.02.07 Secret Factors that Create Value Premiums
2001.02.07 Attracting Foreign Capital for Mining: Lessons from a Decade of Globalization Text
2001.02.07 Attracting Foreign Capital for Mining: Lessons from a Decade of Globalization
2001.02 The Quest to Lower Costs is Killing Prices
2001.01.18 I Will Sell Our Company for $100 I Think - SLC Krumb Lecture
2000.11 Review of the 2000 Olympics - Mining Style
2000.10.19 Evolution of the Mineral Discovery Process Keynote
2000.10.18 I Will Sell Our Company for $100… I Think. AMA
2000.10.11 The Role of Mining Analysts
2000.08 Henry Krumb Award Notice
2000.06.12 Silver Says Gold Still Metal Worth Chasing
2000.06 The Power of Perseverance
2000.06 Newmont, Battle Mountain Announce Plan for Merger
2000.05.01 Milestones in Mineral Discoveries
2000.04.12 Wanted Epiphanies Slides and Text
2000.04 There’s Gold in Them Thar Hills, Or is There?
2000.04 Is the Exploration Cup Half Full or Half Empty?
2000.03.05 Are You Sure You Want to Fund Them?
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1999.12 NWMA New Strategies for the New Millenium
1999.11.17, WIM. Secrets of the New Millenia
1999.10A Trends in International Copper Transactions - Part A
1999.10B Trends in International Copper Transactions - Part B
1999.10.24 Analyst See a Bright Future for Gold
1990.10 Mysteries of the Balance Sheet
1999.07 Insights into predicting Share Prices
1999.05.03 1998 in Review - Tea Leaves for 1999
1990.05 SME ME We are the Champions
1998.04.17 Gold Industry Outlook: The Perspective of a Mineral Economist
1998.04.16 1997 Gold Production, Costs and Employment Statistics. - Missing
1998.04.09 An Imminent Turnaround in Gold-Silver Prices? - Missing
1999.03.18 Fundamentals of Ethics Case Histories
1999.03 SME ME Economics of Gossip
1999.03 Finding the Silver Lining in Shafter, Texas
1999.02 Congressional Testimony of Douglas Silver
1999.01 How Do You Forget to Program for 2000
1998.12.04 Silver Prices Expected to Increase during 1999
1998.12. International Gold Acquisition Activity Preliminary Results
1998.12. My Paradigm Shift has only three gears
1998.11 SME ME The economics of a Mining Company’s Image
1998.10.02 Whats Going On In the World
1998.10 SME ME Why Global Death Spiral Needs Mining
1998.09.02 Optimizing Relationship with Junior Mineral Companies
1998.08 1997 North American Mineral Financings Exceeded $8.9 billion
1998.06.10 Analyst Says Rest of Story Needed in ECB’s Policy
1998.05.05 Peru’s Growing Role in the Gold Mining industry - Missing
1998.05 Is the Mining Industry Consolidating or Expanding
1998.04.18 Gold Analyst Forecasts Stability Despite Politics
1998.04.17 Gold Industry Outlook Slides
1998.04 Denver’s Mining Industry - Field of Dreams Come True
1998.03A SME ME So Many Ideas, So Little Proof
1998.03B Mineral Economics Article Was On Target
1998.01.19 WSJ Phelps Dodge Stays Course to Expand
1998.01 SME ME Look at the Money we are Making
1998.01 The Difference Between Bre-X and the Central Banks
1997.12 Doug Silver Discusses Gold Prices
1997.12 The Good Things Bre-X Minerals Did for the Minerals Industry - Missing
1997.12 1997 International Mineral Discoveries - Missing
1997.12.07 What’s Going On With Gold Prices?
1997.12.07 Gold Prices Undercut Industry
1997.11.07 Fundamentals of Investing in Junior Gold Companies
1997.11.04 Denver Post’s Mining Coverage Fuels Stereotypes
1997.11. How to Raise Money During Times of Low Gold Prices
1997.11 Difference Between Bre-x and Central Banks
1997.09 Why Layoffs Hurt Shareholders.
1997.09.17 Gold Mining and Cannibalism: Common Themes During Hungry Times - Missing
1997.07 Potential Impacts of New Royalties on Metal Mining. - Missing
1997.05 Busang, Indonesia How Dark Horses Win Races
1997.03 Bre-X Minerals and the Busang Gold Deposit
1997.02.26 Overview of Global Acquisition Trends
1997.02.26 North American Markets Financing Global Development
19971.01 Santastake or Newfe Mining Co
1996-2004 List of DBS Mining Engineering Article
1996.12.06State of the Industry Session.
1996.12 International Challenges and Opportunities - An Overview
1996.11 When 31t of Gold Simply is not enough
1996.09 Transforming Low-Grade Rock into Profitable Ores
1996.07 Mining Stock Exchange - It Could Happen
1996.05 Fair Market Value Vs Collateral Value
1996.03.29 How to Raise US$20 billion Without Really Trying - Missing
1995.04.13 Exploration in the Year 2030
1995.02. Metals and Mining: State of the U.S. Mining Industry - Missing
1995.01.31 Congressional Testimony of D. Silver
1994.10.25 Quantitative Analysis of North American Mining Finance Trends
1994.02 Metals and Mining: State of the U.S. Mining industry. - Missing
1994.02. CIS Receives Cash Infusions from Western Companies. - Missing
1994.02.24 Trends in Mineral Exploration in Latin America - Missing
1994.05 Trends in United States and Canadian Mining - Missing
1994.08.14 Turning the Corner: The State of the North American Mining Industry During 1993 - Missing
1993.12? Porphyries of the Western Hemisphere: Volume 1. Book no longer for sale
1993.12 1992 Mineral Exploration Statistics: Canadian and United States Companies - Economic Geology
1993.XX Argentina: An Overview for Mining Executives - Book no longer available.
1993.11.23 State of the U.S. Hard Rock Minerals Industry
1993.10.08 1993:Pivotal Year for the Mining industry - Missing
1993.08.25 State of the World’s Copper Industry - Missing
1993.06.009 A Look at Mexican Exploration Activity - Missing
1993.04 Becoming an Independent Contractor
1993.03.23 Measuring the Immigration of North American Mining Companies into Mexico
1993.02.15 Exploration Planning, Budgeting and Results - Missing
1992.12 Change - Missing
1992.12 Why El Abra? - Missing
1992.12 International Investment Strategies - Missing
1992.12 Why Go International? - Root Causes and Ramifications
1992.11 State of U.S. Exploration Activity - Missing
1992.08 Improving Mineral Acquisition Efficiency - Missing
1992.06 1991 U.S. Gold Acquisition Activity. - No longer in print.
1992.06 Is the U.S. Picked Over for Exploration Opportunities? Missing
1992.03 Exploration or Extinction
1991 Mine Permitting: Mineral Permit Regulations and Practices for the Western USA. No longer in print.
1991 The Outlook for Copper to the Year 2000. No longer in print.
1991.12 State of the Industry - Missing
1991.XX 1990 Mineral Exploration Activity - Missing
1991.11 State of U.S. Exploration Activity in Mineral Commodity Summaries - 1992
1991.10 Untitled presentation to the American Mining Congress - Missing.
1991.07 Exodus to Latin America: Compilation of Minerals Companies, Projects and Opportunities. No longer in print.
1991.04 Transactions and Trends in U.S. Gold Resource Acquisitions: 1985-1990. No longer in print.
1989.XX Mineral Exploration Activity - Missing
1990.10 Analyzing Gold Stocks - Missing
1990.09 North American Gold Resource Acquisitions - Missing
1990.06. Comparing Technical Due Diligence to Accounting Issues - Missing
1990.XX Trends and Implications of the Continued Development of SX/EW Copper Production. No longer in print.
1990.XX Review of Acquisition Costs for Copper Mines and Reserves: 1980 - 1989. No longer in print
1990.XX Review of Current and Potential Molybdenum Producers - No longer in print
1990.XX A Review of North American Gold Royalties - No longer in print.
1990.XX A Review of Current and Potential Lead / Zinc Producers - No longer in print.
1990.XX Review of Current and Potential Copper Producers. No longer in print.
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1989.12 What do We do now that the Well’s Run Dry? - Missing