# Navigating the Sell-Off — Watch Lists, Capitulation, & New Trends with Bill Powers & Brian Leni

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Podcast: [Mining Stock Education](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mining-stock-education-1396689)
Published: 2026-07-02T10:22:37+00:00
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## Resource

Bill Powers and co-host Brian Leni sit down for their monthly Junior Mining Insights chat, recorded amid a sharp pullback in gold (down to ~$4,000 from a ~$5,500 high) and broad weakness across junior mining stocks. Topics covered: •Handling portfolio drawdowns — Bill shares being down 43% on a recent junior mining buy, and the two discuss how pre-assessing downside/upside risk (and tranche buying) helps investors stay rational during volatility •Bear-market psychology — why uncertain, quiet markets (especially summer) can be the best time to pick off quality companies with less competition •Rick Rule's "market as a facility" philosophy and how price action, while not predictive, still reflects real-time sentiment •Building and using a watch list — assigning value targets ahead of time so sell-offs can be acted on with discipline rather than panic •Discerning a real capitulation bottom — separating share-price drops tied to company-specific issues (management departures, forced sellers) from broader macro noise •Red flags from management meetings — Bill recounts recent CEO conversations from the Mining Event of the North (Quebec City) and Zoom calls, including executives running multiple companies and weak articulation of "undervaluation" •CEO archetypes — technical vs. promotional leadership, and why a mix of credibility and communication skill matters most at the sub-$50M market cap level •Direct Ship Ore (DSO) as a sector trend — both hosts express skepticism about companies leaning on DSO/bulk-sampling narratives without offtake agreements, permitting groundwork, or community buy-in; Bill outlines his go-to due diligence questions (offtake LOI status, trucking/permitting feasibility) •Canada's new semi-annual reporting pilot for smaller junior miners and mixed view…

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