{"podcast":{"title":"Mining Stock Education","slug":"mining-stock-education-1396689","podcast_index_feed_id":1396689,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/3015499/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mining-stock-education--3015499","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/638cf2a289de27cda7931bad6feb8aff.jpg","author":"Bill Powers","episode_count":920,"summary":"Profit from resource and precious metals investing as you learn from the best in the industry and discover quality mining investment opportunities with the Mining Stock Education podcast.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T22:20:16.182919+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mining-stock-education-1396689"},"episode":{"title":"Michael Gentile: “90% of My Net Worth is in Junior Mining Stocks & I’m Still Deploying Cash”","slug":"michael-gentile-90-of-my-net-worth-is-in-junior-mining-stocks-i-m-still-deploying-cash","published_at":"2026-06-05T11:32:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mining-stock-education-1396689/michael-gentile-90-of-my-net-worth-is-in-junior-mining-stocks-i-m-still-deploying-cash","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mining-stock-education-1396689","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/michael-gentile-90-of-my-net-worth-is-in-junior-mining-stocks-i-m-still-deploying-cash--72366621","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72366621/2333883059_miningstockeducation_michael_gentile_90_of_my_net.mp3","summary":"At The Mining Event of the North conference in Quebec City, MSE host Bill Powers interviews strategic resource investor Michael Gentile about his long-term, venture-capital style approach to junior mining. Michael says that 90% of his net worth is currently in junior mining stocks and he is still deploying cash into new positions. Gentile says his major win in Northern Superior Resources and a takeout of Arizona Sonoran validated and de-risked his process, and he plans to redeploy the gains while maintaining a 5 to 10-year horizon and diversified portfolio of about 35 companies, with deeper involvement in 15–20 issuers. He explains his risk control (starting with ~1% positions, adding to ~5% if aligned), the importance of management, cap-table quality, infrastructure, and disciplined technical due diligence via expert networks. Gentile discusses financings (holds vs “life” deals, avoiding life-with-warrant fast money), common retail mistakes (impatience and poor timing), commodity preferences (mostly gold/silver, some copper), and how his faith influences his work and charitable plans through the Apostles Fund. 00:00 Intro 00:40 Northern Superior Win 01:24 Venture Capital Playbook 04:30 Hands on Value Add 05:51 When Management Fails 08:19 Cap Table 09:46 Life Financing Debate 12:38 Process Refinements 14:36 Site Visits 16:35 Network Driven Due Diligence 19:54 Protect downside or seek upside? 22:26 Retail Mistakes Patience 25:18 Thinking Like a Major 27:24 Commodity Mix and Cycles 29:57 Can He Ever Quit? 31:45 More Precious than Gold: Faith and Giving Back Sign up for Michael’s weekly email: www.SaturdayMorningMining.com Sign up for our free newsletter and receive interview transcripts, stock profiles and investment ideas: http://eepurl.com/cHxJ39 Mining Stock Education…","meta_description":"At The Mining Event of the North conference in Quebec City, MSE host Bill Powers interviews strategic resource investor Michael Gentile about his long-ter…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2226,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mining-stock-education-1396689/episodes/michael-gentile-90-of-my-net-worth-is-in-junior-mining-stocks-i-m-still-deploying-cash/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mining-stock-education-1396689/michael-gentile-90-of-my-net-worth-is-in-junior-mining-stocks-i-m-still-deploying-cash.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}