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About the Academy

Precious Metal Academy is an independent editorial publication covering gold, silver, platinum and palladium — for investors, historians, miners, jewellers, and the curious.

Founded 2017 · Published from London · Read in 120 countries

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Our mission

We started the Academy because the precious-metals press had become a stack of price tickers wearing the costume of journalism. There was no shortage of headlines about gold and silver. There was a shortage of research — slow, sourced, careful writing about how these markets actually work.

That is the gap we set out to fill. Every article on this site is reported from primary sources, edited against a checklist that has been refined for nine years, and signed by a named author with disclosed positions. We publish less than the wire services do. We try to be right more often.

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Editorial standards

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Independence

No paid placement. No sponsored research. Author positions in any security or asset are disclosed at the foot of the relevant article.

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Accuracy

Every figure passes a desk check before publication. We correct on the record, in public, with the time and reason of the change attached to the article.

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Rigour

Our work draws on primary sources — central-bank releases, mining company filings, and on-the-record interviews. We do not republish wire copy.

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The editorial desk

A small senior team of analysts, reporters and curators — backed by twenty contributing experts in eighteen countries.

Dr Abdur Rashid

Editor-in-ChiefMonetary history · Gold markets

Twenty years covering precious metals — formerly at the LBMA, the World Gold Council, and an independent trading desk.

Marie-Claire Avery

Markets EditorSilver · Industrial demand

Industrial-metals analyst turned reporter. Writes the weekly silver letter and oversees price-modelling notes.

Tomás Reyes

Mining CorrespondentSouth Africa · Latin America

Reports from operating mines and refineries. Mining engineer by training; field reporter for the Academy since 2019.

Hannah Okafor

Numismatics EditorCoins & bullion · Hallmarking

Curator and writer covering historical coinage, the modern bullion market, and the boundary between metal and money.

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By the numbers

1,380+Research articlesAll metals & markets
60KGlobal subscribers120 countries worldwide
24Expert contributorsFrom 18 countries
7+Years publishingTrusted since 2017
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Write to us

The Weekly Dispatch

Letters from the vault

A short, signed weekly letter on precious metals, monetary history, and rare market signals. Free. Read in over 120 countries.