Mining for Our Future

Mining for Our Future

From Sprott Radio by Sprott Inc.

March 3, 2026 · 23 min · Episode 88

About this episode

Jake White discusses the dynamics of the commodities market focusing on critical materials like copper and lithium.

Copper, lithium, rare earth metals and other critical materials are taking center stage as strategic industries including defense, AI, and energy seek to shore up supply. In addition to this growing demand, supply disruptions, geopolitics and the slow pace of bringing new mines into production are all dynamics to be reckoned with when analyzing this new commodities market. Sprott's Director of ETF Product Management, Jake White, joins Sprott Radio to break it all down. This podcast is p...

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Host: Sprott Radio

Guest: Jake White

Topics covered

  • mining
  • commodities market
  • supply chain
  • geopolitics
  • critical materials
  • strategic industries

Keywords

  • copper
  • lithium
  • rare earth metals
  • supply disruptions
  • geopolitics
  • mining
  • commodities

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sprott Inc., defense, AI, energy

Products: copper, lithium, rare earth metals

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