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Funded Builders Are Pulling Away From the Gold Mining Pack

Newswire.ca - Fri Apr 17, 8:30AM CDT

Issued on behalf of Lake Victoria Gold Ltd.

Equity-Insider.com News Commentary

VANCOUVER, BC, April 17, 2026 /CNW/ -- Half of every exploration dollar on the planet is now chasing gold. That is the headline finding from S&P Global Market Intelligence's World Exploration Trends 2026 report, which showed mine site drilling surging to a record 45% of deployed capital as the industry pivots hard toward production certainty and away from grassroots discovery[1]. At the same time, the World Gold Council warns that global mine output is approaching a plateau, with major producers forecasting 2026 production declines as existing reserves deplete faster than new deposits can replace them[2]. That structural squeeze is funneling institutional capital toward the developers already funded and building: Lake Victoria Gold Ltd. (TSXV: LVG) (OTCQB: LVGLF), G Mining Ventures (TSX: GMIN) (OTCQX: GMINF), i-80 Gold (NYSE-A: IAUX) (TSX: IAU), Osisko Development (NYSE: ODV) (TSXV: ODV), and Troilus Mining (TSX: TLG) (OTCQX: CHXMF).

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