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UK’s premier energy expert reveals:

The AI “Master Key”

An obscure $38 investment is soaring as it taps into every AI company in the world – and could surge by 300% as soon as September 17th

Dear reader,

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you know that AI is everywhere these days.

From Goldman Sachs warning 10.2 million jobs could be displaced by AI in the next few years…

To 600,000 people in the US becoming millionaires from AI, according to Fortune

There’s simply no escaping the global $15.7 trillion AI revolution – even if, like many people, you’re uneasy about what it may do to society.

But there’s something everyone is missing about AI.

While most people are understandably fearful about studies showing AI could wipe out 8 million jobs in the UK…

And others are feeling optimistic or even greedy as they cash in on high-flying stocks riding the AI boom…

There’s a massive opportunity unfolding thanks to AI that could triple your money – without you having to buy a single AI-related stock.

Starting September 17th, my research shows, an overlooked $38 investment could more than quadruple in value as the AI boom takes off – no matter how it impacts society, the job market, or anything else!

It’s not an ETF, stock, a bond, or an investment in any single company, for that matter.

In fact, I’ve seen only one passing reference to it in the mainstream media, with this source calling it a “hot AI play” that’s “beating gold and the stock market.”

In this presentation today, I’ll show you exactly what this $38 investment is, and how you can act on it.

Because this unique opportunity could allow you to multiply your money without trying to guess the next big AI stock… or having to learn technical terms like generative AI and graphics processing units.

In fact, I’ll go so far as to say that if you want the chance to make a fortune from the AI trend…

Or even just help protect yourself from an AI shock that’s coming…

Then there’s just ONE thing you need to know.

Do not buy Nvidia, Advanced Micro Devices, Intel, or any of those household names.

Of course… those stocks have soared in the past two years as AI took the world by storm.

And they’ve helped usher in what could amount to a $90 trillion wealth transfer, according to Fundstrat Global Advisors.

But I believe there’s a better way to profit from the AI craze…

This obscure $38 investment allows you to tap into every AI company for a fraction of the risk.

As I’ll show you today, why I believe it could soar by 300% starting September 17th thanks to this specific event that could stun the financial world.

Forecasts are not reliable indicators of future results.

I call it the AI “Master Key”.

Because just as a master key of a hotel can unlock any door in the building…

This AI “Master Key” allows you to profit from every AI company in the world - without facing the same consequences if they go bust.

Now I realise that may sound unbelievable.

But if you stay with me for a few minutes today, I promise I’ll show you exactly why this “Master Key” investment is positioned to soar…

No matter which individual AI stocks surge or stumble.

Because while every investment out there carries risk – including the “Master Key”…

This $38 investment allows you to tap directly into the $15.7 trillion AI revolution and potentially profit regardless of which individual AI stocks go up or down.

In fact, it’s happening already.

This “Master Key” has outperformed the overall stock market year-to-date by a margin of almost four-fold – and experts are forecasting we could see a run-up of an additional 1,251% from here.

Past performance and forecasts are not a reliable indicator of future results.

Elon Musk has publicly urged his followers to make this investment – and is rumoured to be on the cusp of a major move in the sector.

I’ll reveal the exact nature of the AI “Master Key” in a moment – and what’s happening on September 17th that could send it soaring in the months ahead.

But first, I should introduce myself.

Nick Hubble,
Editor, Southbank Investment Research

My name is Nick Hubble.

I'm half German, half British and became an adopted Australian in 2009.

I grew up moving all over Europe, but I’ve spent the better part of my career doing something most analysts won’t do...

Getting my boots on the ground to uncover the real story behind the biggest market moves.

You see, after I walked away from a career at banking giant Goldman Sachs to pursue my own research, I made a decision that changed everything.

I refused to rely on sanitised reports and spreadsheets from the comfort of a London office.

Instead, I travelled to 30 different cities across Europe over the course of three months, presenting my ideas at events in places like London, Stockholm, Edinburgh, Istanbul, Kiev, Rome, Berlin, Paris and Madrid.

I personally confronted protestors at the Occupy Athens camp.

I appeared on Montenegrin television to share my ideas.

I’ve worked with some of the most iconic politicians of our time.

Attended an invite only meeting with the chief economist of one of the largest precious metals companies in the world.

Interviewed an MEP inside European parliament.

I even caused a rebellion against EU trade regulations in Moldova.

I almost got teargassed in Paris... and charged by mounted police in my old hometown of Frankfurt .

Why go to such extremes?

Because that’s how you spot the big inflection points in markets that others can’t see coming.

Take my call on Italy’s sovereign debt crisis in 2018. While other analysts were focused on their models, I was watching the political tensions building on the ground.

To the very month, I predicted the crisis that sent the European stock market crashing to its worst levels since 2008.

In 2021 I warned that inflation was about to rage – rising to 19%.... and leading to a crash in the real returns of stocks.

Not only did inflation hit that exact number…

Months later, financial markets delivered their worst real returns EVER.

That wasn’t the only prediction I got right that year.

You may remember back in January of 2021, everyone and their dog were piling into clean energy stocks.

But I was sounding the alarm… telling people to avoid the sector with a bargepole.

I showed my readers what to get out of. And how to avoid the carnage I could see on the horizon.

That very same month, clean energy stocks peaked. Beginning what, to present day, is now 52% decline.

But my most lucrative call came from spotting something that most investors completely missed about the AI revolution.

You see, back in 2022, after seeing the meteoric rise of companies like Nvidia and Taiwan Semiconductor...

Most people thought these AI infrastructure giants would continue to accelerate higher forever.

But I had other ideas.

While everyone else was fixated on the first wave of AI gains, I was already tracking a Second Wave approaching on the horizon. This time, from a completely different crop of companies.

The boots on the ground research exposed global electricity supply shortages.

I discovered that the real AI bottleneck wasn't computing power anymore... it was the massive energy requirements of AI data centres… and the sheer wattage required to keep these AI systems running.

Over the following months, that's exactly what played out.
The big returns moved OUT of the companies building the AI infrastructure...

And INTO the energy companies powering the buildout itself.

The result? My readers in Australia were positioned to profit from explosive moves like 577% on NuScale Power which still has room to run...

Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results. Five year performance of NuScale Power Corp: 2020-22 unavailable | 2023 -74.48% | 2024 +695.8%

As one subscriber said, “I bought Nuscale(smr) it's up 700%”

And they walked away with staggering 675% profit on Rolls Royce!

Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results. Rolls-Royce: 2020 -52.55%| 2021 +10.45% | 2022 -24.15% | 2023 +221.57% | 2024 +89.72%

Of course, when it comes to investing calls, no one is perfect…

Sometimes, I’ve been early – and sometimes flat-out wrong.

But what I’ve seen again and again in my 15-year career helping regular people navigate the markets is that it only takes one big idea to really transform their lives.

And in recent months, I have discovered one of those opportunities in the $15.7 trillion AI sector. While most investors focus on Nvidia, AMD, Microsoft, and other household names…

Almost everyone is missing the NEXT AI story

There’s no doubt in my mind that the AI revolution will continue to mint millionaires in the years ahead.

The $15.7 trillion revolution is unstoppable – but first, there’s a problem to overcome.

It’s a problem that Sam Altman, the founder of OpenAI, has been warning of for years. To put it bluntly, there’s simply not enough energy in the global economy to sustain the AI revolution at its current speed.

You’ve no doubt heard fantastic statistics about how power-intensive the data centres needed to keep AI running have become.

But to get a feel for the true scope of the incredible power demands, just consider this.

In 2024, Google’s AI division is estimated to have consumed 30.4 terawatts of power – or what it takes to power 11.3 million households.

Of course, that’s just Google – it’s not counting the data centres of the other Big Tech firms. Or the likes of AMD and Nvidia.

But it’s this year and beyond where things will really get out of hand…

Wells Fargo predicts that AI power demand will surge 550% by 2026, and then rise another 1,150% by 2030.

That’s 8,050% total growth – and it means that AI could soon consume as much energy as the entire country of Japan, a nation with 125 million people.

As Alex De Vries, founder of the research company Digiconomist, put it, “Each of these Nvidia servers, they are power-hungry beasts.”

When you understand just how power-hungry they are, warnings from AI moguls about the mushrooming energy demand start to make sense.

Sam Altman, the founder of OpenAI, says the Age of AI will require “an energy breakthrough.”

Elon Musk predicts that AI will run out of electricity and transformers this year.

As he put it:

“The artificial intelligence compute coming online appears to be increasing by a factor of 10 every six months… obviously that cannot continue at such a high rate forever, or it’ll exceed the mass of the universe, but I’ve never seen anything like it. The chip rush is bigger than any gold rush that’s ever existed.”

And with Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Meta all planning new AI data centres, experts are warning that these additions will increasingly strain power grids.

As Ben Inskeep, program director of Citizens Action Coalition, put it:

This looming energy crisis has led to headlines such as these:

At the same time, the AI revolution can’t simply be put on “pause.” Not when the West and China are locked into a high-stakes AI arms race. There’s simply no turning back.

Which leads me to what I’m calling the AI “Master Key” – the energy breakthrough that will keep the AI revolution powered up and moving full steam ahead.

To meet the energy demands for the Age of AI, we’ll need an “all-of-the-above” approach to energy. That means more oil and gas, at least temporarily.

That’s why in America, coal-fired plants are being kept online to help meet energy needs for AI data centres.

That’s why Elon Musk even bought a gas power plant and will have the entire thing shipped over to the US… all to power his Colossus AI supercomputer.

That’s why Goldman Sachs estimates that AI energy needs will lead to 3.3 billion cubic feet of natural gas being burned every day by 2030.

But with governments around the world determined to decarbonise, the lion’s share of new power will come from renewable or zero-carbon sources.

Microsoft has announced a $10 billion deal to power its data centres with clean energy.

And China, which is hell bent on winning the global AI race, is now building two-thirds of the world’s wind and solar capacity.

Between March 2023 and March 2024, China installed more solar panels than the rest of the world combined. And it’s now spending £8.5 billion to build the world’s largest solar farm, an 8-gigawatt facility in Inner Mongolia capable of powering a small country.

Here in the UK, Ed Miliband has just mandated that every one of the 377,000 new homes built every year will have solar panels on top of them.

And America recently installed solar panels on its five millionth home… while the EU adopted its “EU Solar Standard” requiring solar installations in buildings all over the EU by 2026.

Tens of millions of electric vehicles are forecast to hit the roads in the years ahead… and even nuclear power, long considered the most controversial source of energy, is seeing an historic comeback.

China, India, Korea, Europe, and even Japan are either building new nuclear reactors or recommissioning old ones. And Britain’s Hinkley C Point nuclear power plant in Somerset – the most expensive nuclear plant ever built – will provide 7% of our national energy needs when completed.

In America, Donald Trump has signed not just one but FOUR executive orders aimed at kickstarting nuclear energy production. The White House says it will “Usher in a Nuclear Renaissance”, pledging to quadruple nuclear capacity by 2050.

The US Senate has also voted overwhelmingly to pass the ADVANCE Act, which speeds up the approval and construction of new nuclear plants.

Add it all up, and the renaissance of nuclear power, combined with soaring clean energy and record fossil fuel production, means that the “Age of AI” will have the energy it needs.

Of course, some breakthroughs will help – like nuclear fusion technology, which Sam Altman has put $375 million behind.

But the “all-of-the-above” approach that the world is taking to meet AI’s power needs is already clear.

And this “all-of-the-above” energy mix is the perfect setup for…

The AI “Master Key”

Earlier I shared with you Elon Musk’s observation, “The chip rush is bigger than any gold rush that’s ever existed.”

That’s undoubtedly true – but investors looking to profit from AI today could learn some valuable lessons from the original gold rush.

What most people don’t realise is that the savvy businessmen selling picks and shovels to the masses of people thronging to California to make their fortune during the 1848 Gold Rush became just as wealthy, if not wealthier, than the lucky miners who struck it rich …

Fast forward and there’s the same opportunity in the AI markets today – the biggest winners of the AI Revolution will be those who focus on the businesses supporting the AI Revolution, rather than those risking it all on one or two of the big AI players. 

In other words – don’t go looking for gold, metaphorically speaking, by hoping to find the one or two AI companies that soar above the rest.

That’s the equivalent of drilling a hole in the side of a mountain and hoping against the odds to strike gold.

Instead, look for the “picks and shovels” companies – so you can profit from the “mania” around AI, without shooting for the moon on one or two longshots.

And you’ll see that there’s a “Master Key” in just about every global tech revolution before AI, too.

Remember the Dot.com craze of the late 1990s?

Everyone backing internet stocks like AOL and Qualcomm seemed to be striking it rich overnight, as those stocks soared as much as 2,587% in a year.

But one company – Cisco Systems – laid the foundation for the public internet with its invention of the IP router.

So Cisco held the Master Key in the Dot.com boom – it was positioned to soar no matter which individual internet stocks took off.

And as you can see, it left household names like Amazon, Apple, and Qualcomm in the dust in the 1990s.

Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results.
Five-year performance figures for Cisco Systems: Cisco Systems (CSCO): 2020 -3.71% | 2021 44.89% | 2022 -22.44% | 2023 9.3% | 2024 17.34%

And it’s not just the internet… the crypto revolution had a “Master Key” too…

Because while bitcoin, Dogecoin, Ethereum, and Ripple all surged as high as 695% over the last five years as crypto took the world by storm…

It was Nvidia – the chipmaker that made all of that vast processing power possible – that held the “Master Key” and reaped truly massive gains from the revolution.

As you can see below, it’s up 2,917% – more than all four of those household crypto names combined!

Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results.
NVIDIA (NVDA): 2019 76.73% | 2020 122.20% | 2021 125.41% | 2022 -50.26% | 2023 238.98% | 2024 +171%

Which brings us back to the biggest story of the 2020s… the ongoing AI Revolution.

Obviously, Nvidia has benefited tremendously from the surge in demand for processing power.

The stock is up hundreds of percent since ChatGPT ushered in the “Age of AI” in November 2022.

But it might surprise you to hear that Nvidia isn’t the “Master Key” of the AI Revolution.

For now, its graphics processing units have market supremacy – but AMD and numerous other Big Tech firms are working on so-called “Nvidia killers.”

There are plenty of headlines in today’s news about deep-pocketed tech giants determined to wrestle the crown from Nvidia…

You can bet there are rooms full of busy analysts sifting through hundreds of filings and reams of scientific documents to try to determine which tech giant ultimately comes out on top in the chip wars.

But at the end of the day, they’re just making informed guesses at best.

Because the power of the AI “Master Key” is that it doesn’t matter which, if any, Big Tech firm comes out on top in the AI wars.

Whether it’s Google, AMD, Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple, or some dark horse nobody is talking about today…

You’ll be positioned to potentially multiply your money regardless.

Forecasts are not reliable indicators of future results.

I’ll say it again: every investment comes with risk.

And I always caution readers never to put more into any one opportunity than they can afford to lose.

That said – as you’ll see today – I believe the path for the “Master Key” to soar 300% in the AI boom is clear.

Again, that’s regardless of which AI stocks surge or stumble in the months and years ahead.

That’s because, as I mentioned, the AI “Master Key” isn’t a stock at all.

It’s not a tech fund either – so it can’t go down based on any one company’s stumbles.

Instead, it’s one asset that no semiconductor, solar panel, nuclear reactor, electric car, or computer can function without.

For the $15.7 trillion AI Revolution, the “Master Key” is…

Silver.

Most people don’t associate the “white metal” with artificial intelligence or the trillions of dollars in wealth creation it’s driving.

But just consider…

It’s not commonly known, but silver is the best electrical conductor on the periodic table, as well as the best metallic thermal conductor. It has the highest known reflectivity of any raw material.

That makes it a critical component in the most powerful semiconductor chips needed for AI.

This is why the boom in semiconductors is expected to add 23 million ounces of global demand in silver by 2030.

And this dawning reality is a huge reason silver prices have climbed to $38 per ounce today, and are up around 31% in 2025 so far.

But as the silver price moves closer to the $40/oz mark, a few precious metals experts are catching on to the fact that there is still vast upside potential as the AI Revolution unfolds.

Keith Neumeyer, CEO of First Majestic Silver sees silver hitting $100-$130 an ounce…

Mike Maloney, the founder of precious metals dealer GoldSilver.com is now saying, “Triple digit silver is inevitable… this will happen”…

While Precious metals legend and founder of Sprott Asset Management, Eric Sprott, believes silver could reach $500.

But here’s what really gets my attention…

The AI Revolution doesn’t just need silver for the semiconductors and data centres it runs on…

It also needs silver for the tsunami of new energy sources it needs to draw on. Because from nuclear reactors, to solar panels, to electric vehicles and even wind turbines…

Fact is…

The world can’t power AI
without silver

And the government’s planned energy transition relies on silver, too.

As the best electrical conductor, silver is essential for solar panels, EVs, nuclear reactors, wind turbines, robotics and everyday items like smartphones and computers.

And the global solar boom alone will be a huge catalyst for silver in the months and years ahead.

As I touched on earlier, Keir Starmer’s “Rooftop Revolution” will put solar panels on millions of homes… and each of those solar panels will need about 0.64 oz of silver.

In America, 86 million solar panels will be installed each year from 2025 by conservative estimates – requiring 19 million ounces of solar at least.

China’s additional 105 gigawatts of solar capacity added just in the first four months of this year consumed 127 million ounces of silver…

And in the EU, solar installations have grown by at least 15% year on year. In 2023, EU solar installations consumed 39 million ounces of silver.

Then there are EVs to consider… electric cars use more silver than their fossil fuel counterparts, because, as you would expect, they’re much more electronically complex.

One EV needs about 1.3 ounces of silver… so the 22 million new EVs forecasted to hit roads in 2025 alone will add up quickly.

By 2027, that figure is expected to hit 30 million… and they could reach 86% of all car sales by 2030, according to an RMI report.

As for nuclear power… the average nuclear reactor contains 56,000 ounces of silver.

So with fleets of nuclear power plants being built all over the world, the global renaissance of nuclear power will help drive up silver demand, too.

It doesn’t matter what you think about climate change. Whether you’re pro or anti-nuclear, silver is going to be crucial.

Now, when it comes to any of these trends – AI, nuclear power, solar energy, or electric vehicles – most investors and analysts will spend a lot of time trying to find that one uniquely positioned stock that could soar thousands of percent.

My advice to you here is simple…

Don’t overthink it!

As you’ve seen, the AI Revolution – and other energy technologies that power it – can’t take place at all without vast amounts of new silver.

Which makes silver the AI “Master Key.”

And even before the AI revolution truly takes off – before it drives hundreds of millions of new ounces in demand for silver – there’s another thing you should know.

The silver supply crunch is
already here

In 2021, the world consumed 181 million more ounces of silver than it mined.

In 2022, that deficit ballooned to 253 million ounces.

In 2023, 184.3 million more ounces of silver were consumed than produced.

In 2024, the market recorded a 148.9 million deficit.

And in 2025 its projected to record its FIFTH straight year where more ounces of silver are consumed than mined.

You might be wondering if new mining technologies, or an increase in mining overall, might restore equilibrium in the silver market?

Unfortunately, it’s not as simple as that.

You see, the vast majority of extracted silver comes as a byproduct from mining other metals – meaning it’s not just a matter of opening up new silver mines.

And you can clearly see that in the chart below – even as silver demand has skyrocketed over the last few years, supply has stayed almost constant.

Source: First Majestic Silver Corp

So we can’t simply mine our way out of the supply crunch – at least not any time soon.

Meanwhile, the amount of silver consumed by solar panels alone is forecast to rise 170% by 2030.

But you might be wondering, if we’ve been consuming so much more silver than we’ve been producing for years…

Why is the silver rally only just getting started now?

Ordinarily, commodities are very sensitive to supply and demand imbalances.

For instance, in the early days of the pandemic, a mere 10% gap between the supply and demand of oil was enough to send prices spiralling to below zero for a time.

And with the world consuming hundreds of millions of ounces more silver than it produces for years now, silver should have already exploded higher, were it not for one simple anomaly.

Unlike many other commodities, silver is also owned as an investment asset. Wealthy people buy and hold silver as a way of preserving their wealth over long periods of time. This means a large amount of the metal is held in vaults. Here in London, for example, the London Bullion Market Association has been stockpiling hundreds of millions of ounces of silver since its formation in 1987.

As recently as 2020, it had over 1.1 billion ounces of silver – enough to easily withstand a few years of supply/demand deficits.

But its reserves are shrinking, and rapidly at that.

As none other than Warren Buffett observed in an interview in 2023:

“There’s been a gap, in recent years, of perhaps 150 million ounces…which has been filled by an inventory of bullion above ground which may have been 1.2 billion ounces a few years back, but which has been depleted.… There’s no question the bullion inventory has been depleted significantly.”

In the time since then, bullion inventories have fallen by nearly 400 million ounces.

As Johannes Bernreuter, head of Bernreuter Research, put it:

“The rapid pace of technological advancements and the global push for renewable energy are driving unprecedented demand for silver. If current trends continue, we could face significant inventory shortfalls by 2025.”

In 2025, a continued shortage of silver may be enough to turbocharge silver prices, all by itself, as global inventories dwindle.

In fact, by my calculations, silver prices would have already soared by now – well beyond the 31% rise they’ve seen in 2025 so far – were it not for one single anomaly.

Coming September 17th: The Ultimate Catalyst for Precious Metals

Precious metals have one drawback for investors – they don’t pay dividends or any kind of yield.

And in times of high interest – when investors can often lock down 5% yields buying super-safe Treasury notes – gold and silver tend to lag.

The drag of high interest rates on precious metals is so powerful that even in 2021-2023, when the UK and much of the world suffered 40-year high inflation, gold prices barely budged, while silver fell by about $2/oz.

It’s incredible… not even a historic wave of inflation could cause these two traditional inflation hedges to soar as long as interest rates were at a 17-year high.

In fact, to understand just how big an impact interest rates can have on the price of the white metal, we simply need to look back to last year.

The Fed implemented a single 50 basis point rate cut. And that marked the beginning of the silver bull market we find ourselves in today.

But I believe what’s coming on September 17th will be FAR bigger than just run of the mill interest cut.

It’s my contention that we’re going to see the beginning of a greater interest rate cutting cycle… One that ultimately sends interest rates back to ultra-low levels…

And ushers in a new era of easy money.

Why?

If you’ve been paying attention to financial news lately, you’ll have seen the tug of war playing out between two of the world’s most powerful men.

I’m talking about President Donald Trump and Fed Chair Jerome Powell.

Over the past few months, Trump has called Powell a “major loser” and “very dumb”.

He’s even gone to the trouble of writing him a handwritten note blaming him for costing America a “fortune”.

What’s the kerfuffle about?

You guessed it. Interest rates.

We are now 3 years in to Powell’s “higher for longer” interest rate environment.

But that is about to change. And it’s all because of this…

The Federal Reserve Act of 1913.

This Act states that the President has the power to appoint a new Fed Chair from the existing members of the Board of Governors.

Now, Powell's four-year term expires in May.

Which means Trump will have the opportunity to handpick Powell's replacement in just a few months.

But as if often the case with the Donald, he’s doing something that’s rather unorthodox.

Announcing Powell’s successor ahead of time.

According to the Wall Street Journal, who spoke to sources “close to the matter”, Trump could announce the next Fed Chair as soon as September or October.

And that has set into motion a chain of events that I believe is going to result in the rate-cutting cycle starting this summer.

See, if there's one thing you and I both know, politicians love power. They'll do anything and everything to get it, and right now you can be sure that's exactly what's happening.

A massive game of "The Apprentice" has just begun among the existing Fed board members.

Fed board members are suddenly putting their hands up, positioning themselves as the perfect Fed Chair under Donald Trump.

And you know what that means?

It means demonstrating they understand what Trump wants... lower interest rates.

That's why we're starting to see Fed board members come out of the woodwork, publicly stating they want to lower rates and are willing to vote for rate cuts.

For example, take a look at this headline from Zero Hedge:

Fed Governor Christopher Waller is essentially throwing his hat in the ring to replace Powell. And what's his opening pitch? That the Fed should start cutting rates immediately.

Then there's Fed Governor Michelle Bowman, who used to be one of the biggest hawks on the board, suddenly turning dovish. She's now publicly backing rate cuts, saying it would be "appropriate if inflationary pressures remain low."

What's remarkable here is that Bowman was historically one of the most inflation-focused, rate-hike-supporting members of the Fed.

Now she's singing a completely different tune, aligning herself perfectly with what Trump wants to hear.

Connect the dots.

When September 17th rolls around and it comes down to the vote between board members who want to keep rates steady, raise them, or lower them...

I believe an overwhelming majority of board members will vote to lower rates and effectively overrule Jerome Powell.

And a new rate cutting cycle will begin in earnest… sending silver prices skyward.

And it’s important to note: I am NOT the only one who predicts this.

Goldman Sachs and Citigroup and now predicting three rate cuts by year end.

Forbes just ran an article stating:

While Kiplinger’s stance is more “When” rather than “if”, simply asking:

Then there’s Bloomberg, which recently reported that…

I think you’re starting to see the writing on the wall.

When the Fed announces a surprise rate cut this coming September 17th, as I expect it will…

I believe silver is going to explode higher.

And with silver prices already up 31% so far this year…

The question is: how much further could it run?

Remember, we’re in the early stages of the AI boom.

And as AI and clean energy become even more mainstream in the months and years ahead, I believe silver prices could ultimately soar by 4x from here.

That actually seems conservative compared to past silver booms.

In the 1970s, as you’ve seen, silver prices surged 1,900%.

And from 2008 to 2011, silver prices roared from around $9/oz to almost $50/oz.

Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results.

Which brings us to the present moment…

Just days from now, the Federal Reserve is poised to end the high-rate regime it’s inflicted on markets since March 2022.

That could mean that, for the first time in history, interest rates will be falling (and making silver much more attractive to investors) at the same time as:

  • One – The global AI revolution is unfolding, driving an additional demand of 23 million ounces of silver per year,
  • Two – The auto industry consumes 90 million ounces of silver a year as EVs take off,
  • Three – Solar panels gobble up 232 million ounces of silver in 2024 alone; and,
  • Four – The supply/demand gap for silver is projected to record its FIFTH straight year of deficit in 2025.

And there’s one more thing I need you to know:

This is the EXACT same dynamic that led Warren Buffett – who is now sitting on a record pile of cash after selling half his stake in Apple –  to raid the silver market back in 1997.

In fact, two of Buffett’s most well-known – and most profitable – investments were into the white metal.

And all signs point to him making one final move into silver.

See, he first bought in the 1970s because he anticipated its demonisation by the US government.

Sure enough, silver soared more than 20-fold in that decade, from $1.73/oz in April 1970 to over $36/oz in 1979.

And then, his bet on silver amid a multi-year production deficit in the 1990s netted him over $97 million.

Naturally, Buffett is amongst the first to notice a repeat of the late 1990s playing out in the silver market…

And in a 2023 Berkshire Hathaway shareholders conference, he was asked about silver.

Buffett had this to say:

“We think that [supply] gap is wide enough so that it will continue to deplete inventories to the point where a new price is needed to establish equilibrium.”

Let me translate that into plain English for you…

Buffett thinks the silver price is about to rocket higher.

And I agree.

I believe we could see an epic rally in silver, the likes of which history has only seen a few times before.

Forecasts are not reliable indicators of future results.

Buy physical silver, and you’ll probably do quite well…

But this is a once-in-a-generation opportunity. Perhaps even rarer than that.

So if you want to make the most of an imminent silver run – perhaps seeing gains of 1,000% or more – then stick with me and I’ll show you exactly how you could do just that.

You see, while silver bullion could rise by 4x or more after 17 September…

Which would mean a tidy profit, even after factoring in the 20% VAT that British investors must pay…

I’m tracking three companies that each come with profit potential that’s FAR more explosive than the 4x rise in silver bullion prices I’m forecasting.

Not only will each of them allow you to sidestep the 20% VAT entirely…

But they could each make BIG up-moves over the next 12 months and beyond, because of the unique ways they are structured to outperform in silver booms.

Forecasts are not reliable indicators of future results.

For instance, there’s a company on my radar with a well-established history of thrashing silver’s returns over just about any time interval you look at.

During the last silver rally from 2008 to 2011, for example, it returned well over 1,000%, while silver prices rose around 150% by comparison.

Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results. Precious Metals Magnifier: 2020 n/a | 2021 -5.5% | 2022 15.91% | 2023 10.08% | 2024 30.46%

And as you can see, it’s soundly beaten not just silver but also gold over a one-year, three-year, five-year, and ten-year span.

Not only that – it’s done so while reliably paying a quarterly dividend.

That’s something that no precious metal will ever give you.

Over the last decade, it’s increased its quarterly payouts by 229%... and mainstream Wall Street analysts have underestimated its earnings in each of the last four quarters.

Part of their struggle comes from the fact that this is a highly unusual precious metals company.

In fact, it’s not a mining company in any real sense.

Yet it’s laying a claim to 20 mines around the world, as well as 26 development projects – all without having to shoulder a penny of exploration or development costs.

I have to say, even I was surprised by this company’s very healthy profit margin, which is higher than Apple’s, Amazon’s, and Tesla’s combined.

But that’s what happens when a business has just 44 full-time employees… and $1.66 billion in revenue.

I’ve put all of the details – name and ticker symbol included – in the first report I’d like to send your way.

It’s called “The Precious Metals Magnifier: How to Thrash Silver and Gold Returns with a Fraction of the Risk.”

And in a moment, I’ll show you how you can secure it with a no-obligation trial membership to join my most elite service, if that’s something you’d like to do.

But first, you need to hear about an opportunity in this precious metals boom that might be even more compelling…

The Miner Sitting on a Quarter Billion Ounces of Silver

Earlier I showed you how silver supply issues generally can’t be fixed by miners deciding to ramp out their output, since most of it is produced as a by-product in copper, gold, and zinc mines.

But there’s a glaring exception…

One small-cap mining company, valued at $15.7 billion, is currently sitting on a mine of over 250 million ounces of high-grade silver.

It’s already spent hundreds of millions of dollars getting the mine ready to produce tens of millions of ounces each year.

And as recently as 2017, this very mine was producing high-quality silver that cost the firm just $10/oz to extract.

Obviously, a mine of over 250 million ounces of silver at just $10/oz will be a game-changer for this small company…

And it just needs to pass one more regulatory hurdle with government of the Central American country that its located in.

Then it’ll have the “Green Light” to start pulling silver out of the ground.

I believe this company could receive the go-ahead to start tapping into one of the most lucrative mines on Earth any moment now. So you’ll want to move as soon as you can.

As the explosive silver catalyst nears, I don’t think investors will mind the wait for this gem in the making.

And everything you need to know about it – including the ticker symbol and my complete investment thesis – is in the second special report I want to send your way. It’s called:

Two Silver Mining Gems That Could Be About to Soar

And that brings me to the second play in this report…

The Small-Cap Silver
“Pure-Play”

Most miners produce silver as a by-product of another metal – but here’s another small-cap firm which is a rare exception to that rule.

Valued at just $4 billion, it’s perhaps the closest thing in the world to a “pure play” on silver mining.

Its biggest silver mine is producing for as little as $14 per ounce… which means enormous upside for this company if silver prices climb half as high as I’m forecasting… and the 150,000 ounces of gold it produces on the side won’t hurt, either.

The company’s dividend policy is one of the most shareholder friendly I’ve seen… as a rule, it gives back approximately 1% of revenues to shareholders.

Mind you, that’s revenues, not profits – so if and when silver prices surge, this company’s dividend could balloon for shareholders, too.

And on the note of revenues, its hit record revenues two quarters in a row. And analysts don’t see that rise stopping anytime soon.

They’re projecting revenues in 2025 to almost TRIPLE.

I’d love to rush you both of these reports – briefing you on exactly what you need to know to profit from the ongoing silver boom – as part of a no-obligation trial membership to my most elite research service.

It’s called…

And today, I’ve arranged a way for you to try it out, with no financial obligation.

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Over the years, I’ve developed an enviable track record of following the money into big profit opportunities.

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Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results. Five year performance of NuScale Power Corp: 2020-22 unavailable | 2023 -74.48% | 2024 +695.8%

I was part of the team that predicted the resurgence of fossil fuels in the wake of the war in Ukraine…

Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results. Five year performance of BP: 2020 -4.78% | 2021 +35.81% | 2022 +49.33% | 2023 +2.86% | 2024 -10.6%

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You need to remember, all investing involves risk, so you should only ever invest with money you can afford to lose.

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That means that foreign currency fluctuations can affect earnings. Labor disputes and strikes have affected various mining operations from time to time.

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When you decide to join me, you’ll immediately get access to our password-protected website here at Southbank Investment Research where you’ll find every special report we’ve published, every special weekly alert, every market update and buy and sell alert, access to my portfolio and more…

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As you’ve seen, we’re in the early stages of a global energy revolution, to meet the needs of the $15.7 trillion AI boom.

One that could take countless energy companies to record profits AND record stock prices, minting new millionaires in the process.

You’ve also seen a tipping point in silver is quickly approaching just to meet all of this demand – potentially as soon as Wednesday September 17th.

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During that time, you’ll get my weekly research and updates, along with the 2 cutting-edge investment briefings I’ve told you about today…

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You can take the first step today by joining me inside Strategic Energy Alert.

Now, I’m sure you’re wondering right now what a service like this will cost you.

Frankly, given the money I’ve already made my followers, I’d be well within my rights to charge north of £10,000 for this service.

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Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results.

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What that means is you’re not going to pay anything close to £10,000 today to join Strategic Energy Alert.

You’re not going to pay £5,000 or even £2,500 today for the premium-level research I’ll be delivering to you on a regular basis, keeping you directly in touch with the global energy markets.

Instead, we’ve priced a full year of Strategic Energy Alert at only £1,997 per year.

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  • Special Report #1: “The Precious Metals Magnifier: How to Thrash Silver and Gold Returns with a Fraction of the Risk.”
  • Special Report #2: Two Silver Mining Gems That Could Be About to Soar

All for just £997 for one year!

That’s an incredible £1,000 discount off the regular annual price.

That’s less than £3 per day and you get an entire MONTH to test drive my research and see if you like it.

You can use my research with no long-term obligation until you hit the end of day 30.

If you decide between now and then that Strategic Energy Alert isn’t your cup of tea, no worries. Just let us know and we’ll issue you a full refund, cancel your subscription, and part as friends.

You’ll even get to keep the research you downloaded and any trades you may have jumped in on while following me.

But you need to act now to reserve this £1,000 discount…

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You’ve Got 3 Options Right Now…

First off, I’d like to thank you for spending some of your time with me today.

I’ve thoroughly enjoyed sharing my research with you and I hope I’ve left you with plenty to ponder.

After all, I’ve shown you the evidence that we are fast approaching a critical tipping point in the global silver market…

With the world already seeing a shortage of hundreds of millions of ounces a year…

And solar, electric vehicles, semiconductors, and more poised to add hundreds of millions more ounces a year in demand…

All while new silver supplies remain constrained for the foreseeable future…

It’s almost a mathematical certainty that silver prices will soar…

That means you’ve really got three options today…

First, you can choose to do absolutely nothing with what you’ve learned today.

You can continue investing and trading as you currently are on your own or with other advisors you may have.

But I suspect if you were satisfied with the results you’ve been getting up until now, you might not have hung around this long.

Second, I’ve revealed a lot today about what I watch for in the energy markets and how I identify individual stocks to invest in.

If you’re the type of person who prefers to go it alone, I’ve shown you enough today to get started…

But you’ll need to do a lot of leg work to get across the finish line with your own research.

And you might actually do pretty well just buying silver bullion… even accounting for the 20% VAT that UK buyers are subject to.

Finally, you have option #3…

Continue on with me inside the Strategic Energy Alert community and lock in an amazing £1,000 discount off the regular price for your first year.

You’ll pay just £997 for an entire year of access as we track each and every opportunity in the energy sector together.

Every week, I’ll let you know exactly where I believe the best investments are and what price to get in at.

As a recap, here’s everything you’ll receive if you take me up on this no-obligation 30-day trial…

Special Report #1:
The Precious Metals Magnifier: How to Thrash Silver and Gold Returns with a Fraction of the Risk.

This investment has not only thrashed silver and gold returns over a 1-year, 2-year, 3-year, and 5-year period… it’s also paid a dividend that’s grown by 229% over the last decade.

It can do this thanks to its unique structure – as you’ll see in the report, it’s not a mining company in the true sense of the word. Yet with just 44 employees, it’s laying claim to over $1 billion in revenue from mines all over the world.

And once you know all about this very special investment, you can, too.

Special Report #2:
Two Silver Mining Gems That Could Be About to Soar

I’ll give you the full details on this nearly unknown miner that’s sitting on over 250 million ounces of silver. When it gets the green light to commence mining, it could take off like a surface-to-air missile.

Forecasts are not reliable indicators of future results.

If I’m even half right about the imminent silver boom, this firm could easily turn into a 10-bagger over time.

I’ll also send give you the full rundown on the closest thing to a “pure play” in silver. For investors looking to cash out on a silver boom, and get paid a growing income stream while watching it unfold, I can’t think of a better opportunity than this.

Analysts are forecasting revenues to almost triple in 2025… and if they’re even half right, that could be enough for these shares to outpace the gains I’m envisioning for silver overall.

Forecasts are not reliable indicators of future results.

Everything you need to know about both of these companies is in your special report: Two Silver Mining Gems That Could Be About to Soar.

It’s all up to you now…

The Federal Reserve’s 17th September announcement is just days away… and when it hits, I expect not just silver prices, but also shares of each of these companies to start surging.

Forecasts are not reliable indicators of future results.

Of course, the upside for silver isn’t only my opinion.

As you know, the price of silver is already moving.

And with the Fed’s September 17th decision looming, industry experts are coming out of the woodwork saying Silver is on the cusp of screaming higher.

Jupiter Asset Management fund manager Ned Naylor-Leyland  says silver is “primed to receive flow from long only investors.”

Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki says, “This summer, billions will rush into silver”…

While Rick Rule simply says “The blow off top for silver will be one for the record books.”

As you can see, rising expectations for the Fed’s September 17th decision have already boosted the markets…

By now, you’ve seen how quickly the silver market can move… and how none other than Warren Buffett could kick start a silver rally within weeks, if he moves on silver for a third time as I believe he will.

So, as the clean energy revolution and the $15.7 trillion AI revolution unfold… will you be on the sidelines, like so many millions of others?

Or will you be betting it all on a few companies, which may crash and burn, just like Cisco, Pets.com, and so many one-time heroes of the past tech revolutions?

Or – will you successfully tap into the AI “Master Key” and opt out of all the uncertainty and volatility of the tech arms race, even as you position yourself to potentially multiply your money?

I hope it’s the latter. And that’s why I’ve put together this special, no-obligation trial membership opportunity for you today.

Just click the button below to lock in your £1,000 discount… and browse every report at your leisure during your no-obligation trial.

I’m really hoping to see you on the other side.

Regards,

Nick Hubble,
Editor, Strategic Energy Alert

August 2025

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