Metals and Miners: There’s Potential For Significant Returns In Mining Stocks

Gold rallied over 24% in 2024. That allowed the metal to not only make new all-time highs, but also beat out the S&P 500. So far, the metal is continuing higher in 2025, even as stocks have stalled out.

Gold prices topped $2,900 going into the start of the week. And with reports of shortages for gold bars for delivery by central banks, the price may yet trend higher. And that’s before retail investors pile in.

While gold’s price has been soaring, mining stocks have traded poorly. They’ve yet to capitalize on gold’s price running higher. That could be due to rising costs, which have weighed on profitability. Those higher costs have led to a higher cost per ounce to mine gold.

However, it could also be a sign that gold’s demand has been for the metal itself so far. But as gold shortages manifest, companies that mine the metal should see stronger returns.

Typically, it’s in the latter half of a commodity rally that the big gains are made on smaller opportunities.

The gold mining stocks have plenty of upside from here, provided gold can continue to trend higher. So far, mining ETFs like the VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX) is up about 15% since the start of the year. Investors can buy a basket of miners to profit from gold’s next likely move higher.

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