Charlotte McLeod

Charlotte McLeod connects developments in resource-focused finance to investors through interview-led coverage of precious metals, energy and critical minerals. As editorial director at the Investing News Network, she leads the outlet’s video and event reporting and guides a team of writers covering niche investment markets in the mining and metals sector. Her work centers on how commodity cycles, macroeconomic policy and project financing translate into risks and opportunities for market participants.

Resource-focused investment coverage

McLeod’s core beat is finance through the lens of the resource sector, with a particular emphasis on gold and silver price action and investor sentiment. She regularly produces editor’s picks and weekly wraps that track how gold and silver move over the course of a week, explaining key levels, rebounds and drawdowns for investors. In a recent market review, for example, she highlighted a volatile stretch where gold fell sharply before recovering, pairing price commentary with context on broader market drivers.

Her coverage extends beyond precious metals to other resource-linked assets that matter to investors. She names uranium as a major focus, followed by copper and oil and gas, reflecting the mix of commodities that dominate her audience’s interest and her own reporting priorities. Across these markets, her stories emphasize the link between underlying supply–demand dynamics, geopolitical and policy developments, and the performance of related equities and investment vehicles.

Interview-led analysis of precious metals and macro trends

Much of McLeod’s work is built around in-depth video and text interviews with investors, analysts and industry executives, using their perspectives to frame market narratives for gold and other assets. She has hosted conversations on whether the gold bull run is over and what the “ultimate target” could be, probing guests on drivers such as interest rates, currency moves and broader risk sentiment. Other interviews focus on the possibility that gold and silver are in bubble territory, exploring what might happen next and how investors can position themselves.

Her pieces often blend price forecasts with concrete portfolio discussion, including interviews that walk through specific gold stocks guests own and the rationale behind those picks. She also brings in macro themes directly, featuring guests who discuss scenarios like a hyperinflationary depression and what assets investors should hold in that environment. In her weekly “top stories” content, she draws together these interviews with developments such as central bank commentary from figures like Jerome Powell, tying monetary policy shifts to short-term gold price moves and sentiment.

Across these interviews, McLeod maintains a clear separation between editorial coverage and personal investment activity, consistently disclosing that she holds no direct investment interest in companies mentioned in the articles. That approach reinforces her role as a facilitator of expert views rather than a market participant, while still keeping the focus squarely on actionable insights for readers and viewers.

Critical minerals and project finance

Alongside precious metals, McLeod reports on the financing and development of critical mineral projects, tracking how strategic capital flows into assets like rare earths and other key inputs to modern technologies. Her coverage includes stories on major refinery developments backed by substantial funding, such as a recent piece on strategic capital supporting a US$500 million rare earth refinery, where she unpacked what the deal means for supply chains and investors in the space. These project-focused articles sit within her broader mandate to cover niche investment markets, spotlighting opportunities that fall outside mainstream equities but carry significant long-term implications.

In these critical minerals stories, she pays attention to who is providing capital, the structure of deals and the expected timelines to production, linking these details to potential valuation impacts and sector-wide trends. By treating financing announcements as part of a larger narrative about resource security and industrial policy, she helps readers understand how individual projects fit into the evolving landscape of energy transition and advanced manufacturing.

Video and event-driven reporting

Video is central to McLeod’s coverage. On the Investing News Network’s channel, she regularly hosts segments that highlight the week’s top stories in the resource sector, walking viewers through key moves in gold, silver and other commodities and pointing them to deeper interviews and analyses. Her on-camera work is closely integrated with written pieces, with many interviews and market updates appearing in both formats to reach investors who follow the outlet via video and text.

Event reporting is another pillar of her role. She attends major investment conferences and industry gatherings, such as the New Orleans Investment Conference, where she conducts interviews on-site and gathers questions from her audience to pose to speakers and market experts. These trips feed back into her ongoing coverage, adding fresh perspectives on themes like energy markets, uranium, coal and broader resource-linked crises that emerge from panels and hallway conversations.

Through this combination of editorial leadership, interview-driven analysis, project finance reporting and real-time event coverage, McLeod gives investors a consistent, resource-focused view of financial markets that reflects both long-term commodity cycles and short-term price and policy shifts.