Mapping the platinum story: ThomWatch

Platinum’s 20% rise this year points to a repeat of 2008’s record-breaking run to $2,250 an ounce. This week, the silvery white metal is $1,000 away from that mid-2008 mark. As R. Michael Jones of Platinum Group Metals used to tell me years ago, “When enough people say they want platinum, really really want it, the market gets insane.”

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