The 10,000-Pound Gorilla vs. The Department of War
Two CEOs, one sleepless month, and a plan to feed the U.S. war machine without asking Beijing for permission.
If you drive across China looking for a bird, you might be driving for a long time. That was the grim, if slightly hyperbolic, travelogue offered by Gary Evans, CEO of United States Antimony Corporation (NYSE American: UAMY), during a recent appearance on the Payne Points of Wealth podcast. "There's no rodents, there's no squirrels... there's no birds," Evans recounted to the hosts and his fellow guest. "I'm a big hunter, you know. I'm like, where's the animals? They've eaten them all."
While the anecdote drew a laugh, it served as a dark appetizer for the main course of the conversation: China’s insatiable consumption of natural resources and its vice-like grip on the global supply chain. But Evans wasn't there just to swap travel stories. He sat alongside Paul Huet, CEO of Americas Gold and Silver Corporation (TSX: USA; NYSE American: USAS), to announce a partnership designed to break that grip, a deal finalized in a sleepless, 30-day sprint that feels less like a corporate merger and more like a tactical mobilization.

