Understanding Precious Metal Markets

By:   T Forbush, W W Little
Imprint:   Stema LLC
Dimensions:   Height: 279mm,  Width: 216mm,  Spine: 20mm
Weight:   966g
ISBN:   9798993194011
Pages:   300
Publication Date:   01 November 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Tyson John Forbush was raised near Rexburg, Idaho, on an 80-acre farm which was an auxiliary business to his father's accounting and tax preparation practice. He is the oldest of seven children. As a youth he enjoyed outdoor adventures, camping, and alpine skiing. He spent summers working the family farm, other agricultural jobs, and at a local welding shop. In school he excelled at science but struggled with English and writing. Like many in his community, at age 19 Forbush served an LDS mission. After two years in eastern Ukraine, he returned home and gained a B.S. in Geology with a Russian minor from BYU-Idaho. He still reads, writes, and speaks fluent Russian to this day.After graduation and two failed marriage proposals to his college girlfriend, Forbush worked as a drill site geologist on a remote project. He was surprised late one night when the same girlfriend arrived at his hotel and proposed to him in the courtyard. He said yes, and after the marriage they both worked geothermal exploration for a year before moving to Alaska where Forbush entered a graduate program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He went on to complete a Master of Science in Economic Geology/Geochemistry, his research focused on improving geochemical soil surveying methods, and his thesis remains the most definitive study of Mobile Metal Ionization's(TM) effectiveness in gold exploration. Forbush has received many accolades over the years. He is an Eagle Scout. In high school he was recognized as the most outstanding science student in his class. While at college he was recognized as the top performing geologist in his class's capstone mapping course. Months later his undergraduate research project was awarded 1st place in a university wide exposition. In graduate school his team finished top five globally in the 2013 Imperial Barrel Awards, an oil and gas industry funded competition, that included 316 international graduate teams. Later, in 2016, he was honored with the District Award of Merit from the Boy Scouts of America, for his volunteer work with local scouting units. Professionally he has been a productive explorationist. Forbush made his first gold discovery as a senior in college and has made significant contributions to total ore tonnage of every project he has worked in a position of decision. From 2013-14 he provided the initial data capture and assessment on over 100 mineral sites involved as part of a major land exchange between the U.S. Forest Service and State of Alaska. The exchange was finalized as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017, Public Law 115-31. Forbush is a Certified Professional Geologist through the AIPG, the highest professional and ethical standard in the field, and ""Qualified Person"" by SEC regulation SK-1300 mineral property reporting and disclosure standards. Never afraid of a full day's labor Forbush worked as many things paying his way through school including time at a grain elevator, as a ramp agent for Alaska Airlines, as a motor coach driver/guide for summer cruise guests, and a handyman. He endearingly refers to their fixer upper starter home in Alaska as his ""third degree"" and considers his advanced auto maintenance class possibly the most practical course of his college experience. Forbush has known his share of difficulties as well. While in Ukraine he received word that his mother and grandmother had been killed in a car accident when a dump truck rolled through a stop sign into their lane. His mother's siblings sued Forbush's father because in their view their sister (the driver) killed grandma. The next several years were tumultuous and challenging for the family, as many relationships were lost and the family adapted to being a one-parent household. Upon returning from Ukraine, he helped maintain the farm while attending university.Later after graduate school, Forbush and his wife relocated back to Idaho, in Boise near his in-laws. Initially the move was meant to be tempor