The article highlights three gold miners with robust finances, as AI heavyweights pour an estimated $828b into data centers and chips this year. Newmont, with major contributions from Peñasquito (~US$3.8b), NGM (~US$4.6b) and Boddington (~US$2.8b) and a market value near US$116.2b, is expected to lower operating costs and improve EBITDA margins through productivity efforts. Regis Resources has generated about A$1.5b from Duketon and A$897 million from Tropicana, with a market value near A$4.7b, and has met or exceeded production guidance four years running. Franco-Nevada, a royalty and streaming company, reported about US$2.0b from precious metals, US$223 million from energy and US$64 million from other mining, with a market value near CA$62.4b; record gold prices and inflation concerns are driving record royalty revenues.
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