A trained geologist, Byron King has been with Agora Financial – and now an Agora subsidiary called St. Paul Research – since 2002. Over many years, he wrote a series of newsletters covering the energy and mining sectors to include small cap juniors. He has traveled extensively, and visited exploration, development and producing sites in 6 out of 7 continents. Byron has also spoken at many resource-themed conferences.

Presently, he writes a letter entitled Whiskey & Gunpowder, which explores large scale historical themes and macroeconomic issues, often with angles relating back to basic resources and the fundamentals of wealth creation.

Byron is also a retired officer in the U.S. Navy. He holds earned academic degrees from Harvard, the Naval War College and University of Pittsburgh.