Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCX) Newmont Corporation (NYSE:NEM) Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) BHP Group (NYSE:BHP) Lithium Americas (NYSE:LAC) Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) Southern Copper (NYSE:SCCO) Metals and Mining Stocks to Buy: Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) FCX) sign on a Freeport-McMoRan office building in Phoenix, Arizona." Newmont Corporation (NEM) NEM) logo on a mobile phone screen" width="300" height="169"> Source: Piotr Swat/Shutterstock With expansionary monetary policies continuing, high to very high inflation is a possibility. NEM stock is possibly the best bet in the gold mining sector.