In a way maybe he does.
The Sprott Funds – PSLV; PHYS; SPPP and CEF all promise to hold “fully allocated & unencumbered physical metal”.
Assuming that this is the case, these funds all take ounces away from the criminal COMEX & LBMA exchanges.
Check them out here: https://www.sprott.com/investment-strategies/physical-bullion-trusts/
Eric Sprott has spoken on the subject many times and IMO he is on the side of Gold & honest money.
I could be certainly be wrong, but I trust that he is on the up & up. I own shares of his funds, but please DYODD.