Exploration Insights by Brent Cook www.explorationinsights.com Issue No. 362 February 7, 2016 Carter Smith, videographer for Tommy Humphreys’ CEO.CA resource-focused website and chat room, caught Joe and I taking a first pass look at a few mineral projects being advanced around the world. For those of you interested, the following videos provide a good first… Continue Reading
“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.” – Bertrand Russell I’ll never forget my first bull-market mining investment conference. An “analyst” hosting a standing-room only workshop was banging the table about a 20-cent exploration stock, shouting, “They are… Continue Reading
Big news in the mining and investment newsletter worlds. Veteran analyst Joe Mazumdar has left investment bank Canaccord Genuity and joined Brent Cook’s Exploration Insights (“EI”) publication. EI is a premium weekly newsletter that provides independent research and analysis of early stage mining stocks and is edited by Mr. Cook, a respected and experienced economic geologist. The news was announced… Continue Reading
CEO Chat lived up to its slogan – “the investment conference in your pocket” – last night as newsletter writers Brent Cook, Eric Coffin and Gwen Preston shared their thoughts on junior mining projects and companies that are in the news. Geologist Rob McLeod and engineer Tim Oliver also weighed in. Junior resource plays that… Continue Reading
Excerpted with permission from Brent Cook’s Exploration Insights newsletter Before discussing the recent results published by Rubicon about its Phoenix project, it is important to state that every mineral resource estimate has risks associated with its accuracy. Most informed investors know that some of these risks are highlighted by placing the estimated tonnage of mineralization… Continue Reading
Hello from 30,000 feet. I’m on a flight from San Diego to Toronto after attending Howard Lindzon’s Stocktoberfest conference. The event is media, fintech and charts-focused and the roughly 400 attendees included many prominent investors and personalities. The commodity complex is getting a lot of attention from chartists, with gold, oil and others at critical… Continue Reading
Exploration Insights by Brent Cook www.explorationinsights.com Today we begin where our last rant left off. (link) The Rant But then metal prices began to decline, economies slow, and profits slip away. What went wrong this time Dad? Will mining boom again? Don’t hold your breath kid. It’s bleak out there and we have a 10-year… Continue Reading
James Fraser and I were manning the CEO.ca booth at the recent Cambridge House Vancouver Resource Investment conference, when exploration guru Brent Cook showed up with a friend of his, Mr. Steve Nano, president and CEO of Mirasol Resources (MRZ.V). Cook said we need to follow what Mirasol is doing. Fortunately Carter Smith was close-by… Continue Reading
At the Cambridge House Vancouver Resource Investment Conference this past Sunday and Monday, we had the chance to ask respected mining analyst Brent Cook for his outlook on the sector for which he is best known. Here’s what he said: Right now one of the biggest risks given how 2015 is starting off so positive… Continue Reading
Economic geologist Brent Cook, the editor of Exploration Insights, a high value subscriber supported publication focused on junior miners, echoed much of what he said in our interview of a few weeks back when he sat down with Vanessa Collette at the Cambridge House conference in Vancouver the other day. Related: Brent Cook: Why gold miners… Continue Reading
Gold miners will have to acquire new projects in 2015 and 2016 if they intend to stay in business. This from Brent Cook, economic geologist and the editor of Exploration Insights, a respected mineral exploration investment research service. A dearth of new economic discoveries, reluctance to make acquisitions, the “high-grading” of existing mines, and cuts… Continue Reading
Alex Letourneau of Kitco News interviews Brent Cook of Exploration Insights, Alex Davidson of Yamana Gold, Catherine McLeod-Seltzer of Bear Creek Mining and Lowell Copper, and Miles Thompson of Reservoir Minerals and Lara Exploration, at last week’s PDAC convention in Toronto. This is an impressive gathering of credible exploration and mining industry figures. McLeod Seltzer,… Continue Reading
Novo Resources (TSXV:NVO), a junior exploration company exploring for gold in the Pilbara region of Northwestern Australia, announced a new gold-bearing reef discovery 700 meters west from their original 43-101 resource (421k ozs gold at 1.47 grams per ton). The reef varies from 1-2 meters thick and is less than 20 meters deep, and one… Continue Reading
VANCOUVER, CANADA – FRIEND OR FOE, TAKE THE DOUGH… Mark O’Dea’s True Gold Mining has just announced a $36.6-million bought deal financing with RBC Capital Markets of $0.40 units with a half warrant at $0.47 good for six months. Concurrently, Liberty Metals and Mining, True Gold’s largest shareholder, has has elected to exercise their participation… Continue Reading
Today is the one year anniversary of making this video with my brother. I thought it would be a great opportunity to share some of my favourite mining and energy quotes, starting with one from Mr. Lowell, of course: “If there’s anything my career says about me, it’s that I’m very good at being wrong.”… Continue Reading
