Sentiment in the thermal coal market is nearly as poor as it gets right now. The mood has been further dampened this week by price cutting from Chinese coal producers. With sellers slashing prices in an attempt to clear out inventory. That’s led to an almost complete loss of appetite for imports into China. With… Continue Reading
Recently, we had the pleasure of sitting down with two of exploration geology’s brightest young stars; Dr. Alan Wainwright and Daniel MacNeil. Dr. Wainwright (Chief Geologist) and Mr. MacNeil (Project Acquisition and Development) allowed us to visit them in the humble Vancouver offices of their current venture, Desert Star Resources (DSR:TSXV). Mr. MacNeil has over… Continue Reading
Source: Rabobank Interesting outlook on the global economy from Rabobank via Business Insider. Richard McGuire, Head of Strategy for Rabobank, charts the likelihood and impact of various global catalysts that could shake markets up. We see the usual suspects such as the Fed tapering too quickly, emerging market issues and Chinese growth slowing. However, McGuire… Continue Reading
“Blast you Excel!!” While Kenneth Rogoff took his lumps last year due to an enormously inexcusable excel error, this former Chief Economist for the IMF and co-author of This Time Its Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly is still a voice to be reckoned with. As part of Project Syndicate’s cleverly-titled-no-pun-intended “Submerging Markets” series, Rogoff… Continue Reading
This morning, Canada Carbon (CCB:TSXV) released further drill results from the winter exploration program being done at their Miller graphite project in Quebec. Since discovering the VN3 vein in December, the company has focused exploration work there. In hole DDH13-15, they intersected 1.8m of 48.6% Cg including a 0.5m intersection of 63.2% Cg. This hole… Continue Reading
Jordan Trimble joined BNN Television’s Andrew Bell earlier. Trimble is CEO of Skyharbour Resources (SYH:TSXV), a micro-cap uranium explorer focused on Northern Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin region. Trimble discussed his company’s exploration plans for 2014, which includes an ongoing $6 million program at Skyharbour’s flagship Preston Lake project near Fission Uranium’s Patterson Lake South uranium discovery.… Continue Reading
This morning, Continental Gold (CNL:TSX) released another batch of 13 drill holes as well as underground sampling from the Yaragua vein at the company’s Buritica gold project in Colombia. The company has resumed 2014 drilling and is aiming for an updated NI 43-101 resource estimate which should be released this quarter. The market is waiting… Continue Reading
This morning, explorer Desert Star Resources (DSR:TSXV) announced Mark Selby would be joining the company’s advisory board. Mr. Selby is currently the Senior VP, Business Development at Royal Nickel (RNX:TSX) and is the owner of his own consulting firm, Selby & Co. Mr. Selby is also and has been since August, 2009, a director of… Continue Reading
This morning, Canada Carbon (CCB:TSXV) announced the preliminary results of laboratory characterization tests being conducted by Evans Analytical Group (EAG) on its Miller high-purity hydrothermal graphite. The results were obtained using Raman spectroscopy and definitely determines the degree of crystallinity of graphite (and other materials). These tests showed that the Miller project’s graphite has an abnormally… Continue Reading
Dr. John-Mark Staude’s prospect generator, Riverside Resources (RRI:TSXV) has signed an agreement with a private Mexican company to acquire a 100% interest in the Cajon gold project with their strategic alliance partner, Hochschild Mining Plc. The Cajon project is located near Goldgroup’s (GGA:TSX) Cerro Colorado mine and Timmins’ (TMM:TSX) San Francisco mine. Recent exploration work… Continue Reading
Which way is the beach? If you’re having flashbacks of Elton John singing “Candle in the Wind” or Leo helping Kate fly, don’t be alarmed. It’s not actually 1997. It sure does feel like it though. Concern over China’s inevitable potential crash and Fed tapering have sent emerging markets spinning. In response, Turkey (+5.5%), South… Continue Reading
We think the risk/reward proposition for buyers of Ivanhoe Mines (TSX:IVN) is quite attractive from current levels (below 1.70). From a Technical Analysis perspective, the multi-month falling wedge has dropped into the 1.50-1.70 support zone. Volume has also dried up which we like to see before a big bounce – $2.00 is a reasonable short… Continue Reading
Endeavour Mining Delivers 324k oz in 2013, Forecasts 400k to 440k oz in 2014. All in costs: $985-$1070 Today, after the Canadian markets closed, Endeavour Mining (EDV:TSX) released their 2013 fiscal year end numbers as well as an official outlook for fiscal 2014. The company produced a total of 324,275 ounces of gold in 2013 which… Continue Reading
Desert Star Resources (TSXV:DSR) is a junior exploration company being proactive in this market. Last year they picked up six exploration projects in the U.S., each with big potential. Of particular note are their Red Top, Copper King and Copper Springs projects in Arizona, as well as their Oro project in New Mexico. A map of their… Continue Reading
THE CALANDRA REPORT: Subscribe $91 yearly SIEM REAP, Cambodia — Just touched base here with Bob Neill, newest Angkor Gold board member. Bob is the 33-year-old executive from Medellin who handles much of Grupo de Bullet’s property syndication efforts in Colombia. He is just back from touring a handful of ANK’s properties in Ratanakiri Province.… Continue Reading
