Mining mogul Ross Beaty has decided not to move forward with a $5 million exploration joint venture with Magellan Minerals and a private company to explore areas of Brazil’s Pocone gold belt. Tuesday evening Magellan announced that the March 3, 2014 agreement with Mr. Beaty, a successful and closely followed natural resource investor, had been terminated. Commenting… Continue Reading

Canadian mining legend Ross Beaty, who founded Pan American Silver and the Lumina Copper Franchise, and made fortunes during the last decade’s resource bull market, is quietly making moves in the junior mining sector again. Earlier today Magellan Minerals announced a deal to sell to Ross its Pocone gold belt exploration projects in Western Brazil… Continue Reading

There are many interesting things about Hudbay’s takeover offer for the 84% of Augusta Resource that it doesn’t already own – an offer that has breathed a bit more life into a moribund mining M&A scene that is slowly reviving. Augusta is developing the advanced-stage Rosemont copper deposit southeast of Tucson, Arizona, which is projected… Continue Reading

Copper and silver mining legend and environmentalist Ross Beaty joined Cambridge House Live at the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference in Vancouver this past Sunday. Beaty is best known for founding Pan American Silver, one of the world’s largest primary silver producers, and the Lumina Copper franchise, one of the most successful copper exploration groups ever,… 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

Junior mining community organizers, Cambridge House International, are set to host their annual blockbuster Vancouver Resource Investment Conference at the Vancouver Convention Centre this January 19-20, 2014. There are roughly 300 junior mining companies exhibiting (full list), ranging from explorers to developers and even some producers, each likely to be prospecting for investors at Vancouver’s… Continue Reading

In an interview with CEO.CA on April 26, 2013 mining legend Ross Beaty told us, “I don’t think it’s time for me to invest just yet, but its getting close.” Yesterday Beaty announced that he had purchased 221,000 shares in Lumina Copper Corp. (TSXV:LCC) at an average cost of $4.68 in the open market on June… Continue Reading

Alterra Power Corp (C:AXY) Shares Issued 466,374,814 Last Close 6/4/2013 $0.295 Tuesday June 04 2013 – News Release Mr. Ross Beaty reports Ross J. Beaty, of 1550, 625 Howe St., Vancouver, B.C., V6C 2T6, on June 4, 2013, acquired ownership of 7,588,500 common shares of Alterra Power Corp. through the facilities of the Toronto Stock… Continue Reading

“One drill hole changes the game. It’s very hard to decide who gets to make it and who doesn’t. It’s a big gate, and yet very few make it through. But you have to let them try.” — Lukas Lundin “Did you know you were getting the better end of that deal with Kinross?” I… Continue Reading

Copper and silver tycoon and environmentalist Ross Beaty sees stagnant global growth, but strong fundamentals for gold. Here he shares his views, and a few memorable moments in his career — on both sides of the industry. “Comfortable with ambiguity,” says the sign on Pan American Silver chairman Ross Beaty’s office door. It’s a fitting… Continue Reading

Alterra Power Corp (C:AXY) Shares Issued 466,374,814 Last Close 4/18/2013 $0.30 Mr. Ross Beaty reports: Ross Beaty, of 1550 — 625 Howe St., Vancouver, B.C., V6C 2T6, acquired ownership of 14.93 million common shares of Alterra Power Corp. on April 17, 2013, by way of a private purchase, made in reliance on the private agreement… Continue Reading

He pays little attention to the daily trading noise, or to prophesies that the commodity supercycle is over. Even on a day when gold is nosediving, he remains bullish about the five- to 10-year prospects as long as monetary expansion and currency volatility remain rampant – and China, he feels, has come back nicely. Gold,… Continue Reading

I had the opportunity yesterday to connect with legendary resource developer & financier, Ross Beaty, founder and chairman of the $2.7B Pan American Silver Corp., and executive chairman of Alterra Power Corp. Throughout his 37 year career, Ross has generated an astounding sum of over $4B worth of shareholder wealth. His comments during this amazing interview, describe a screaming… Continue Reading

by James Kwantes That thud you heard yesterday was Lumina Copper stock dropping a further 8.5% onnews that its strategic review process has yet to land a buyer for the company’s Taca Taca copper-gold-molybdenum deposit in Argentina – not the easiest place to do business. It wasn’t the NR expected by takeover-hungry investors, who took the stock down hard.… Continue Reading

A conversation between mining legend Ross Beaty and Casey Research chairman Doug Casey at last month’s #WRIC12. For those of you who were not in attendance, here are two of my friends and heroes, mining legend Ross Beaty and Casey Research Chairman Doug Casey, having a conversation about how to get rich at last month’s… Continue Reading