With the market the way it is right now, some junior exploration companies are simply not going to survive. Since most of them are in Vancouver, we thought the city’s commercial real estate might offer some insight into which ones will. We spoke with one Downtown Landlord about their experiences with resource companies as tenants.… Continue Reading

It is astounding to witness a group of 32 entrepreneurs from different parts of the world come together in one place. The energy of the room where a meeting of the minds took place is unlike anything I have ever experienced. There was a small, but incredibly important take-away that I got after observing and… Continue Reading

Hewlett-Packard, the world’s number one PC manufacturer, announced today that they are closing their Russelsheim office in Germany and laying-off 850 people. This is a part of their multiyear restructuring plan that was announced on May 23, 2012. This is strategy unfolding. 2011 indicated that HP needed to start looking at costs. Net revenues were up $1.2B… Continue Reading

The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) released its 2012 Mining Report this month. The purpose of the report is “to provide information to market participants on areas where they can improve their disclosure and on interpretative issues that have materialized during the past year.” The BSCS outlined some of the most common problems when it… Continue Reading

The ability to make deals in bad markets is one of the best indicators of a strong management team. Today, Sandstorm Gold Ltd (SSL.TSX) and Premier Gold Mines (PG.TSX) made a deal which tells us a thing or two about strategy. Read: Sandstorm Gold Announces the Acquisition of Common Shares and Warrants of Premier Royalty These two… Continue Reading