James Fraser
Mr. Fraser joined CEO.ca in October 2014. He is passionate about the mining industry. His passion led to co-authoring the e-book "Mining Stocks Investor Guide: A Guide to Investing in Mining Companies." He has a finance background and has completed his Canadian Securities Course (CSC) and Conduct and Practices Handbook (CPH). When Fraser is not "digging" up the latest mining stock, he can be found enjoying a wide variety of sports or travelling the world.
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POSTED ON October 23, 2015 BY James Fraser

This morning I take a look at news from two high-grade producers Klondex Mines, and Excellon Resources. Klondex Mines – (KDX:TSX) – Klondex Mines continues to deliver fantastic operational results for shareholders. In the third quarter, Klondex produced 33,846 gold-equivalent ounces at its two mines in Nevada. CEO Paul Huet and his team have consistently… Continue Reading

POSTED ON October 21, 2015 BY James Fraser

A look this morning at news from McEwen Mining and Integra Gold, with some additional comments on each. An interesting connection between the two is Integra’s open-data Gold Rush Challenge, which was inspired by Rob McEwen’s pioneer Goldcorp Challenge 15 years ago while McEwen was CEO there. McEwen Mining (MUX:TSX) – McEwen is out with a… Continue Reading

POSTED ON October 20, 2015 BY James Fraser

A couple news releases out this morning from two of the companies in Mark O’Dea’s Oxygen Capital Corp. – True Gold Mining and Pilot Gold. True Gold Mining – (TGM:TSXV) –  True Gold has begun initial mining at the Goulagou II (GGII) deposit at the Karma gold mine in Burkina Faso. TGM remains on schedule for first gold pour… Continue Reading

POSTED ON October 19, 2015 BY James Fraser

A look at a few mining headlines out this morning. Premier Gold and Barrick Gold hit high-grade gold at the South Arturo project in Nevada Initial drill assays from Kaizen Discovery at the Coppermine project A mining license for Sunridge Gold Premier Gold (PG:TSX) and Barrick Gold (ABX:TSX) –  Impressive assays from the South Arturo project… Continue Reading

POSTED ON October 15, 2015 BY James Fraser

A look at this morning’s news includes production results from Fortuna Silver, Argonaut Gold, and St. Andrews Goldfields. Production results are important as they can help savvy investors get an idea about upcoming financials. Also in the news is a takeover of Carlisle Goldfields by Alamos Gold. Fortuna Silver (FVI:TSX) –  Fortuna operates two mines, San Jose in Mexico… Continue Reading

POSTED ON October 14, 2015 BY James Fraser

This morning I take a look at third-quarter production results from Lake Shore Gold and Endeavour Mining. Lake Shore Gold – (LSG:TSX) – Lake Shore is out with another strong quarter at the Timmins West and Bell Creek Mines in Ontario. Production for the third quarter was 40,600 ounces at 4.0 grams per tonne. Lake… Continue Reading

POSTED ON October 07, 2015 BY James Fraser

News releases that caught my eye this morning including a silver streaming deal between Franco Nevada and Teck Resources and drill results from Seabridge Gold. Seabridge Gold – (SEA:TSX) – Good news for Seabridge shareholders this morning as the drill bit continues to intersect mineralization at the monster KSM project in northwestern British Columbia. This is… Continue Reading

POSTED ON October 06, 2015 BY James Fraser

James Fraser here … I am back from my 3 weeks of mineral exploration work in Northern British Columbia. It was great to get out in the field and do some Induced Polarization (IP) and soil sampling work. Tuesday morning news includes more excellent drill holes from Mariana Resources. Mariana Resources (MARL:AIM) –  Mariana has… Continue Reading

POSTED ON October 01, 2015 BY James Fraser

Canada Zinc Metals – (CZX:TSXV) is out with news this morning that the 2015 summer drill program at the Akie property in British Columbia is now complete. I am a big fan of the zinc space in the next 12 months even with Glencore supposedly selling zinc inventories to reduce debt levels. Please take a… Continue Reading

POSTED ON September 09, 2015 BY James Fraser

Commodity investors are always looking for the next bull market but are understandably wary of jumping on the wagon too soon — especially given the pain of the last couple of years. China’s economic growth is slowing, its stock market seems to be melting down, and most metals have been dragged down significantly over the… Continue Reading

POSTED ON September 07, 2015 BY James Fraser

James here… A quick post letting you all know that I will be heading out in the field tomorrow morning for 10-14 days doing mineral exploration work. I will doing (IP) work on the Hot Bath property located close to Dease Lake, British Columbia. I have had the opportunity a few times in the last… Continue Reading

POSTED ON September 03, 2015 BY James Fraser

A look at the top mining press releases out this morning with some additional comments on each. Fission Uranium – (FCU:TSX) – Fission is out with a PEA on the Triple R Deposit on the PLS property in the Athabasca Basin. The PEA was completed by RPA Inc. The PEA does show an attractive post tax… Continue Reading

POSTED ON September 02, 2015 BY James Fraser

Canada Zinc Metals (CZX:TSXV) has released the first two drill holes of the 2015 summer exploration program at the 100% owned Akie project in British Columbia.  The focus of the summer drill program was to expand the resource downdip of the current indicated resource and expansion of the robust and high-grade zinc-lead-silver system in the central core of… Continue Reading

POSTED ON September 01, 2015 BY James Fraser

A flurry of news releases to start the month of September. I take a look at a few of what I consider to be the top headlines and provide a link to a few others. Integra Gold – (ICG:TSXV) – Integra Gold is out with final drill results from the winter/spring program at the Lamaque South… Continue Reading

POSTED ON August 31, 2015 BY James Fraser

Skeena Resources (SKE:TSXV) and Dolly Varden Silver (DV:TSXV) – News out this afternoon that Skeena Resources has made a proposal to acquire Dolly Varden Silver.  The offer is a share based deal for $4.2 million total with each Dolly Varden share being exchanged for 2.763 Skeena shares. At today’s closing price of 8 cents per shares… Continue Reading

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