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One of the most influential institutional investors in the early stage mining industry, Ms. Diana Walters, has left her post atop Liberty Metals and Mining Holdings LLC, according to a news release from Alderon Iron Ore Corp., a Liberty investee company, where Ms. Walters was serving on the board of directors. By all accounts Ms.… Continue Reading

Come with me to New Orleans Oct 22-25, 2014 for some fun and an important investment conference… This year the Annual New Orleans Investment Conference marks its 40th anniversary, and organizer Brien Lundin has pulled out all the stops to celebrate the milestone. I spoke to him on the phone the other day, and he… Continue Reading

James Kwantes of the Vancouver Sun interviews Ian Telfer, chairman of Goldcorp, the world’s largest gold producer by market cap. Gold mining titan retains underdog sensibilities A flair for deal making put Goldcorp’s Ian Telfer on top, but perspective keeps him grounded By James Kwantes, Vancouver Sun Here’s the link to the article. Before Ian Telfer… Continue Reading

Canadian diamond explorer North Arrow Minerals (TSXV:NAR) is backed by Gren and Eira Thomas, Canada’s pioneering diamond family, and Lukas Lundin, the Swede natural resources developer. The company is focused on two projects, the more advanced Qilalugaq Q1-4 kimberlite in Nunuvut, and the earlier stage Pikoo project in Saskatchewan. Pikoo gets more interesting At Pikoo,… Continue Reading

Vancouver, Canada precious metals streamer Sandstorm Gold (NYSE: SAND, TSX:SSL) has produced a web series for investors interested in the technical aspects of resources investing. They’re calling the series “Technically Speaking” and it features Sandstorm’s mining engineer Tom Bruington, formerly of the International Finance Corporation (IFC). In Topic 1 of the series, Mr. Bruington discusses mining geometry, drill… Continue Reading

Hey, Toronto, and anyone who will be in the GTA next week. For 20 years, Cambridge House International has hosted Canada’s finest investment conferences. Next week, CEOs, financiers and investors will gather for two days of networking and idea sharing. Details: Canadian Investor Conference Toronto 2014 Thursday – Friday, September 25-26, 2014 Sheraton Centre Hotel… Continue Reading

Three junior mining pros have tipped me off about the same company in the past week. While almost every good mining promoter believes his deal is the next to go, these three people are better than my average sources, so I decided the rumour was worthy of basic investigation. The richest places in the world… Continue Reading

I felt as though my head was going to explode. It was only Tuesday, but I was already way behind on the week’s promises for meetings, proposals, interviews, and writing. My phone had been buzzing since 5:15 am, and I was, admittedly, suffering from the headache resulting from the prior evening’s libations, a habit that… Continue Reading

Dundee Capital Markets cheered Nevada Copper Corp.’s (TSX:NCU) Pumpkin Hollow project in a site visit report published yesterday by analysts Joseph Galucci, MBA and Sean Bracken, B.Eng. Shaft sinking and above ground infrastructure are underway for Stage 1 of the proposed Nevada, USA mine. The first stage is for an underground operation set to ramp… Continue Reading

Company will drill 10 to 12 exploration holes from surface for roughly $400k Step-out drilling 141 Zone where previous intercepts include: 122.5 meters of 3.35 g/t Au including 6.0 meters of 32.87 g/t Au Two additional high-grade surface targets could result in new discoveries Another $2 million program underground to upgrade existing mineralization will follow… Continue Reading

Globe and Mail mining scoop queen Rachel Younglai is reporting that the Lundin family are in talks to buy Ecuador’s Fruta del Norte gold deposit from Kinross Gold, one of the richest undeveloped gold mines in the world, albeit in a challenging mining jurisdiction. Kinross acquired the project for $1.2 billion in 2008 and have regretted the decision… Continue Reading

The fall financial conference season is kicking off today at the Vail Precious Metals Summit (more information, webcasts). The junior gold mining event has a classy group of companies exhibiting, not to mention tremendous investor spillover from the big show that follows in Denver a few days later. The Denver Gold Forum hosts the world’s… Continue Reading

The gold mining industry has a big week ahead of it—two of its most important conferences will be held in Colorado. From September 14 to 17, the main event is the Denver Gold Forum, which will host the world’s largest precious metals miners, developers, and investors. The Precious Metals Summit, to be held in Vail… Continue Reading

The Hunter Dickinson International (HDI) stable of companies, an accomplished Vancouver, Canada-based mine development group, are so bullish on their Arizona copper ISR play, Curis Resources, that they have decided it needs to be a part of their other, more established company, Taseko Mines. Just a few minutes ago, Taseko announced a friendly all shares acquisition of… Continue Reading