They say a good score for a Vancouver junior miner might be five million. For a Calgary oil man, $50 million. But for a Silicon Valley promoter, the stakes are the highest. Look at Oracle CEO Larry Elison, with a net worth of $41 billion, stemming from enterprise software. Oracle is buying ads on Youtube… Continue Reading
This morning Keith Hill’s Africa Oil (TSXV:AOI), which is developing oil discoveries in the East African Rift Basin System, said that the company suffered no injury during the weekend’s mall attack in Nairobi. We join Africa Oil in extending our prayers to those who remain affected by the tragedy. Read: Africa Oil Reports on Security Situation in Kenya… Continue Reading
Simon Ridgway’s Cordoba Minerals (TSXV:CDB), which is in the process of amalgamating with Ari Sussman’s Sabre Metals, has completed an initial 4 hole, ~575 meter drill program at its San Matias property in Colombia, targeting high grade copper gold porphyry style mineralization, with assays expected in late October. Cordoba’s results are being closely followed by… Continue Reading
This story was first posted at 9:00AM today, and was briefly updated at 8:14PM. Micro cap Vancouver-based junior miner Niocorp Developments Ltd. (TSXV:NB), which is advancing its Elk Creek, Nebraska niobium project, has announced that they have recruited Marc Smith to become the company’s new CEO. Smith was formerly CEO of rare-earths producer Molycorp (NYSE:MCP),… Continue Reading
Ron Paul, former U.S. Representative for Texas’ 14th and 22nd congressional districts and author of “The School Revolution – A New Answer for Our Broken Education System,” challenges and the status quo and Charlie Rose defends it in this 20 minute interview at Mr. Rose’s table. In the interview, Paul shares his definition of libertarianism:… Continue Reading
Here’s an interesting story from last week’s 60 Minutes on the medical marijuana industry in Colorado. Correspondent Steve Kroft visits with entrepreneurs and lawmakers within the booming bud business in the rocky mountain state, shining a light on the fact that although the citizens of Colorado clearly don’t have a problem with regulated marijuana, the… Continue Reading
Ebullient Toronto accountant James Steels bought some Yahoo! stock this week and wrote up why. Read: Portfolio Action: Purchase – Yahoo! (NYSE: YHOO). Job applications at Yahoo! are skyrocketing under new CEO Marissa Mayer, according to Steels, although the market has beat him to the bunch: Yahoo shares have doubled since last year. Still, he… Continue Reading
Of the 2000 junior resource companies we track, very few have the strength of Continental Gold Corp. It has over $130 million in the bank, analysts believe its 5.5 million ounce Buriticá high-grade gold deposit in Colombia will become a cash cow, its technical and management teams are well-experienced, and when the deposit gets permitted… Continue Reading
B2Gold CEO Clive Johnson sold 500,000 shares of his B2Gold this week according to INK Research. I sent Mr. Johnson an email this morning asking for comment, to which he responded: “Share sale were restricted bonus shares issued to me at $3.07. Sold to cover partly taxes already paid. I’ve had this order out there… Continue Reading
In an interview with Citywire, Blackrock Natural Resources CIO Evy Hambro provides some guidance on the gold industry: In the short term Hambro predicts production might actually tick up as gold companies seek to reduce costs by mining higher grade gold where they have the flexibility to do so. He believes that while that scenario… Continue Reading
Red Kite founder Oskar Lewnowski has spun out a $1.1bn mining fund from Red Kite, the mine finance firm he co-founded: Metal commodities specialist investment manager Red Kite Group facilitated a move by one of its founding partners, Oskar Lewnowski, to spin out the private equity fund he managed, RK Mine Finance Fund II, to… Continue Reading
Yesterday Stockwatch reported that well known Canadian financier Frank Giustra was rolling back his public shells. These are the vehicles he has historically used to launch new natural resources ventures. Frank Giustra’s Royce Resources Corp. (ROY), last at 1.5 cents, will ask shareholders at its AGM on Oct. 17, 2013, to approve a 1:10 rollback. The shell… Continue Reading
Continental Gold Corp (TSX:CNL) is one of the strongest of the Toronto-based gold juniors (off the top of my head: 5+ million ozs high grade gold inferred at their flagship Buritica project in Colombia, expectation for resource growth, especially at depth, $550+ million market cap, $130 million in cash). Continental expects to file for their… Continue Reading
Karnalyte Resources Inc. (TSX: KRN) today announced that they are proceeding to the construction permitting process for their Wynyard Carnallite Project in Saskatchewan. The company says the have the backing of their Indian strategic partner to move forward regardless of conflict in the the potash markets. “Gujarat State Fertilizers and Chemicals (“GSFC”) is of the… Continue Reading
Read Eagle’s PEA is out, implying a NPV of $153 million. Here are some highlights: — Assuming a long-term forecast gold price of $1,300/ounce gold (“Base Case”) pre-tax Net Present Value (5%) is $153 million, Internal Rate of Return is 47% and payback is estimated at 1.4 years; — Underground resources outlined in the PEA… Continue Reading
