This week 34 year old Sandstorm Gold (NYSE:SAND) CEO Nolan Watson bought approximately $50,000 worth of his Sandstorm Metals and Energy stock in the open market, according to INK Research, bringing his total ownership of the Sandstorm Gold spinoff to 159,399 shares, or approximately half of one percent of the company. Last September, Nolan and… Continue Reading

A legendary firm doing some excellent analysis: The latest edition of the annual Internet Trends report finds continued robust online growth. There are now 2.4 billion Internet users around the world, and the total continues to grow apace. Mobile usage is expanding rapidly, while the mobile advertising opportunity remains largely untapped. The report reviews the… Continue Reading

Today marks the beginning of Colorado Gold Week, where companies in the precious metals space, at exploration, development and production stages, join institutional investors in Vail and then Denver Colorado for high quality conference sessions. The 2013 Precious Metals Summit in Vail, Colorado, runs today through Saturday, and features the more early stage precious metals… Continue Reading

Here is an 11 minute interview with Pat Di Capo, CEO of Power One Capital Markets. Pat is a beast. He structures and buys big positions in junior resource deals such as Continental Gold, Dalradian Resources, Aurelian Resources, Petrolifera, Ryan Gold, and countless others. Pat has raised over $1.75 billion dollars for private and public… Continue Reading

Kobex Minerals Inc. (TSX:KXM) has $34 million in its treasury; that’s $8.5 million more than the company’s current market cap. (46,082,413 shares out, last at $.55). KXM is effectively a cashed up shell looking for resource projects. “Kobex seeks to identify, acquire, and develop deposits which have the potential to be world class, in the… Continue Reading

“The mainstream pundits will tell you that oil is expensive now because of the unrest in Syria and Egypt,” Rick begins. “But the truth is that Syria and Egypt don’t produce much oil.” “The real reason is that there are expectations of a slowdown in oil exports brought about by the lack of sustaining capital… Continue Reading

I wrote my article on Robert Friedland so fast on Saturday I forgot to include a critical part of the story, notably, how he’s going to finance platinum production at Platreef in South Africa, amidst abysmal capital markets for mining projects. This is what he said: “We’re still running one of the world’s greatest exploration programs… Continue Reading

Bruce Duncan’s Canada Carbon Inc. (TSXV:CCB) has had a glorious summer. Here’s the 12 month chart: CCB data by YCharts The company holds four graphite properties in Ontario and Quebec, including 2 past producing graphite mines, the Miller and the Asbury. The Miller property in particular has investors excited, with high quality graphite reported at… Continue Reading

Clive Johnson is a big, fast-talking ex-rugby player and one of Canada’s best gold mining executives. The 56-year-old has built back-to-back multi-billion-dollar gold companies. His latest, B2Gold Corp. (TSX:BTO), is one of the few gold producers to have delivered for investors over the past five years. Johnson’s contrarian instincts have served him well in a… Continue Reading

Bone crushing news for shareholders in Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSX:NDM) today, Anglo American is backing out of the Pebble Partnership, dashing near term development plans for the massive copper, gold and molybdenum deposit. Mark Cutifani, Chief Executive of Anglo American, said: “Despite our belief that Pebble is a deposit of rare magnitude and quality, we… Continue Reading

US Oil Sands Inc. (TSXV:USO), which holds the largest commercial oil sands land position in the U.S., has announced a strategic 80 million dollar private placement today at .15 cents, representing a 49% premium to the 20 day volume weighted average trading price of the Company’s common shares. Blue Pacific Investments Group Ltd., Anchorage Capital Group LLC… Continue Reading

Positive results continue to roll in at PLS, the 50/50 joint venture owned by Fission Uranium and Alpha Minerals. Read: Alpha Minerals JV Confirms Significant Mineralization With Strong “Off-Scale” Radioactivity at R945E Zone At PLS Project. The market appears to have been expecting success. Shares in both Fission and Alpha were effectively flat at press… Continue Reading

PRD Energy (TSXV:PRD), the Canadian based, Germany focused oil and gas exploration company, has encountered drilling difficulties at its Boerger 7Awell. Here’s a link to the news release. “After setting a whipstock at 660m, PRD encountered directional drilling challenges in soft sediments requiring changes to the well plan. The decision has now been made to… Continue Reading

Roxgold Inc. (TSXV:ROG), a Toronto based junior gold company focused on the Yaramoko project in Burkina Faso, has released results from its Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) for the 55 Zone on it’s 100% owned Yaramoko permit. The 55 Zone at Yaramoko has 850,000 ounces at 13.88 grams per tonne gold, with 250,000 ounces at 9.88… Continue Reading

I was able to catch up with billionaire Ivanhoe Mines (TSX:IVN) Executive Chairman Robert Friedland in Toronto yesterday. The Singapore-based mining legend was in Toronto this week to announce the launch of Ivanhoe Pictures, a new film and TV finance and production company, and to host the first investor presentations for his Ivanhoe Mines after… Continue Reading