Tonight I listed to some veterans talk mineral discovery and here are a few ideas that I learned or was reminded of. 1. No one person can claim credit for a discovery, they are usually the result of the good work of many people over decades. 2. You don’t get rich by riding your desk,… Continue Reading

Western Copper and Gold Corp.’s Casino deposit in the Yukon contains 18 million ounces of gold and 10 billion pounds of copper. WRN CEO Dale Corman delivered 20 fold returns to investors between 2001-2006. Can he do it again? Western Copper and Gold Corp. has approved this story. Please read their Cautionary Statement. In a bear… Continue Reading

Cambridge House International, Canada’s junior mining advocates, are hosting the FREE Toronto Resource Investment Conference at the Sheraton Centre Hotel this Thursday and Friday (Details and Registration). Join financiers Ned Goodman of Dundee Corp., Eric Sprott of Sprott Inc., Frank Holmes of US Global Investors, along with newsletter writers including Keith Schaefer of the Oil and… Continue Reading

With excerpts from today’s Ivanhoe Mines news release. Robert Friedland, Executive Chairman of Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN), and Lars-Eric Johansson, Chief Executive Officer, announced today that the company is proceeding with the sinking of a bulk-sample shaft to access the underground Flatreef platinum, palladium, nickel, copper, gold and rhodium discovery at its Platreef Project in… Continue Reading

Today Nevada Copper Corp. (TSX:NCU), a Vancouver-based junior mining company developing the Pumpkin Hollow project in Nevada, announced they have received their final permit required for construction and operation of Stage 1 of the underground project, the Nevada Air Quality Operating Permit. The Pumpkin Hollow underground project is now fully permitted for mine construction and operations. With all… Continue Reading

Billionaire mining tycoon Robert Friedland has launched Ivanhoe Pictures with Hollywood producer John Penotti and Beijing-based media executive Ray Chen. “Ivanhoe Pictures will finance and produce film and television projects that have broad appeal to a global audience,” said Sunday’s news release. “Initially, the company will bridge production opportunities in America and Asia, focusing on China,… Continue Reading

OGIB’s Keith Schaefer thinks Canadian based oil companies are set for a run. Lots of int'l money flowing into #Canada #oil stocks today–if you like it, better buy it–sector trade starting in earnest — Oil&Gas Investments (@OilandGasInvest) September 6, 2013 Take a look at these three charts: 1. Gran Tierra Energy Inc. (TSX:GTE) $1.94 billion market… Continue Reading

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To my friends, I want to tell you about Keith Schaefer’s LNG Investment Conference in Vancouver on September 25. This is a one day, high end show which will give you insight into BC’s boom sector, Liquid Natural Gas, as well as face time with credible executives building wealth in LNG for themselves and for… Continue Reading

King World News has released a new podcast with Pierre Lassonde. Mr. Lassonde is one of the world’s most credible and successful gold speculators. He built the original Franco Nevada and is currently Chairman of Franco Nevada Corporation, a seven billion dollar gold royalty company. He was previously CEO of Newmont Mining, the United States’s… Continue Reading

Alpha Minerals and Fission Uranium each own 50% of the Patterson Lake South (PLS) project in Northern Saskatchewan. PLS is the most exciting mineral discovery in recent times for its potential size, high grade, shallow depth and proximity to infrastructure. Fission Uranium CEO Dev Randhawa has launched a takeover of Alpha to consolidate ownership at… Continue Reading

Alpha Minerals (TSXV:AMW) published a new corporate video yesterday which features VP of Exploration Garrett Ainsworth discussing the PLS discovery in Northern Saskatchewan as well as the history of uranium exploration in the area. He also shows off some of its radioactive drill core. Garrett is the son of Alpha Minerals CEO Ben Ainsworth. The… Continue Reading

There’s a tremendous post out from the good people at Sprott today: Hostile Takeovers Gone Bad. The author, geologist and investment advisor Steve Todoruk, says that Cameco made a fatal flaw in their attempted takeover of Hathor Exploration in 2011 by not acquiring shares in the company before the takeover announcement. As a result they… Continue Reading

Back on March 20th, 2013, when Alpha Minerals was trading in the $4 range, I put a $15 price target on the company’s shares (source). With the announcement yesterday that Fission Uranium will be swallowing Alpha for roughly $7.67 per Alpha share my prediction has fallen short. Shares of the combined company could still double on a… Continue Reading

Discovery Investing’s Chris Berry has just published commentary on Zenyatta Ventures (TSXV:ZEN) after a site visit to the company’s much hyped Albany graphite project in Ontario. In short Berry recommends the company raise as much capital as possible at current prices, while at the same time advising his readers to steer clear of the company… Continue Reading