“The red earth that dusts the lush vegetation around Simandou marbles the mountain rock is worth a fortune.” A few weeks ago New Yorker published an amazing story: Burried Secrets: How an Israeli billionaire wrested control of one of Africa’s biggest prizes. The article covers businessman Beny Steinmetz’s takeover of the Simandou iron ore project in Guinea,… Continue Reading

Brazilian billionaire promoter Eike Batista regrets using the public markets to finance his activities, he writes in an op-ed to Valor Thursday. “More than anyone, I wonder where I went wrong. What should I have done differently? A first question might be linked to the funding model I chose for the companies. Today, if I could go… Continue Reading

Three young black men from New York show Mike Wallace why not to judge a book by its cover… \ “Mom told me I had to work three times as hard, “Once because you’re black, twice because you’re Trinidadian, and three times because after I sacrificed so much, you better not let me down.” “Would… Continue Reading

“We went through and looked at the value of all the long-term incentives that have been granted over the last three years for 10 companies,” he says. “Most of them are in the hundreds of dollars.” That’s obviously a problem for those employees, who had counted on – and perhaps made spending decisions based on… Continue Reading

Meet George Fink, one of Canada’s best oil patch operators, according to Oil and Gas Investments Bulletin’s Keith Schafer. Learn about Fink’s tremendous success with Bonterra Energy, and his latest play, Pine Cliff, in a new post by Keith. Pine Cliff Energy: A Contrarian Way To Invest in Natural Gas | OGIB

Here’s a promoter’s map of the Western Athabasca Region in Northern Saskatchewan showing Fission/Alpha’s discovery in the middle. Update: Comments from Twitter: @tommyhump Thats the people who paid 2B on map. CIN has a great land position which the mkt will figure out — Cdn Intl Minerals (@CIN_TSXV) July 19, 2013 @tommyhump cut my teeth in… Continue Reading

Alpha Minerals (TSXV:AMW) shares have been on a tear since last fall when they discovered high grade uranium close to surface at the Patterson Lake South project in the Western Athabasca Region of Saskatchewan and analysts believe this trend will continue over the coming months. Here’s the 12 month chart: Today, the company announced more impressive… Continue Reading

I am fortunate to have a copy of Donald Rumball’s 1996 biography of Canadian business legend Peter Munk, The Making of a Modern Tycoon, on my bookshelf.  The unauthorized account covers Munk’s escape from Nazi occupied Hungary to Canada as a Jewish teenager, where he went on to found Claritone, Canada’s preeminent stereo manufacturer, in 1958. Munk was… Continue Reading

Two American Families – Bill Moyers chronicles two ordinary familes — one black, one white — over two decades – is another must watch.

Yesterday Petroamerica Oil Corp (C:PTA), an emerging light oil producer in Colombia, received a buy recommendation and a $.45 price target from Canaccord Genuity energy analyst Christopher Brown in Calgary. Canaccord Genuity now joins CIBC World Markets, TD Securities, Haywood Securities, Raymond James, and others in recommending Petroamerica’s shares. Mr. Brown cited PTA’s attractive valuation… Continue Reading

Octogenarian self styled ‘treasure hunter’ Dave Lowell, who we called Mining’s Greatest Explorer in a January, 2013 short film about the legend, has launched a new copper exploration and development company, Lowell Copper, and subsequently raised $11.4 million in a financing in which we participated (details). The company’s principal asset is the Ricardo project in… Continue Reading

Exploration Insights editor and economic geologist Brent Cook spoke to Mineweb’s Kip Keen about the harsh reality for today’s junior mining investors. “I think we’re in for a long, slow stretch where mines go bust, companies go bust and the sector consolidates,” Cook commented. Read the full article over at Mineweb. Here are a few excerpts:… Continue Reading

It’s a different reality for the Lundin’s, an extremely successful, and well financed oil and mining exploration and development group. Chairman Lukas Lundin tells Mineweb’s Kip Keen his copper companies intend to keep their exploration budgets intact, and expresses optimism for continued, high commodities prices. You should read the full article over at Mineweb. Here are a few excerpts:… Continue Reading

To make great content, have incredible experiences, Ryan Holiday argues. VICE’s Portrait of a Russian Oligarch is an example. After the collapse of Communism in Russia, as state assets were divvied up and privatized, a few individuals stepped in to take the reins of this entrepreneurial experiment. Rewarded with massive fortunes and fame, they came… Continue Reading

Blogging is a FREE and PRICELESS way for firms to communicate with investors, in addition to serving other business development functions (Sales/Marketing, HR, etc). Difference Capital’s Tom Astle is writing for the tech, healthcare and media merchant bank that raised $50 million this week. Astle’s entries educate investors, drawing from his 20+ years experience in the technology research… Continue Reading