Upcoming feasibility study and bulk sample test could prove mining legend Bob Quartermain has struck gold again with Pretivm’s Valley of the Kings discovery. Pretivm Resources’ (TSX:PVG) Valley of the Kings discovery on the Brucejack property in Northern B.C. is just about the best Canadian gold project in the hands of a development company right… Continue Reading

Meet the natural resources industry’s most respected headhunter. Veteran mining CEO headhunter Bill Haldane has used “Diogenes” — the Greek philosopher who reportedly carried a lamp through Athens during broad daylight, looking for an honest man — as a moniker for over 20 years. “Diogenes was an honest, down-to-earth man, and I have tried to… Continue Reading

by Stockwatch Business Reporter Richard Angus Bruce McDonald, the promoter who found the Casa Berardi gold mine in Quebec, has died, age 73. His colleagues will remember him dearly as a capable fundraiser, an admired mentor and a kind friend. Mr. McDonald is credited with turning around a 1980s mining market that was cooling off… Continue Reading

Robert Friedland’s Ivanplats has summarised the latest data on its exciting Kamoa, Platreef and Kipushi mining projects.  Article: Lawrence Williams, Mineweb

“We were almost killed several times,” Frank Giustra tells me. He’s recalling his first trip to Colombia in 1994 with his friend Serafino Iacono. FARC guerrillas and cocaine traffickers had made the country the most dangerous in the Americas, but it seemed like nothing could stop the two young natural resource promoters’ quest for the… Continue Reading

Newstrike Capital (TSXV:NES), one of the better respected gold exploration names on the TSX-V, has published their maiden NI 43-101 Resource Estimate for the Ana Paul gold project in Guerrero, Mexico. NES long James Kwantes commented, “Ana Paula contains 43 million tonnes grading 1.59 g/t gold and 7 g/t silver, for a measured and indicated… Continue Reading

I don’t think that the market yet fully understands the consequences of what just took place over the weekend. Read: Saving Cyprus Means Nobody Safe as Europe Breaks More Taboos | Bloomberg You’re starting to see a [potentially massive] flight of Russian capital out of the EU. This is only the beginning. The velocity of money will pick up as… Continue Reading

Alpha Minerals has disseminated the assays for hole 38 at Patterson Lake South, with intervals including 34 meters of 4.92% u3o8. Read the news release. See also: Alpha, Fission shares resume furious ascent on uber high-grade U3O8 drillhits by Kip Keen over at Mineweb. AMW shares were up 11.6% at press time. Stock quote.

I spent the past four days at the posh Trump Hotel in Panama City, visiting a friend in the venture brokerage business. Panama is a safe, beautiful country with the friendliest people, and the Trump was a great hotel for the money ($179/). As readers know, Panama is a haven for offshore money. This is… Continue Reading

This morning Skyharbour Resources announced they have acquired a land package in the Southwestern Athabasca region in close proximity to the Fission/Alpha Minerals discovery. Shares in the junior exploration company (TSXV:SYH) traded up 10% to six cents by press time. The company has been around for over ten years but inactive as of late save for a rollback in… Continue Reading

Now if Encanto can complete the Indian off-take deal, they’ll really be in business… Read: Harper Government supports development of first ever on-reserve potash mine QUOTE: TSXV: EPO Disclosure: long, subject to change without notice.

William Lamb, President and CEO commented, “The recovery of these large stones is hugely significant to both Lucara and Botswana. To the best of my knowledge, the 239 carat stone is one of the largest diamonds ever to have been recovered from the highly prolific Orapa kimberlite field in over 40 years of production. The… Continue Reading

“He really has to do something to prove he isn’t having any cash problem,” Brito at Teorica said. “Maybe selling an asset, like MPX, or doing a farm-out at OGX; anything that proves that he has assets that he can sell at a good price.” Brazil Billionaire Batista Said to Face Collateral Calls | Bloomberg… Continue Reading

Nice news out from Alpha Minerals and JV partner Fission Energy this morning. Read: ALPHA MINERALS DISCOVERS THIRD ZONE OF URANIUM MINERALIZATION AND “OFF-SCALE” RADIOACTIVITY 780 METERS EAST OF ORIGINAL DISCOVERY AT PATTERSON LAKE SOUTH, ATHABASCA BASIN. This continues to demonstrate a very strongly mineralized multi-zone corridor. Shares in Alpha Minerals had reached as high as $4.30 by press time.… Continue Reading

Here’s a gambling story about the late great media billionaire Kerry Packer from Australia. One casino boss remembered, “I was lucky enough back in the day to actually witness this gentleman sign several markers one night for at least 6 million while sitting in the high limit room of one of Vegas finest casinos, I’ll… Continue Reading