“We’re clean but we’re dirty-clean, rather than clean-clean,” a Barclays executive said. The British, at Least, Are Getting Tough. NYTimes A Gold Rush in the Abyss. Some mainstream attention for marine mineral exploration. NYTimes HDI CEO Ron Thiessen sees copper shortages hampering industrial growth in annual letter. HDI Gold will taking ever more buying by the official sector to keep prices… Continue Reading

Unions threaten to shut down the Norwegian’s golden goose. Globe and Mail Josh likes stocks for the second half. Reformed Broker QE1-2 Operation Twist(s) Market Impact. The Big Picture Barkerville (BGM.v) and the burden of proof (from IKN166). Inca Kola News How self promoting recruiters assess the value of an MBA. Business Insider Visuals: how mining drills… Continue Reading

If a recent 43-101 report proves accurate, the next round of drinks may be on controversial Vancouver gold mining promoter Frank Callaghan. Image:HiAlpha As the chief promoter and CEO of Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd over the past 18 odd years, Frank Callaghan has fostered a mixed reputation, and it’s not just for his penchant for… Continue Reading

“This whole brokerage industry here in Canada, it starts off being their dream and your money, and the whole process turns it into their money and your dream, so make sure that dream you really understand and believe in.” – Brent Cook To learn more about Brent please visit Exploration Insights.

This past Monday concluded the 2012 World Resource Investment Conference in Vancouver. The event was a big success given recent market turmoil. Turnout was strong (over 5000 investors) and high quality. As Keir Reynolds pointed out in his Mammoth Letter blog, difficult markets have only cut the wheat from the chaff, leaving the best of… Continue Reading

This Sunday and Monday: 200 commodities companies take on Facebook. Dear Readers, I’d like to take this opportunity to invite you to the World Resource Investment Conference this Sunday and Monday in Canada’s Vancouver Convention Centre (East). Headlining the free event are financial entrepreneurs Peter Schiff, Doug Casey, Rick Rule and Frank Holmes. The metals equities specialists join representatives from more than 200 natural resources companies and… Continue Reading

Some say Ron Paul is the only US Congressman to fly economy class… The man has integrity. In my mind, his junior mining comparable is Nolan Watson, CEO of the Sandstorm Companies, and a personal friend of mine. As of this morning, Sandstorm Gold had a market cap of $591 million, and is cash-flowing several… Continue Reading

An interview taped at the California Resource Investment Conference by Cambridge House in February, 2012. Visit KaiserBottomFish.com

An interview with rock star newsletter writer and commodity trading adviser Gregory Weldon from last weekend’s Cambridge House California Resource Investment Conference. You should run and not walk to sign up for a free trial of Weldon’s Money Monitor. End game (1:11) “I fear that if central banks don’t remain as aggressive as they’ve been,… Continue Reading

Originally published on TommyHumphreys.com, CEO.CA’s predecessor site, and republished by WSJ, Business Insider, among others. I had wanted to interview Kevin O’Leary ever since I attended a small presentation on his O’Leary family of mutual funds that he gave to money managers in Vancouver last spring. Before those financial gatekeepers, O’Leary was his usual fast… Continue Reading

What I learned in Europe with Canadian mining heavyweights I’ve spent a few years now around Howe Street and I’ve been lucky to make some great connections. One in particular, Gianni Kovacevic, an investor and speaker at this weekend’s Cambridge House conference, has been good to me. What Gianni does is buy positions in companies, and… Continue Reading

What I learned in Europe with Canadian mining heavyweights I’ve spent a few years now around Howe Street and I’ve been lucky to make some great connections. One in particular, Gianni Kovacevic, an investor and speaker at this weekend’s Cambridge House conference, has been good to me. What Gianni does is buy positions in companies, and… Continue Reading