Ian Hannam, often referred to as the “The Rainmaker” (also “the King of Mining”), headed up JPMorgan’s mining business and has advised on most of the major mining deals over the past 15 years, including the $90 billion merger between Glencore and Xstrata in 2012. Nobody has done more mining deals than Hannam. Now he is back, after a brief hiatus, and… Continue Reading
Mining legend Robert Friedland and his protege Matthew Hornor’s Kaizen Discovery (KZD:TSXV) continues to be one of the few extremely active junior resource companies. This morning Kaizen announced the sale of a non-core project and the preliminary exploration results from their newly acquired Coppermine project in Nunavut, Canada. The results, although early-stage, are very promising. In rock chip… Continue Reading
Carlisle Goldfields (CGJ.TSXV) updated investors on two recently announced transactions involving the junior developer; one a strategic investment and joint venture with AuRico Gold and the other being an all-cash takeover proposal by London-listed Nordgold. After mulling over the request by Nordgold which would allow them to offer $0.096 per share in cash to each shareholder of Carlisle (representing a… Continue Reading
After the Toronto Stock Exchange rang the closing bell today, Ivanhoe Mines (IVN.TSX) announced they were resuming development work on Platreef, their 75.7 million ounce (Indicated + Inferred) platinum-gold-nickel-copper project in South Africa. The company says it has sent out formal notifications to provincial authorities and landowners to return to work. They have begun moving the required plant and… Continue Reading
With $36.4 billion in assets, Harvard University’s endowment fund is the largest in the world and has returned an average of over 12% annually over the past two decades. In a recent regulatory filing, the Massachusetts-based fund picked up new positions in a dozen Texas-based oil and gas companies in the third quarter amid steeply… Continue Reading
After market today, Continental Gold (CNL.TSX) delivered their first economic study ever completed on the ultra high-grade Buritica gold project in Colombia. Their maiden Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) delivered industry leading economics with an after-tax NPV (5%) of $1.08 billion and an IRR of 31.5% on initial capital of $390.3 million (based on $1,200/oz Au… Continue Reading
In a shocking move, the world’s largest producer of thermal coal, Glencore (GLEN.LON), announced yesterday that it will shut down its Australian coal operations for three weeks starting in mid-December. An estimated 5 million tonnes of output (roughly 6% of Glencore’s annual Australian coal output) will be cut from the markets as a result. Seaborne thermal-coal prices remain at… Continue Reading
The Fraser Institute rated the Canadian province of Quebec number one in 2011 for mining companies to operate in. Since then, la belle province has fallen out of the top 10 to rank at 11 last year due to regulation changes which caused certain mining projects to come under scrutiny. Most of the projects that were scrutinized were… Continue Reading
Just a couple of days after announcing a strategic investment and JV agreement with AuRico, Carlisle Goldfields (CGJ.TSXV) has been offered $0.096 per share in an all-cash takeover from Nordgold. Nordgold is a London-listed gold producer that operates nine mines across four countries and produced 924,000 ounces of gold in 2013. It is 84.4% owned by Russian oligarch, Alexey Mordashov. The… Continue Reading
Patient and steadfast uranium investors were given an early Christmas present last week when the Japanese community of Satsumasendai announced approval of the restart of the Sendai nuclear power-plant, the first restart to be approved in Japan since the 2011 Fukushima disaster. In addition, an unusual amount of demand entered the spot market leading up to the announcement of… Continue Reading
Matthew Hornor’s Kaizen Discovery (KZD.TSXV) announced its latest acquisition this morning: Tundra Copper, a private copper explorer with assets in Canada’s tundra. Kaizen made an all stock offer to acquire Tundra and their Coppermine River project, valuing the early-stage explorer at approximately $2.5 million. In the release, Kaizen also announced that they staked 3,320 square kilometres of land and applied… Continue Reading
Another cashed up mid-tier producer has decided the time is right to deploy some capital into the junior sector. This time the cashed up mid-tier is AuRico Gold (AUQ:TSX) and the junior is Carlisle Goldfields (CGJ:TSX). AuRico, who operates two gold mines in Canada and Mexico, has agreed to purchase 70.6 million shares in Carlisle at a price of… Continue Reading
There hasn’t been much from the miners or E&P’s to get excited about this year. One exception (there are always exceptions) is Lucara Diamond (LUC.TSX). Not surprisingly it’s a Lundin Group company. Shares of Lucara are up 40% year-to-date, but even that return doesn’t reflect the true state of their operations. After the market closed today the company released its Q3 results… Continue Reading
West Africa has encountered a series of significant set backs recently, including the outbreak of Ebola and the dissolution of the Burkina Faso political framework. One place in West Africa that hasn’t been affected by either Ebola or political instability is Ghana. Fortunately for Asanko Gold (AKG:TSX), their two gold mines – which hold almost 11 million ounces… Continue Reading
Yesterday we called one of our favourite gold stories, Roxgold (ROG:TSXV) to get an update from management not only on their two recent announcements (1. receiving their mining permit and 2. closing a $30 million bought deal financing), but also on how the political unrest in Burkina Faso is playing out. Roxgold President and CEO… Continue Reading
