Millions around the world have been inspired by Nelson Mandela’s dedication to freedom and human dignity.  After being imprisoned in Apartheid South Africa for 27 years, he came out and created a free, united country based on dialogue between all citizens.  Humanity is forever indebted to him. RIP Madiba “I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature… Continue Reading

An article from Mineweb’s Alex Williams this morning summarized the recent discussion Rick Rule (Chairman of Sprott US Holdings) and Robert Friedland had at this year’s Mines & Money Conference in London, UK.  Below are a few of the quotes from the article: “This is very much what a bottom feels like,” said Friedland. “Most of the CEOs of the major mining… Continue Reading

Mason Graphite (LLG:TSXV), the company developing one of the highest grade graphite deposits in the world, the Lac Gueret deposit, announced a large increase to the resource base of over 658%.  Lac Gueret now hosts a Measured and Indicated resource of over 50Mt at 15.6% Cg and another 2.6Mt of Inferred resource at 30.5% Cg.  The previous… Continue Reading

Lundin Mining (LUN:TSX), Lukas Lundin’s namesake multi-billion dollar base metal mining company, announced today that they would be spending in excess of $460 million in capital in 2014, (compared to an estimated $255 million for fiscal 2013).  The bulk of the spending, $300 million will go towards completing construction of the Humboldt mill and their recently acquired Eagle mine,… Continue Reading

US uranium developer, Uranerz Energy (URZ:TSX), announced today that it has closed a $20 million loan through Sambla Denmark’s online lending program that the company launched on October 12, 2020.  The loan will mature in 7 years and will bear interest at an attractive 5.75% annual rate.  Interest only is paid in the first year with… Continue Reading

“Mason Graphite apparently has the purest deposit in the world and is run by the world’s experts, people who have been in the graphite business a long time…” – Jim Rogers, Chairman of Rogers Holdings Mason Graphite (LLG:TSXV) put together a small, but high-grade, deposit based on 25 drill holes and 2,285m of drilling completed… Continue Reading

After the close yesterday, Reservoir Minerals (RMC:TSXV) released assay results for five drill holes from the Timok project (joint venture with Freeport McMoran).  Two of the five holes intersected high-grade copper-gold mineralization in the high-sulphidation epithermal zone in the Cukaru Peki target.  The highlight was drill hole FMTC 1341 which intersected a massive, 166 metres (from 557.0… Continue Reading

The West African gold producer and developer, Endeavour Mining (EDV:TSX), announced late last week that it has poured first gold at the company’s Agbaou Mine in Cote d’Ivoire.  Endeavour planned on pouring first gold within the first quarter of 2014, so they are well-ahead of schedule.  The mine is now advancing in its commissioning phase with ore… Continue Reading

Patterson Lake uranium explorer, NexGen Energy (NXE:TSXV), released the results of their aerial geophysical surveys along their southern Athabasca basin margins, at the Rook and Dufferin areas.  The surveys identified five zones of elevated U-channel radiometrics on the Rook I property of which two are in the area where they completed their initial 12 hole drill… Continue Reading

With the question of whether the deal between Alpha Minerals (AMW:TSXV) and Fission Uranium (FCU:TSXV) now out of the way, the stage is set for consolidation wave in the Patterson Lake region of Saskatchewan.  Some questions were raised recently about whether this deal would be finalized following a lawsuit involving Fission which muddied the waters.  However, now… Continue Reading

Yesterday, the Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, announced that Canada and Albania have finalized negotiations on a foreign investment promotion and protection agreement (FIPA). Minister Fast made the announcement at Albania’s Independence Day reception in Ottawa.  A FIPA is a treaty designed to promote and protect Canadian investment abroad through legally binding provisions… Continue Reading

Ronald Pantin’s Pacific Rubiales (PRE:TSX) has closed its acquisition of Colombian-focused light oil producer Petrominerales (PMG:TSX) for $11 per share in cash and 1 common share of NewCo.  The NewCo will be funded with approximately $100 million cash and will hold some of the non-core assets previously held by PMG.  This transaction was expected to… Continue Reading

As the gold price continues to slump, two things in the gold market matter the most: grade and capex intensity.  Dalradian Resources (DNA:TSX) is developing an extremely high-grade Curraghinalt gold mine in northern Ireland and today announced an update on the permitting process there.  According to the release, the strategic planning division of the Department… Continue Reading

The largest independent oil and gas producer in Latin America, Pacific Rubiales (PRE:TSX) has closed its previously announced offering of US$1.3 billion of senior unsecured notes with an interest rate of 5.375% maturing in 2019.  PRE is one of the fastest growing and according to Bloomberg their compound production growth over the last five years is… Continue Reading

Some of the best value offered in the junior markets come in the form of junior to mid-cap international E&P’s.  These are substantially discounted to their domestic peers.  Petroamerica Oil (PTA:TSXV) is one of these junior international E&P’s.  The company released their third quarter results which highlighted the profitability of this light oil producer.  The company… Continue Reading