“When they raid the house of ill repute, they arrest everyone including the piano player” That colourful sentence could certainly be used to describe the current rout in commodity markets, however, should the entire basket be thrown together, i.e. bulks, precious metals, agriculture and the PhD of the economy, copper? Or, is there in fact… Continue Reading

With Greece now likely to stay in the European Union for the time being, market focus shifted to a more ‘risk on’ appetite with investors now ensconced in quarterly reporting. Newly released macro data from various Eurozone countries show signs of growth, but lower than estimated jobless claims in the US further highlighting the market’s… Continue Reading

Vancouver’s junior mining community is mourning the loss of Ryan Fletcher, the 31 year old co-founder, director and interim CFO at Montan Mining, and a former director of Zimtu Capital. Mr. Fletcher was remembered by friends and business partners in CEO.CA chat yesterday evening, with especially moving comments from Montan co-founder Luis Zapata. “Ryan was… Continue Reading

Red Eagle Mining (TSXV:RD) has been a junior miner on a mission over the past year, raising roughly its market cap in equity and triple that in debt to build the fully permitted and now fully funded Santa Rosa gold mine in Colombia. To quickly review the company’s to-do-list this past year, Red Eagle published… Continue Reading

“In our business, you make it taking shots.” Ron Netolitzky, 2014 Canadian Mining Hall of Fame inductee Prospector Ron Netolitzky found his footing exploring for uranium in the northern Saskatchewan muskeg while oil patch consulting on the side, but it was in the mountains of northwestern British Columbia that he found his fortune. In the… Continue Reading

In this interview Alexander Smith makes a trip up to Dawson City, Yukon to explore Klondike Gold’s (KG:TSXV) projects with the company’s President and CEO, Peter Tallman. Peter takes Alex and the Pinnacle Digest crew on a tour of the company’s Lonestar and Dominion projects. The history of the Klondike and Klondike Gold’s projects are… Continue Reading

Haywood Securities Inc. is one of Canada’s leading independent investment firms, with deep expertise in the early stage mining, energy and technology sectors. Each week, Haywood’s Mining Team publishes the Weekly Dig, which covers the mining news week that was. This week, the following companies are mentioned: $NXE $CS $EDR $FVI $LSG $MND $SVL $AKG $KDX $TGM… Continue Reading

Via Energy and Gold.com: Whole Foods (WFM) has spent the last couple of months forming a pretty impressive bottoming pattern. Today the stock was up 2.02% and posted its first close above the 50-day simple moving average since March:   WFM looks like an attractive long setup for the following reasons: Clear bullish momentum divergence… Continue Reading

The last 4 years have seen a +75% sell off in the resource sector, and this veteran mining entrepreneur believes its time to capitalize from the carnage. Henk Van Alphen’s Wealth Minerals (TSX WML.V ) has a plan to build a portfolio of gold projects in stable geopolitical jurisdictions with low exploration risk, attractive grade, and potentially low… Continue Reading

Robert Collison & Peter Raymont, 1983, 57 min 35 s This feature documentary reveals how Bank of Montreal chairman William Mulholland dealt with his debt-laden customers Dome Petroleum and Mexico during the global debt crisis of ’82. Interviews with bankers and financial experts demystify the causes of debt crisis, confirm the fragility of the international… Continue Reading

Repost from Feb 24, 2015. Note, Northern Uranium is drilling again. Keep your eyes on the UNO.V… Chad Ulansky cut his teeth on Ekati, Canada’s first diamond discovery, but it’s uranium that he’s hunting for now in Canada’s frozen North. The Kelowna geologist is president and CEO of Northern Uranium (TSXV:UNO), which is exploring in… Continue Reading

The following was originally published January 13, 2015 for Resource Opportunities subscribers.  Often people ask me who I think the next great mining entrepreneur will be. My standard answer is that while there are very few young men and women who can raise money, build teams, acquire assets and develop them in far off places,… Continue Reading

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwired – June 29, 2015) – Skeena Resources Limited (TSX VENTURE:SKE) (“Skeena” or the “Company”), is pleased to report it has received a three-year drilling permit, begun field work and camp construction, and is mobilizing two drills to the Spectrum high-grade gold project in northwestern British Columbia. Fieldwork, which commenced June 15, included… Continue Reading

Sailing is on the brain. I’m off to Alaska tomorrow, to join my parents as they explore the Panhandle on their 31-foot sailboat. I’m a touch excited. Getting the boat from Victoria to Ketchikan was not easy. When there was wind, it was usually against them. Tides are big up there this time of year,… Continue Reading

Cactus Club Cafe founder and CEO Richard Jaffray shared his entrepreneurial journey with over 1000 interested Vancouver-area businesspeople yesterday. Mr. Jaffray participated in an hourlong live interview with BCBusiness magazine founder Peter Legge at the Hotel Vancouver for the annual BCBusiness Top 100 event. Jaffray says the best decision of his life was to become an entrepreneur.… Continue Reading