Today we are talking about liberty, social media and the securities business with Rick Rule, the best communicator in the mining investment business, and the chairman of Sprott USA, the world’s leading natural resources and precious metals investor. Mr. Rule has his own agenda for our call: he wants to remind the market of Sprott’s… Continue Reading

Vancouver is best known for its real estate, mining and technology sectors, but there is a vibrant community of value investors who convene each year at the McElvaine Investment Management Partner’s Conference, which was held at the Terminal City Club yesterday. The event is put on by Tim McElvaine, a highly respected and experienced value investor, portfolio manager and… Continue Reading

Disclosure:  Please see applicable disclosures here. Peter Epstein, CFA, MBA Twitter: @peterepstein2 Via EpsteinResearch.com, It’s difficult to overstate the importance of Skeena Resources’ (SKE.V) latest upsized, non-brokered capital raise. Instead of $4 million, the company raised $6.5 million and it could have raised more. The raise was done at the market. Best of all, no warrants were… Continue Reading

When North Americans wake up to the dangers of relying on China and Russia for essential metals like zinc, rare earths, antimony, niobium and scandium, the juniors now suffering with anemic stock prices could turn into cash producing machines worth writing home to mom about. In this frank assessment of everything from gold and diamonds… Continue Reading

Yellow Diamond Recoveries Consistent With Previous Results VANCOUVER, BC–(Marketwired – May 05, 2015) – North Arrow Minerals Inc. (TSX VENTURE: NAR) is pleased to report final diamond recoveries from the Qilalugaq Diamond Project bulk sample. The sample was collected in July and August 2014 from the Q1-4 kimberlite located just nine kilometres from the Hamlet… Continue Reading

Via TD Securities equity research: Over the weekend, Continental Gold announced that its was on track to complete permitting for its Buriticá (100%) gold project in Colombia, by the end of Q2/15. Management suggested that for an update expected at the end of Q2/15 it has an internal target of seeing mineral resources grow by… Continue Reading

Vancouver, British Columbia, April 30, 2015, Klondike Gold Corp. (“Klondike Gold” or the “Company”) (TSX.V:KG) is pleased to announce the commencement of the 2015 exploration program (see press release February 24, 2015) targeting gold-bearing quartz veins and newly identified fault structures (see press releases January 14, 2015 and January 19, 2015) on the Lone Star… Continue Reading

At a time when respect for other cultures has never been more important, Canada is fortunate to have an important new world-class cultural institution, the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto. The 113,000-sq-ft museum was designed by Pritzker Architecture Prize winner Fumihiko Maki of Japan and was established by the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). Active… Continue Reading

Testing for extension and continuity of historical high-grade. In the last ten years, new discoveries in the gold mining industry have been declining. So far this year, explorers are nowhere near matching the 89 million ounces of gold produced in 2014. There’s never been a greater need for junior companies to find new deposits and… Continue Reading

On the back of a positive Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”), one that demonstrated robust economics even at today’s gold prices, Toronto’s Continental Gold (TSX: CNL; OTCQX:CGOOF) is readying itself for another milestone at its flagship Buriticá mine – the completion of permitting by the end of Q2 2015. If you’re unfamiliar with Continental Gold’s Buriticá… Continue Reading

I guess, when you’re a jet, you’re a jet all the way. This from Frank Holmes, CEO of US Global Investors and creator of the new JETS Airline ETF, the only airline ETF in the world. JETS is 80% weighted to US airlines, but it also owns aircraft manufacturers, airports and terminal services companies globally.… Continue Reading

Bob Quartermain has been one of the most successful resource sector investors of the last 20 years. He ran Silver Standard, acquiring silver projects and making discoveries during the precious metals bear markets of the early 90’s and early 2000’s. Rick Rule was involved in financing the company in 1992 when it was a small… Continue Reading

This week saw the continuation of M&A activity in the junior mining/exploration space with two proposed deals announced during the week (see Page 14), following 15 other similar transactions involving gold juniors over the last 12 months. Many consider such M&A activity a leading indicator for positive sentiment in the mining sector; studies certainly do… Continue Reading

GoldQuest Mining – A new study will turn this market around and bring new focus to an underappreciated mineral belt. GoldQuest Mining (GQC-V, GQCMF-OTC) is about to issue a new Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”) for its Romero gold-copper resource.  Management indicated the report would be complete in Q2.  Companies can issue the results of these studies… Continue Reading

Consolidation in the junior mining industry continues with NovaCopper proposing to acquire Sunward Resources in an all-share deal valuing Sunward at approximately US $27.6 million, more than double its current market capitalization of about C $13.5 million. The proposed transaction creates a junior miner with significant projects in Alaska and Colombia, excellent management and very… Continue Reading