As cyclicality in natural resource markets expresses itself in earnest, Adrian Day, of Adrian Day Asset Management, was kind enough to share a few comments on symptoms of resource market tops and bottoms. Reflecting on nearly 35 years of experience in the resource business (starting as an editor-turned-money manager), Adrian noted that one must realize,… Continue Reading

Continental Gold (CNL.TO)’s Buritica project in Colombia is one of the richest development stage gold assets. The gold at Buritica, more than 7 million ounces in all categories and growing, will be mined underground from rich veins. The deposit has a combination of attributes that are rare for a gold miner: size, grade, exploration potential… Continue Reading

One of Canada’s most accomplished executives died tragically this week. Canaccord Genuity CEO Paul Reynolds was competing in the Lavaman triathlon in Hawaii with friends on Sunday. During the swimming leg of the race, Reynolds lost consciousness and was rushed to hospital, according to media sources. Canaccord announced the untimely passing of its President and CEO Thursday morning. The firm has appointed David… Continue Reading

The following is NOT endorsed by Haywood Securities. This is a genuine testimonial. When you have a stock broker who is great at finding private placements and proactive in selling winners, you have a much better chance at success in the Canadian venture business. Today we introduce such a broker – Jonathan Jones. I’ve known Jonathan since… Continue Reading

In November 2013, Canadian diamond explorer North Arrow Minerals (TSXV:NAR) made an exciting discovery at its Pikoo project in Saskatchewan, finding diamondiferous kimberlite at PK-150. The microdiamonds found in the drill core were exciting for the small company, although critics said there wasn’t much potential for size. This morning, North Arrow announced results from the… Continue Reading

From the world’s largest multi-commodity producers to the smallest, zombie junior exploreco, to the individual prospectors peddling their properties, the past four plus years have obviously been a disaster. Producers have cut back expenditures and sold assets to either achieve or sustain meager profitability; juniors have tried anything, generally with limited success: from ‘Hail Mary’… Continue Reading

Correction: an earlier version of this post said Mr. MiLau was CEO at Endeavour Mining. That was a typo. He was Endeavour’s CFO. Apologies. West African gold developer True Gold Mining (TSX:TGM), which is building the Karma gold mine in Burkina Faso, has appointed Christian Milau, an executive with relevant experience, to lead the company. Mr. Milau… Continue Reading

This morning, NexGen Energy (NXE.TSXV) released news that looks significant. They released 4 new holes (AR-15-39, -39w, 40b and 41) which appear to prove that the A3 shear zone which was only just recently discovered is potentially larger than the A2 shear (which hosts the best-to-date hole AR-14-30). AR-14-30, which was drilled as the company’s first vertical hole,… Continue Reading

Via EpsteinResearch.net, The following interview of Nevada Copper’s CEO & President Giulio Bonifacio was conducted by email and phone in the week end March 19, 2015. The views expressed herein are those of Mr. Bonifacio. The author, Peter Epstein, had no prior or existing relationship with Nevada Copper. Peter Epstein does own shares of the company.… Continue Reading

Over the weekend a number of African media outlets including Tigrai Online (an Ethiopian news source) have claimed that the Bisha mine operated by Nevsun Resources (NSU.TSX) was the target of an attack by the Ethiopian air force during two bombing raids.  According to the reports, the air force also targeted an Eritrean military depot.… Continue Reading

What do cars, precision-guided missiles and the television you’re watching right now have in common? They all depend on something called rare earth elements, unusual metals that are sprinkled inside almost every piece of high-tech you can think of. Most people have never heard of them. But we have become so reliant on rare earths… Continue Reading

The mining exploration business is very risky, with about 3 out of a 1000 good looking prospects becoming mines. That’s why some smart small exploration companies follow the “prospect generator” business model of generating ideas and finding more established partners to pay for the drilling. This shares the upside, but more importantly, gives the prospect generator… Continue Reading

Last month, we met Canadian Mining Hall of Famer Bob Dickinson and Amarc Resources President and CEO Diane Nicolson in Vancouver to learn about Amarc’s emerging IKE copper porphyry district discovery in BC. The veteran mine builder Dickinson had recently lent $1 million to Amarc and was very enthusiastic for its prospects of finding Canada’s… Continue Reading

Legendary investor, Warren Buffett says “if a business does well, the stock eventually follows.” It is on this theme that mining executive Peter Breese has built his career. This career which has encompassed over three decades includes the $6.8 billion and $1 billion sales of LionOre Mining and Mantra Resources, respectively. The Zimbabwe native got… Continue Reading

Ivanhoe Mines (IVN.TO) shares are up 18.8% today, last at C$1.01 at press time, and up over 35% in the past few weeks. Over @ chat.ceo.ca, we’re speculating either Executive Chairman Robert Friedland is marketing the story to new investors somewhere, or possibly there’s an event relating to a strategic review process currently underway of… Continue Reading