Diamonds are penetrating Chinese and Indian jewelry markets, but reports on mine supply say diamond production may peak in the next two years and begin to decline. The graph below from McKinsey & Company shows expected future production1: Goldman Sachs reports that if current growth continues unabated, demand for diamonds should rise at a compound… Continue Reading

Fission Uranium (FCU.T) released results from a maiden independent resource estimate on its Triple R deposit on the company’s 100% owned Patterson Lake South property in the Western Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan. The resource estimate was larger than expected, coming in at just over 105 million pounds in the indicated and inferred categories. Highlights: 79,610,000 lbs U3O8 indicated… Continue Reading

CHAT.CEO.CA is now live… I have a confession to make:  I have never been a confident writer.  Seriously, for someone who is supposed to be a blogger, I am finding increasingly that I often spend hours editing sometimes even the most basic of posts, with the outcome being only marginally better than the original. The… Continue Reading

Greg Smith, CEO of Anthem United Inc. (www.AnthemU.com) (TSX.V: AFY) is a Canadian Chartered Accountant (CA) making a name for himself as a rainmaker in the Vancouver exploration industry. With 3 large value transactions under his belt, Mr. Smith has earned a reputation for coming through on promises and acting in the best interests of… Continue Reading

In the second instalment of the ‘Technically Speaking’ series, Tom Bruington, mining engineer with Sandstorm Gold, discusses the tools and concepts behind mineral exploration. Tom’s lesson covers both simple and more complicated exploration techniques ranging from mapping to geochemistry to drilling. Sign up for Sandstorm’s email list to receive the next episode first.

The following interview with Alex Molyneux, Chairman of Toronto main-board listed Azarga Uranium (AZZ.to) / (PWURF) was conducted in the final week of December, 2014. Alex is a leading uranium expert and has been featured in videos online such as on Bloomberg News as well as in numerous online articles. Importantly, with today’s big news of Energy Fuels (UUUU) merging with Uranerz, (URZ), M&A in the… Continue Reading

It’s the start of a new year, meaning it’s also time to give your portfolio a tune up and ensure that its engine is running optimally and ready for takeoff. Soaring at 500 miles per hour and looking down from 40,000 feet at your portfolio, you can more easily visualize where you need to diversify… Continue Reading

>>Interview with Rick Rule (MP3) During a time where the pain of downward pricing has spilled from minerals into the energy sector, Rick Rule, Chairman of Sprott U.S. Holdings was kind enough to share a few comments. On the recent collapse in oil Rick noted that, “[M]arkets work. The cure for high prices (despite Washington’s… Continue Reading

As we reach the climax of the holiday season, the Christmas cheer on Howe Street is a mere shadow of bull markets in years past. The mining industry and our weary investors have been delivered yet another lump of coal in our collective stockings. Not even some nice high value met coal or anthracite, but… Continue Reading

The Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (or GDXJ) is an ETF administered by Van Eck and created to replicate the Global Junior Gold Miners Index which is a basket of small-cap gold exploration, development and production companies.  The GDXJ tries to maintain an average market cap of its holdings above $150 million. According to recent… Continue Reading

  Barrick Gold (ABX.T) announced this morning that operations at the Lumwana copper mine in Zambia will be suspended. The decision comes after the passing of new legislation that will increase the royalty rate from 6 to 20 percent. The new royalty legislation is effective January 1st, 2015 and eliminates corporate income tax but puts… Continue Reading

There are few mining executives in Canada with the boardroom and community track records of our pal Mike McPhie, Executive Chairman of IDM Mining (www.idmmining.com) (TSX.V: IDM), Managing Director of JDS Copper and JDS Gold, Chair, BCIT and past Chair, AME BC. Mr. McPhie has over 20 years of global mining experience involving financing, permitting,… Continue Reading

The Lundin Group is one of the most accomplished resource development groups on the planet. They have a long history of going into tough political jurisdictions, taking advantage of the discounts created by the perceived risks and turning a huge profit thereafter. For Lundin Gold (LUG.TSX), which today announced the closing of the acquisition of the… Continue Reading

A prospect generator is a mineral exploration company that identifies drill targets and finds partners to pay for the drilling. By farming out the projects, they reduce their risk, and often keep a piece of the upside. This is considered a more sustainable junior mining business model than pure grassroots exploration in a concentrated vehicle.… Continue Reading

A few weeks after rumours began swirling that the largest US silver producer, Coeur Mining, was in talks to acquire Canadian-listed Paramount Gold and Silver (PZG.TSX), the two companies announced this morning that the merger is real. Coeur announced it will absorb Paramount in an all-stock transaction that values Paramount at $0.90 per share or $146 million (based… Continue Reading