If Anglo’s woes symbolize the pain of production in a falling price environment, a property deal between two juniors announced after market close yesterday may hint at brighter days to come – the looming supply crunch and rising prices that inevitably follow a price crash. Rob McLeod’s IDM Mining (IDM-T) has signed an agreement with Oban… Continue Reading

Big news in the mining and investment newsletter worlds. Veteran analyst Joe Mazumdar has left investment bank Canaccord Genuity and joined Brent Cook’s Exploration Insights (“EI”) publication. EI is a premium weekly newsletter that provides independent research and analysis of early stage mining stocks and is edited by Mr. Cook, a respected and experienced economic geologist. The news was announced… Continue Reading

With gold currently around US$1,064 an ounce, the gold mining industry is focused more on survival than M&A. But as producers mine ore and attempt to grind out a profit as gold moves lower, they are constantly depleting their resource. If they want to stay in business, production pipelines will need to be replenished. And high-grade… Continue Reading

Keith Schaefer is the editor and publisher of the Oil & Gas Investments Bulletin which finds, researches and profiles growing energy companies that Schaefer buys himself. He is also one of the most respected names in the investment newsletter space and correctly anticipated the dramatic crude oil decline of 2014. Energy & Gold’s Scott Armstrong caught up… Continue Reading

Fuelling the Future: Lithium X Launches on the TSXV Experienced Clayton Valley operator GeoXplor named Exploration Manager Lithium X Land Position Increased by over 180% Minerals and Environmental Engineer Timothy Oliver appointed VP Project Development VANCOUVER, Nov. 30, 2015 /CNW/ – Lithium X Energy Corp. (TSX-V: LIX) (“Lithium X”, or the “Company”) Executive Chairman Paul… Continue Reading

Osisko Gold Royalties (OR-T) expands stake in Barkerville Gold Mines (BGM-V) Sean Roosen’s Osisko Gold Royalties has picked up a royalty and added to its stake in Barkerville Gold Mines through a $10.24-million private placement of 32 million flow-through common shares at 32 cents a share. Osisko will pay $25 million for the 1.5% NSR… Continue Reading

New lithium exploration startup Lithium X Energy Corp. will start trading on the TSXV on Monday, Nov. 30 under the symbol LIX. News release here: Lithium X Energy Corp. completes acquisition of NSP Lithium Claims Full disclosure: I am a shareholder and have a business relationship with the company. LIX is led by Brian Paes-Braga,… Continue Reading

HealthSpace will begin trading on Monday Nov. 30 under the symbol HS on the CSE. Article source: Nick Waddell, editor, www.cantechletter.com In the world of tech ideas, everyone has already moved on from using paper-based solutions and has been toting iPads to their job for years. But ideas are not reality, at least not yet.… Continue Reading

Canada’s Athabasca Basin is arguably the best place to look for uranium in the world, and it’s the backyard of Cameco, the world’s largest producer. A few small exploration companies have been able to find and delineate uranium deposits there and make money for shareholders by selling them to majors such as Cameco. CEO.CA has… Continue Reading

Nestled among the hills of Egypt’s eastern desert are a series of underground mines. The workings, where miners once scratched deep into the mica and talc schist of the craggy hills searching for stones, have lain dormant for over 2 millennia. Neither gold nor copper were being pulled from the mines. Instead, something far more… Continue Reading

Good morning, Some news of note on a day when Syria is heating up, with Turkish fighter jets shooting down a Russian warplane the NATO member says ventured into its air space. The international incident comes after reports that much of the oil being produced on ISIS-controlled territory – both Russia and the U.S. have been… Continue Reading

Shares of gold miners B2Gold, Endeavour Mining and Randgold slid in Friday trading in the aftermath of a terrorist attack and hostage-taking at a Western hotel in the Mali capital of Bamako that killed at least 27 people. The producers are among mining companies with operations in the west African country. B2Gold had two employees staying… Continue Reading

Christmas came early for Lucara CEO William Lamb, and it took the shape of a near-tennis-ball-sized diamond that captured the world’s imagination and the market’s attention. Lucara shares surged 49 cents, or 30.43%, to a close of $2.10 on heavy trading Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange, adding about $200 million to the company’s market… Continue Reading

Canadian miner Lucara finds 1,111-carat diamond – believed to be second-largest ever A Canadian mining company has recovered a diamond for the ages. The astounding stone has no precedent in the past century and will command a massive price at auction. The only question is how high it will go. I’m still waking up at… Continue Reading

Tintina Resources (TAU-V) Australian miner Sandfire Resources is buying out George Soros’s Quantum Partners to consolidate control of Tintina Resources’ Black Butte Copper project in Montana. The deal will see Sandfire purchase an additional 47,244,095 shares at a price of $.0831 per share, a 38.5% premium to Tintina’s Tuesday closing price. Sandfire now owns 57.19%… Continue Reading