Mario Stifano, CEO of Cordoba Minerals, was interviewed by Eric King of the popular King World News radio program last week, where he provided a bit of the background on the company as well as the aspirational story. Click here for the 7 minute King World News interview MP3. Below is a transcript of Mr.… Continue Reading

The junior miner with the best bench strength already has a new head of operations. Robert Friedland’s Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. has appointed senior South African mining executive Mark Farren, 48, as the company’s executive vice-president of operations. Mr. Farren takes charge of the engineering and development activities now underway at Ivanhoe’s three principal projects in… Continue Reading

Tommy here… The gold mining industry has heard a lot about companies “high grading” their deposits to target the highest margin ores, thus sterilizing the lower grade material, as a defensive measure amid the past three year bear market in gold and mining stocks. Adam Simmons, Ph.D. Geology and Investment Advisor at PI Financial, who co-author’s the Digging… Continue Reading

By Frank Holmes CEO and Chief Investment Officer U.S. Global Investors Texas is oil country. The state I now call home leads the nation in oil production and would be one of the top oil-producing nations if it were its own country. But that doesn’t stop us from exploring other promising oil opportunities further afield.… Continue Reading

Colombian copper-gold explorer Cordoba Minerals was mentioned in PI Financial’s latest Digging Through The Dirt (DTD) newsletter, which is authored by Bill Whitehead, Senior Vice President & Senior Investment Advisor, Adam Simmons, Ph.D. Geology, Investment Advisor, and Justin Hayek, CIM, Investment Advisor. Cordoba Minerals – CDB-v You will recall that in previous issues of DTD we outlined a… Continue Reading

Luck has always played a role in the natural resource exploration business. Tiny companies toil away and turn over multiple projects in the hopes of finding something with real value. Sometimes non-core projects deliver pleasant surprises to investors in these high risk endeavours. Robert Friedland’s Diamond Fields International was looking for diamonds on the sea… Continue Reading

This morning two Canadian-based Colombian-focused oil and gas juniors announced intentions to combine their growing businesses. Petroamerica Oil Corp is acquiring Suroco Energy in an all shares transaction representing a 66.6% premium over Suroco’s 10-day volume weighted average trading price. Read: Petroamerica Signs Agreement with Suroco Energy Inc. to Acquire all of Suroco’s Issued and Outstanding… Continue Reading

We are fresh back from a field trip to Curis Resources’ Florence copper project in Arizona. Curis is deploying a strategy to: 1. gain permits for part of the operation; 2. prove that it is safe and viable; and 3. permit and build a larger operation. Yet Curis shares trade for a fraction of what… Continue Reading

Canada’s newest diamond exploration company, Margaret Lake Diamonds Inc. commenced trading this morning on the TSX-Venture Exchange under the symbol DIA. Mining engineer, analyst and investor Paul Brockington, 71, is CEO of the new company, which holds an option to earn up to 70 percent of the Margaret Lake Diamond property, adjacent to Kennady Diamonds… Continue Reading

The high-grade intercepts continue at the Kinsley Mountain project part of Mark O’Dea’s Pilot Gold (PLG:TSX).  The final five holes of a twelve hole, 3,500m winter program were released today and they included 10.6g/t Au over 30.0m in PK133C (step-out), including 16.1 g/t Au over 16.5m and 21.3g/t Au over 29.0m in PK137C (infill), including 46.4g/t Au over… Continue Reading

Roxgold (ROG:TSX) which is developing the highest grade undeveloped gold deposit in the world, released their final feasibility study for the Yaramoko project in Burkina Faso.  The feasibility study was in line with the company’s September 2013 preliminary economic assessment.  The company is on track to complete the final stages of permitting in Q3/2014 with underground… Continue Reading

Original Franco-Nevada founder and billionaire Canadian financier Seymour Schulich revealed a new 11 million share long position in embattled miner Barrick Gold yesterday, worth roughly $211,200,000 at today’s prices. Mr. Schulich also said he considers a Barrick Newmont merger “constructive,” noting that it would create a “very large” Canadian company. Mr. Schulich is bullish on gold… Continue Reading

GRAND PRAIRIE, Alberta – Mike Weeks and Delayne Weeks of Canada had a dream five years ago: create a gold mine. Do it in a nation that has never produced gold commercially. Use the process to educate and enrich an impoverished population. The country is Cambodia. The mine is in northeast Cambodia, close to Vietnam. Phum Syarung,… Continue Reading

(Sandstorm Gold has outperformed the gold miners index) With limited near-term growth opportunities in the non-precious metals streaming space, Sandstorm Metals and Energy (SND:TSXV) has agreed to be acquired by Sandstorm Gold (SSL:TSX) for cash and shares totaling $49 million.  Sandstorm Gold will issue shares based on an exchange ratio of 0.178:1 as well as issue $0.35… Continue Reading

KZD data by YCharts Yesterday, Kaizen Discovery (KZD:TSXV) announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire West Cirque Resources (WCQ:TSXV) in an all stock transaction.  West Cirque is a prospect generator with copper porphyry targets in BC.  Kaizen is a exploration company which is majority owned by HPX TechCo which is 50% owned by billionaire mine… Continue Reading