According to an article by Bloomberg today, investment bankers are forecasting a rebound in gold mining M&A activity after decade low quite period for deals.  Companies will be looking to acquire assets at fire-sale prices.  The producers are trading at 20-year lows relative to book value, according to Bloomberg data.  Total M&A transaction value in… Continue Reading

This morning, Norway’s largest oil producer, Lundin Petroleum (LUP:TSX, LUPE:ST) announced its capital allocation for 2014 and its a staggering $2.1 billion.  Projected expenditures on development projects in 2014 are expected to grow by 25% over the 2013 to $1.4 billion.  The company expects to spend roughly the same this year as they did last year on exploration which is… Continue Reading

NioCorp Developments Ltd.: President’s Report, 2013 VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Jan 08, 2014 (Marketwired via COMTEX) — NioCorp Developments Ltd. (“NioCorp” or the “Company”) (tsx venture:NB)(otcqx:NIOBF)(frankfurt:BR3) is pleased to provide the following report on 2013 activities. During the last quarter of 2013, on the strength of enhanced management and the Elk Creek niobium deposit, NioCorp successfully… Continue Reading

Only a few days after receiving the environmental nod from Burkina Faso authorities for one of their deposits and after coming off a late 2013 which included receiving their main environmental permit as well as releasing a robust feasibility study, True Gold (TGM:TSXV) announced this morning that it plans to begin phase 2 construction of… Continue Reading

Ari Sussman’s Continental Gold (client and long position) was discussed in this interview with Paul Harris, Editor of the Colombia Gold Report: Paul Harris Has Something to Say About Colombia’s Gold Exploration Sector Excerpt: TGR: How do investors make money in Colombian mining equities or companies with projects in Colombia? PH: Well, Brian, I think you, as… Continue Reading

Western Copper and Gold wholly-owned subsidiary, Casino Mining, submits final proposal for Casino Project to Yukon authorities

Keek.com, a Toronto-based video sharing service with sixty million users users worldwide (15 million of which are active monthly), burst onto the social media scene in 2011, tantalizing private tech sector investors with a billion dollar valuation trajectory. Unfortunately, as Keek maneuvered to grow with an expanding global user base outside of North America and… Continue Reading

Not all metals and sectors have the same catalysts; so, to not miss mining opportunities in 2014, we must understand which metals/minerals will face supply gluts, difficulty financing and a lack of investor interest, and avoid them. On the flip side, we must be aware of exactly which metals/minerals are facing imminent supply deficits, because… Continue Reading

One year ago the S&P 500 kicked off 2013 with a bang, a large gap higher and a nearly 3% rally: US equities went on to post huge gains in 2013 while gold, and gold miners, fell by the wayside. Oddly enough, GDX’s end of 2013 and beginning of 2014 are eerily reminiscent to the… Continue Reading

We have selected 3 large cap Canadian stocks as our favorite picks for 2014. While the three had very dissimilar performances in 2013 (CSIQ +800%, CCJ +7%, ABX -49%), We believe all three are poised to post 50%+ gains in 2014: Click to enlarge Barrick Gold (ABX) – Weekly Cameco Corp. (CCJ) – Daily CCJ –… Continue Reading

Fission Uranium (FCU:TSXV) has released assay results from three holes drilled at Patterson Lake South.  The company is excited about PLS13-099 which is the eastern-most hole drilled in the R945E zone and encountered shallow mineralization over several wide intervals including 17m of 3.99% U308 and 3.5m of 18.52% U308.  The highest grade assay in the… Continue Reading

Canada Carbon (TSX-V: CCB), Bruce Duncan’s junior mining company advancing the Miller graphite project 80 km west of Montreal, Quebec, announced today that the company had closed a non-brokered private placement of flow-through units for total proceeds of $178,560. All issued units consisted of a flow-through share at $0.16 and one-half of one non-flow through… Continue Reading

Top world lotteries People in top positions are not born stars. They all have started their career at some or the other point. Of course all of us do want to become a successful person some or the other time. Why would someone want to become a successful person? People who start off with a… Continue Reading

RANCHO MIRAGE, CALIFORNIA – Niocorp Developments Ltd., a Vancouver-based junior mining company which is developing the Elk Creek niobium deposit in Nebraska, announced that newly appointed CEO Mark Smith has invested another $510,000 US (3.4 million shares at $.15), bringing his total ownership in Niocorp to 8.4 million shares or 8.4% of the company, filings… Continue Reading

I came across a 2011 article about Canaccord Financial founder Peter Brown, and I particularly enjoyed the following excerpt: In 1968, Brown and partner Ted Turton bought 51 per cent of a struggling Vancouver brokerage for $23,000. They soon ran into problems with an “irresponsible” financial partner who bankrupted the company, he said. “We started… Continue Reading