Nice news out from Alpha Minerals and JV partner Fission Energy this morning. Read: ALPHA MINERALS DISCOVERS THIRD ZONE OF URANIUM MINERALIZATION AND “OFF-SCALE” RADIOACTIVITY 780 METERS EAST OF ORIGINAL DISCOVERY AT PATTERSON LAKE SOUTH, ATHABASCA BASIN. This continues to demonstrate a very strongly mineralized multi-zone corridor. Shares in Alpha Minerals had reached as high as $4.30 by press time.… Continue Reading

Father and son Ben and Garrett Ainsworth may have lead Alpha Minerals and JV partner Fission Energy to the radioactive mother lode on a new frontier in the Athabasca Region of Northern Saskatchewan. Not long ago, Alpha Minerals, formerly ESO Uranium, was a dog of a stock. Trading at just $.02 last October, chances of… Continue Reading

I had the opportunity this week to connect with Jorge Beristain, head of Americas metals and mining equity research at Deutsche Bank. It was a fascinating interview, as Jorge communicates with CEOs of the world’s largest mining companies, and helps guide high-net worth individuals and institutions with their mining investments. Key issues discussed during the… Continue Reading

Daniela Cambone of Kitco News talks with Nolan Watson of Sandstorm Gold at last week’s PDAC conference in Toronto. Of note Watson is very bullish on his recent Entree Gold transaction, saying it could go down as the best streaming deal in history. He is moderately bearish on gold for the next 18 months, saying… Continue Reading

Petroamerica Oil Corp’s recent pullback is the entry opportunity that investors have been waiting for – the next leg higher will likely bring PTA shares above .60: Let’s go to the charts: The fundamental story speaks for itself. PTA is currently producing over 4500 bopd with netbacks over $70 per barrel, meaning the company is trading… Continue Reading

“By 2025, which is tomorrow morning in geologic time, and at the scale in which we invest in mining, 630 million people, or 14 per cent of the world’s urban population, and 8 per cent of all the people walking on this planet, will live in 37 megacities,” he said. “As you build those cities,… Continue Reading

After 20 years of occupying one of the most influential positions in the global wireless industry, Jim Balsillie has decided to step down. Unable to align himself with the new image CEO Thorston Heins has projected for Blackberry, Balsillie dumped his remaining 5.1% stake and vacated his position as Head Chairman, in what can only… Continue Reading

Source: “Junior Venture Exchange Needs Cleansing” says Rick Rule of Sprott Global Resource Investments. Small Cap Power Q: The Canadian junior market and the resource juniors continue to struggle as investors shy away from them despite the TSX and Dow Jones trading at very good levels. When do you see the junior markets starting to perform again?… Continue Reading

Petroamerica “PTA” placed amongst top 50 companies listed on the TSX.V, and second in the Venture Oil and Gas Category. The TSX Venture 50 annually awards the top ten companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange, in each of five major industry sectors – Oil and Gas, Mining, Technology & Life Sciences, Diversified Industries and… Continue Reading

Petroamerica Oil Corp. (PTA) was ranked number one in a list of Canadian energy stocks with rising cash flows. Read: Canadian energy stocks: Top 20 cash-flow gushers.  Also: PTA Announces Successful Las Maracas-7 Production Test Results. Read our past coverage of PTA here.

I had the opportunity yesterday to connect with legendary resource developer & financier, Ross Beaty, founder and chairman of the $2.7B Pan American Silver Corp., and executive chairman of Alterra Power Corp. Throughout his 37 year career, Ross has generated an astounding sum of over $4B worth of shareholder wealth. His comments during this amazing interview, describe a screaming… Continue Reading

The ability to make deals in bad markets is one of the best indicators of a strong management team. Today, Sandstorm Gold Ltd (SSL.TSX) and Premier Gold Mines (PG.TSX) made a deal which tells us a thing or two about strategy. Read: Sandstorm Gold Announces the Acquisition of Common Shares and Warrants of Premier Royalty These two… Continue Reading

Our readers have been hearing about Petroamerica Oil Corp. ($PTA) since August, 2012. Since then, we’ve been covering the Colombian-focused oil and gas junior closely — and we’ve done well owning the shares. Sunday evening, PTA management convened in Vancouver for a round of investor meetings today. We were able to join PTA’s Executive Chairman… Continue Reading

Shares in Petroamerica Oil Corp symbol $PTA dropped 8.9% to .36 cents Friday on 6.23 million shares after the company reported a dry hole at their CPO-1 prospect in Colombia, but the real story of the day was the flash crash at the open to 27.5 cents. This looks like a stop loss induced flash crash, and an investor with… Continue Reading

Odgers Berndtson are global leaders in executive search and recruitment for mining and other industries. The other day we were talking discovery with respected gold geologist Brent Cook (full interview to be published next week). In our conversation we asked Brent to name a few explorationists investors should follow; the names of people Brent would… Continue Reading