Eric King of King World News interviewed Franco Nevada Chairman Pierre Lassonde yesterday. Here’s the audio link -> Commenting on the capital markets for miners, Lassonde told the interviewer, “We’re in a period where essentially the market is closed for junior and the smaller, intermedia, one mine companies, they can not raise any money. The valuations are probably the… Continue Reading

The unapologetic promoter behind Newstrike Capital and other ventures shares his latest and greatest ideas. TH: Keir, last year you were pitching us on a web startup called Stockmash, which aimed to crowd source investment ideas. What’s the latest there? KR: Ah, yes, I sold it to another company last year that was more advanced in crowdsharing… Continue Reading

There have been some big moves in the uranium space this week, as the predictions by several analysts and close watchers of the space have begun to come true. It starts with two high-profile deals that were announced this week: ARMZ is buying the remaining 49% of Uranium One for $1.3B. While the purchase price,… Continue Reading

Mining in British Columbia Today By Gavin Dirom, President at AME BC, at MiningFeeds. While grassroots mineral exploration activity appears to be down in 2012 compared with 2011, there were many advanced exploration projects including New Gold’s Blackwater (Stock Profile – TSX:NGD), Pretium’s Brucejack (Stock Profile – NYSE:PVG & TSX:PVG), Seabridge’s KSM (Stock Profile – TSX:SEA)… Continue Reading

With special thanks to Odgers Berndston, global leaders in executive search, for supporting this production. Click here to launch the video in Youtube, or scroll to the bottom of this article. The Atascosa Ranch is walking distance from the US/Mexico border, just outside of Nogales, Arizona. It’s owned by Dave Lowell, an affable 84-year-old man… Continue Reading

The Haywood uranium banking team is keeping busy as they have arranged/ advised for Denison to purchase Fission Energy in stock and subsequently spin out one of their exploration assets that is generating a lot of interest in the Athabasca basin, the Patterson Lake project.  This move further solidifies Denison as the consolidator of strategic assets the… Continue Reading

“At present, India is fully dependent on imports of potash.” Karnalyte Resources wins India investor for new potash mine. National Post Also: Karnalyte peer Encanto Potash (EPO) shares soared 12% Friday after another Indian consortium disclosed being in discussions with the company over a potential off-take deal. Read the statement here.

By Eoin O’Cinneidem, Upstream Canada’s Petroamerica Oil Corp has hailed its latest discovery in Colombia as “the best well yet to be drilled” on a field in the Llanos basin. The Toronto-listed player has struck around 100 feet of net oil pay at the Las Maracas-6 well on the Los Ocarros Block. Colombia-focused Petroamerica tested… Continue Reading

May the best of 2012 be the worst of 2013 2012 was both a challenging (to put it mildly) year for junior mining stocks and a great opportunity to pick up high-quality names at bargain prices. I hope you managed to take advantage of some of those sales. Sandstorm Gold, the first company that I… Continue Reading

Last Monday, Haywood Securities energy analyst Al Knowles gave Petroamerica Oil Corp. his highest rating, Sector Outperform, and a C$.55 price target. At press time, shares in PTA had reached C$.34, an 18 month high. Haywood’s Mr. Knowles is optimistic about PTA’s Las Maracas oil field in Colombia, as we have been since August, when… Continue Reading

The Canadian resource sector has been mired in a cyclical bear market for the better part of the last two years. However, it is during times likes these that it is worth digging through the charts in search of stocks that have held up well during the downturn and may be ready to lead markets… Continue Reading

This afternoon Petroamerica Oil Corp. ($PTA) announced flow results of 3762 bopd (50% of which are net to PTA) from Las Maracas 5, a development well at their core oil field. This is a big number and these results do not include the lower zone of the well which could also yield pay. See: Petroamerica Provides a Testing Update… Continue Reading

Petroamerica Oil Corp. ($PTA), a Calgary-Bogota based oil and gas company we wrote about on August 20th and October 9th (and hold a long position in), announced success at the La Casona 1 and Las Maracas 5 wells today – and it’s great news. Success at the La Casona well proves that PTA is not… Continue Reading

Via The Calandra Report – Subscribe Here – Only $58 HOUSTON — Are Colombia oil producers nearing a wave of mergers, as asset manager Frank Holmes forecast three weeks ago?

China’s Hu Jintao clings to socialist economy in Mao nostalgia speech. Telegraph Investors are gorging on corporate bonds. Is an asset bubble being inflated? Economist France Wine Output Falls to 40-Year Low on Champagne, Beaujolais. Bloomberg Barrick Gold’s Former Chief Sees Virtue in Being Small. Bloomberg Top Pick: Brookfield Asset Management. Globe and Mail African hospitality: No… Continue Reading