In the following article, we offer our forecast for 2014 including five stock picks from each of our analysts. Compare 400+ precious metals stocks with a Free 14-day Trial to Tickerscores.com. 2014 Venture Forecast The TSX-V will be a stock picker’s market in 2014. In this environment, investors should stay cautious and the focus should remain… Continue Reading

Teck Resources (TSX:TCK.B) CEO Don Lindsay made a brilliant comment on BNN Television earlier about long life mining assets. “Whether it’s copper, whether it’s oil, whether it’s zinc, it’s a cyclical business, and you know that you’re going to get all of your money back in 2 or 3 good years. What you don’t know… Continue Reading

Rules of Thumb for Junior Mining Speculators —A Light at the End of the Tunnel by Brent Cook. Initially published by Streetwise Reports (The Gold Report–1/13/14) www.explorationinsights.com As we all know, for most speculators and investors the past few years in the mining and exploration sector have been disastrous. However, there are a number of fundamental trends… Continue Reading

Colombian copper-gold explorer, Cordoba Minerals (CDB:TSXV) has announced plans to raise $12 million to finish acquiring the Cordoba project and other exploration work being done there and the San Matias proejct.  And, guess who is behind this financing?  If you guessed GMP Securities, you are right.  This financing is being done on a best efforts basis… Continue Reading

Riverside Resources (RRI:TSXV), the North American focused prospect generator, announced their plans for 2014 this morning.  The company highlights the strategic partnerships created in 2013 and how they intend to build on them in 2014 and beyond.  During 2013, the company secured two new strategic alliances with Antofagasta and Hochschild for gold and copper prospects… Continue Reading

Mason Graphite (LLG:TSXV) is coming off a transformative 2013 whereby the company released an initial preliminary economic assessment (PEA), completed a large, 24,345m drill program and grew their initial resource base by 658% to over 50 million tonnes at 15.6% graphite.  This morning the company announced another milestone, with the signing of a letter of intent to acquire 40% of the… Continue Reading

Haywood Securities’ Chairman, John Tognetti, has added 2.4 million shares to his position in Mirasol Resources (MRZ:TSXV) which brings his total position to over 7.9 million shares or roughly 25% of the company.  Mr. Tognetti has been a supporter of Mirasol for a number of years and clearly continues to have his conviction about the… Continue Reading

Companies in the resource business take note; bring the right deal to the table and BMO and GMP will find you the money.  Hudbay Minerals (HBM:TSX) announced today that they have secured a $150 million bought deal financing being led by GMP and BMO.  The financing was announced at $8.25 per share (only a small discount to… Continue Reading

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

Chile is facing a widespread port strike which is affecting the South American country’s number one export; copper.  According to reports, Codelco has been affected to the tune of $130 million.  In 2011, a one-day strike cost Codelco roughly $40 million.  The company uses the San Antonio Port to ship sulphuric acid from the south… Continue Reading

There was an interesting article in the Globe today on Tesla that is important to the cobalt market. Long-term investors can catch a ride with Tesla Excerpt (emphasis ours): Think about battery volume alone. Tesla’s goal is to ship 700,000 cars in 2019, which requires a 24-fold growth from production volume last quarter. This would give… Continue Reading

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

While many mining companies in Peru have encountered governmental, environmental and social issues, Rio Alto (RIO:TSX) has been able to advance the environmental nod to develop a sulphide copper-gold flotation plant and concentrator to process sulphide ore once the bulk of oxide gold reserves are exhausted from the La Arena phase 1 project.  The company has also… 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 of the very few Canadian based junior mining companies with any cash is Lowell Copper, which raised $11.4 million earlier this year, with a lead order coming from resource titan Lukas Lundin. Lundin and others backed the junior for the intellectual property of its founder, J. David Lowell, an octogenarian explorationist who pioneered the… Continue Reading