“We were almost killed several times,” Frank Giustra tells me. He’s recalling his first trip to Colombia in 1994 with his friend Serafino Iacono. FARC guerrillas and cocaine traffickers had made the country the most dangerous in the Americas, but it seemed like nothing could stop the two young natural resource promoters’ quest for the… Continue Reading

On Feb. 26 2013, Liberal MP John McKay sponsored the first reading of Bill C-474 in parliament; also known as “The Sunshine Bill”. An Act respecting the promotion of financial transparency, improved accountability and long-term economic sustainability through the public reporting of payments made by mining, oil and gas corporations to foreign governments. In the… 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

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

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

It’s becoming increasingly evident that a massive watershed moment for the uranium industry is inevitable in the very near future. Here’s why — and how you can profit from it by taking advantage of the only US based and listed Uranium Producer. Participants in all categories of the uranium industry have been whipsawed the past six or… 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

Canadian oil companies are getting less for their oil due to pipeline bottlenecking. Most of the Oil extracted in Western Canada is piped to Illinois for refinement and then to Cushing, Oklahoma for sale. In recent years the sale price differential between Canadian crude oil, known as WCS (Western Canada Select), and its American counterpart… 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

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

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

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

New private equity fund to raise $200M. Calgary Herald [Ryan] Dunfield, who joined [Sam] Belzberg two years ago from ATB Financial, said the energy fund aims to make 12 to 15 investments that will attempt to pull in an average of 20 per cent or greater annual returns over a five- to seven-year term. About… Continue Reading