“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

The top ten political foibles by former Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi Born in 1936 Silvio Berlusconi started out as a vacuum salesman by day, and earning a reputation by night singing at nightclubs on cruise ships. In 1961 he graduated from law school, and started a residential housing construction company based in his native… Continue Reading

With special thanks to Odgers Berndston, global leaders in executive search, for supporting these interviews. Meet Brent Cook: seasoned geologist and the mind behind Exploration Insights, one of the most credible and influential gold stock newsletters in the world today. We recently caught up with Brent in Vancouver, and asked him to share some of… Continue Reading

Hewlett-Packard, the world’s number one PC manufacturer, announced today that they are closing their Russelsheim office in Germany and laying-off 850 people. This is a part of their multiyear restructuring plan that was announced on May 23, 2012. This is strategy unfolding. 2011 indicated that HP needed to start looking at costs. Net revenues were up $1.2B… Continue Reading

At the 2013 Vancouver Resource Investment Conference, respected gold fund manager Frank Holmes warned investors not to become paralyzed, citing research from MIT, he told the interviewer, “People anchor to negative experiences . . . People are driven out of fear. The negative experience of ’08 get(s) anchored that the future will be this way… Continue Reading

With the world’s economic condition seemingly improving  junior resource analyst John Kaiser suggests that the 22 trillion dollar debt ceiling is the only thing standing in the way of a speedy economic recovery. He posits that a growing economy is essential if it is to absorb the demographical bulge of baby boomers entering their golden years.… Continue Reading

Source: World of Mining The annual Vancouver Resource Investment Conference goes Sunday and Monday at Vancouver Convention Centre West. If you’re prospecting for investment ideas and kicking tires on potential stock picks, read the Vancouver Sun article I wrote about the Cambridge show a year ago. The piece is dated but not much has changed (except for a little tech… 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

At most events, you can predict precisely what’s going to be said, and by whom. …  The first law of screenwriting is that the hero of a great movie is transformed during the arc of the story. That’s the goal of a great conference, as well. But it’s difficult indeed, because there are so many… Continue Reading

I really hate the word culture sometimes. It means a lot of different things to different people and seems to be applied to many things that to me don’t qualify but to others are valid. One person’s culture is anothers knitting club. How you define culture is up to you and like we talked about… Continue Reading

We had the opportunity to sit down with one of the youngest and most successful CEO’s in the mining business today, Nolan Watson, of the Sandstorm companies. Chosen as a Canadian “Top 40 Under 40”, Nolan has created billions in shareholder wealth beginning as a 26 year old CFO at Silver Wheaton. He currently appears… Continue Reading

Come see how Canadians are solving global commodity shortages, and learn how to make inflation your friend. Dear Readers, We’d like to take this opportunity to invite you to the 2012 Toronto Resource Investment Conference at the Sheraton Hotel. Headlining the event are resource entrepreneurs Brent Cook, John Kaiser, Lawrence Roulston and Keith Schafer. These… Continue Reading

Brent’s partner Quinton Hennigh was also interviewed by Daniela at the Denver Gold Forum. Serious speculators should consider subscribing for Exploration Insights, Brent and Quinton’s premium newsletter. It’s the gold standard of exploration stock newsletters and I read it every Sunday. Join Brent, Quinton and I at the Toronto Resource Investment Conference Sept 27-28, 2012. Early registration is free… Continue Reading

Recently we sat down with Amir Adnani, CEO of Uranium Energy Corp. ($UEC), an American uranium mining company, for a conversation on the nuclear industry eighteen months after the catastrophe at Fukushima which devastated both Japan and most uranium miners’ share prices. One of the most critical issues we discussed in our interview was the… Continue Reading

A story of disaster and resilience not often told outside historic downtown Chicago is the story of the Great Chicago Fire and the legendary retailer who rose from it’s ashes.