An edited version of this story was first published in the Globe and Mail. The man who recently left his job as head of Sprott Resource Corp. says he has yet to sell a share in the company. Kevin Bambrough, who exited his role as the chief executive of Sprott Resource Corp., as well as… 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

Kitco News speaks with Exploration Insights’ Brent Cook on this edition of “Mining Minutes.” Cook says that a lot of mining 4Q results will “meet or beat expectations.” He adds that 2014 will be a good year for investors to position themselves to make money. “I don’t expect this to be a great year for… Continue Reading

A shocking December jobs report for Canada came out this morning: Canada shed 45,900 jobs during the month versus expectations of an increase of 14,000 jobs The unemployment rate unexpectedly rose to 7.2% from 6.9% Source: Globe & Mail These are recessionary numbers – how will the Bank of Canada respond?

The man at the helm of Molycorp for 15-plus years, who helped to ignite a mania in the rare earths industry just five years ago, has bet big on a niobium project originally discovered by Molycorp. Mark A. Smith has invested over $1.3 million personally for 8.4 percent of NioCorp Developments (TSXV:NB), which owns the… Continue Reading

Petroamerica (PTA:TSXV) announced exciting news just after market today with two new oil discoveries made in Colombia.   The discoveries were made on the El Eden block (40% working interest with PXT 60% operated interest) in the prolific Llanos Basin of Colombia.  At their La Casona 2 well the companies discovered 545 barrels of light 47 degree… Continue Reading

Fission’s President, COO and Chief Geologist, Ross McElroy, has won the highest accolade for Canadian exploration success this year handed out by the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC).  The award known as the Bill Dennis Award traces its roots back to 1977 and is handed out to a person(s) who either make an important mineral… 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

The uranium explorer NexGen (NXE:TSXV), who is actively searching for the next Patterson Lake South-style discovery in Saskatchewan, has received all analytical results from there +3,000m summer drill program on their Rook I project which is located 2.1km up strike of Fission’s (FCU:TSXV) Patterson Lake South (PLS) discovery. Uranium was confirmed at Rook I in hole RK-13-05… Continue Reading

Drilling is successfully continuing in Colombia for Continental Gold (CNL:TSX) and the company has released assay results for 11 drill holes from the Veta Sur and eastern Laurel vein systems at their high-grade Buritica project.  These results are part of the 2013 program and the company expects to continue to deliver robust resources as well… Continue Reading

After announcing an oil discovery at the Shpirag-2, which had initial flow rates of 1,500 to 2,200 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d), Petromanas (PMI:TSXV) has informed the Albanian government, as per their Production Sharing Contracts, that Blocks 2-3 hold an oil discovery.  Given the success of the discovery at Shpirag-2, this announcement shouldn’t come… Continue Reading

The man who was arguably the best performing junior resource fund manager IN THE WORLD from 2007-2013, Kevin Bambrough, Ex-President of Sprott Resource Corp., and President of Sprott Inc., abruptly departed the Sprott Group October 22, 2013 after an 11 year career with the embattled natural resources fund manager. Mr. Bambrough delivered a 150% net… Continue Reading

On Fire: ALQA, CUR, SVV, BCRX, Gold & More THE CALANDRA REPORT: Subscribe We send this update from Active Trading Partner’s David Banister, whose analysis thus far is superb. We have been tracking the 48-year-old New England writer’s work on ALQA for about four weeks. Also, CUR. Plus: metals equities, including Almaden Minerals (AAU in… 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

This morning, Norway’s largest oil producer, Lundin Petroleum (LUP:TSX, LUPE:ST) announced its capital allocation for 2014 and its a staggering $2.1 billion.  Projected expenditures on development projects in 2014 are expected to grow by 25% over the 2013 to $1.4 billion.  The company expects to spend roughly the same this year as they did last year on exploration which is… Continue Reading