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

Frontline, the venerable documentary film brand of the Public Broadcasting Service, aired a one hour special yesterday on the insider trading investigations centred around Stephen A. Cohen’s SAC Capital. The film, which includes the first footage we have ever seen of Cohen, at his 2011 FBI deposition relating to the allegations against his firm, also… Continue Reading

NioCorp Developments Ltd.: President’s Report, 2013 VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Jan 08, 2014 (Marketwired via COMTEX) — NioCorp Developments Ltd. (“NioCorp” or the “Company”) (tsx venture:NB)(otcqx:NIOBF)(frankfurt:BR3) is pleased to provide the following report on 2013 activities. During the last quarter of 2013, on the strength of enhanced management and the Elk Creek niobium deposit, NioCorp successfully… Continue Reading

Turquoise Hill (TRQ:TSX) announced this morning that they have completed their US$2.4 billion rights offering which expired yesterday.  The company was able to get 100% of shareholders to participate in the offering which represents over 1 billion shares.  Large shareholders Rio Tinto and Robert Friedland fully participated in the offering.  According to the latest SEDI… Continue Reading

Only a few days after receiving the environmental nod from Burkina Faso authorities for one of their deposits and after coming off a late 2013 which included receiving their main environmental permit as well as releasing a robust feasibility study, True Gold (TGM:TSXV) announced this morning that it plans to begin phase 2 construction of… Continue Reading

Ari Sussman’s Continental Gold (client and long position) was discussed in this interview with Paul Harris, Editor of the Colombia Gold Report: Paul Harris Has Something to Say About Colombia’s Gold Exploration Sector Excerpt: TGR: How do investors make money in Colombian mining equities or companies with projects in Colombia? PH: Well, Brian, I think you, as… 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

Albania’s largest foreign direct investor, Bankers Petroleum (BNK:TSX) has released its fourth quarter production numbers for 2013, with average daily oil output growing by 4.1% quarter-over-quarter (q-o-q) to 19,303bopd.  The company produced an average of 18,169bopd over 2013 which represented 21% growth over 2012 average daily production of 15,020bopd.  Oil sales grew year-over-year as well with… Continue Reading

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

Keek.com, a Toronto-based video sharing service with sixty million users users worldwide (15 million of which are active monthly), burst onto the social media scene in 2011, tantalizing private tech sector investors with a billion dollar valuation trajectory. Unfortunately, as Keek maneuvered to grow with an expanding global user base outside of North America and… Continue Reading

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

Dr. Mark O’Dea’s Burkina Faso gold developer, True Gold Mining (TGM:TSXV), received good news this morning from the authorities of the West African nation; the company has been granted the environmental permit for the Kao deposit.  This environmental nod, keeps the company on track for its development timeline for the Karma gold mine.  They now have four of… Continue Reading

Peyto Exploration and Development Corp. (PEY.TO) has been one of the best performing energy names, developing unconventional natural gas in Alberta’s Deep Basin. The company receives a lot of credit from investors, with Hedgeye Risk Management energy analyst Kevin Kaiser chiming in this morning, “It’s one of the most shareholder-friendly management teams in the entire… 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

Tekoa from Bull Market Thinking has published an interview with the always fascinating anarchist libertarian author, speculator and founder of Casey Research, Doug Casey. Here are Doug’s comments on getting rich, and what he’s up to nowadays. “First thing I’d say is that there’s not a fixed amount of wealth in the world. It grows… Continue Reading