Canadian Oil Sands (COSWF on the Nasdaq) is a HUGE oil producer.  There are some very interesting differences between this company and other Canadian oil producers.  Those differences may work to Canadian Oil Sands’ advantage. Take a look at this video interview I did in San Francisco in December and decide for yourself … Watching… Continue Reading

Here’s the second video I shot in San Francisco at the 49 North Resource Investment Conference. You can find the first video HERE.  This one is an interview with Bridget Freas, a representative from Coeur Mining (Symbol CDE on the NYSE). I think this Coeur interview is especially relevant because the positive action in gold and silver… Continue Reading

According to Arthur Brooks, President, American Enterprise Institute, six months after winning the lottery and you will be less happy than you were before. Or, six months after doubling your salary and you won’t care anymore. So while you may devote your life to big material goals, the payoff will be short, and the cost… Continue Reading

Brazil Resources Inc. | Shares Issued: 60,528,829 | Last Close: 12/31/2013 $0.495 Amir Adnani’s Brazil Resources (BRI) has raised $6.4 million by selling 11,650,620 units containing a common share at $.55 and a full 5 year warrant at $.75. Press Release: Brazil Resources Inc. completes oversubscribed $6.4 million private placement The company will use the net proceeds to advance… Continue Reading

Everyone is talking about the awful year gold has had in 2013. A quick sampling of major financial sites this morning shows that gold’s decline may have superseded the equity rally for financial story of the year: Click to enlarge And of course Zero Hedge is all over the drop below $1200 in gold futures… Continue Reading

Canada Carbon (TSX-V: CCB), Bruce Duncan’s junior mining company advancing the Miller graphite project 80 km west of Montreal, Quebec, announced today that the company had closed a non-brokered private placement of flow-through units for total proceeds of $178,560. All issued units consisted of a flow-through share at $0.16 and one-half of one non-flow through… Continue Reading

Diamonds & Specialty Minerals Summary for Dec. 24, 2013 2013-12-24 10:43 PT by Will Purcell Grenville Thomas and Ken Armstrong’s North Arrow Minerals Inc. (NAR: $0.67) is waiting to hear if Matt Manson’s Stornoway Diamond Corp. (SWY: $0.74) will exercise its back-in right on the Pikoo diamond play in Northern Saskatchewan. North Arrow has just earned an 80-per-cent interest… Continue Reading

A very rare trading session today for the gold sector: Click to enlarge It might not be a coincidence that today’s 3.14% rally in gold stocks coincided with the last day for tax loss selling in Canada – if history is any indication the gold miners could be in for a long overdue Santa relief rally… Continue Reading

Brian Dalton’s Altius Minerals (TSX:ALS) is building THE diversified Canadian minerals royalty company. Today the firm announced acquiring 51% of Sherritt International’s Canadian coal and potash royalties for $254 million, representing approximately 86% of Altius’s market cap at the time of the announcement. Dalton is betting the farm on long life coal and potash assets,… Continue Reading

RANCHO MIRAGE, CALIFORNIA – Niocorp Developments Ltd., a Vancouver-based junior mining company which is developing the Elk Creek niobium deposit in Nebraska, announced that newly appointed CEO Mark Smith has invested another $510,000 US (3.4 million shares at $.15), bringing his total ownership in Niocorp to 8.4 million shares or 8.4% of the company, filings… Continue Reading

Sheldon Inwentash’s Pinetree Capital has acquired 18 million shares of Allen Lone’s Augusta Industries (TSXV:AAO) at 5 cents in a private placement (market price for AAO has been 2-3 cents recently), bringing PNP’s total ownership of AAO to approximately 60 million shares or 28.5% of the company. To pay for the financing, Pinetree swapped 3 million… Continue Reading

Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (TSX:PRE), Colombia’s largest non-state owned oil producer, are selling the 5% OCENSA pipeline interest they gained by acquiring Petrominerals last month to Darby Private Equity, the private equity arm of Franklin Templeton, for $385-million (U.S.). Ronald Pantin, the company’s chief executive officer, commented: “This transaction represents an attractive deal for both… Continue Reading

The following is an excerpt from Stockwatch.com’s Energy Summary – December 20, 2013 (Source): Parex Resources Ltd. (PXT), a former joint venturer of Niko’s in Trinidad until it relinquished those blocks to focus on Colombia, added 22 cents to $6.67, thanks to news from a different joint venture. GeoPark Ltd., the operator of Parex’s 45-per-cent-held LLA 34… Continue Reading

The following is an excerpt of a conversation with Sprott USA Chairman Rick Rule published by Tekoa Da Silva, Editor, Bull Market Thinking (Source). TD: Rick, if I can ask you about the concept of becoming rich to be blunt, based on your experience, what are some of the characteristics that you feel lead to becoming… Continue Reading

Dr. John-Mark Staude’s, prospect generator, Riverside Resources (RRI:TSXV) has announced they found a partner in Pembrook Mining (private) to option their Coatan gold project in Mexico.  Pembrook will have to pay Riverside $27,460 in cash and incur $1.8 million in expenditures on the project over the next four years to earn an initial 70% interest.  Then, to… Continue Reading