Renegade Petroleum (RPL:TSX), the Saskatchewan-focused light oil producer, has called a special shareholder meeting as part of an ongoing dispute with an activist shareholder, FrontFour Capital Group LLC.  The news release today is in response to a release issued by FrontFour on October 31, 2013 in which the activist outlined their concerns.  The meeting will… Continue Reading

With the gold price unable to meaningfully breakout this year, gold miners have been increasingly conscious of the quality versus quantity of the ounces they produce.  The West African gold miner, Endeavour Mining (EDV:TSX), led by Neil Woodyer (Founding Partner of mining finance firm Endeavour Financial) and a slew of other mining executive powerhouses, has been consistently lowering… Continue Reading

Frank Holmes – CEO and CIO of US Global Investors (Interview by Sharad Khare) “A key value is to recognize other people, for any form of achievment, whatever they do…Always show that gratitude for others.” Related: This weeks Frank Talk Blog – “Don’t Miss This Golden Cross in Resources” Visit US Global’s website at: http://usfunds.com/

Disclosure: Author has no formal or informal pecuniary interest in Mega Uranium. However, author has acquired hundreds of thousands of Mega Uranium [MGA.TO] shares in the past three weeks. This investment opportunity is very high risk and is not suitable for most investors. Always do your own due diligence and please consult an investment advisor.… Continue Reading

Glenn McNamara’s Petromanas Energy had its heaviest volume day in history Tuesday. Over 59 million PMI shares traded hands, closing at $.13, up 13%, after the company announced positive testing results at their Shpirag-2 well yesterday (Read: Petromanas and Shell strike oil deep in Albania). Petromanas also announced this morning that Heinz J. Scholz and Werner Ladwein have… Continue Reading

D. Grenville Thomas’s North Arrow Minerals Inc. (TSXV-NAR) has made Canada’s newest diamond discovery at the Pikoo project in central eastern Saskatchewan. North Arrow tested a 209.7 kg sample of drill core from the PK150 kimberlite, which has returned 745 diamonds larger than the 0.106 mm sieve size, including 23 diamonds larger than the 0.85 mm sieve size, according… Continue Reading

Seventeen months after the Shpirag-2 well started drilling in Southern Albania, Petromanas Energy (TSXV:PMI) and joint venture partner Royal Dutch Shell have finally released testing results from the $75 million exploration well on Albania’s Blocks 2-3. PMI and Shell announced a discovery at Shpirag-2 today, with flow rates of 1,500 to 2,200 barrels per day… Continue Reading

[audio:https://c03c06.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Rick-Rule-CEO.CA-Nov-4-2013-Tommy-Humphreys-Audio.mp3] Sprott USA Chairman Rick Rule, the Carlsbad, California based natural resource financier with nearly four decades of experience, joined us for a conversation earlier today on the current mining bear market, which is approaching its third anniversary. As expected, Mr. Rule was upbeat, and sounds to be making the most of the opportunities being… Continue Reading

Alpha Minerals (AMW:TSXV) and Fission Uranium (FCU:TSXV), the joint venture partners who continue to advance the Patterson Lake South discovery in Saskatchewan, announced this morning that they discovered a sixth mineralized zone in a step-out hole drilled 525 metre’s from the original discovery zone.  The new zone, R600W, is on a 1755m trend with all five high-grade… Continue Reading

GREENWICH, CT, Oct. 31, 2013 /CNW/ – On October 21st, 2013 FrontFour Capital Group LLC (“FrontFour”) and a like-minded shareholder (the “Requisitionists”) announced that they had served the board of Renegade Petroleum Ltd. (“Renegade”, or the “Company”) (“RPL-V; RPTTF-O”) with legal notice of their requisition of a special meeting of shareholders. FrontFour also demanded the… Continue Reading

Doug Forster’s Newmarket Gold Inc. (TSXV:NGN) may be a breath of fresh air to Canada’s mining sector. The company has experienced executives touting optimism and looking for acquisitions in a gold mining market where few buyers exist. Then again, it could end up another failed TSX-venture shell, waiting on the shelf for the next dream… Continue Reading

I was a daytrader for many years and it almost killed me. I made money by making profits on my own money and also taking a percentage of the profits for the people I traded for. I traded up to $40 or $50 million a day at my peak. I did this from 2001 to… Continue Reading

Armenian gold developer, Lydian International (LYD:TSX) has appeared to be on the mend after a disastrous announcement by the Armenian authorities recently which saw LYD have to completely redesign their mine plan for the Amulsar gold project.  The reason was due to them reclassifying catchment basins for the important Lake Seven which provides fresh water for much of the… Continue Reading

PIMCO doesn’t expect much from today’s FOMC meeting, but is watching closely for any guidance on the state of the economy, especially on what the government shutdown means for growth expectations.  PIMCO expects 2014 to be more of the same; sluggish growth and consistently high unemployment. “There is a ton of cash on the sidelines… Continue Reading

Robert Friedland’s Ivanhoe Mines (Disclosure: Long) has provided an update on its Kipushi copper-zinc-germanium project in the DRC. Kipushi is one of three flagship assets that Ivanhoe is currently developing, and today’s news release shared a lot of news. Here it is in its entirety: Ivanhoe Mines Reports Ongoing Dewatering at Historic Kipushi Mine in… Continue Reading