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

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

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

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

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