With special thanks to Odgers Berndston, global leaders in executive search, for supporting these interviews. Meet Brent Cook: seasoned geologist and the mind behind Exploration Insights, one of the most credible and influential gold stock newsletters in the world today. We recently caught up with Brent in Vancouver, and asked him to share some of… Continue Reading

Michael Campbell of the World Financial Outlook Conference sat down with renowned resource investor Frank Giustra last Saturday, February 2, 2013. During their conversation, Giustra warned the audience not to expect the truth about inflation from central bankers. He commented, “Inflation is caused by the fear of inflation. Inflation is a self-fulfilling prophecy, and every… Continue Reading

The ability to make deals in bad markets is one of the best indicators of a strong management team. Today, Sandstorm Gold Ltd (SSL.TSX) and Premier Gold Mines (PG.TSX) made a deal which tells us a thing or two about strategy. Read: Sandstorm Gold Announces the Acquisition of Common Shares and Warrants of Premier Royalty These two… Continue Reading

At the 2013 Vancouver Resource Investment Conference, respected gold fund manager Frank Holmes warned investors not to become paralyzed, citing research from MIT, he told the interviewer, “People anchor to negative experiences . . . People are driven out of fear. The negative experience of ’08 get(s) anchored that the future will be this way… Continue Reading

Eric King of King World News interviewed Franco Nevada Chairman Pierre Lassonde yesterday. Here’s the audio link -> Commenting on the capital markets for miners, Lassonde told the interviewer, “We’re in a period where essentially the market is closed for junior and the smaller, intermedia, one mine companies, they can not raise any money. The valuations are probably the… Continue Reading

With special thanks to Odgers Berndston, global leaders in executive search, for supporting this production. Click here to launch the video in Youtube, or scroll to the bottom of this article. The Atascosa Ranch is walking distance from the US/Mexico border, just outside of Nogales, Arizona. It’s owned by Dave Lowell, an affable 84-year-old man… Continue Reading

The move marks an extraodinary breakdown in trust between leading central banks and has set off ferment among gold enthusiasts, with some comparing it with France’s withdrawal of gold from the US under President Charles de Gaulle as the Bretton Woods currency system crumbled in the late 1960s. Continue reading at The Telegraph ->

Gold mining investors really felt the heat last week… What happened to that perfect bull flag setup in the gold miners ETF (GDX)? Last week the gold miners fell apart in spectacular fashion as equities came under increased selling pressure and several senior gold producers (ABX, IAG, NEM) continue to disappoint investors with increased operating… Continue Reading

Romney Lost Race in Summer After Obama Redefined Resume. Bloomberg Gold, Copper Lead Gains in Commodities as Obama Wins Second Term. Bloomberg Francois Hollande lurches Right in historic U-Turn to save French economy. Telegraph Putin Fires Defense Chief in Rare Move. WSJ Barrick now eclipsed by Goldcorp for title of largest market cap. Financial Post

Torex Gold (TXG) put the Guerrero gold belt back on the map earlier this week with a monster $350-million bought deal financing underwritten by BMO Capital Markets and others. In a junior mining sector that has been on the ropes for much of the year, it’s an impressive cash pile. Torex’s Morelos deposit has 5.4 million ounces of… Continue Reading

Do you know what the most significant piece of news was yesterday? (in my opinion) It was Torex Gold (TXG) raising $350MM in a Bought Deal for their 5.4 million ounce Morelos Gold Project in Mexico. Here we have a developer that won’t pour gold until at least 2016 being able to raise ~40% of their… Continue Reading

We had the opportunity to sit down with one of the youngest and most successful CEO’s in the mining business today, Nolan Watson, of the Sandstorm companies. Chosen as a Canadian “Top 40 Under 40”, Nolan has created billions in shareholder wealth beginning as a 26 year old CFO at Silver Wheaton. He currently appears… Continue Reading

Did you notice P. Lassonde is also wearing a Mandarin shirt collar, the same style as F. Giustra wore in our interview together? Is the Mandarin collar the secret handshake, so to speak, of the gold-bug elite? … It is obviously not a cost-savings measure… Thoughts?

Gold and mining investors should watch Franco Nevada Chairman Pierre Lassonde’s presentation at last week’s Denver Gold Forum. Lassonde believes the mineral exploration sector needs and will see a technological breakthrough like 3D Seismic’s revolution of exploration for oil and gas. He thinks the commodity super-cycle has at least 5-10 years left, and would bet “a lot of… Continue Reading

Robert Friedland returned to the mining spotlight with a vengeance this week on news of IPO plans for Ivanplats, his private company with copper and zinc projects in the Congo and platinum and nickel projects in South Africa. Friedland showed his Midas touch with the discoveries of Voisey’s Bay nickel deposit in Canada, purchased by… Continue Reading