I am fortunate to have a copy of Donald Rumball’s 1996 biography of Canadian business legend Peter Munk, The Making of a Modern Tycoon, on my bookshelf. The unauthorized account covers Munk’s escape from Nazi occupied Hungary to Canada as a Jewish teenager, where he went on to found Claritone, Canada’s preeminent stereo manufacturer, in 1958. Munk was… Continue Reading
Kitco’s Alex Létourneau and I discuss investing in mining companies for six minutes over at the world’s largest gold website. Source: Mining Minutes: Distressed Major Better Play Than Junior Miner? | Kitco.com Topics covered include profiting by jumping on and off new mineral discoveries, as well as things to look for when evaluating a junior stock. Watch… Continue Reading
With his family’s extensive history, it was always going to be inevitable that Evy Hambro would make a name for himself in the City. But how he came to head up BlackRock’s huge natural resources team and become one of the most recognizable faces in the investment industry comes mainly down to two men – George Soros… Continue Reading
“To say someone is a legend is flirting with cliché but in this case the cliché is true. My guest today is a legend. The father of the gold royalty model, and an art collector, and a philanthropist and a fan of very fast cars. He is Pierre Lassonde, in 1982 he teamed up with fellow… Continue Reading
HRA has been telling subscribers for months that new discoveries would be a key driver for a turnaround in the junior resource market. At the same time, we have been suggesting a handful of well-financed juniors with discovery potential. And in most cases, HRA is the only publication following them. One of those HRA focused… Continue Reading
“One drill hole changes the game. It’s very hard to decide who gets to make it and who doesn’t. It’s a big gate, and yet very few make it through. But you have to let them try.” — Lukas Lundin “Did you know you were getting the better end of that deal with Kinross?” I… Continue Reading
Copper and silver tycoon and environmentalist Ross Beaty sees stagnant global growth, but strong fundamentals for gold. Here he shares his views, and a few memorable moments in his career — on both sides of the industry. “Comfortable with ambiguity,” says the sign on Pan American Silver chairman Ross Beaty’s office door. It’s a fitting… Continue Reading
Despite dramatic headwinds in both the uranium and exploration industries, Canadian explorer NexGen Energy has cornered the Athabasca Basin’s two best, recent uranium discoveries. On March 11, 2011, the uranium industry was devastated by the nuclear catastrophe at the Fukushima power plant on the west coast of Japan. The black swan event also coincided with… Continue Reading
Upcoming feasibility study and bulk sample test could prove mining legend Bob Quartermain has struck gold again with Pretivm’s Valley of the Kings discovery. Pretivm Resources’ (TSX:PVG) Valley of the Kings discovery on the Brucejack property in Northern B.C. is just about the best Canadian gold project in the hands of a development company right… Continue Reading
Meet the natural resources industry’s most respected headhunter. Veteran mining CEO headhunter Bill Haldane has used “Diogenes” — the Greek philosopher who reportedly carried a lamp through Athens during broad daylight, looking for an honest man — as a moniker for over 20 years. “Diogenes was an honest, down-to-earth man, and I have tried to… Continue Reading
“The premise of Haywood being in any difficulty is both ludicrous and woefully uninformed.” Kevin Campbell, the well respected Haywood Securities Managing Director sounds off in the Gold Report today, defending both Canada’s junior resource industry and his firm. Here are a few key paragraphs: “The Canadian mining marketplace is not in danger of being replaced… Continue Reading
“We were almost killed several times,” Frank Giustra tells me. He’s recalling his first trip to Colombia in 1994 with his friend Serafino Iacono. FARC guerrillas and cocaine traffickers had made the country the most dangerous in the Americas, but it seemed like nothing could stop the two young natural resource promoters’ quest for the… Continue Reading
For most of us, the auction house doesn’t really inspire excitement. I think of old dead work and old people. Kate Bellringer, who runs the contemporary art section of Maynard’s Fine Art department, is the exact kind of person to change that image. Young, enthusiastic, intelligent and honest, she made me want to start paying… Continue Reading
In Palm Springs last Sunday, Mercenary Geologist Mickey Fulp told California Resource Investment Conference attendees, “A large exploration discovery in a relatively unknown terrain” is what’s needed to kick off this market. Sprott Global Chairman and panel emcee Rick Rule added, “What this market needs is a very large discovery that I own the hell out of.” All… Continue Reading
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
