US equity markets are experiencing capital inflows from around the world for three fundamental reasons: 1) A strengthening currency 2) Growth on the margin; and 3) Capacity. These three characteristics make US equities as extraordinary as an honest politician, and are the basis of an extremely compelling case for US Growth and Consumption stocks as… Continue Reading

Pretium Resources (PVG:TSX) released more stellar high-grade results from its Brucejack project  located 65km north of Stewart, BC.  The results come from the resource zone known as the Valley of the Kings which hosts the company’s world-class 6.6 million ounces of gold at an average grade of 13.6g/t gold.  The Company is currently performing an… Continue Reading

B2Gold (BTO:TSX) announced its Q2/2013 results which appeared, on the face, to be weak.  However, a dig deeper illustrates that most of the downward earnings adjustments were related to one-time charges related to the closing of the acquisition of CGA Mining and the Masbate gold project in the Philippines.  Adjusted EPS came in below consensus of $0.03… Continue Reading

Nolan Watson’s Sandstorm Gold (SSL:TSX), the junior precious metals streaming company (they make upfront payments for future gold production which they pay a fixed per ounce amount on, discounted to the spot price of the metal) announced today that it has entered into an agreement to purchase Premier Royalty (NSR:TSX) for 0.145 shares of Sandstorm.  The… Continue Reading

Alamos Gold (AGI:TSX) announced that it has received final signatures from the Turkish Ministry of the Environment and Urbanization for its Kirazli gold project located in Turkey.  The EIA on the Agi Dagi project has been progressing as well and is now at the final stages for approval.  With no debt and approximately $475 million… Continue Reading

Capstone Mining (CS:TSX) announced today that it would acquire the right to earn up to 70% of the Project Providencia from Sociedad Quimica y Mineral de Chila S.A. (SQM).  The property is somewhat strategic in that it sits approximately halfway between Capstone’s Santo Domingo Project and Anglo American’s Mantos Blancos copper mine. SQM is a… Continue Reading

Exeter Resource Corp (XRC:TSX) was up 50% in early trading and closed up 22% with abnormal volume on no news today.  Exeter has been advancing the very large, but costly Caspiche gold/copper porphyry in Chile which boasts 19Moz Au and 4.62Bn lbs Cu in reserves which ranks it in the top 1% of global gold… Continue Reading

Many analysts are claiming that new platinum ETF and trust products such as Sprott’s physical products have begun to wreak havoc on an already beat up and battered South African platinum industry.  Just as the gold ETFs did in the gold run over the last decade, these new platinum products could rip billions of investment… Continue Reading

The all-star tech incubator, Difference Capital (see Tommy’s article), announced the closing of a $45-million financing which brings the total funds raised in the previous two financings to $101-million and a total of $185-million since May 2012.  You don’t see many junior miners able to raise that kind of money, especially in this market.  So,… Continue Reading

Marc Cuban on how to become a billionaire in a bubble: Get as many press releases going as possible, sell as fast as you can

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

Source: “Junior Venture Exchange Needs Cleansing” says Rick Rule of Sprott Global Resource Investments. Small Cap Power Q: The Canadian junior market and the resource juniors continue to struggle as investors shy away from them despite the TSX and Dow Jones trading at very good levels. When do you see the junior markets starting to perform again?… Continue Reading

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Petroamerica “PTA” placed amongst top 50 companies listed on the TSX.V, and second in the Venture Oil and Gas Category. The TSX Venture 50 annually awards the top ten companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange, in each of five major industry sectors – Oil and Gas, Mining, Technology & Life Sciences, Diversified Industries and… Continue Reading

Canadian oil companies are getting less for their oil due to pipeline bottlenecking. Most of the Oil extracted in Western Canada is piped to Illinois for refinement and then to Cushing, Oklahoma for sale. In recent years the sale price differential between Canadian crude oil, known as WCS (Western Canada Select), and its American counterpart… Continue Reading