The following was originally published January 13, 2015 for Resource Opportunities subscribers. Often people ask me who I think the next great mining entrepreneur will be. My standard answer is that while there are very few young men and women who can raise money, build teams, acquire assets and develop them in far off places,… Continue Reading
Billionaire mine developer Robert Friedland has said that real wealth in the mining sector is created by finding something. Friedland would know this, having driven 5+ world-class mining discoveries in his career. He knows that to find a mine you have to spend a lot of money, and drill a lot of holes. Another secret… Continue Reading
Mining legend Robert Friedland and his protege Matthew Hornor’s Kaizen Discovery (KZD:TSXV) continues to be one of the few extremely active junior resource companies. This morning Kaizen announced the sale of a non-core project and the preliminary exploration results from their newly acquired Coppermine project in Nunavut, Canada. The results, although early-stage, are very promising. In rock chip… Continue Reading
Matthew Hornor’s Kaizen Discovery (KZD.TSXV) announced its latest acquisition this morning: Tundra Copper, a private copper explorer with assets in Canada’s tundra. Kaizen made an all stock offer to acquire Tundra and their Coppermine River project, valuing the early-stage explorer at approximately $2.5 million. In the release, Kaizen also announced that they staked 3,320 square kilometres of land and applied… Continue Reading
In a unique and creative move, Kaizen Discovery (KZD:TSXV) is hosting a reception in Vancouver that is open to all mineral exploration and development companies with quality assets in the Americas (with a particular focus on Latin America) in the hopes of sourcing new assets. The ‘build it and they will come’ approach. B. Matthew… Continue Reading
If you want to become a millionaire by the age of 40 and get to be a billionaire miner’s apprentice, consider going to law school, becoming fluent in Japanese, and raising hundreds of millions of dollars in that country for world class resource assets. That’s exactly what Kaizen Discovery CEO Matthew Hornor did for mining… Continue Reading
Last week, Kaizen Discovery (KZD:TSXV) held a conference call with President and CEO, Matthew Hornor to discuss the recent acquisition of West Cirque Resources, their strategic partnership with ITOCHU Corp and his company’s plans for more acquisitions. Last week, ITOCHU agreed to provide $4.25 million in funding to Kaizen (as part of the West Cirque deal) in… Continue Reading
The most western Canadian province of BC continues to attract capital from some the largest and most sophisticated metals and mining shops on the globe. This time it’s ITOCHU Corp., one of Japan’s leading trading houses and suppliers of metals, who announced this morning that it has agreed to fund $4.25 million worth of exploration on… Continue Reading
One of the clear up and comers from Robert Friedland’s camp of natural resource developers, Matthew Hornor, CEO of Kaizen Discovery, was interviewed in a quite positive Global Mining Observer story earlier this week. Here’s the link: EXCLUSIVE: Inside Friedland’s Exploration Unit Mr. Hornor’s Kaizen Discovery (TSXV:KZD) has HPX TechCo (Robert Friedland) and ITOCHU Corporation of Japan as… Continue Reading
KZD data by YCharts Yesterday, Kaizen Discovery (KZD:TSXV) announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire West Cirque Resources (WCQ:TSXV) in an all stock transaction. West Cirque is a prospect generator with copper porphyry targets in BC. Kaizen is a exploration company which is majority owned by HPX TechCo which is 50% owned by billionaire mine… Continue Reading
