J.P.Morgan Asset Management’s James Sutton believes a recovery is likely for the macro-commodity sector as he sees significant returns in his natural resource funds.  The J.P.Morgan Natural Resources fund is up nearly 18% since June, however it remains 50% below 2011 highs.  This highlights an increased perception that commodity prices may have bottomed.  Sutton sees… Continue Reading

After losing out in the Glencore takeover, former Xstrata chief executive Mick Davis is ready to come back to the industry and two major financial institutions are already backing him up. Trading house Noble Group and American private equity firm TPG Capital said in a statement Monday they will each invest $500 million in X2 Resources, the… Continue Reading

Stockwatch is reporting on a shell company, Raystar Capital, with some prominent shareholders including Lukas Lundin, Randall Oliphant, Doug Forster, and Blayne Johnson, which is about to become Newmarket Gold. Sources tell us Newmarket will be going after producing gold assets, and that Doug Forster will become the company’s CEO. Mr. Forster is an accomplished… Continue Reading

“Most great discoveries have to climb a wall of worry and disbelief,” says a geologist who has worked with the Ivanhoe group in Mongolia, R. Edward Flood. “Especially when it comes to Robert Friedland — because all the seasoned investors who follow this sector cannot allow themselves to believe he has done it again.”

NexGen Energy (TSXV:NXE), a uranium exploration company focused on Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin, provided an update on their first 8 holes of drilling at Rook I, which is immediately adjacent to and along strike to Fission / Alpha’s Patterson Lake South discovery. Read: NexGen Energy Ltd: Rook 1 Drilling Update. The news release suggested NexGen had encountered the… Continue Reading

The “dominant fundamental” for the gold market during the past few years has clearly been the ‘illusion of central banking.’ Allow me to explain a bit. First there was the illusion that Fed easing would stoke enormous inflation. This proved to be false as the pernicious deleveraging cycle brought about by the global financial crisis… Continue Reading

The market has, so far, shrugged off more impressive drill results from Alpha Minerals (AMW:TSXV) and Fission Uranium (FCU:TSXV) this morning (FCU up $0.01).  Is there such a thing as ‘discovery fatigue’?  The company’s released assays from two holes from the Western and Eastern regions of the R390E zone at their PLS deposit. The highlights include… Continue Reading

This morning, the Peruvian silver developer, Bear Creek Mining (BCM:TSXV), announced that it has received its Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for the company’s Corani silver-lead-zinc project.  The company will now complete detailed engineering and submit construction permits for the project.  This approved ESIA comes less than one month after the company submitted responses… Continue Reading

In the current squeeze on the junior sector, much has been said about the challenges in raising money and the impact of lower precious metals prices on the cash costs and feasibility of future projects. However, in these tough markets, another metric that investors should pay close attention to is the General and Administration (G&A)… Continue Reading

Lucara Diamond Corp. has announced the recovery of a 257 carat diamond from its Karowe Mine in Botswana. Read the press release: Lucara Recovers Exceptional 257 Carat Diamond “Revenues generated from the sale of these diamonds will be used to reduce debt and strengthen Lucara’s balance sheet,” Lucara CEO William Lamb commented. Here’s the 12… Continue Reading

The World Gold Council has found a new leader; New Gold (NGD:TSX) Chairman, Randal Oliphant.  Mr. Oliphant succeeds Ian Telfer, the Chairman of Goldcorp who has been the Chairman of the World Gold Council since being elected in September 2010.  Randall Oliphant sits on the board of Franco-Nevada and was, previously, the President and CEO of Barrick… Continue Reading

“I prefer to look at it this way: They invested $541 million dollars. We did a $550 million financing, we didn’t issue any stock, and we own 100% of the project, which gives us a lot of optionality.”

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This morning graphite developer, Mason Graphite (LLG:TSXV) announced some surprising results which are not likely to be picked up by the markets.  The company received results from the preliminary purification of the graphitic carbon concentrates from the company’s Lac Gueret project located in Quebec.  Using conventional hydrometallurgical processes, in lock cycle tests, the company received… Continue Reading

Simon Ridgway’s Cordoba Minerals (TSXV:CDB), which is in the process of amalgamating with Ari Sussman’s Sabre Metals, has completed an initial 4 hole, ~575 meter drill program at its San Matias property in Colombia, targeting high grade copper gold porphyry style mineralization, with assays expected in late October. Cordoba’s results are being closely followed by… Continue Reading