Mining in British Columbia Today By Gavin Dirom, President at AME BC, at MiningFeeds. While grassroots mineral exploration activity appears to be down in 2012 compared with 2011, there were many advanced exploration projects including New Gold’s Blackwater (Stock Profile – TSX:NGD), Pretium’s Brucejack (Stock Profile – NYSE:PVG & TSX:PVG), Seabridge’s KSM (Stock Profile – TSX:SEA)… 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 Haywood uranium banking team is keeping busy as they have arranged/ advised for Denison to purchase Fission Energy in stock and subsequently spin out one of their exploration assets that is generating a lot of interest in the Athabasca basin, the Patterson Lake project.  This move further solidifies Denison as the consolidator of strategic assets the… 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 ->

“At present, India is fully dependent on imports of potash.” Karnalyte Resources wins India investor for new potash mine. National Post Also: Karnalyte peer Encanto Potash (EPO) shares soared 12% Friday after another Indian consortium disclosed being in discussions with the company over a potential off-take deal. Read the statement here.

Prospectors John Larch, Don McKinnon and Richard Hughes along with stock promoter Murray Pezim discovered gold in the Hemlo camp in the early 1980s, starting a staking rush not seen in Canada since the Klondike gold rush of the late 19th century. Two companies, Golden Sceptre and Goliath Resources, secured rights to a large land package… Continue Reading

May the best of 2012 be the worst of 2013 2012 was both a challenging (to put it mildly) year for junior mining stocks and a great opportunity to pick up high-quality names at bargain prices. I hope you managed to take advantage of some of those sales. Sandstorm Gold, the first company that I… Continue Reading

Sculpture has been, along with painting, the standard of measurement for all great cultures. I think that sculpture up to the end of the 1950’s really talked about the wealth and standing of the countries it came from. There is an internal decadence and seriousness of marble and bronze. They are expensive, labour intensive products… Continue Reading

This is a guest post from the Occam Papers, a new blog by three Canadian mining engineers we know and trust. I recently had a discussion with a friend of mine who is just getting into resource investing. She was rather confused about how companies report the size of their mineral deposits (i.e. the resource… Continue Reading

Last Monday, Haywood Securities energy analyst Al Knowles gave Petroamerica Oil Corp. his highest rating, Sector Outperform, and a C$.55 price target. At press time, shares in PTA had reached C$.34, an 18 month high. Haywood’s Mr. Knowles is optimistic about PTA’s Las Maracas oil field in Colombia, as we have been since August, when… Continue Reading

“We lower our 3-, 6- and 12-mo gold price forecasts to $1,825/toz, $1,805/toz and $1,800/toz and introduce a $1,750/toz 2014 forecast.” Gold cycle set to turn on improving US recovery. Goldman Sachs “He completely lost the narrative,” one investor told us. “It was obvious the ECB would not let that happen.” Paulson Said to Blame Bet Against… Continue Reading

There are strange things done ‘neath the midnight sun by the men who moil for gold. The arctic trails have their secret tales that would make your blood run cold. The northern lights have seen queer sights but the queerest they ever did see, was that night on the marge of Lake LeBarge I cremated… Continue Reading

The Canadian resource sector has been mired in a cyclical bear market for the better part of the last two years. However, it is during times likes these that it is worth digging through the charts in search of stocks that have held up well during the downturn and may be ready to lead markets… Continue Reading

In Saint Barts in the French West Indies this morning. Jack Welch’s Unretirement. Businessweek See to believe. Feeding the Eagles: Incredible Pictures. Economic Intersect Idan Ofer may reap 15-times his investment in Israel Chemicals Ltd. (ICL) if a $13.5 billion takeover bid by Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc., the world’s largest fertilizer maker, is approved by Israeli… Continue Reading

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