Who’s Who in China’s New Communist Party Leadership Lineup. Bloomberg Ron Paul’s Farewell Speech. WaPo Can I call you Mel? Or is it Mr. Brooks? Vulture, Salon “Let me tell you this cute story. I had just met Alfred Hitchcock. I was really stunned. My God, he was a legend when I was just a… Continue Reading

Three Mining Pros Take The Reins At Prophecy Platinum Prophecy Platinum Corp. (NKL), has scored a major talent coup by attracting a trio of credible and experienced mining executives to advance its flagship Wellgreen platinum, nickel and copper project in the Yukon Territory. We had the opportunity to sit down with new CEO Greg Johnson… Continue Reading

Via The Calandra Report – Subscribe Here – Only $58 HOUSTON — Are Colombia oil producers nearing a wave of mergers, as asset manager Frank Holmes forecast three weeks ago?

Romney Lost Race in Summer After Obama Redefined Resume. Bloomberg Gold, Copper Lead Gains in Commodities as Obama Wins Second Term. Bloomberg Francois Hollande lurches Right in historic U-Turn to save French economy. Telegraph Putin Fires Defense Chief in Rare Move. WSJ Barrick now eclipsed by Goldcorp for title of largest market cap. Financial Post

by James Kwantes That thud you heard yesterday was Lumina Copper stock dropping a further 8.5% onnews that its strategic review process has yet to land a buyer for the company’s Taca Taca copper-gold-molybdenum deposit in Argentina – not the easiest place to do business. It wasn’t the NR expected by takeover-hungry investors, who took the stock down hard.… Continue Reading

In one of the most interesting interviews I’ve had the chance to take part in all year, I spoke with JP Fortin, Vice President & General Manager of OSD Slurry Pipelines. If you haven’t yet had the chance to sit down and learn about slurry and slurry pipelines, it’s fascinating technology. What I learned from… Continue Reading

Torex Gold (TXG) put the Guerrero gold belt back on the map earlier this week with a monster $350-million bought deal financing underwritten by BMO Capital Markets and others. In a junior mining sector that has been on the ropes for much of the year, it’s an impressive cash pile. Torex’s Morelos deposit has 5.4 million ounces of… Continue Reading

Romney Takes First Debate. New York Times The end of the Great Migration: China’s workers return home. Marketplace Also: Free trade with China still a decade away, Brian Mulroney says. Globe and Mail What future for Egypt’s wealth? Al-Ahram BlackRock Leads Firms Poised to Win From Hedge Fund Ads. Bloomberg Billionaire Glasenberg Bets on Coal Rebound With Xstrata: Energy.… Continue Reading

Do you know what the most significant piece of news was yesterday? (in my opinion) It was Torex Gold (TXG) raising $350MM in a Bought Deal for their 5.4 million ounce Morelos Gold Project in Mexico. Here we have a developer that won’t pour gold until at least 2016 being able to raise ~40% of their… Continue Reading

By James Kwantes, World of Mining Second in a series (Read Part 1 here) “Opportunity can go by in a day.” Norman Bell Keevil, Sr. Norman Bell Keevil was born on a Saskatchewan farm in 1910. In his first life, Keevil was an academic, studying math, chemistry and geology at the University of Saskatchewan before getting… Continue Reading

Russia’s Norilsk Nickel sees African opportunity. Reuters China steelmaker, miners cut output as slowdown bites. Reuters Short-term dip in uranium prices now a long-term slump. Financial Post A closer look at O’Leary Funds. Globe and Mail Open Season on Salt: What the Science on Hypertension Really Shows. Scientific American The Lie Factory: How politics became… Continue Reading

Starting an investing blog covering the junior mining sector requires some preparation. So I trekked up Howe Street and east on West Georgia to the Vancouver public library, where I borrowed Fleecing the Lamb: The Inside Story of the Vancouver Stock Exchange, by David Cruise and Alison Griffiths. Published by Douglas & McIntyre in 1987, two… Continue Reading

Fed Wants Inflation Now, Will Clean Up ‘Mess’ Later: El-Erian. CNBC Gross Sees No End to QE3 Until U.S. Unemployment Drops to 6%–From The BLS Stated Rate of 8.3%. Financial Post Brazil’s Mantega Warns of Currency War, Calls QE3 ‘Protectionist’. CNBC Bananas, World’s Most Traded Fruit, Headed Higher In Price. Bloomberg ‘Smart’ Money Targeting Low-Priced Coal Assets. Globe and Mail Gold… Continue Reading

We had the opportunity to sit down with one of the youngest and most successful CEO’s in the mining business today, Nolan Watson, of the Sandstorm companies. Chosen as a Canadian “Top 40 Under 40”, Nolan has created billions in shareholder wealth beginning as a 26 year old CFO at Silver Wheaton. He currently appears… Continue Reading