According to Strateco Resource’s (RSC:TSX) CEO, Guy Hébert, a group of the company’s US shareholders intend to challenge Quebec’s recent resistance to uranium exploration and mining.  In March, Quebec environment minister, Yves-Francois Blanchet announced a moratorium on all uranium exploration and mining until the government had the opportunity to review and submit an environmental report… Continue Reading

According to a private source close to China’s largest gold producer, China National Gold Group, that group is looking at investing in Robert Friedland’s Ivanhoe Mines (IVN:TSX).  The source claims the state-owned China National Gold is interested in acquiring a stake in Ivanhoe’s Platreef project.  The Platreef project is a thick, high-grade Flatreef platinum-palladium-gold-nickel-copper-rhodium deposit in South… Continue Reading

With the gold price unable to meaningfully breakout this year, gold miners have been increasingly conscious of the quality versus quantity of the ounces they produce.  The West African gold miner, Endeavour Mining (EDV:TSX), led by Neil Woodyer (Founding Partner of mining finance firm Endeavour Financial) and a slew of other mining executive powerhouses, has been consistently lowering… Continue Reading

Frank Holmes – CEO and CIO of US Global Investors (Interview by Sharad Khare) “A key value is to recognize other people, for any form of achievment, whatever they do…Always show that gratitude for others.” Related: This weeks Frank Talk Blog – “Don’t Miss This Golden Cross in Resources” Visit US Global’s website at: http://usfunds.com/

Clive Johnson’s B2Gold (BTO:TSX) has released additional results from their 134 hole, 23,500m 2013 drill campaign at the company’s near-term Otjikoto project in Namibia.  The latest results were from the Wolfshag zone which sits immediately east and northeast of the planned open pit for the project.   Results from the Wolfshag zone highlight the potential to… Continue Reading

Seventeen months after the Shpirag-2 well started drilling in Southern Albania, Petromanas Energy (TSXV:PMI) and joint venture partner Royal Dutch Shell have finally released testing results from the $75 million exploration well on Albania’s Blocks 2-3. PMI and Shell announced a discovery at Shpirag-2 today, with flow rates of 1,500 to 2,200 barrels per day… Continue Reading

[audio:https://blog.ceo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Rick-Rule-CEO.CA-Nov-4-2013-Tommy-Humphreys-Audio.mp3] Sprott USA Chairman Rick Rule, the Carlsbad, California based natural resource financier with nearly four decades of experience, joined us for a conversation earlier today on the current mining bear market, which is approaching its third anniversary. As expected, Mr. Rule was upbeat, and sounds to be making the most of the opportunities being… Continue Reading

Billionaire mining entrepreneur Robert Friedland’s new entertainment company, Ivanhoe Pictures, caught the attention of the Globe and Mail last week (Read: Canadian mining tycoon follows Hollywood dream). Former Friedland financier Frank Giustra is acknowledged in the Globe’s article as the other mining mogul moonlighting in the movie business; In 1997, Giustra founded Lionsgate Films, today… Continue Reading

Doug Forster’s Newmarket Gold Inc. (TSXV:NGN) may be a breath of fresh air to Canada’s mining sector. The company has experienced executives touting optimism and looking for acquisitions in a gold mining market where few buyers exist. Then again, it could end up another failed TSX-venture shell, waiting on the shelf for the next dream… Continue Reading

Robert Friedland’s Ivanhoe Mines (Disclosure: Long) has provided an update on its Kipushi copper-zinc-germanium project in the DRC. Kipushi is one of three flagship assets that Ivanhoe is currently developing, and today’s news release shared a lot of news. Here it is in its entirety: Ivanhoe Mines Reports Ongoing Dewatering at Historic Kipushi Mine in… Continue Reading

THE CALANDRA REPORT: Subscribe $91 yearly What follows is probably the most emotional, and highly charged, subsistence mining drama taking place in the gold world. The drama is running in Colombia. We have been tracking Buriticá — because I know the company, I know the project, I think I understand the shades of green and… Continue Reading

Lundin Group company, ShaMaran Petroleum (SNM:TSXV) announced their plans to issue $150 million in senior secured bonds which will be used to finance their future expenditures on the Atrush block in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.  Nordic investment bank, Pareto Securites has been appointed as financial advisor to the offering. The Atrush block is the… Continue Reading

After much speculation surrounding B2Gold’s (BTO:TSX) current M&A mandate, Clive Johnson has pulled the trigger on a relatively small acquisition; agreeing to buy Volta Resources (VTR:TSX) and their Kiaka gold deposit in Burkina Faso for shares with a total deal value of $63 million.  BTO has agreed to purchase VTR using their shares in an… Continue Reading

The Globe and Mail, Canada’s national newspaper, has published a story I wrote about Canaccord Genuity’s Global Resources Conference and why four veteran investors (Frank Giustra, Frank Holmes, Randall Oliphant and Paul Reynolds) are optimistic for gold and resources shares. The article is behind the Globe Unlimited paywall, which is worth the $30 per month for… Continue Reading

Here’s my pal Zach Flood, exploration geologist with Concordia Resource Corp. (TSX:CCN), making friends in the DRC this past August. Zach and I were housemates in boarding school 12 years ago. He’s from Reno, Nevada originally and now lives in Vancouver. Concordia is in the midst of a corporate reorganization and Robert Friedland is becoming… Continue Reading