NOT COLARADO — Better than gold? Maybe. The Precious Metals Summit webcast is in gear. This is the Colorado conference that precedes the Denver Gold Group gathering, a larger-company show that starts Sunday evening. The video quality at Precious Metals Summit is good, and the display for about 60-plus companies is indexed accordingly by time slot… Continue Reading

Yesterday Stockwatch reported that well known Canadian financier Frank Giustra was rolling back his public shells. These are the vehicles he has historically used to launch new natural resources ventures. Frank Giustra’s Royce Resources Corp. (ROY), last at 1.5 cents, will ask shareholders at its AGM on Oct. 17, 2013, to approve a 1:10 rollback. The shell… Continue Reading

Source: Karen Roche of The Gold Report  (9/18/13) Many mining companies find themselves in a high-grading dilemma, according to Brent Cook, publisher of Exploration Insights. As companies deplete higher grade reserves, they have to acquire new deposits. But unless you are a geologist, don’t look to NI 43-101s to always give you reliable information about the quality of a… Continue Reading

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Kobex Minerals Inc. (TSX:KXM) has $34 million in its treasury; that’s $8.5 million more than the company’s current market cap. (46,082,413 shares out, last at $.55). KXM is effectively a cashed up shell looking for resource projects. “Kobex seeks to identify, acquire, and develop deposits which have the potential to be world class, in the… Continue Reading

“The mainstream pundits will tell you that oil is expensive now because of the unrest in Syria and Egypt,” Rick begins. “But the truth is that Syria and Egypt don’t produce much oil.” “The real reason is that there are expectations of a slowdown in oil exports brought about by the lack of sustaining capital… Continue Reading

I wrote my article on Robert Friedland so fast on Saturday I forgot to include a critical part of the story, notably, how he’s going to finance platinum production at Platreef in South Africa, amidst abysmal capital markets for mining projects. This is what he said: “We’re still running one of the world’s greatest exploration programs… Continue Reading

Endeavour Mining (EDV:TSX) has added some depth to its roster by bringing on Ian Cockerill, Miguel Rodriguez and Frank Giustra to its strategic advisory board.  The three new members will replace Jorje L. Gamarci and Dr. Antony Harwood.  The board now consists of seven members: Michael Beckett (Chairman), Ian Cockerill, Frank Giustra, Ian Henderson, Wayne… Continue Reading

Clive Johnson is a big, fast-talking ex-rugby player and one of Canada’s best gold mining executives. The 56-year-old has built back-to-back multi-billion-dollar gold companies. His latest, B2Gold Corp. (TSX:BTO), is one of the few gold producers to have delivered for investors over the past five years. Johnson’s contrarian instincts have served him well in a… Continue Reading

I was able to catch up with billionaire Ivanhoe Mines (TSX:IVN) Executive Chairman Robert Friedland in Toronto yesterday. The Singapore-based mining legend was in Toronto this week to announce the launch of Ivanhoe Pictures, a new film and TV finance and production company, and to host the first investor presentations for his Ivanhoe Mines after… Continue Reading

Cambridge House International, Canada’s junior mining advocates, are hosting the FREE Toronto Resource Investment Conference at the Sheraton Centre Hotel this Thursday and Friday (Details and Registration). Join financiers Ned Goodman of Dundee Corp., Eric Sprott of Sprott Inc., Frank Holmes of US Global Investors, along with newsletter writers including Keith Schaefer of the Oil and… Continue Reading

Newstrike Capital (NES:TSXV) hasn’t had an easy ride over the past year, with share prices hitting 3-year lows, however, they have been efficiently adding value to their Ana Paula project in Guerrero State, Mexico.  Today they discovered several high-priority targets on a parallel trend with the Ana Paula project (which, the market didn’t care for much… Continue Reading

Billionaire mining tycoon Robert Friedland has launched Ivanhoe Pictures with Hollywood producer John Penotti and Beijing-based media executive Ray Chen. “Ivanhoe Pictures will finance and produce film and television projects that have broad appeal to a global audience,” said Sunday’s news release. “Initially, the company will bridge production opportunities in America and Asia, focusing on China,… Continue Reading

No time to write. May be surprise assays soon from Ivanhoe Mines’ Gabon gold property. Attached are photos from Drc Kamoa and Kipushi projects. Kamoa is likely biggest high grade copper property in world. In SA now at Flatreef Platreef … the African Minerals property that has been in Ivanhoe family since 1991. Platinum nickel… Continue Reading

Stalwart junior resource stock analyst John Kaiser was uncharacteristically enthusiastic in recommending Probe Mines (TSXV:PRB) to Korelin Economics radio subscribers today, saying the company’s Borden Gold project, about 200 km southwest of the Timmins Gold District in Ontario, Canada, has “District scale potential” of its own. Originally Probe Mines thought they had approximately 4 million ounces of… Continue Reading