Collin Kettell is building junior mining’s best new podcast at PalisadeRadio.com and I was grateful to be a guest on the show a couple of days ago. During the conversation, we discussed how mining veterans are taking advantage of the downturn. We spoke of the importance of a long time horizon for mining investors to… Continue Reading
Are you satisfied with your life? Do you go to work knowing you could do better? Knowing there are unique talents in you that could make you great, the best in the world? This post is about achieving mastery. But also why it’s ok to not get mastery in the traditional sense. You can define… Continue Reading
Today was a good day for two West African gold miners with head offices in Canada. Endeavour Mining (TSX:EDV) declared commercial production at their Agbao mine in Côte d’Ivoire, which is that company’s fourth gold mine in West Africa. Ivorian Prime Minister Mr. Daniel Kablan Duncan was on hand for the ribbon cutting ceremony and convention signing… Continue Reading
West African gold developer, True Gold Mining (TGM:TSX), is developing one of the most intriguing gold projects held by a junior cap company, and has received its final exploitation permit for the company’s Karma gold project in Burkina Faso. This represents the final permitting hurdle after announcing, earlier this month, that they had received the environmental go ahead… Continue Reading
Today is the one year anniversary of making this video with my brother. I thought it would be a great opportunity to share some of my favourite mining and energy quotes, starting with one from Mr. Lowell, of course: “If there’s anything my career says about me, it’s that I’m very good at being wrong.”… Continue Reading
Dr. Mark O’Dea’s Burkina Faso gold developer, True Gold Mining (TGM:TSXV), received good news this morning from the authorities of the West African nation; the company has been granted the environmental permit for the Kao deposit. This environmental nod, keeps the company on track for its development timeline for the Karma gold mine. They now have four of… Continue Reading
Mark O’Dea’s West African gold development play, True Gold Mining (TGM:TSX) released a robust feasibility study for the Karma gold development project in Burkina Faso. At $1,250 per ounce gold, the project provides an after-tax NPV(5%) of $180 million and a 43.1% IRR (TGM’s netted amount). This provides for a payback of the initial $131.5… Continue Reading
An investment advisory group from PI Financial Corp. in Vancouver are writing a solid junior resource client newsletter, called Digging Through The Dirt (DTTD). The authors are Bill Whitehead, 56, Senior Vice President, Adam Simmons, 33, Ph.D. Geology, and Justin Hayek, 29, Certified Investment Manager (CIM). Nine companies are discussed in this month’s DTTD: Macro Enterprises (MCR-v), Desert Star… Continue Reading
[audio:https://c03c06.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Mark-ODea-Podcast-Nov-15-2013.mp3] Track record is everything in junior mining. Mark O’Dea took Fronteer Gold from a $1 million shell in 2001 to a diversified mine developer that sold for $2.3 billion to Newmont in 2011. The Vancouver-based, 45-year-old Newfoundland-born geologist also created Aurora Energy in 2006, and sold its Labrador uranium assets for $260 million to… Continue Reading
[audio:https://c03c06.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/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
[audio:https://c03c06.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Silver-Bull-CEO-Tim-Barry-Discusses-Sierra-Mojada-PEA-Oct-3-2013-With-Tommy-Humphreys-21-min-audio.mp3] Silver Bull Resources (NYSE:SVBL, TSX:SVB) reached an important milestone last week: it released the Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) for their 100% owned Sierra Mojada silver-zinc project in Coahuila, Mexico. On Thursday, I discussed the report with Silver Bull CEO Tim Barry. The full audio of our conversation is available above and below; but first,… Continue Reading
King World News has released a new podcast with Pierre Lassonde. Mr. Lassonde is one of the world’s most credible and successful gold speculators. He built the original Franco Nevada and is currently Chairman of Franco Nevada Corporation, a seven billion dollar gold royalty company. He was previously CEO of Newmont Mining, the United States’s… Continue Reading
To follow the smart money in junior gold stocks is to subscribe to Brent Cook and Quinton Hennigh’s Exploration Insights newsletter. Ten days ago we caught up with Brent and today we’ve got Quinton on the line to tell us about his latest opportunities. Jump to the audio here -> This afternoon’s conversation with Quinton… Continue Reading
We caught up with Bob Moriarty, editor of 321GOLD.com this morning on his way to visit the Sierra Mojada silver/zinc project in Mexico (Silver Bull Resources, Inc.). A former American Marine fighter pilot who flew over 800 combat missions, Moriarty is also a veteran precious metals analyst, visiting dozens of mineral projects around the world each… Continue Reading
Our friends at Pinnacle Digest published a great 24 minute audio interview with veteran mineral exploration analyst John Kaiser, whose Bottom Fish service tracks over 1800 junior resource companies listed on the TSX-V. Listen: 686 Junior Resource Companies on the Brink | John Kaiser Apr 17, 2013 Interview Kaiser sees commodity prices trending lower. He is… Continue Reading
