Western Copper and Gold wholly-owned subsidiary, Casino Mining, submits final proposal for Casino Project to Yukon authorities

While many mining companies in Peru have encountered governmental, environmental and social issues, Rio Alto (RIO:TSX) has been able to advance the environmental nod to develop a sulphide copper-gold flotation plant and concentrator to process sulphide ore once the bulk of oxide gold reserves are exhausted from the La Arena phase 1 project.  The company has also… 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

Not all metals and sectors have the same catalysts; so, to not miss mining opportunities in 2014, we must understand which metals/minerals will face supply gluts, difficulty financing and a lack of investor interest, and avoid them. On the flip side, we must be aware of exactly which metals/minerals are facing imminent supply deficits, because… Continue Reading

CEO.ca audience, we exhibit several items direct from The Calandra Report. Thom Calandra will be visiting CEO.ca regularly. His TCR audience is active and pays as much as $101 yearly for the twice-weekly TCR reports, Each of the following items should serve an audience looking for a short fuse on a trade. Our CEO.ca audience… Continue Reading

In September 2010, Lundin Petroleum (LUP:TSX) announced the largest ever oil discovery made in the Norwegian shelf; the Johan Sverdrup discovery.  It is estimated to hold a staggering 3.6 billion barrels of oil.  The discovery covers an area of approximately 180 km² in blocks 16/2, 16/3 and 16/5 on the Utsira High in the central part… Continue Reading

Brazil Resources Inc. | Shares Issued: 60,528,829 | Last Close: 12/31/2013 $0.495 Amir Adnani’s Brazil Resources (BRI) has raised $6.4 million by selling 11,650,620 units containing a common share at $.55 and a full 5 year warrant at $.75. Press Release: Brazil Resources Inc. completes oversubscribed $6.4 million private placement The company will use the net proceeds to advance… Continue Reading

Fission Uranium (FCU:TSXV) has released assay results from three holes drilled at Patterson Lake South.  The company is excited about PLS13-099 which is the eastern-most hole drilled in the R945E zone and encountered shallow mineralization over several wide intervals including 17m of 3.99% U308 and 3.5m of 18.52% U308.  The highest grade assay in the… Continue Reading

Canada Carbon (TSX-V: CCB), Bruce Duncan’s junior mining company advancing the Miller graphite project 80 km west of Montreal, Quebec, announced today that the company had closed a non-brokered private placement of flow-through units for total proceeds of $178,560. All issued units consisted of a flow-through share at $0.16 and one-half of one non-flow through… Continue Reading

Diamonds & Specialty Minerals Summary for Dec. 24, 2013 2013-12-24 10:43 PT by Will Purcell Grenville Thomas and Ken Armstrong’s North Arrow Minerals Inc. (NAR: $0.67) is waiting to hear if Matt Manson’s Stornoway Diamond Corp. (SWY: $0.74) will exercise its back-in right on the Pikoo diamond play in Northern Saskatchewan. North Arrow has just earned an 80-per-cent interest… Continue Reading

Brian Dalton’s Altius Minerals (TSX:ALS) is building THE diversified Canadian minerals royalty company. Today the firm announced acquiring 51% of Sherritt International’s Canadian coal and potash royalties for $254 million, representing approximately 86% of Altius’s market cap at the time of the announcement. Dalton is betting the farm on long life coal and potash assets,… Continue Reading

RANCHO MIRAGE, CALIFORNIA – Niocorp Developments Ltd., a Vancouver-based junior mining company which is developing the Elk Creek niobium deposit in Nebraska, announced that newly appointed CEO Mark Smith has invested another $510,000 US (3.4 million shares at $.15), bringing his total ownership in Niocorp to 8.4 million shares or 8.4% of the company, filings… Continue Reading

The results from our gold poll are in and they are somewhat surprising: A vast plurality believed that gold would remain rangebound through the end of the year. Meanwhile, barely 1 in 4 poll respondents believed that there would be a bullish end to 2013 for gold. Given that the majority of CEO.CA readers are… Continue Reading

Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (TSX:PRE), Colombia’s largest non-state owned oil producer, are selling the 5% OCENSA pipeline interest they gained by acquiring Petrominerals last month to Darby Private Equity, the private equity arm of Franklin Templeton, for $385-million (U.S.). Ronald Pantin, the company’s chief executive officer, commented: “This transaction represents an attractive deal for both… Continue Reading

At an emotional press conference barely two days after he was freed from a Russian jail, Mikhail Khodorkovsky vowed Sunday to do all he can to ensure the release of other political prisoners in Russia. The former oil tycoon spent 10 years in jail on what the West considers trumped-up political charges by President Vladimir… Continue Reading