Source: “Junior Venture Exchange Needs Cleansing” says Rick Rule of Sprott Global Resource Investments. Small Cap Power Q: The Canadian junior market and the resource juniors continue to struggle as investors shy away from them despite the TSX and Dow Jones trading at very good levels. When do you see the junior markets starting to perform again?… Continue Reading

It seems that Canadian gold mining company, Bandera Gold Ltd.  (CVE:BGL), has been caught up in an elaborate scam. In 2005 Bandera paid $6.5 million to Mexican mining firm Minera San Jorge for a 60% stake in the two Cinco Minas mines located outside Guadalajara, but never received the paperwork proving their stake. Southridge Minerals, subsidiary… Continue Reading

It’s becoming increasingly evident that a massive watershed moment for the uranium industry is inevitable in the very near future. Here’s why — and how you can profit from it by taking advantage of the only US based and listed Uranium Producer. Participants in all categories of the uranium industry have been whipsawed the past six or… Continue Reading

Petroamerica “PTA” placed amongst top 50 companies listed on the TSX.V, and second in the Venture Oil and Gas Category. The TSX Venture 50 annually awards the top ten companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange, in each of five major industry sectors – Oil and Gas, Mining, Technology & Life Sciences, Diversified Industries and… Continue Reading

Canadian oil companies are getting less for their oil due to pipeline bottlenecking. Most of the Oil extracted in Western Canada is piped to Illinois for refinement and then to Cushing, Oklahoma for sale. In recent years the sale price differential between Canadian crude oil, known as WCS (Western Canada Select), and its American counterpart… Continue Reading

With special thanks to Odgers Berndston, global leaders in executive search, for supporting these interviews. Meet Brent Cook: seasoned geologist and the mind behind Exploration Insights, one of the most credible and influential gold stock newsletters in the world today. We recently caught up with Brent in Vancouver, and asked him to share some of… Continue Reading

Good news can still move the needle, at least in the uranium space. Alpha Minerals recently announced a uranium discovery in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin. Here’s the 12 month AMW.v chart:

CEO Ivan Glasenberg, a superstar trader in the commodities industry, is being catapulted into the media spotlight after his company, Glencore, is to merge with Xstrata. Though the merger stands to make this billionaire an even wealthier one, it may come at a price not measured in dollars. Having made past deals with Apartheid South Africa,… Continue Reading

Economists expecting “substantial declines over the next year or two”. The recent Global Forecast Update (Scotia Bank, 2013) illustrates how deleveraging of the private and public sectors coupled with geopolitical unrest, an expanding income gap, and euro zone unemployment could still put the moderate global economic recovery into a tailspin. The Update supports central banks… Continue Reading

In James Dines’ interview with King World News on Friday, the eccentric economist forecasted serious hyperinflation brought on by soaring gold and silver prices — unless Americans wake up and do something about it. On Friday, advocating his new 48-page “2013 Annual Forecast,” legendary forecaster James Dines detailed his predictions on the economic crisis, the… Continue Reading

US equities are currently situated at a very interesting place, both technically and in terms of overall market sentiment. Let me begin by saying that I don’t believe the previous high levels in the Dow or S&P are of much relevance in the current market. The Russell 2000 in in new all-time high territory, the… Continue Reading

Hewlett-Packard, the world’s number one PC manufacturer, announced today that they are closing their Russelsheim office in Germany and laying-off 850 people. This is a part of their multiyear restructuring plan that was announced on May 23, 2012. This is strategy unfolding. 2011 indicated that HP needed to start looking at costs. Net revenues were up $1.2B… Continue Reading

Wuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Corp, China’s fourth-largest steelmaker by output, said it will boost investment in overseas iron ore mines and plans to achieve 100 percent iron ore self-sufficiency in three to five years. Wisco, the parent company of Shanghai listed Wuhan Iron and Steel, wants to abandon itsheavy reliance on imported iron ore,… Continue Reading

It was a challenging year for the Yukon’s mineral exploration industry. At least that’s what Lee Pigage, the head of mineral services for the Yukon Geological Survey, is telling attendees at the annual Mineral Exploration Roundup Conference this week in Vancouver. “There was still a very decent amount of expenditure (in 2012) but it was… Continue Reading

Our readers have been hearing about Petroamerica Oil Corp. ($PTA) since August, 2012. Since then, we’ve been covering the Colombian-focused oil and gas junior closely — and we’ve done well owning the shares. Sunday evening, PTA management convened in Vancouver for a round of investor meetings today. We were able to join PTA’s Executive Chairman… Continue Reading