Dear CEO.CA Reader, A well-respected colleague and friend of mine, Rick Rule, Chairman of Sprott US Holdings, is hosting the Sprott Vancouver Natural Resource Symposium 2014 on July 22-25 at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver. Below is some information on his conference, which I strongly recommend that you read more about and consider – if you… Continue Reading

The New York-based alternative asset manager, The Lind Partners, have announced a unique strategic partnership with John Hancock (the eldest son of Gina Rinehart of Hancock Prospecting, the largest private company in Australia) in which Mr. Hancock will become a consultant to Lind and advise them on investing in the Australian resource sector.  The team at The Lind… Continue Reading

Depending on how you look at it, the copper business will either be a great place – or a scary place to be in the coming years. This from octogenarian Dave Lowell, arguably the most successful mineral explorationist in history, with the discovery of eighteen ore bodies credited to him, including Escondida, the world’s largest… Continue Reading

> Try Tickerscores free for 14 days The North is interesting from a mining exploration perspective in several ways. First, because it is vast and unexplored, the potential for finding a mega discovery is certainly a possibility. It is no secret that millions of ounces of placer gold have been mined in the Yukon since the… Continue Reading

I highly recommend readers who will be in Toronto this weekend to check out an exclusive and boutique investment conference happening at the Downtown Toronto Hilton on Richmond Street West this Saturday March 1, 2014, the day before the PDAC convention begins. The 2014 Subscribers Investment Summit is hosted by three of the junior resource sector’s most… Continue Reading

Elephant hunting for huge international oil plays usually means going into (very) politically risky areas. That’s what makes junior Petromanas (PMI-TSXv) stand out from the crowd. They’re chasing a potential 500-800 million barrel target in Europe—Albania to be exact. Lots of energy investors are familiar with Bankers Petroleum and their heavy oil play there—it’s the… Continue Reading

NexGen Energy (TSXV:NXE) announced a potential uranium discovery in the SW Athabasca Basin region of Northern Saskatchewan yesterday. Visible uranium was seen in the first hole drilled into the Arrow target at the Western side of NexGen’s Rook 1 project, which caused shares in the junior explorer to rise over 90% Wednesday. “There’s an element of luck,”… Continue Reading

Coming off of their recent successful acquisition of PMI Gold, Asanko Gold (AKG:TSX) announced its development strategy for the development of the Ghana gold projects.  The company now holds the capability of producing over 400,000 ounces of gold per year (from zero currently) within 5 years.  Asanko successfully acquired PMI Gold in order to consolidate the Obotan and Esaase development… Continue Reading

I joined CNBC Africa during the Mining Indaba convention last week in Cape Town, South Africa. Interviewer Svetlana Doneva and I discussed Canada’s leading role in mineral and energy exploration and development on that continent, which I credited to our intellectual property and technology, as well as the Canadian style of entrepreneurship, which lends itself… Continue Reading

LUP data by YCharts Lundin Petroleum (LUP:TSX) the 40% operator of the massive Johan Sverdrup oil field and their partners (40% Statoil, 20% Maersk Oil) have announced development plans.  Johan Sverdrup has between 1.8 to 2.9 billion barrels of gross recoverable contingent resources making it one of Norway’s largest oil discoveries.  At full field production, the group… Continue Reading

GCM data by YCharts Shares of Gran Colombia Gold (GCM:TSX) which came under severe pressure last year on the back of a dramatically dropping gold price and questions about their solvency, are up over 127% in February as the street feels the short squeeze.  Investors gained confidence in gold and gold equities in the early… Continue Reading

AOI data by YCharts Lukas Lundin’s oil exploration vehicle, Africa Oil (AOI:TSX), is planning to drill at least 20 exploration and appraisal wells in the South Lokichar basin which will include exploration wells targeting 4 new oil basins.  This program is fully funded as the company raised over $450 million last year in the largest… Continue Reading

Simon Ridgeway’s Cordoba Minerals (CDB:TSXV) has begun its 2014 exploration efforts with the mobilization of a RAB (rotary air blasted) rig to begin drilling their Montiel prospect on the San Matias project in Cordoba, Colombia.  The company recently closed a $15 million (expanded from $12 million) financing to consolidate the San Matias project as well… Continue Reading

After announcing a victorious proxy vote in late January which saw a dissident group of shareholders led by FrontFour Capital lose in their battle to take control of Renegade Petroleum (RPL:TSXV), the company has now decided to merge with Alexander Energy (ALX:TSXV).  Renegade drew the attention of the activist shareholder after management announced plans to… Continue Reading

Orvana Minerals (ORV:TSX) has found a buyer for their Copperwood project in Highland Copper (HI:TSXV).  Orvana has been considering divesting the asset for sometime now in order to focus on its two producing assets and to strengthen its balance sheet.  Orvana announced this morning they have signed a definitive agreement with Highland Copper which will… Continue Reading