Just prior to the market closing this afternoon, Mexican gold developer, Torex Gold (TXG:TSX) announced a $125 million bought deal financing underwritten by BMO Capital Markets.  The deal is for units at $1.20 per unit consisting of one share and 1/2 warrant exerciseable at $1.50 for 6 months.  This brings the company closer to fully… Continue Reading

Silver Bull Resources (SVB:TSX) provided investors with a recap of the developments they undertook in 2013 which saw them produce an initial preliminary economic assessment (PEA) at their Sierra Mojada silver-zinc project in Mexico.  They also updated the company with their plans for 2014.  The company will aim to derisk Sierra Mojada through advancing permitting… Continue Reading

Norway’s largest domestic non-state owned oil producer, Lundin Petroleum (LUP:TSX) announced fourth quarter and full year 2013 production results today.  The company produced an average of 31,100boe/d in the fourth quarter and 32,700boe/d for the full year average.  In the fourth quarter, Lundin Petroleum received an average price per barrel of US$109.  This remains a… Continue Reading

This morning two high-growth mid-tier gold producers, B2Gold (BTO:TSX) and Rio Alto (RIO:TSX) announced strong fourth quarter and 2013 production numbers.  The performance in the fourth quarter of these two companies shows the strength of this tier of gold company, even in todays environment.  They are producing at record levels and have been able to… Continue Reading

Pilot Gold (PLG:TSX) has made a significant breakthrough in Turkey, by finding a major new discovery of supergene copper underlying the oxide gold zones at the company’s K2 project, part of the TV Tower project (40% Pilot Gold/60% Teck).   According to the Pilot Gold, drilling and surface work suggest that at least two copper-gold porphyry systems… Continue Reading

Colombian oil and gas junior Petroamerica Oil Corp (TSXV:PTA) is casing the La Guira-2 appraisal well for testing. La-Guira 2 reached its target depth of 12,600 feet and was logged before a decision was made to test the well. Testing will be performed on the Mirador and Gacheta formations, and will commence when a work-over… Continue Reading

The African-focused uranium producer, Paladin Energy (PDN:TSX) has come under pressure in the past few years due to a decreasing spot price for uranium as well as $600 million in debt on their balance sheet.  The market has been worried about the company’s ability to meet near-term obligations and the stock has been on a steady… Continue Reading

This morning, NexGen Energy (NXE:TSXV) announced the uranium explorer has begun their winter drill program at their Rook I project immediately adjacent to and northwest of Fission’s Patterson Lake South deposit.  The company has outlined a 6,000m drill campaign with two drill rigs.  NexGen has identified multiple targets from their 2013 summer drill campaign where… Continue Reading

Coming just two days after the announcement of a $12 million private placement, Cordoba Minerals (CDB:TSXV) announced this morning that they increased the placement to $15 million to meet demand.  They also announced the financing was now closed.  No overallotment option was given on the financing.  GMP Securities, Dundee and BMO Capital Markets were the co-leads… Continue Reading

Kaizen Discovery (KZD:TSXV) has closed its initial 49% earn-in for the Fairholme copper-gold porphyry exploration project in central New South Wales, Australia (Clancy Exploration owns remaining 51%).   The Fairholme project is located on the Fairholme Igneous Complex.  The company can earn up to 65% in the project by spending $4 million on the ground over the… Continue Reading

Endeavour Mining Corp. | 413,043,293 Shares | $227,174,000 Market Cap | $.415 – $2.34 Year Range | $.55 Last Trade I called Endeavour Mining’s Vancouver office this afternoon for an update from the operator of three African gold mines. SVP of Business Development Doug Reddy returned my voice mail moments later with the following update:… Continue Reading

Originally posted on WorldofMining.com Diamond explorer Peregrine Diamonds (PGD) released the second and final batch of results from its bulk sample of the CH-6 kimberlite pipe at its 100% owned Chidliak project on Baffin Island, and they were good. Very good. Here’s the news release. Batch C returned a grade of 2.87 carats per tonne, including… 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

In the following article, we offer our forecast for 2014 including five stock picks from each of our analysts. Compare 400+ precious metals stocks with a Free 14-day Trial to Tickerscores.com. 2014 Venture Forecast The TSX-V will be a stock picker’s market in 2014. In this environment, investors should stay cautious and the focus should remain… Continue Reading

Skyharbour Resources (SYH:TSXV), the Patterson Lake South (PLS) explorer, is diversifying outside of the PLS play by acquiring a 60% interest in the Mann Lake project located on the east side of the Athabasca Basin.  The exploration project is roughly 25km SW of Cameco’s (CCO:TSX) McArthur River mine and 15km along strike from their Millennium deposit.  Skyharbour will… Continue Reading