When searching for opportunities in the junior sector, we like the focus to be on quantitative and empirical data. Sure, everyone likes a good anecdote about geologists kicking over rocks in the middle of nowhere, but the truth is nothing makes us happier than cold, hard numbers. The most difficult aspect of a company to… 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

At the end of last year we highlighted “3 Stocks for 2014”, as it has turned out we have been quite lucky in the new year with these picks: CSIQ +43.5%, CCJ +6.7%, ABX +3.3%. While CSIQ has rocketed into the stratosphere, CCJ and ABX are just getting started. We are particularly interested in CCJ… 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

“We are still buying a lot of homes in the US for 60 to 70 percent of construction costs, and getting the land for free,” Delavaco Residential Properties Corp. CEO Andy DeFrancesco told me by phone Friday from his Florida office. The ex Canaccord equity trader, 43, has assembled a portfolio of roughly 850 single… Continue Reading

The man at the helm of Molycorp for 15-plus years, who helped to ignite a mania in the rare earths industry just five years ago, has bet big on a niobium project originally discovered by Molycorp. Mark A. Smith has invested over $1.3 million personally for 8.4 percent of NioCorp Developments (TSXV:NB), which owns the… Continue Reading

There was an interesting article in the Globe today on Tesla that is important to the cobalt market. Long-term investors can catch a ride with Tesla Excerpt (emphasis ours): Think about battery volume alone. Tesla’s goal is to ship 700,000 cars in 2019, which requires a 24-fold growth from production volume last quarter. This would give… Continue Reading

Keek.com, a Toronto-based video sharing service with sixty million users users worldwide (15 million of which are active monthly), burst onto the social media scene in 2011, tantalizing private tech sector investors with a billion dollar valuation trajectory. Unfortunately, as Keek maneuvered to grow with an expanding global user base outside of North America and… 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

One year ago the S&P 500 kicked off 2013 with a bang, a large gap higher and a nearly 3% rally: US equities went on to post huge gains in 2013 while gold, and gold miners, fell by the wayside. Oddly enough, GDX’s end of 2013 and beginning of 2014 are eerily reminiscent to the… Continue Reading

We have selected 3 large cap Canadian stocks as our favorite picks for 2014. While the three had very dissimilar performances in 2013 (CSIQ +800%, CCJ +7%, ABX -49%), We believe all three are poised to post 50%+ gains in 2014: Click to enlarge Barrick Gold (ABX) – Weekly Cameco Corp. (CCJ) – Daily CCJ –… 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

By Aaron Hoddinott (@aaronjhoddinott), Founder, PinnnacleDigest.com There is an indisputable fact about the TSX Venture that no one can deny. Over the last ten years, one of the most successful times to trade the Venture, for the purpose of buying and selling within a 60 day period, has been this very moment: December 22nd (give… Continue Reading

Malcom Perry of the Vancouver Sun reported that Ted Turton, who co-founded Canaccord Genuity Group (CF:TSX) with Peter Brown, died this week at the age of 84. Our thoughts and prayers are with his friends and family. Mr. Turton and Mr. Brown paid $23,000 in 1968 for a small brokerage firm called Turton & Co. which became Canarim Investment… Continue Reading

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