A few news releases of note on a fairly quiet Monday morning – it must be the post-Halloween chocolate hangover. Continental Gold (CNL-T) Continental Gold has provided an update on its environmental permitting process, which it is working closely with Colombia’s national government on. Continental now expects to file a revised environmental permit application to… Continue Reading
Canada’s junior mining sector is waiting with bated breath to see if Justin Trudeau’s incoming Liberal government will maintain a tax credit that has helped companies raise billions for exploration. Miners argue that the 15-per-cent Mineral Exploration Tax Credit (METC) is an invaluable tool that encourages companies to work in Canada and helps keep the… Continue Reading
As a junior mining newsletter writer in the 2000s, Paul van Eeden made shareholders a lot of money with astute, well-reasoned picks. Now he plans to repeat the feat as executive chairman of Synodon (SYD-V), a remote sensing company that uses aerial surveys to detect pipeline leaks. The technology was developed by the Canadian Space… Continue Reading
by CEO.CA on Bay St. Legendary investor and author Jim Rogers urged students to scrap career plans for Wall Street or London’s financial district during a Nov. 4, 2010 speech at Oxford University’s Balliol College (one of his alma maters). He recommended studying agriculture and mining instead. “The power is shifting again from the financial… Continue Reading
This morning I take a look at some drill results from Lake Shore Gold and a PEA from Richmont Mines. Lake Shore Gold – (LSG:TSX) – Timmins producer Lake Shore is out with 60 assays and 11 wedge cuts from the 144 trend. The assay results look very promising with some nice high grade intercepts. The first… Continue Reading
China is going to do everything it can to support a five-year price war on iron ore and oil, and they will do so by keeping Fortescue Metals Group Limited (ASX:FMG), Hancock Prospecting and U.S. shale oil producers alive as long as possible. China wins from lower prices, even as the rest of the world… Continue Reading
Chile-focused prospect generator Arena Minerals has landed a third major, Teck Resources, and a US$19.5-million commitment to help develop copper projects at its Atacama Copper project in northern Chile. The agreement announced today will see Teck Chile spend US$19.5 million in two stages over 6 years to acquire up to a 60% interest in the… Continue Reading
This morning I take a look at news from two high-grade producers Klondex Mines, and Excellon Resources. Klondex Mines – (KDX:TSX) – Klondex Mines continues to deliver fantastic operational results for shareholders. In the third quarter, Klondex produced 33,846 gold-equivalent ounces at its two mines in Nevada. CEO Paul Huet and his team have consistently… Continue Reading
Uranium explorer Kivalliq Energy Corp. released drill results from a new discovery at its Nunavut property earlier this week, and CEO Jim Paterson and president Jeff Ward stopped by the CEO.CA office in Vancouver to talk about it. Through a terrible market for junior mining companies generally and uranium plays specifically, Kivalliq has managed to… Continue Reading
A look this morning at news from McEwen Mining and Integra Gold, with some additional comments on each. An interesting connection between the two is Integra’s open-data Gold Rush Challenge, which was inspired by Rob McEwen’s pioneer Goldcorp Challenge 15 years ago while McEwen was CEO there. McEwen Mining (MUX:TSX) – McEwen is out with a… Continue Reading
Hello from 30,000 feet. I’m on a flight from San Diego to Toronto after attending Howard Lindzon’s Stocktoberfest conference. The event is media, fintech and charts-focused and the roughly 400 attendees included many prominent investors and personalities. The commodity complex is getting a lot of attention from chartists, with gold, oil and others at critical… Continue Reading
It’s been a busy couple of days on the Canadian diamond exploration front, even as rough prices for diamonds grind lower in response to a slowing global economy. Rio Tinto this week cut back on diamond production at its Argyle mine in Australia, the world’s largest source of fancy pink diamonds, and expects to produce 18… Continue Reading
Real estate location drives valuations, and the mining business is legendary on the games that are played to maximize real estate value. As this industry can become quite complicated at times, it would just be easier to take a look at brentwood condos for sale and everyone move to Vancouver. They’ve got some pretty amazing… Continue Reading
A couple news releases out this morning from two of the companies in Mark O’Dea’s Oxygen Capital Corp. – True Gold Mining and Pilot Gold. True Gold Mining – (TGM:TSXV) – True Gold has begun initial mining at the Goulagou II (GGII) deposit at the Karma gold mine in Burkina Faso. TGM remains on schedule for first gold pour… Continue Reading
(Editor’s Note: Lithium has been a hot topic in CEO Chat of late, as Tesla Motors’ Gigafactory takes shape in the Nevada desert. In a future where batteries take centre stage, powering everything from Elon Musk’s electric cars to electronic devices to residential power systems, lithium supply becomes crucial. That presents opportunities for speculators, and… Continue Reading
