The key to business is following through. And in the case of iron ore’s relentless drop, respect anyone who can pull off an 1870s-style J.D. Rockefeller “good sweating” – even if it’s the big boys of the commodity space: “Rockefeller’s audacious battle plan (“Our Plan”), which his brother called “War and Peace,” began in each area… Continue Reading

African gold miner Endeavour Mining (EDV on the TSX) is adding production and strengthening its balance sheet through an alliance with La Mancha, the private gold producer controlled by the family of billionaire Naguib Sawiris. The deal sees Endeavour picking up La Mancha’s 55% indirect interest in Société des Mines d’Ity S.A. (“SMI”), which operates the… Continue Reading

Don Mosher is calling on execs, workers and First Nations to march down Georgia Street and protest about the loss of jobs and wealth creation opportunities in Canada. The twin culprits are the increasing amount of red tape for public companies as well as increased regulation that prevents the vast majority of investors from participating… Continue Reading

This week’s Weekly Dig from the Haywood Mining Team Companies covered include Sabina $SBB, Asanko $AKG, Nevsun $NSU, Orezone $ORE, Lake Shore $LSG, Roxgold $ROX, Klondex $KDX, and Pilot Gold $PLG. Here’s the link: http://cdn.ceo.ca/1avp4bi-MMSep182015_CEO_secure.pdf www.Haywood.com

Nevada lithium explorer Pure Energy (PE.v) grabbed the spotlight this morning with the announcement of a tentative lithium supply agreement with Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors. The deal establishes a commitment from Tesla for the purchase of an annual volume of product over a period of 5 years by Tesla or its authorized purchasers, based on… Continue Reading

Sabina Gold and Silver Corp. ($SBB.TO)  held a conference call Tuesday morning to review its “initial project” feasibility study on Back River, which was released the previous morning. In case you missed it, Sabina CEO Bruce McLeod outlined the plan for a smaller 3,000-tonne-per-day mill (compared to 6,000 tpd in the May feasibility study) and… Continue Reading

In a horrific market for junior mining companies, IDM Mining CEO Rob McLeod was feeling optimistic ahead of his trip to the annual Precious Metals Summit in Beaver Creek, Colorado. Accompanying him to Colorado was IDM chairman Mike McPhie. I caught up with McLeod for a coffee earlier today, before he left. On his agenda… Continue Reading

Via Energy and Gold.com: Titanium Transportation (TTR.V) is a Canadian based trucking & logistics company that is one of the fastest-growing truckers in North America. TTR hauls freight, primarily from Canada to the US, and the company has actually been a net beneficiary of a weak Canadian dollar. With this being said, companies have to… Continue Reading

Good morning folks, Quiet morning on the junior resource front as this bear market grinds on. One bright spot was Major Drilling Group International’s latest financials. The New Brunswick-based company – a bit of a mining bellwether as one of the world’s largest drilling companies – upped revenue to $83.9 million (from $67.6M a year… Continue Reading

Deep in the heart of Brazil’s agricultural region a company called Cancana is committed to exploring for, and finding large scale high purity, high-grade manganese. Brazil is the world’s #1 net agricultural supplier and high-grade, high purity manganese is a critical component of the fertilizer required to maximize soybean crop yields. Cancana’s BMC project in… Continue Reading

In a 1939 radio broadcast, Winston Churchill famously said of Russia, “It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” He might just as well have been talking about diamond exploration, a high-risk venture populated by obscure minerals such as ilmenite, eclogitic garnets and chrome diopsides. The good news is, finding those types of… Continue Reading

It’s been an active week for news on the Canadian diamond exploration landscape, with North Arrow Minerals’ Pikoo news yesterday and a Peregrine Diamonds update out this morning. Peregrine completed its summer program on the 100%-owned Chidliak project in Nunavut three weeks early and has transported the CH-7 bulk sample from Iqaluit to Saskatoon for… Continue Reading

A few legendary influencers in investing are making huge bets right now on commodities, an area that’s faced—and continues to face—some pretty strong headwinds. What are we to make of this? I already shared with you that famed hedge fund manager Stanley Druckenmiller made a $323-million bet on gold, now the largest position in his… Continue Reading

Via Energy and Gold.com: Since breaking out at the end of last year the USD/CAD currency pair has been one of the cleanest trends of any global market:   Here’s what BNP Paribas has to say about USD/CAD: “Slightly firmer GDP and employment data has left the market reluctant to price in immediate BoC easing… Continue Reading

Rick Rule, Chairman of Sprott U.S. Holdings Inc., warned last week that “capitulation” was beginning to occur in resource stocks. Precipitated by sudden volatility in the general stock market, small resource stocks could witness another big sell-off, he said. Resource stocks could bottom off the selling, he explained, finally putting an end to the bear… Continue Reading