Dr. John-Mark Staude’s prospect generator, Riverside Resources (RRI:TSXV) has signed an agreement with a private Mexican company to acquire a 100% interest in the Cajon gold project with their strategic alliance partner, Hochschild Mining Plc.  The Cajon project is located near Goldgroup’s (GGA:TSX) Cerro Colorado mine and Timmins’ (TMM:TSX) San Francisco mine.  Recent exploration work… Continue Reading

The US Dollar Index is poised for a significant breakout which could lead to its largest rally since June of last year: Click to enlarge A rally in “King Dollar” would also be consistent with a worsening of emerging markets turmoil and a global “risk-off” environment. Bullish seasonality also lends credence to the possibility that… Continue Reading

Which way is the beach? If you’re having flashbacks of Elton John singing “Candle in the Wind” or Leo helping Kate fly, don’t be alarmed. It’s not actually 1997. It sure does feel like it though. Concern over China’s inevitable potential crash and Fed tapering have sent emerging markets spinning. In response, Turkey (+5.5%), South… Continue Reading

Discoveries driven by savvy geologists get a closer look here. It took imagination – on 3 discoveries http://t.co/uRUaif3qod — Kip Keen (@JrMining) January 31, 2014

By 1994, it was emerging that Alumbrera, our huge copper and gold project in Argentina, was shaping up to become a very large deposit. With the impending sale of our interests to a major mining company, I began to ponder our next venture. I asked John C. Thornton, noted geologist from Tucson, Arizona, where the… Continue Reading

Nearly one month into 2014 we have decided to separate the wheat from the chaff and identify the 5 most promising charts in the junior space:  Click to enlarge Alderon Iron Ore Corp. (ADV.TO) Alderon, with its partner Hebei Iron and Steel, are set to move its Kami iron ore project in Quebec’s Labrador Trough… Continue Reading

According to reports this afternoon the rumor that Edgecrest Capital was in talks to acquire Stonecap Securities appear to be true as the two announced the acquisition after the market closed today.  The price wasn’t disclosed, but the move by Edgecrest allows them to enter the US market via Stonecap’s FINRA registration without having to go… Continue Reading

Readers may be interested in a position advertised today by Toronto search firm Vlaad and Co: “Our client a globally recognized Foreign Investment Bank currently has a search on for an Analyst/Associate, Investment Banking, Metals and Mining. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to participate in client meetings on day one, and will be… Continue Reading

A new drug has taken Vancouver stoners by storm (sources). Dab, or Butane Hash Oil, is among the purest forms of THC extract. Here’s VICE.com’s intro to the substance (Do not try this at home): Source: Vice

How Rare are 1 million+ oz gold deposits? A Meticulous Examination of Existing and Future Gold Supply – Click here to see the full infographic from Visual Capitalist

From Fractal Vibrations: Click to enlarge It is interesting to note that gold has very closely followed its price action from the late 1990s. If this pattern continues to hold true we should expect a major bottom to be put in place by summer 2014. Here is commentary from fractal chartist Patrick Ambrus: “The Gold… Continue Reading

Legendary trader/chartist Peter L. Brandt has compiled a chart history of gold and he has determined that the gold chart is the most reliable chart in the world – check it out: A Chart History of Gold P.S. Copper may have bottomed today…..

Forget tapering, judging from recent comments by key global central bankers there is still no end in sight to the global QE orgy: Fed Chair-nominee Janet Yellen Senate Testimony: “We have made good progress, but we have farther to go to regain the ground lost in the crisis and the recession. Unemployment is down from… Continue Reading

Lest we forget. In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now… Continue Reading

Canadian fertilizer producer Potash Corporation (POT) has been flirting with resistance near $33 for the past couple of months. With an open gap up at $37.49 (from the large July gap down on the Russian potash cartel news), the risk/reward is particularly appealing for longs from current levels: Click to enlarge Risk-averse investors can use… Continue Reading