Alpha Minerals has disseminated the assays for hole 38 at Patterson Lake South, with intervals including 34 meters of 4.92% u3o8. Read the news release. See also: Alpha, Fission shares resume furious ascent on uber high-grade U3O8 drillhits by Kip Keen over at Mineweb. AMW shares were up 11.6% at press time. Stock quote.
Boris Berezovsky, Early Russia Oligarch, Found Dead at U.K. Home | Bloomberg
I have just signed the Venture Funding Crisis Committee’s petition: “British Columbia Securities Commission: Please review the proposal to revoke the NW Exemption.” For those unaware, the Northwest Exemption enables unlicensed finders to be compensated for introducing certain accreddited investors to private placements. Vancouver VC Praveen Varshney commented, “We need more sources & means of fundraising… Continue Reading
Research has found that nanoparticles present in Bee venom can destroy the human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV), while leaving surrounding cells unharmed. Read more ->
Remembering one of Canada’s greats who died nineteen years ago today. It was nineteen years ago today that John Candy passed away in his sleep from a heart attack while filming a movie in Durango, Mexico. Appearing in over 40 films, John led an illustrious career, becoming one of Canada’s most successful entertainers. Born in… Continue Reading
Gold looked terrible last week as market sentiment and bullish market positioning reached fresh multi-year lows. Moreover, we heard a lot about “death crosses” and how gold was no longer the place to be invested because the equity market rally was in full swing. What a difference a few days makes! Gold has bounced more… Continue Reading
The top ten political foibles by former Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi Born in 1936 Silvio Berlusconi started out as a vacuum salesman by day, and earning a reputation by night singing at nightclubs on cruise ships. In 1961 he graduated from law school, and started a residential housing construction company based in his native… Continue Reading
Odgers Berndtson – Global Leaders in Executive Search and Recruitment, have a mandate to find the next Governor of the Bank of Canada (Details). Odgers headhunted Mark Carney for the position in 2008; Carney is now moving on to the Bank of England. To learn more, please visit OdgersBerndtson.com.
It seems that Canadian gold mining company, Bandera Gold Ltd. (CVE:BGL), has been caught up in an elaborate scam. In 2005 Bandera paid $6.5 million to Mexican mining firm Minera San Jorge for a 60% stake in the two Cinco Minas mines located outside Guadalajara, but never received the paperwork proving their stake. Southridge Minerals, subsidiary… Continue Reading
It is astounding to witness a group of 32 entrepreneurs from different parts of the world come together in one place. The energy of the room where a meeting of the minds took place is unlike anything I have ever experienced. There was a small, but incredibly important take-away that I got after observing and… Continue Reading
“It’s important to remember that smaller independent brokers finance new enterprises.” Thomas S. Caldwell: The Canadian economy is regulated to death. National Post
CEO Ivan Glasenberg, a superstar trader in the commodities industry, is being catapulted into the media spotlight after his company, Glencore, is to merge with Xstrata. Though the merger stands to make this billionaire an even wealthier one, it may come at a price not measured in dollars. Having made past deals with Apartheid South Africa,… Continue Reading
We’re a bit late on this, but we’ve just learned that Golf Digest has entered the Canadian golf course ranking game, publishing their top 100 courses for 2012. Here are the top 10: 1. The National GC of Canada 2. St George’s G&CC 3. Capilano G&CC 4. Hamilton G&CC (West/South) 5. Jasper Park Lodge 6.… Continue Reading
A hilarious and frenetic look at what Spanish silver from the New World meant to world history in the West, probably (not) inspiring F. S. Fitzgerald, 400 years later, to write: For a transitory, enchanted moment man must have held his breath in the presence of this continent, compelled into an aesthetic contemplation he neither… Continue Reading
From The Financial Post The panel spent time discussing the “atmosphere” which existed at Scotia towards the end of Mr. Berry’s employment. “It is clear that serious issues, mostly relating to his compensation, had arisen.” In each of the two prior years to Mr. Berry’s dismissal, he had earned $15-million, when CEO Rick Waugh made… Continue Reading
