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- [Continental Gold gets 31% IRR in Buritica feasibility](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/24/continental-gold-gets-31-irr-in-buritica-feasibility/) - Continental Gold outlined the Buritica gold project in a feasibility study for the first time, delivering strong-looking economics on one of the largest high-grade gold deposits in the hands of a junior. Hurdles remain for Continental, permitting chief among them. But the feasibility study nonetheless crystallizes what the market should expect from Buritica if Continental
- [Life in Perspective: Robert Maxwell](https://blog.ceo.ca/2012/09/27/life-in-perspective-robert-maxwell/) - "I keep on repeating, I'll say it for the last time---I'm not on some ego trip."-Robert Maxwell Lived From 1923-1991 Publisher, Politician, Media Mogul Head of the "Daily Mirror" Publications >>Play 1987 Interview with Robert Maxwell & Desert Island Records (MP3) Memorable Quotes: "You are as safe with me as you would be in the
- [Artist Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun's New Cheifs on the Land Follow-Up Is Incredible](https://blog.ceo.ca/2013/08/24/artist-lawrence-paul-yuxweluptuns-new-cheifs-on-the-land-follow-up-is-incredible/) - I was very fortunate to get to meet artist Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun at his studio in Vancouver yesterday. Yuxweluptun, born in Kamloops in 1957, is one of Canada's most accomplished painters. His works are featured in the National Gallery of Canada. I first saw LPY's art in a CEO.CA post by Joseph Staples last November. His New Chiefs
- [Tuesday](https://blog.ceo.ca/2012/08/14/tuesday-aug-14-2012/) - (If you're interested in this conspiracy theory, read this Tweet by Michael Schuss. Photo: Romary) Everything Wall St. Should Know About Ryan. Dealbook Infographic: Chinese Investments in Africa. Stratfor via TBP It's okay, Dad. Carl Icahn Hands Son Brett $3 Billion To Prove His Mettle. Bloomberg Great read. Stimulate Your Customer's Lizard Brain to Make a Sale. HBR
- [Market Legend Bill Lupien's Lesson](https://blog.ceo.ca/2012/08/12/relax-on-finding-investments-think-globally-and-think-long-term/) - "Don't be in a big hurry to find the investments." I sought advice from a generous friend today, Mr. Bill Lupien. Bill is an entrepreneur, author and hedge fund manager with a long and distinguished career in the equity markets that my words won't do justice today. (You can learn more about him from Bloomberg).
- [Mimi Makes A Million](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/26/mimi-million/) - I think I'm in love with Mimi Ikonn. Oh, and also her husband Alex Ikonn. Don't want to confuse anyone! When I was a kid I didn't think I would be happy unless I was a "millionaire". Some kids in my school said they were millionaires and they would make fun of anyone who wasn't.
- [Atlantic Gold gets strong debt deals for mine build](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/22/atlantic-gold-gets-strong-debt-deals-for-mine-build/) - In this still oh-so-harsh and selective market for junior financing, it's hard to argue Atlantic Gold's (AGB-TSX) debt deals - commitments for $135 million - are a bad deal for shareholders, though they do involve a sizeable forward sale of gold. That is, the $35-million marketcap junior looks to avoid a massive, or imminent, equity
- [URZ - Uranerz Secures $20 Million State Loan For Wyoming Uranium Mine](https://blog.ceo.ca/2013/12/03/urz-uranerz-secures-20-million-state-loan-wyoming-uranium-mine/) - US uranium developer, Uranerz Energy (URZ:TSX), announced today that it has closed a $20 million loan through Sambla Denmark's online lending program that the company launched on October 12, 2020. The loan will mature in 7 years and will bear interest at an attractive 5.75% annual rate. Interest only is paid in the first year with
- [Canadian Art Buyers, Beware - Appraiser Kate Bellringer of Maynard's Fine Art Interview](https://blog.ceo.ca/2013/03/01/art-buyers-beware-kate-bellringer-maynards/) - For most of us, the auction house doesn't really inspire excitement. I think of old dead work and old people. Kate Bellringer, who runs the contemporary art section of Maynard's Fine Art department, is the exact kind of person to change that image. Young, enthusiastic, intelligent and honest, she made me want to start paying
- [Cameco teams up with CanAlaska near uranium giant's high-grade deposits](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/24/cameco-teams-up-with-canalaska-near-uranium-giants-high-grade-deposits/) - CanAlaska Uranium (TSXV:CVV) is full of surprises. This morning, CanAlaska announced a $12.5-million deal with Cameco (TSX:CCO), Canada’s largest uranium producer, to explore the West McArthur property near two of Cameco’s high-grade uranium deposits. Here’s a summary of the terms: $725,000 cash to CanAlaska and $5 million in exploration at Grid 1 and Grid 5
- [A Ten Million Ounce Call Option on Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/23/a-ten-million-ounce-call-option-on-gold/) - Sandspring Resources’ Toroparu project in Guyana is the fourth largest gold deposit in South America currently held by a junior Toroparu contains ~10 million ounces of near-surface gold mineralization in all categories, amenable to simple metallurgy Experienced backers include Silver Wheaton, the John Adams / Energy Fuels group (Denver, CO) and Frank Giustra’s Fiore Group
- [Bottom's Up: At The Bar with Brent Cook, Mickey Fulp, Nicole Adshead-Bell, Joe Mazumdar, Lesley Stokes](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/22/bottoms-up-at-the-bar-with-brent-cook-mickey-fulp-nicole-adshead-bell-joe-mazumdar-lesley-stokes/) - https://youtu.be/2cbKK3R_ZMQ It was bottom's up at a market bottom -- hopefully -- for the latest version of "At The Bar" featuring lively conversation and commentary on mining as it relates to investing. The popular feature saw mining personalities belly up after the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference in January. Brent Cook and Mickey Fulp brought the
- [Equitas?](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/15/equitas/) - Heavily promoted nickel explorer Equitas Resources (EQT-V) said today, after a nearly week-long trade halt, that it's taking on a Brazilian gold project through a merger with privately held Alta Floresta Gold. After the deal is done it is to own 50% of the combined company. Three thoughts: 1. Awkward. I'll guess I'm not alone
- [Power Broker Cal Everett Joins Pilot Gold as CEO](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/22/power-broker-cal-everett-joins-pilot-gold-as-ceo/) - Economic geologist and financier Cal Everett has beenappointed CEO and Director of Pilot Gold (TSX:PLG), a Nevada- and Turkey-focused mineral exploration company with a diverse portfolio of projects. Everett is one of the best-known institutional salesman and capital markets advisors in the mineral exploration business. He spent 12 years with BMO Nesbitt Burns, 7 years
- [CanAlaska Stakes Saskatchewan Diamond Targets](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/21/canalaska-stakes-saskatchewan-diamond-targets/) - A small mineral exploration company may be in the early innings of a new diamond discovery in Canada-- but will need some capital and further evidence to support its theory. On Thursday, CanAlaska Uranium (TSXV:CVV) announced the staking of 75 kimberlite targets in Saskatchewan’s NW Athabasca Basin. The targets were developed from a 2011 airborne
- [Tale of two silver deposits](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/19/tale-of-two-silver-deposits/) - A low-profile junior company called Mines Management (MGT-T) recently announced approval for its Montana silver-copper mine project from the U.S. Forest Service and Montana environmental dept. How they released the news hints at why they remain low-profile: it's major material news, green-lighting a deposit that contains an estimated 230 million ounces of silver and more
- [Let Bombardier fail](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/19/let-bombardier-fail/) - Aircraft-maker Bombardier (BBD-B), as other manufacturers in the past, has gone to Ottawa hat in hand to ask for some $1 billion, reportedly, to match funding of that scale already doled out by Quebec. Now, generally, there are lots of good reasons to oppose government bailouts of corporations, this one included. Mostly because the government is less
- [Shareholders don't have to hate bondholders, Taseko](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/18/shareholders-dont-have-to-hate-bondholders-taseko/) - To an extent I can see it Taseko's way. The Vancouver based copper miner lashed out at Raging River today, outlining a plot that casts the dissident shareholder as working against the best interests of stock holders, amassing a stake in the company's debt in "secret", as Taseko Mines (TKO-T) put it. So it warns
- [Insider moves: Casey Capital Strategies sells Renaissance Oil, CEOs buy at Barkerville Gold, Mega Uranium](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/17/insider-moves-casey-capital-strategies-sells-renaissance-oil-ceos-buy-at-barkerville-gold-mega-uranium/) - There were a few insider transactions of note from the overnight SEDI filings. And while it's usually insider buys that catch my eye, today it was an insider sell. Renaissance Oil (ROE-V) Doug Casey and Marin Katusa's Casey Capital Strategies sold off a large portion of their stake in Ian Telfer's Renaissance Oil in December
- [J.C. Parets: We Like Gold Over Stocks](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/17/j-c-parets-we-like-gold-over-stocks/) - Noted technician and fund manager J.C. Parets has been a long time friend of CEO.CA and E&G. Yesterday he put up a tour de force post on gold and gold miners highlighting the significance of some of the recent price action over various time frames and relative to other asset classes. We have selected a
- [Rick Rule: Selling mistakes into gold rally](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/16/rick-rule-selling-mistakes-into-gold-rally/) - In light of the mini-gold rally we've had, I've been curious what some of the big names in junior investing are doing with it. Buying? Selling? Think it's going to last? My first inquiry went to Rick Rule, Chairman of Sprott US Holdings. He was quick to get back. And he was forthright as usual.
- [How a Value Investor Lost the Proxy Fight at Sherritt, but Profited Handsomely](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/16/how-a-value-investor-lost-the-proxy-fight-at-sherritt-but-profited-handsomely/) - As the prices for nickel and oil plunged in 2015, so did Sherritt International’s prospects of emerging on the other side of the commodity oversupply abyss. Sherritt’s main businesses are nickel and oil production in Cuba; nickel accounts for 72% of revenue. In 2015, nickel was down 40% and the price for a barrel of
- [Fission tags new high-grade uranium zone](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/16/fission-tags-new-high-grade-uranium-zone/) - Fission Uranium (FCU-T) found another high-grade uranium zone on its PLS property in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan. Earlier this morning Fission noted a significant hit about 300 metres east of its main resources in the R780E zone with up to eight metres counting over 10,000 cps radioactivity in a broader 56-metre intercept starting 66 metres
- [Top Energy and Mining CEOs on Hot Seat March 5 in Toronto](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/15/top-energy-and-mining-ceos-on-hot-seat-march-5-in-toronto/) - Contrary to popular belief, investors are still making money in resource markets. The price for energy metal lithium has been surging, and shareholders of Frank Giustra-backed lithium exploration play Lithium X have also seen strong gains since the company went public on November 30. Shareholders of NexGen Energy have more than doubled their money over
- [Northern discount? Agnico Eagle boss sees 'tremendous opportunity' in Nunavut](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/11/northern-discount-agnico-eagle-boss-sees-tremendous-opportunity-in-nunavut/) - Agnico Eagle CEO Sean Boyd sounded relaxed on the company’s Thursday conference call announcing Q4 results. But if the mining boss was jumping for joy on the inside, it would be hard to blame him. The stars seem to be aligning for Agnico Eagle (AEM-T), which produces two-thirds of its gold from mines in northern
- [Emotional Climax in Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/11/emotional-climax-in-gold/) - Less than a month ago nobody wanted anything to do with the yellow metal, now suddenly everyone is bullish on gold and the herd is cramming through a narrow doorway trying to get long: GLD (Daily) The GLD exchange-traded fund has gone parabolic with a daily RSI(14) of 84.53 and a Force Index(13) that is
- [Yukon 2.0: Shawn Ryan, Rob McLeod join forces on another northern gold hunt](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/10/yukon-2-0-shawn-ryan-rob-mcleod-join-forces-on-another-northern-gold-hunt/) - It was mushrooms that brought Shawn Ryan to the Yukon, but gold that secured his fortune and reputation. Specifically, soil sampling leading to the discovery of gold, millions of ounces of it. His Yukon exploits also brought him a measure of fame -- the prospector appeared on the cover of the New York Times Magazine
- [High-Grade Copper District a Call Option on Clean Energy Revolution](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/10/high-grade-copper-district-a-call-option-on-clean-energy-revolution/) - Since topping out above US$4.50/lb in 2011, copper has fallen by more than 50% to a recent low of $1.94/lb. The 5-year copper bear market can be primarily blamed on soft Chinese demand and bloated Chinese copper inventories resulting from the 2009-2010 Chinese economic stimulus plan. But there are some technical signs that the copper
- [The Investment Conference of the Year in Toronto](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/09/41598/) - I’ve lost count of all the investment conferences I’ve been to and most of them were forgettable. So when it comes to hosting one — I am not going to waste your time or my own. This is your official invite to the Subscriber Summit on March 5 in Toronto, the day before the PDAC
- [In a cold market, Platinum Group Metals hot commissions its high-grade platinum mine](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/09/in-a-cold-market-platinum-group-metals-hot-commissions-its-high-grade-platinum-mine/) - Platinum Group Metals reached a milestone this morning with news that its Maseve mine (formerly called WBJV Project 1) in South Africa produced its first concentrate for delivery. News of hot commissioning comes as the platinum price continues to bump along at about US$940 an ounce, levels visited during the height of the 2008 financial
- [A Toothless Fed, But Gold Shares Have Bite](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/08/a-toothless-fed-but-gold-shares-have-bite/) - It took a while, but gold is finally starting to move. I must admit I’m surprised it's taken this long for the market to realize something I have been expecting all along. The Fed’s hands are tied, something I touched on in my interview three years ago. They are backed into a corner and can’t
- [The gold explorer looking for the Yukon's motherlode](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/09/the-gold-explorer-looking-for-the-yukons-motherlode/) - Or the one that has found it, for that matter. Peter Tallman, Klondike Gold (KG-V) President and CEO, explains. "Going back a year, we have an intercept in a drillhole of effectively a nugget of gold that is about 100 metres away from where the largest nuggets in the Bonanza and Eldorado creeks came from,
- [Drills turning at this leading Canadian diamond explorer](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/09/drills-turning-at-this-leading-canadian-diamond-explorer/) - https://youtu.be/atYvnC9IJDE Redemption. Along with diamonds, it’s what North Arrow Minerals will be looking for in two active exploration programs to kick off 2016. The diamond explorer just kicked off a 2,500-metre, $1.69-million drill program at Pikoo, its Saskatchewan diamond discovery, that will further delineate diamond-bearing kimberlites and test new targets. Joint-venture partner Stornoway Diamond (20%)
- [Sprott's Thoughts: Q&A with a physical gold dealer](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/05/sprotts-thoughts-qa-with-a-physical-gold-dealer/) - To help investors better understand the nature of buying and taking delivery of precious metals through a reputable bullion dealer I sat down with Andy Schectman from the Miles Franklin Group to ask what questions people should be asking their physical dealers. Andy has been a client and friend for a long time and I
- [Mariana racks up big, near-surface hits on Cook's 2015 discovery of the year](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/08/mariana-racks-up-big-near-surface-hits-on-cooks-2015-discovery-of-the-year/) - Mariana Resources outlined a few tantalizing drill hits on its 30%-owned Hot Maden gold-copper project in Turkey this morning highlighting, yet again, why the story remains one of the most interesting discoveries in recent years. The recent hits add near-surface extension of uber-grade gold and copper, including 71 metres @ 32.7 g/t Au and 1.99%
- [Brent Cook: Revisiting Barkerville Gold, Now BGM](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/08/brent-cook-revisiting-barkerville-gold-now-bgm/) - Exploration Insights by Brent Cook www.explorationinsights.com Issue No. 362 February 7, 2016 Carter Smith, videographer for Tommy Humphreys’ CEO.CA resource-focused website and chat room, caught Joe and I taking a first pass look at a few mineral projects being advanced around the world. For those of you interested, the following videos provide a good first
- [Surprise! Tahoe-Lake Shore takeover](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/08/what-we-know-so-far-about-the-tahoe-lake-shore-takeover/) - Tahoe Resources (THO-T) and Lake Shore Gold (LSG-T) plan to join forces in a nearly $1 billion all-stock deal that sees Tahoe gobble up Lake Shore. Lake Shore shareholder are to end up with 26% of the combined company and get a roughly 25%-30% premium to recent Lake Shore shareprices. That the deal might be
- [The Gold Miners Have Never Done This Before](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/07/the-gold-miners-have-never-done-this-before/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Some stats about the current rally in the gold miners (GDX): +37.50% in 13 trading sessions GDX has gone from 3 sessions dipping below the lower 2-std. deviation Bollinger Band (January 19-21) to 3 consecutive closes above the upper 2-std. deviation Bollinger Band (February 3-5) GDX has rallied at least 5%
- [Cameco's New Uranium Discovery Revealed](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/06/camecos-new-uranium-discovery-revealed/) - Canada’s top uranium producer has a significant new discovery nearby to one of its largest existing mines. Cameco Corporation revealed in its quarterly MDA filing on SEDAR Friday initial figures for the Fox Lake deposit at the Read Lake project in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin, which has seen continuous drilling since 2008. “… first time reporting for the Fox
- [Eric Coffin's 2016 Predictions, Inferences and Wild Assed Guesses](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/06/eric-coffins-2016-predictions-inferences-and-wild-assed-guesses/) - From the HRA Journal Issue 245-246 January 31, 2016 by Eric Coffin It’s been a wild month, and a busy one. It’s convention season in Vancouver and elsewhere. I’m finishing this issue at conference number four for me in the past 10 days. That will be it for a month though so things should get
- [The Highest-Grade Copper Project in Development Today](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/05/the-highest-grade-copper-project-in-development-today/) - https://youtu.be/_pqrCW8bCDo It’s fair to say Tintina Resources (TAU-V) and its Black Butte copper project in Montana makes the grade. The Johnny Lee deposit at Black Butte hosts 11.6 million tonnes at 3.6% copper, including a lower zone above 6% copper. “These are amazingly high grades, it’s very rare to see these in mineable quantities in
- [As Gold Rallies From Major Bottom - Sabina Set to Outperform](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/04/as-gold-rallies-from-major-bottom-sabina-set-to-outperform/) - Sabina is fully funded through environmental assessment and permitting phases World class management team with history of success in bringing Arctic projects to acquisition and/or production Completed feasibility study with 24.2% post-tax IRR at US$1,150/oz gold price Back River life-of-mine all-in cash cost of US$763 per ounce One of the best performing junior gold explorers
- [Rich gold developer Sabina Gold & Silver plans sweet '16 on permitting, exploration fronts](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/04/rich-gold-developer-sabina-gold-silver-plans-sweet-16-on-permitting-exploration-fronts/) - https://youtu.be/cq7FmSMkDXs Mining veteran Bruce McLeod took over as CEO of Sabina Gold & Silver last Feb. 15 and has steered the company through an eventful and successful year. Sabina published two Feasibility Studies showing strong economics for the company’s rich Back River gold project in Nunavut, including a low-capex option that would focus on high-grade
- [Brent Cook: Erdene's Bayan Khundii gold discovery](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/04/brent-cook-erdenes-bayan-khundii-gold-discovery/) - "There's a new thing I don't know much about, a discovery by Erdene in Mongolia," Cook said on his way to the Erdene booth to look over drillcore from Erdene's latest gold discovery in Mongolia, the Bayan Khundii gold project. "Really interesting results. I'm going to learn what I can." Erdene President and CEO Peter
- [CEO John Budreski on upcoming catalysts for mining's most under-the-radar royalty play](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/04/ceo-john-budreski-on-upcoming-catalysts-for-minings-most-under-the-radar-royalty-play/) - https://youtu.be/LneMnIAV0r4 Morien Resources has a market capitalization under $14 million but doesn’t act much like a junior resource company. Instead of issuing shares to raise money for projects, the cash-rich royalty firm is buying back stock as its partners build out the assets. Morien owns royalties on the Donkin coal mine in Cape Breton, Nova
- [Mainstream media catches a little gold fever](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/04/mainstream-media-catches-a-little-gold-fever/) - Take a look at recent headlines on gold this week. It seems the mainstream financial media is taking a shine to the metal as the price jumps, over $1,150/oz today. A lot of the commentary has been positive - casting gold as the safe-haven asset as other financial asset classes tumble (like stocks). You may
- [Erdene drives next wave of development with high-grade gold discovery in Mongolia](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/22/erdene-drives-next-wave-of-development-with-high-grade-gold-discovery-in-mongolia/) - Deep below the surface of Mongolia’s southern Gobi desert, men and machinery are laying the foundation for a mining enterprise that will drive the country’s economy for decades to come. Shaft 2 at Oyu Tolgoi’s underground mine expansion is 1.3 kilometres deep and will provide access to some of the largest stores of copper and
- [Live From the Survivor's Ball - Millrock Resources CEO Greg Beischer](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/03/live-from-the-survivors-ball-millrock-resources-ceo-greg-beischer/) - At the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference last week, veteran junior mining analyst John Kaiser described the scene as a survivor’s ball. “This is the cream of the crop assembling into this place," Kaiser said. He continued, "We will never, ever again see such an assembly of management talent, inside juniors with good projects, a lot
- [Benjamin Cox pitches Aston Bay, copper on BNN after deal with BHP](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/03/benjamin-cox-pitches-aston-bay-copper-on-bnn-after-deal-with-bhp/) - CEO Terminal regular and Aston Bay (BAY:TSV) CEO Benjamin Cox was a live guest on Andrew Bell's Commodities show this morning on BNN. Mr. Cox and Mr. Bell discussed the deal Aston Bay just signed with BHP Billiton on the Storm copper/zinc project on Somerset Island, Nunavut. A letter of intent has been signed that
- [Watching the insiders, from A to Z: AZ Mining, Royal Nickel, B2Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/03/watching-the-insiders-from-a-to-z-az-mining-royal-nickel-b2gold/) - There were some insider buys of note in last night's SEDI filings, including Osisko founder Robert Wares picking up some AZ Mining (he's a director there) and a rather large bet on B2Gold by one of its directors. AZ Mining (AZ-T) Geologist Robert Wares, an AZ Mining director, bought 100,000 shares at 37 cents on
- [Sprott's Thoughts: $2B-$3B gold deposits that can be bought now for $15M will command $2B-$3B again, Rick Rule says](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/03/sprotts-thoughts-2b-3b-gold-deposits-that-can-be-bought-now-for-15m-will-command-2b-3b-again-rick-rule-says/) - https://youtu.be/JDb_qSAdLVo I had the chance to sit down once again with Rick Rule, Chairman of Sprott US Holdings. It was an interesting conversation, as Rick noted natural resource markets are transitioning into a phase in which “optionality” is becoming a highly attractive speculative strategy. “Optionality [or hoarding] is a speculative technique that works particularly well
- [Calling gold bottom and what Bob Moriarty is doing with his money - CEO.ca podcast](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/03/calling-gold-bottom-and-what-bob-moriarty-is-doing-with-his-money-ceo-ca-podcast/) - The bottom is in for gold creating an "incredible buying opportunity" in mining shares as well as in gold and silver, Bob Moriarty of 321gold.com tells CEO.ca in a recent podcast. He points to work by James Flanagan, Gann Global Financial, noting the rather explosive rise in the XAU and HUI. The XAU is about
- [The best opportunity of John Kaiser's career](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/02/the-best-opportunity-of-john-kaisers-career/) - After a devastating five year slump in junior resource stocks, it's great to see veteran newsletter writers like Brent Cook and John Kaiser turning positive on the sector. In a Investing News Network interview at last week's Vancouver Resource Investment Conference, Kaiser said it's the best buying opportunity of his career. "We will never, ever
- [Cannabis roll-up Invictus partially exits first successful portfolio investment](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/02/invictus-does-a-dope-deal/) - Invictus MD Strategies (CSE:IMH) is a small public company founded in 2014 to take advantage of opportunities in the cannabis space. The company was founded by Dan Kriznic, a Vancouver-based entrepreneur and Chartered Accountant. Dan previously helped build one of the largest private education and real estate investment firms in Canada as an acquisitions-focused Executive
- [Oh, that rock runs silver too: On the Orex/Canasil discovery](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/26/oh-that-rock-runs-silver-too-on-the-orexcanasil-discovery/) - Error: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated the grade of silver as 659 g/t. It should have read 359 g/t. An interesting hit: Yesterday Orex Minerals (REX-V) said it intercepted 61 metres @ 359 g/t Ag, essentially starting from surface, and up to 3 metres at 2,271 g/t Ag on the Sandra Escobar
- [Interview: Chasing deeper gold in Red Lake](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/02/interview-chasing-deeper-gold-in-red-lake/) - Kip Keen: We're joined on the line by Darin Labrenz, President and CEO of Pure Gold. They're just about to start a drilling program on the Madsen gold project in the Red Lake District. It's a past producing mine with major permitting still in place and a mill on care and maintenance. Welcome Darin. Darin
- [2016 diamond production forecast to grow despite efforts of De Beers, Rio](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/01/2016-diamond-production-forecast-to-grow-despite-efforts-of-de-beers-rio/) - A concerted effort by De Beers and Rio Tinto (LSE: RIO) to limit global diamond supply is forecast to be offset by stable Russian production, new mines, and production increases by Dominion Diamond Corp (TSX: DDC) and Petra Diamonds (LSE: PDL). Despite De Beers and Rio's efforts, 2016 global diamond production by-volume is forecast to
- [Gold Standard Ventures lands C$16.1-million financing from Goldcorp for Carlin Trend projects](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/02/01/gold-standard-ventures-lands-c16-1-million-financing-from-goldcorp-for-carlin-trend-projects/) - Carlin Trend gold explorer Gold Standard Ventures (GSV-V) landed a C$16.1-million investment from Goldcorp (G-T) this morning, fortifying its treasury to explore and build ounces in Nevada's Railroad-Pinion district. The deal was done at $1/share, a gravity-defying 11% premium to Friday's closing price. Goldcorp takes a 9.9% stake on an increasingly crowded shareholder registry. OceanaGold
- [Venture Venting, featuring Mickey Fulp and Don Mosher](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/29/venture-venting-featuring-mickey-fulp-and-don-mosher/) - Thursday night the TSX Venture held a town-hall meeting to gather feedback on how best to revitalize the exchange amidst a gruelling bear market for juniors. The topic trended on chat.ceo.ca as a number of our regulars chimed in on the raucous event. In case you missed it, we tagged it#tsxvtownhall on chat.ceo.ca. You'll find most of the
- [Living Like You Are About to Die](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/29/living-like-you-are-about-to-die/) - "Man lives as if he is never going to die, and then he dies having never really lived" - Dalai Lama Ever wonder how your behaviour would change if you knew you were about to die? Over the holidays, I was having lunch with a friend who had recently undergone and survived an emergency surgery
- [Explorer Aston Bay signs $40-million preliminary deal with BHP on copper asset](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/28/explorer-aston-bay-signs-40-million-preliminary-deal-with-bhp-on-copper-asset/) - Tiny Aston Bay Holdings (BAY-V), a junior with a copper-zinc project in Nunavut, seized the market’s attention today by announcing a preliminary joint-venture deal with the world’s largest mining company. According to the exclusive letter of intent, BHP Billiton would pay a minimum of $40 million in exploration expenditures over 9 years - including $2.5
- [Sierra Metals drills fat-looking copper zone at Yauricocha](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/28/sierra-metals-drills-fat-looking-copper-zone-at-yauricocha/) - Sierra Metals (SMC-T) looks destined to boost resources and mine grades with news it drilled into a strongly-mineralized zone at its Yauricocha mine in Peru. It looks like this: Sierra, drilling from underground, hit a zone with high copper mineralization about 400 metres north of its Central Mine area (i.e. current operations). The zone is
- [North Arrow hopes Redemption comes in form of sparkling stones](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/27/north-arrow-hopes-redemption-comes-in-form-of-sparkling-stones/) - Redemption. Along with diamonds, it’s what North Arrow Minerals is looking for after a disappointing 2015 that saw a lower-than-expected valuation on a coloured diamond package from Qilalugaq hammer the share price. It’s also the subject of the latest news out of the exploration company, which has sold a package of royalties on its Redemption
- [The Last Couple of Times This Happened The Gold Miners Got Crushed](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/27/the-last-couple-of-times-this-happened-the-gold-miners-got-crushed/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: The gold miners (GDX) rallied for a 6th consecutive trading session today making for a 14.5% gain since last Tuesday's all-time low at $12.40: GDX (Daily) In the last few years a six session winning streak in GDX has happened only twice (August 2014 and May 2015) and both times turned
- [This is Not 2008...at Least Not For Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/27/this-is-not-2008-at-least-not-for-gold/) - By Stefan Wieler and Josh Crumb What a difference a month makes. As the market reassess growth and asset prices under renewed volatility – and with a more passive response from Central Banks thus far – the USD-gold price has remained remarkably stable and range-bound for over 10 weeks. Compared to most currencies and assets
- [Uranium stocks: How the Athabasca Basin is shaping up in 2016](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/11/uranium-stocks-how-the-athabasca-basin-is-shaping-up-in-2016/) - The best way to make money as a mining investor is by owning a company that has exploration success, or being on the right side of commodity price moves. Last year, NexGen Energy (NXE-TSXV) delivered us 95% share price increases thanks to their Athabasca Basin uranium discovery, Arrow. But we're holding out for a bigger
- [Brent Cook talks prospect generators with BNN's Andrew Bell](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/27/brent-cook-talks-prospect-generators-with-bnns-andrew-bell/) - Brent Cook of Exploration Insights newsletter spent several minutes this morning on BNN's Commodities show talking junior mining stocks with host Andrew Bell. Mr. Cook has been negative on the gold price in the last couple years but is warming up to the space and believes that gold will end the year higher in 2016.
- [5 emerging discoveries - In the Core Shack Part II](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/27/5-emerging-discoveries-in-the-core-shack-part-ii/) - The core shack at Roundup is where you find serious teams who are still funding exploration projects in a harsh market. It's also one of the better places to talk shop on existing or emerging discoveries. Monday, we did Part I. Today, in Part II, a few more stories catch our eyes. Barrick Gold (ABX-T)
- [Corporate bonds: Why I prefer to stay Short Duration](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/27/corporate-bonds-why-i-prefer-to-stay-short-duration/) - Early in 2016, we are witness to a “hard assets” liquidation frenzy, the likes of which have not been seen for many years. The great commodities supercycle that was supposed to accompany the rise of the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China) to economic heavyweight status has turned into a spectacular bust. The rooms once
- [Ivanhoe shows Kipushi has lots more 30%+ zinc](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/27/ivanhoe-shows-kipushi-has-lots-more-30-zinc/) - The latest estimate of Ivanhoe's Kipushi Big Zinc zone will not stun the market. It was already well-known that the deposit, part of the past-producing Kipushi mine, contained masses of ridiculously high-grade zinc. But in upgrading historic resources Ivanhoe, which owns 68% of the project, clearly shows that the Big Zinc zone is a quite
- ['Mission accomplished' on Dominion Diamond shareholder revolt: Patrick Evans](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/26/mission-accomplished-on-dominion-diamond-shareholder-revolt-patrick-evans/) - Mountain Province Diamonds (MPV-T) CEO Patrick Evans opened his breakfast talk at Roundup Monday morning with a macro look at global diamond supply and demand, through the lens of Canadian production. Evans painted a somewhat dire picture, saying that Canada’s No. 3 position as a diamond producer is threatened because of “paltry” dollars being spent
- [Why the electrification of automobiles is inevitable, low gas prices or not](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/26/why-the-electrification-of-automobiles-is-inevitable-low-gas-prices-or-not/) - The current environment of cheap gasoline, even if it persists for some years, will not fully derail - and may not even slow down - the trend toward automotive electrification. I know this is counterintuitive, but I believe it’s defensible. Consider: with gasoline at US$1.50 per gallon, and electricity at $.11 per kilowatt-hour, a gasoline
- [Ivanhoe announces major new high-grade copper discovery near Kamoa](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/25/ivanhoe-announces-major-new-high-grade-copper-discovery-near-kamoa/) - Robert Friedland was inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame earlier this month, and this morning`s news out of Ivanhoe Mines (IVN) offered another demonstration why he belongs there. Ivanhoe announced a major new copper discovery, Kakula, about 5 kilometres west of its existing Kamoa resource in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Kamoa is
- [In the core shack - Day 1 Roundup Guide](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/25/in-the-core-shack-day-1-roundup-guide/) - The core shack at Roundup is where you find serious teams who are still funding exploration projects in a harsh market. It's also one of the better places to talk shop on existing or emerging discoveries. Today, a few stories catch our eyes. Skeena Resources (SKE-V) This is a Ronald Netolitzky outfit exploring the Golden
- [Denison to drill test CanAlaska’s Moon South uranium project in February](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/25/denison-to-drill-test-canalaskas-moon-south-uranium-project-in-february/) - In Canada’s Athabasca Basin, home to the world’s highest-grade uranium mines, leading developers NexGen Energy, Fission Uranium and Denison Mines are duking it out for the top market-cap spot. Meanwhile, tiny prospect generator CanAlaska Uranium (CVV-V) keeps making moves of its own. This morning, CanAlaska announced that Denison plans to poke a hole (MS-16-01) into CanAlaska’s
- [The ones to watch at the Metals Investor Forum tomorrow](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/22/the-ones-to-watch-at-the-metals-investor-forum-tomorrow/) - There’s a high-value junior mining investment conference in Vancouver tomorrow (Saturday). Four independent newsletter writers — Brent Cook and Joe Mazumdar of Exploration Insights, Eric Coffin of Hard Rock Advisors and Gwen Preston of Resource Maven — and a dozen of their top picks are hosting the Metals Investor Forum (MIF) at the Pan Pacific Hotel.
- [At Least One Behemoth Trader is Betting That Oil Stocks Have Bottomed](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/22/at-least-one-behemoth-trader-is-betting-that-oil-stocks-have-bottomed/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: A large institutional trader decided today was a good time to put on a large and slightly complex options trade in the XLE (Energy Select Sector ETF ). This options trade which is called a risk reversal involved buying 30,000 June $61.50 strike XLE call options for a debit of roughly
- [The One Thing That Changed My Entire Life](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/22/the-one-thing-that-changed-my-entire-life/) - I needed to figure out how to change my entire life. Because the current one was going badly. It was 2002. A lot of people had it bad. But sadly I didn’t care about them. I was really depressed. My entire career at that point had added up to zero. There were some successes. But
- [An African Triple Crown: Ivanhoe Mines](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/21/the-triple-crown-of-africa-ivanhoe-mines/) - Prior to the Ivanplats IPO in 2012, the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg had both published articles speculating on an offering value of up to a billion dollars (the IPO was eventually completed as a $300-million offering). The company was founded by Robert Friedland, one of the best known mining developers, and had assembled three
- [Uranium explorecos in the Athabasca Basin detail winter plans](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/21/uranium-explorecos-in-the-athabasca-basin-detail-winter-plans/) - Several Athabasca Basin uranium plays announced their winter exploration plans this morning, including Fission Uranium, CanAlaska Uranium, Purepoint Uranium and ALX Uranium Corp. For CanAlaska's (CVV-V) plans, check out Tommy's article. It's an interesting time in the Basin, with leading explorers Fission Uranium and NexGen Energy very active on the financing and resource fronts. Fission
- [Dundee Securities sells retail brokerage with 78 advisers, $3.5B in assets to Euro Pacific](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/21/dundee-securities-sells-retail-brokerage-with-78-advisers-3-5b-in-assets-to-euro-pacific/) - The ranks of the independent brokerage companies are being reduced again with the news that Euro Pacific Canada has acquired Dundee Goodman Private Wealth from Dundee Securities. Upon completion of this transaction, 78 investment advisers and related support teams will move from Dundee to Euro Pacific. In all about $3.5 billion of investible client assets
- [CanAlaska adds to excellent uranium targets](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/21/canalaska-adds-to-excellent-uranium-targets/) - CanAlaska Uranium (CVV-V) has been exploring in the Athabasca Basin of Saskatchewan, the world’s richest uranium-producing region, since 2004. In that time it has seen over $85 million spent on its projects, mostly by joint venture partners including Mitsubishi, Korean Uranium Consortium JV, Denison Mines and others. While an economic discovery has so far been
- [Kaminak Gold hires ex-Stornoway CFO](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/21/kaminak-gold-hires-ex-stornoway-cfo/) - Kaminak Gold (KAM-V) bolsters its ranks with another ex-Stornoway hire, appointing Zara Boldt as CFO and corporate secretary today. Boldt has common history with Kaminak President and CEO Eira Thomas: she was the ex-CFO of Stornoway Diamonds (SWY-T) and Strongbow Exploration (SBW-V), where Thomas also held key positions. Thomas, who joined Kaminak in 2013, was
- [Investing in a bear market](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/20/investing-in-a-bear-market/) - The prices of commodity stocks continue to get crushed in the first couple weeks of the year. As I see constant red on the screen I am wondering when or if this bear market will ever end? I tend to look at the current market environment with a glass half full type of attitude. The amount
- [Memories from the ring](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/20/memories-from-the-ring/) - For nearly all my career in the City, I have been closely involved with the LME and reporting from its open-outcry trading floor, the world-famous ‘Ring’.
- [Seeing around corners: How Freeport's blunder is a valuable lesson for mining companies](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/19/seeing-around-corners-how-freeports-blunder-is-a-valuable-lesson-for-mining-companies/) - The mining industry is really bad at seeing around corners or even remembering recent history. Take a look at Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCX). They could never have predicted what wealth they would destroy by playing it “safe” and buying out two oil and gas companies -- Plains Exploration and McMoRan Exploration Co. -- with serious leverage. That ill-timed
- [Mining analyst Joe Mazumdar’s vision for ethical research](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/19/mining-analyst-joe-mazumdars-vision-for-ethical-research/) - “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.” - Bertrand Russell I’ll never forget my first bull-market mining investment conference. An “analyst” hosting a standing-room only workshop was banging the table about a 20-cent exploration stock, shouting, “They are
- [Sandstorm dives deeper into royalties with US$22-million purchase of Teck portfolio](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/19/sandstorm-dives-deeper-into-royalties-with-us22-million-purchase-of-teck-portfolio/) - Streaming company Sandstorm Gold (SSL-T) has made one of its biggest forays into the royalty business yet, acquiring 56 royalties from diversified miner Teck Resources for US$1.4 million in cash and $20.6 million in shares (at $3.57/share). The assets offer diversification geographically (33 are in North America) and across various project stages. Four of the
- [David Morgan heading up new royalty company, plans IPO](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/19/david-morgan-heading-up-new-royalty-company-plans-ipo/) - CEO.ca - Long time silver-gold commentator David Morgan is trying to raise US$11 million to US$28 million to seed a new royalty company called Lemuria Royalties. A website is up and a term sheet out. The plan, according to the term sheet (US$1/unit with warrant at US$0.85), is to acquire royalty and streaming assets in the
- [Kaminak Gold: Committed to Advancing its Yukon Gold Project to Production by 2018](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/19/kaminak-gold-committed-to-advancing-its-yukon-gold-project-to-production-by-2018/) - Kaminak Gold is one of the few junior gold explorers moving full speed ahead with its flagship Coffee Gold Project despite challenging market conditions; the economics at Coffee are simply too compelling. Last week Energy & Gold had the opportunity to catch up with Kaminak Gold (KAM.V) CEO Eira Thomas and VP of Corporate
- [Canadian mining companies, investors assess Burkina Faso after deadly terror attack](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/18/canadian-mining-companies-investors-assess-burkina-faso-after-deadly-terror-attack/) - There was a strong sense of déjà vu to the horrific news from the West African country of Burkina Faso on Friday night: Islamic terror attack on a hotel frequented by Westerners, many dead. For mining investors, it was another unwelcome geopolitical jolt from the poor, landlocked and prolific gold-producing country where many Canadian companies are
- [Nautilus finally getting dirty](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/18/nautilus-finally-getting-dirty/) - CEO.ca - Nautilus Minerals (NUS-T) enters a critical phase in its bid to become a seafloor metals miner. Earlier today Nautilus noted it would start testing a number of its seafloor mining tools in early 2016. The key thing to realize here is that these tools have never been used before. Indeed, this kind of seafloor
- [Haywood Weekly Dig: Canadian markets at 52-week lows as commodities capitulate further](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/15/haywood-weekly-dig-canadian-markets-at-52-week-lows-as-commodities-capitulate-further/) - Global markets continued to fall this week as the fall in commodity prices continued unabated. Both the TSX Composite and Venture Indices fell to 52-week lows on the back of continued falling oil prices, led by WTI crude which fell below the $30 per barrel level for the first time since 2003 as Iran prepared
- [Pierre Lassonde to speak at Young Mining Professionals of Toronto dinner](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/15/pierre-lassonde-to-speak-at-young-mining-professionals-of-toronto-dinner/) - The Young Mining Professionals Toronto (YMPT) is back, and excited to announce we will be hosting Pierre Lassonde as our distinguished speaker on Thursday, February 18, 2016 at Hy's Steakhouse in Toronto. Pierre Lassonde is the Founder and Chairman of the world's leading gold-focused royalty and streaming company, Franco-Nevada. Mr. Lassonde is an authority on
- [Skeena updates GJ resource, plans next moves in British Columbia's Golden Triangle](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/15/skeena-updates-gj-resource-plans-next-moves-in-british-columbias-golden-triangle/) - https://youtu.be/NqAOebfx0os Skeena Resources (SKE-V), Ron Netolitzky’s British Columbia gold developer, published an updated resource estimate Thursday morning for two deposits on its GJ property, purchased from Teck and NGEx last October. GJ adjoins Skeena’s flagship Spectrum project in B.C.’s northwestern Golden Triangle, providing a valuable land bridge between Highway 37 and Spectrum. The Donnelly and
- [Lundin Gold gets the deal done](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/14/lundin-gold-gets-the-deal-done/) - Of course you don't break out the Champagne bottle yet on the Lundin Gold ($LUG) deal to advance Fruta del Norte in concert with the Ecuadorian government. Simply put, Ecuador has yet to build much faith in treating the mining sector fairly. It's fair to remain a sceptic. That said. Obviously Lundin Gold did something
- [Mining production results - Who is hitting guidance?](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/14/mining-production-results-who-is-hitting-guidance/) - This morning saw a couple of news releases from mining companies about 2015 year-end production results. I will take a brief look at each company with a focus on if they achieved guidance or not. The supply/demand dynamics for many metals are in the oversupply category to start 2016, especially with China slowing down. It will
- [Resource briefing: Northern Dynasty blasts EPA investigation, Taseko faces activist uprising](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/14/resource-briefing-northern-dynasty-blasts-epa-investigation-taseko-faces-activist-uprising/) - NORTHERN DYNASTY SAYS EPA INVESTIGATION WHITEWASHES ALLEGED MISCONDUCT Northern Dynasty (NDM-T) hit back against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in its feud with the environmental regulator over Pebble project permitting. Late yesterday the EPA's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a report clearing the EPA of misconduct in making a pre-emptive move to
- [Watching the insiders, Thursday morning edition: SBB, AEM, NEV, RYR, TVK](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/14/watching-the-insiders-thursday-morning-edition-sbb-aem-nev-ryr-tvk/) - Sabina Gold & Silver (SBB-T) Bruce McLeod's Nunavut gold developer was one of Canada's strongest-performing junior miners in 2015, more than doubling from 35 cents to 73 cents as it advanced its high-grade Back River gold deposit through two feasibility studies as well as permitting. The stock has since pulled back, and CEO McLeod was
- [Meet McEwen's new right-hand man](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/13/meet-mcewens-new-right-hand-man/) - It sounds like there's a strong fit in McEwen Mining's new hire, Colin Sutherland. Recently the miner with operating gold-silver assets in Mexico and Argentina announced hiring a new president and CEO after a protracted search. This was after the departure of Ian Ball to Abitibi Resources almost two years ago now. I wanted to
- [Former Mineweb editor Kip Keen joins CEO.CA](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/04/former-mineweb-editor-kip-keen-joins-ceo-ca/) - Today I join the CEO.ca team. On the one hand it's a seamless shift for me. As at Mineweb and the Northern Miner, my previous homes as a writer and editor, I'll be helping the CEO.ca team produce crack stories about exploration and entrepreneurs. On the other hand it's a new adventure. Tommy and his
- [Alaris Royalty navigates a profitable and increasingly crowded financing niche](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/13/alaris-royalty-navigates-a-profitable-and-increasingly-crowded-financing-niche/) - “Royalty” - the term touches on the right of kings, as well as a legal claim on revenues or profits. It can also be a great business model, as shown by Franco-Nevada over the past several years. And Franco-Nevada has indeed been royalty in the mining space through a period of shareholder value destruction. The
- [GMP Capital cuts 25% of staff in commodity rout](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/13/gmp-capital-cuts-25-of-staff-in-commodity-rout/) - GMP Capital Inc., one of Canada's leading independent financial services firms, with international operations, has overhauled its Capital Markets group and cut 25% of staff, citing "technology-driven disintermediation and increased regulation, and the sustained trough in the global commodity cycle.” The firm has exited its U.K. and Australian businesses, closing its London, Perth and Sydney
- [Investor Opportunities in the SmartGrid](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/12/investor-opportunities-in-the-smartgrid/) - The SmartGrid is here to redefine how we generate, deliver, and pay for electricity—and that will be a big opportunity for energy investors in 2016. The SmartGrid will help utilities reduce demand among their customer base during the very expensive peak periods, and cost-effectively increase their use of renewable energy. The good news for investors
- [How MaRS Innovation incubates Canadian startups](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/12/how-mars-incubates-canadian-startups/) - Earlier today I caught up with the President and CEO of MaRS Innovation (MI), Rafi Hofstein, as he takes in the JP Morgan annual biotech conference in San Francisco to talk about funding early stage tech start ups in Canada. MI, as not too many Canadian investors will know, is one of a few organizations
- [Gold and Rolex: Time for more high-grade hits at Pretium's Brucejack](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/12/gold-and-rolex-time-for-more-high-grade-hits-at-pretiums-brucejack/) - Pretium Resources (PVG:TSX) - Bob Quartermain's Pretium Resources is developing one of the highest-grade gold projects in the world. News this morning included stunning high-grade drill results from the fifth batch of underground infill drill holes. Assays included several hits over 1,000 grams per tonne - including 0.5m of 20,287 g/t gold - and Canaccord analyst Eric Zaunscherb had an interesting
- [Themes and Trends at CES 2016 - Haywood's Pardeep Sangha](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/12/themes-and-trends-at-ces-2016-haywoods-pardeep-sangha/) - Themes and Trends at CES The following Consumer Electronics Show recap was written by Pardeep Sangha, technology analyst at Haywood Securities. Email Riley Skinner (rskinner@haywood.com) to request a full copy of Mr. Sangha's CES report. · The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) held in Las Vegas last week attracted over 170,000 attendees. There were approximately 3,200
- [Insider roundup: Execs buying in the oilpatch (RRX, TOT, ERD, FCU)](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/12/insider-roundup-execs-buying-in-the-oilpatch-rrx-tot-erd-fcu/) - These are treacherous times for public market companies and nowhere more so than in the hard-hit energy space. Oil prices have fallen through the floor, with both Brent crude and WTI trading around US$31 - levels last seen in 2003. With the Saudi and American taps still on, and Iran's oil production coming onstream, many
- [Frank Talk: How Gold Got Its Groove Back](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/11/how-gold-got-its-groove-back/) - Who says gold lost its appeal as a safe haven asset? After five straight positive trading sessions last week, the yellow metal climbed above $1,100, its highest level in nine weeks, on a weaker U.S. dollar. The rally proves that gold still retains its status as a safe haven among investors, who were motivated by
- [Black gold and "family" values: Digging deeper into a Saudi Aramco spinout](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/11/black-gold-and-family-values-digging-deeper-into-a-saudi-aramco-spinout/) - There have been several reports in the media about Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Saudi Aramco), Saudi Arabia’s national oil company, spinning out a portion of its business. One of these articles quoted an analyst that pegged the valuation of the “company’s” total assets at US$10 trillion. While I agree that there is value here, that
- [Play the Long Game: "This Week"](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/11/play-the-long-game-this-week/) - This Week is a collection of articles, quotes and thoughts that speak to the state of the markets, whether macroeconomic or company centric. Click on the links to explore a collection of articles, or skim through the headlines for some quick context. This Week… Play the Long Game - The Telegraph came out with an
- [Athabasca Basin uranium roundup: NexGen Energy, Fission Uranium, Forum Uranium](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/11/athabasca-basin-uranium-roundup-nexgen-energy-fission-uranium-forum-uranium/) - It's an active start to the week for Athabasca Basin uranium plays, and NexGen Energy (NXE-V) is leading the way with another batch of stellar assays from its Arrow project. Also in the southwestern Basin, Fission Uranium (FCU-T) announced a final agreement and offtake deal with China's CGN Mining on its Triple R deposit. The
- [Oban Mining continues to consolidate the Abitibi](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/11/monday-mining-news-oban-mining-continues-to-consolidate-the-abitibi/) - Oban Mining (OBM:TSXV) and Niogold (NOX:TSXV) - Oban continues to deliver on its objective of becoming a mining house in Canada with a focus on consolidating large land areas with a focus on Quebec's Abitibi region. This morning Oban has announced a deal to acquire Niogold in a share-based transaction. The deal Each Niogold shareholder will receive 0.4167
- [Rubicon slashes Phoenix resource](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/11/rubicon-slashes-phoenix-resource/) - Rubicon made deep cuts to resources at its Phoenix gold project and signaled the end to its ambitions to bring the deposit, which has seen near $1 billion in exploration and development spent on it, to production. A revised resource, updating a 2013 estimate, paints a dramatically different picture of the Phoenix project, in the
- [Drillbits: Lithium in Nevada, nickel in Manitoba](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/08/drillbits-lithium-in-nevada-nickel-in-manitoba/) - CEO.ca - Like an over-excited Jack Russell chasing a rabbit, the scent of fresh core beckons and I scramble to learn what I can of new drilling programs. As is the game, most exploration programs come to naught. But some don't. So it goes. Wag my tail. I don't know if this will turn into a
- [Strong production results from Lake Shore Gold, St. Andrew Goldfields](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/08/41066/) - Two of Canada's stronger mid-tier gold producers were out of the gate today with positive 2015 production reports. Timmins miner Lake Shore Gold (LSG-T) produced 178,700 ounces of gold in 2015, compared to a record 185,600 in 2014. However, the treasury has grown to $100 million (in cash and bullion) compared to $60 million a
- [NGEx dreams big](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/07/ngex-dreams-big/) - CEO.ca - For the first time NGEx Resources pulled together the 60%-owned Jose Maria and Los Helados copper-gold deposits into a single mining scenario - now called the Constellation project - in a preliminary economic assessment. It's big. NGEx, about 19.9% owned by the Lundin family trusts, had previously envisioned a standalone operation at Los Helados,
- [Thursday insider roundup: PRB, CDB, VIT](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/07/thursday-insider-roundup-prb-cdb-vit/) - Probe Mines (PRB-V) The insider purchase was small, but the names of the buyer and the company are familiar - Jamie Sokalsky because he used to run Barrick Gold (ABX-T) and Probe Metals because it's a cash-rich spinout of Probe Mines, purchased by Goldcorp in one of the few M&A transactions of note in 2015
- [Thursday morning news: Claude Resources and Equitas Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/07/wednesday-morning-news-claude-resources-and-equitas-resources/) - Good morning, As the markets continue a freefall in most sectors, except for gold (back over US$1,100) and gold stocks, a couple news releases caught my eye this morning. Claude Resources (CRJ:TSX) - Saskatchewan's only publicly traded gold producer is out with 2015 annual results and guidance for 2016. Production for the year was 75,748 ounces, a
- [Mining CEOs goaded to raise billions](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/07/mining-ceos-goaded-to-raise-billions/) - The media has run with a recent note by Bank of America mining analysts arguing now is the time to raise billions - as much as $30 billion - through new equity to take over other distressed assets. The note garnered headlines like "BHP, Rio Tinto tipped to sell $30b of shares to fund asset buys."
- [Kaminak Gold releases Coffee FS boosted by weak dollar, low oil prices, northern road](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/06/kaminak-gold-releases-coffee-fs-boosted-by-weak-dollar-low-oil-prices-northern-road/) - Kaminak Gold (KAM-V), a popular gold play among junior mining investors, halted the stock then released a Feasibility Study just after the close today. The FS details a 10-year, open-pit heap-leach mine yielding an after-tax internal rate of return of 37% and NPV of $455 million (at a 5% discount). The economics have improved since
- [There are two types of business decisions: Reversible and irreversible](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/06/there-are-two-types-of-business-decisions-reversible-and-irreversible/) - There was a sheet ice storm in Portland, Oregon the other day and I did not make it to the office. There was one inch of sheet ice on both my car and the roads, and then it warmed up slightly, producing water on top of the ice. With the ice storm, the decision to
- [Wednesday roundup of insider activity: $URC $WML $EMX](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/06/wednesday-roundup-of-insider-activity-urc-wml-emx/) - Some insider transactions of note from overnight, with a focus on stock purchases in the public market. Did I miss anybody interesting? Let me know, and track what the insiders are doing using the black Insiders tab at CEO Chat. Uracan (URC-V): Chairman Clive Johnson picked up more shares Tuesday, buying 312,000 shares at 2
- [In rocky market, Euromax's Sharpe still confident about debt on Macedonia project](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/06/in-rocky-market-euromaxs-sharpe-still-confident-about-debt-on-macedonia-project/) - I was curious to hear about Euromax Resources' view of the road to final financing on the Ilovica copper-gold project in Macedonia, after the company released a no-big-surprises feasibility study this morning. London-based Steve Sharpe, president and CEO, answered his phone and after some wrangling with Skype's poor quality, we chatted for 10 or so
- [Sulliden Mining, trading at half working capital, hires Paul Pint for promotion](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/05/sulliden-mining-trading-at-half-working-capital-hires-paul-pint-for-promotion/) - I catch up with Sulliden Mining (SMC-T) this morning to hear about its new president, Paul Pint, and what working role he will fill. Sulliden - spun off from "old Sulliden," a predecessor company that was taken over by Rio Alto - owns stakes in a few juniors like Belo Sun and Falco, and also
- [Invest, live and learn: A few lessons from 2015](https://blog.ceo.ca/2016/01/04/invest-live-and-learn-a-few-lessons-from-2015/) - Commodity carnage made 2015 another painful year for junior mining investors. It was a year that saw me take a buyout from a newspaper job at the Vancouver Sun and transition to the exciting world of digital publishing with Tommy Humphreys and the growing CEO.CA team. The buyout also gave me some dry powder for another
- [Yoga for High Performance: Exclusive Interview With Jeska Brodbeck](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/17/yoga-for-high-performance-exclusive-interview-with-jeska-brodbeck/) - Miami-based yoga instructor Jeska Brodbeck reveals powerful tools to achieve your peak performance. Jeska Brodbeck is a full-time private yoga teacher based in Miami, Florida. Jeska was trained at one of the top yoga schools in the U.S., Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health in the Berkshires, Massachusetts and has practiced yoga for over 12
- [Small Caps Wrestle With Resistance As 2015 Draws To A Close](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/30/small-caps-wrestle-with-resistance-as-2015-draws-to-a-close/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: The Russell 2000 (IWM) has been testing an important area of resistance for the last few days: IWM (Daily) This resistance near $115-$115.20 on the IWM also happens to line up with the flat 50-day simple moving average and the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement of the June-August decline. It is fitting
- [Four ways to fix the ‘broken’ TSX Venture Exchange](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/29/four-ways-to-fix-the-broken-tsx-venture-exchange/) - Four ways to fix the 'broken' TSX Venture Exchange The TSX Venture Exchange has real problems. TSX Venture Exchange by the numbers in 2015 -34% drop in total equity capital raised by Venture issuers $3.1 billion amount of equity capital raised $677 million amount raised in public offerings -9% decline in total listings to 1,806
- [Desert Star set to drill-test two big Arizona copper targets in Q1 2016](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/29/desert-star-set-to-drill-test-two-big-arizona-copper-targets-in-q1-2016/) - Global mineral exploration expenditures have fallen to their lowest levels in decades, the fallout from a four-plus-years bear market in commodities. However, exploration remains the long-term research and development arm of the mining business, and some investors are still willing to finance its high-risk, high-reward endeavours. One such explorer, Desert Star Resources (TSXV:DSR), is poised
- [More action on the lithium front as energy metal bucks commodity downtrend](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/29/more-action-on-the-lithium-front-as-energy-metal-bucks-commodity-downtrend/) - During a year that saw prices for most commodities crash, driving down share prices and causing plenty of investor pain in resource-dependent Canada, lithium has been a rare bright spot. Prices for the battery ingredient have surged as demand outpaces supply, driven by battery-powered gadgets, vehicles and home electrical systems. Investors have taken notice, spurring renewed
- [US Global CIO Frank Holmes: 2015 in Review](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/28/us-global-cio-frank-holmes-2015-in-review/) - Christmas is my favorite holiday, as I’m sure it is for many of you reading this. We probably all agree that 2015 had more than its fair share of pain and tragedy around the world. But during Christmas, love and charity triumph—if only for a day—helping us recharge as we approach the new year. I
- [This Chart Illustrates How Cheap Mining Stocks Have Become](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/26/this-chart-illustrates-how-cheap-mining-stocks-have-become/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: This chart from RBC Capital Markets Research shows that non-precious metal mining shares are almost as cheap as they were at the depths of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis market crash: According to RBC non-precious metal mining shares are currently trading at a ~47% discount to net asset value (NAV).
- [Some late Christmas shopping by insiders: EMX, CBK, URC](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/24/some-late-christmas-shopping-by-insiders-emx-cbk-urc/) - It's a short trading day today - Canadian markets close at 10 a.m. PST, 1 p.m. EST - and also the last chance to lock in capital losses for the 2015 calendar year. If you invest in the junior mining space, chances are you may have some of those! However, one investor's tax-loss sale is
- [Laboucan responses dominate 2015 chat.ceo.ca most popular](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/23/laboucan-responses-dominate-2015-chat-ceo-ca-most-popular/) - Stock market commentator Allan Barry Laboucan is one of the most outspoken, controversial, and appreciated members of the chat.ceo.ca community. He makes some great calls, and some bad ones, and takes it all in stride. Allan made the unfortunate mistake of buying and recommending Rubicon Minerals stock this fall, telling the CEO.CA community his mom was averaging
- [The Fed Awakens: A New Hike](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/22/the-fed-awakens-a-new-hike/) - What were you doing in June 2006? That’s when the Federal Reserve last raised interest rates, just a year after the last Star Wars flick hit theaters. The biggest movie at the time was Adam Sandler’s “Click,” the hottest song, Shakira’s “Hips Don’t Lie.” The best-performing S&P 500 Index stock for the month was C.H.
- [SpaceX Falcon rocket nails safe landing in pivotal space feat](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/22/spacex-falcon-rocket-nails-safe-landing-in-pivotal-space-feat/) - By Joe Skipper, Cape Canaveral, FLA. (Reuters) A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Florida on Monday with a payload of communications satellites before the reusable main-stage booster turned around, soared back to Cape Canaveral and landed safely near its launch pad in a dramatic spaceflight first. The successful mission, capped by delivery of
- [When a junior mining bear market hands you lemons ...](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/22/when-a-junior-mining-bear-market-hands-you-lemons/) - Management has to be aligned with market conditions or else everything else breaks down. I talked to a banker last week and he pointed out that I was one of the last two or three CEOs that he knew that still owed a major part of their own deal. Most CEOs are either hired guns
- [The dark side of streaming deals: Strapped miners trade future value for cash](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/21/the-dark-side-of-streaming-deals-strapped-miners-trade-future-value-for-cash/) - In September, Robert Quartermain did something highly unusual for a mining executive — he signed a streaming deal with an early exit strategy.
- [Fission inks $82M financing/offtake deal with China General Nuclear affiliate (updated)](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/21/cgn-to-invest-cdn82m-at-0-85-in-fission-uranium/) - Huge news for Saskatchewan explorer and developer Fission Uranium (FCU.TSX) Monday. CGN Mining Company Ltd., an affiliate of China General Nuclear Power Corporation, has entered into a binding letter of intent to acquire 19.99% of Fission for $82.226 million at a price of $0.85 per subscription share. The CGN deal is at a roughly 26%
- [Monday morning roundup: Commodities, gold, Randgold, Asanko Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/21/monday-morning-roundup-commodities-gold-randgold-asanko-gold/) - Good morning investors, After a dismal year that saw the commodity complex sink more than 30%, Scotiabank is pegging lithium, zinc and construction product oriented strand board to lead the way in 2016. Those are the top picks of Patricia Mohr, Scotiabank's Vice-President of Economics and Commodity Market Specialist, who also expects tightening supply to boost
- [Fuelling the Future: Lithium X Launches on the TSXV](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/30/fuelling-the-future-lithium-x-launches-on-the-tsxv/) - Fuelling the Future: Lithium X Launches on the TSXV Experienced Clayton Valley operator GeoXplor named Exploration Manager Lithium X Land Position Increased by over 180% Minerals and Environmental Engineer Timothy Oliver appointed VP Project Development VANCOUVER, Nov. 30, 2015 /CNW/ - Lithium X Energy Corp. (TSX-V: LIX) ("Lithium X", or the "Company") Executive Chairman Paul
- [Haywood Weekly Dig: Fed Rate Hike Translates to Commodity Price Buoyancy Late in Week](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/18/haywood-weekly-dig-fed-rate-hike-translates-to-commodity-price-buoyancy-late-in-week/) - With perhaps the most important decision for commodity prices for some time having been actioned on Wednesday with the Federal Reserve lifting its key interest rate for the first time in nearly a decade, commodity prices witnessed subsequent pricing volatility, and strengthened on Friday. Such market vacillation will ultimately demonstrate whether Split Enz’s assertions of
- [Project generator Millrock Resources options Alaska copper-gold property](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/18/project-generator-millrock-resources-options-alaska-copper-gold-property/) - It's been a busy week for Millrock Resources. On Monday the project generator expanded its portfolio with a foray into B.C.'s Golden Triangle. It capped the week off today by optioning one of its Alaska properties. Under the terms of the agreement, Vista Minerals - a private Australian group - can earn an 80% joint venture interest
- [Mine-finder Tim Coughlin returns to gold exploration in Colombia](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/18/mine-finder-tim-coughlin-returns-to-gold-exploration-in-colombia/) - By James Kwantes and Tommy Humphreys Tim Coughlin’s career arc is actually a circle. The 50 year old geologist did his PhD research on gold-system targeting methods in the Andes of South America. Later, as chief geologist for AngloGold Ashanti, Coughlin spent several years being a “first mover” in Colombia, which at the time was
- [Nominations wanted: Emerging mining talent to be highlighted at January resource show](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/18/nominations-wanted-emerging-mining-talent-to-be-highlighted-at-january-resource-show/) - The Mining Recruitment Group and Cambridge House International have teamed up to shine a light on the best and brightest mining executives under the age of 35 at the upcoming Vancouver Resource Investment Conference to be held January 24-25, 2016. With 39 percent of mining executives planning to retire from full-time employment within the next
- [Wednesday morning roundup: Equitas Resources, Arena Minerals, and insider buying](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/16/monday-morning-roundup-equitas-resources-arena-minerals-and-insider-buying/) - Good morning. The Fed is expected to raise the interest rate at 11 am PST, and so far the gold market is up $14.50 last at US$1,075, as we wait. Drill results from Equitas Resources and Arena Minerals were among the mining news releases that caught my attention this morning. Equitas Resources (EQT:TSXV) - Junior
- [TSXV white paper pledges to reduce compliance costs, increase liquidity](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/17/tsxv-white-paper-pledges-to-reduce-compliance-costs-increase-liquidity/) - The TSX Venture Exchange is out with a white paper designed to address its role in these junior resource market conditions, the grim financing situation and restrictive financing rules. Calls for changes - from groups including the Venture Capital Markets Association to politicians such as West Vancouver-Capilano Liberal MLA Ralph Sultan - have been increasing in volume
- [‘Survival of the fittest’ in base metals sector](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/17/survival-of-the-fittest-in-base-metals-sector/) - 'Survival of the fittest' in base metals sector Falling base metal prices are putting major pressure on producer balance sheets, especially for those miners that are carrying a lot of debt. Canaccord Genuity analyst Peter Bures is among those cautioning investors to be very careful in this sector right now. "With producers feeling the squeeze
- [Bob Moriarty: It Doesn't Make Any Difference What The Fed Does](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/17/bob-moriarty-it-doesnt-make-any-difference-what-the-fed-does/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: "100 years of history proves that the Fed is clueless. The mismatch between interest rates and risk today is absolutely insane. My opinion is that the whole financial system is going to blow sky high." The Energy & Gold team had the pleasure connecting with legendary metals blogger and
- [Stocks Rally On Fed Rate Hike; Gold Miners Poised For Year End Rally](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/16/stocks-rally-on-fed-rate-hike-gold-miners-poised-for-year-end-rally/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: A sea of green across U.S. equity markets today: S&P 500 Heat Map Perhaps most interesting was that gold miners (GDX) rallied nearly 4% as gold added $17/ounce: GDX (Daily) GDX has spent the 2nd half of 2015 repeatedly testing support in the $13-$14 area. Given that the 'bad
- [Diamond investor diversifies between exploration and production plays](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/16/diamond-investor-diversifies-between-exploration-and-production-plays/) - As a child growing up in England, Paul Brockington used to enter stock-picking contests run by the Daily Mail newspaper. Later, having spent a decade as a Winnipeg-based mining analyst for Richardson, Brockington was in a position to recognize the potential significance when Chuck Fipke’s Dia Met Minerals drilled the discovery hole that launched the
- [Tintina reaches permitting milestone on high-grade Montana copper deposit](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/16/tintina-submits-mine-operating-permit-application-new-3d-project-video/) - New Black Butte Copper Project 3D Video: https://youtu.be/Sz8QKwyF40E Tintina Resources’ Black Butte Copper Project near White Sulphur Springs, Montana continues to advance despite headwinds for the mining industry. This morning the company announced submission of a Mine Operating Permit application for its Johnny Lee deposit at Black Butte. The copper project is one of the
- [Salman Partners becomes latest independent Canadian brokerage house to close doors](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/15/salman-partners-becomes-latest-canadian-brokerage-house-to-close-doors/) - The struggling Canadian resource industry was dealt another blow with the announcement that Vancouver-based independent brokerage house Salman Partners would be closing its doors in 2016. Founder Terry Salman, the company's president and CEO, made the announcement in a short news release issued late Tuesday afternoon. "It is with regret that Salman Partners Inc. announces that
- [Real estate syndicator Kevin England caps successful career with endowment fund](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/15/real-estate-syndicator-kevin-england-caps-successful-career-with-endowment-fund/) - With the help of thousands of retail investors, real estate syndicator Kevin England has enjoyed an impressive career buying, fixing up and selling -- sometimes decades later -- higher-end apartment buildings in markets including Toronto and Dallas-Fort Worth. England is a very personable entrepreneur whose career has been defined by his ease in cultivating close
- [Supply/demand balance in diamonds could be reached by mid-2016: Paul Zimnisky](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/15/supplydemand-balance-in-diamonds-could-be-reached-by-mid-2016-paul-zimnisky/) - Given the current inclement state of the diamond industry, I thought it would be useful to take a few steps back and break the convoluted dynamics of the industry down into the simplest fundamental concept in economics: supply and demand. Despite the fact that the diamond industry is heavily concentrated, and still possesses tones congruent
- [Why are you still in the junior mining space?](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/15/why-are-you-still-in-the-junior-mining-space/) - During some parts of the market cycle you have to adjust your expectations and ask why you are in the junior mining space. At market bottom is the best time to ask that question, and clearly we are in such a period. So why are you still here? You believe in gold: It is a
- [Tuesday morning news: Turquoise Hill Resources and Pretium Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/15/tuesday-morning-news-turquoise-hill-resources-and-pretium-resources/) - Turquoise Hill Resources - (TRQ:TSX) - A big deal for the mining industry, Turquoise Hill and its majority shareholder Rio Tinto this morning. Turquoise Hill and Rio Tinto have signed a US$4.4-billion project finance facility for the Oyu Tolgoi underground mine expansion in Mongolia. The project finance facility will be backed by over 20 different lenders around
- [Video: Allan Barry Laboucan interviews Premier Gold's Ewan Downie](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/14/video-allan-barry-laboucan-interviews-premier-golds-ewan-downie/) - Gold stocks are going through a tough time in this market, but in every tough market there are companies bucking the trend. Ewan Downie, CEO and President of Premier Gold (PG.T), came on CEO Chat regular Allan Barry Laboucan's show and made the case that Premier was named well. Premier owns 40% of the South Arturo
- [TSX Venture index sinks below 500 as long march downwards shows no signs of letting up](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/14/tsx-venture-index-sinks-below-500-as-long-march-downwards-shows-no-signs-of-letting-up/) - TSX Venture index sinks below 500 as long march downwards shows no signs of letting up Canada's junior stock exchange continues to plumb new depths that would have seemed unimaginable even a few years ago. The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index sunk below 500 points for the first time on Monday, hitting a record low of
- [Millrock makes a bold move into B.C.’s Golden Triangle](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/14/millrock-makes-a-bold-move-into-b-c-s-golden-triangle/) - Millrock Resources (MRO - TSXV) is a mineral exploration company following the prospect generator business model. That means Millrock generates exploration targets and finds deeper pocketed partners to pay for the expensive stuff like helicopter rentals and drilling, while Millrock usually retains a project interest, and earns money for managing the work programs. A lot
- [Between A Rock And A Hard Place](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/12/between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place/) - Via Energy & Gold.com: The Federal Reserve finds itself in a tricky situation heading into Wednesday's FOMC announcement. There has been a considerable build-up over the past several weeks (primarily from strong employment reports) which has led to the market anticipating a 25 basis point hike the Fed Funds Rate. However, the shakeout in the
- [Sprott's Thoughts: Who is making the few significant mineral discoveries?](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/11/sprotts-thoughts-who-is-making-the-few-significant-mineral-discoveries/) - With the four-year-plus bear market in the natural resource sector, we are all well aware that funding has dried up severely for junior mineral exploration companies wanting to raise money to do what they do best – drilling in pursuit of new discoveries. New discoveries are then often taken over by bigger mining companies which
- [Commodity prices decline further as miners initiate restructuring measures: Haywood Weekly Dig](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/11/commodity-prices-decline-further-as-miners-initiate-restructuring-measures-haywood-weekly-dig/) - As the end of the 2015 approaches, both investors and mining companies are restructuring their portfolios, either via tax-loss selling through struggling investor portfolios, or cutbacks on production and spending by miners. This week saw a number of mining companies announce restructuring plans. This included Anglo American (AAL-LON), who announced it would cut approximately
- [Something Doesn't Add Up](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/11/something-doesnt-add-up/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Since the odds of a Fed rate hike at its December meeting shot up above 80% gold has actually outperformed the S&P 500: Gold vs. S&P 500 since November 20th This outperformance is widening further today as gold is .4% higher on the session while the S&P 500 is
- [Insiders buying at First Mining Finance, Fission Uranium and NexGen Energy](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/11/insiders-buying-at-first-mining-finance-fission-uranium-and-nexgen-energy/) - Good morning investors, A quick look at some of last night's more interesting insider filings: First Mining Finance (FF-V) - CEO Keith Neumeyer banked some more shares of his gold-focused mineral bank, buying 47,000 shares yesterday at 32 cents a share. Neumeyer, who also runs First Majestic Silver, has been a voracious buyer of First
- [Thursday morning roundup: Insider moves, Klondex Mines, Columbus Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/10/thursday-morning-roundup-insider-moves-klondex-mines-columbus-gold/) - Good morning investors, First off this morning, I wanted to highlight some interesting insider moves that landed in the Insiders tab in CEO Chat. The day's SEDI insider filings flow in there every night, sorted by company, and it's usually worth a look. It certainly was last night. Former Barrick Gold CEO Jamie Sokalsky was buying
- [The Gold Miners Have Put In A Bottom....Seriously](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/09/the-gold-miners-have-put-in-a-bottom-seriously/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: While the gold miners (GDX) continue to experience significant day to day volatility the ratio chart of GDX relative to the S&P 500 (SPY) shows a clean double-bottom pattern with a notable bullish momentum divergence: GDX/SPY (Daily) The October/November decline in the miners made a marginal new low in the
- [Erdene drills high-grade gold near surface at southwest Mongolia discovery](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/09/erdene-drills-high-grade-gold-near-surface-at-southwest-mongolia-discovery/) - Erdene Resource Development is out with results from 6 of 15 holes recently drilled as part of a maiden 695-metre program at the Bayan Khundii gold discovery in southwest Mongolia, and they look good. The program identified five zones of near-surface high-grade gold mineralization that are open along strike and at depth. Five of the
- [Wednesday roundup: Sabina Gold & Silver, Lithium X, Rockhaven Resources, Amarc Resources, NexGen Energy](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/09/wednesday-roundup-sabina-gold-silver-lithium-x-rockhaven-amarc/) - Sabina Gold & Silver (SBB-T) Nunavut gold developer Sabina Gold & Silver has cleared another permitting hurdle with the filing and acceptance of the company's Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for its Back River gold project. The FEIS was submitted to the Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB) on Nov. 23 and has been deemed conformant
- [AME B.C., PDAC recognize mineral exploration excellence with award winners](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/08/ame-b-c-celebrates-successful-mineral-exploration-with-2015-award-recipients/) - With stock prices in the tank and tax-loss selling here, it can be easy to forget about successes in the worlds of mining and junior exploration. They still exist, of course. And today both the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME B.C.) and the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) announced their latest
- [Oban deal brings IDM Mining chief executive Rob McLeod back to Yukon](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/08/oban-deal-brings-idm-mining-chief-executive-rob-mcleod-back-to-yukon/) - If Anglo's woes symbolize the pain of production in a falling price environment, a property deal between two juniors announced after market close yesterday may hint at brighter days to come - the looming supply crunch and rising prices that inevitably follow a price crash. Rob McLeod's IDM Mining (IDM-T) has signed an agreement with Oban
- [Commodity counterparties: Anglo American takes axe to operations while Ivanhoe finalizes Zijin deal](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/08/commodity-counterparties-anglo-american-takes-axe-to-operations-while-ivanhoe-finalizes-zijin-deal/) - Turns out the De Beers decision Friday to close its Snap Lake diamond mine in Canada's Northwest Territories, eliminating more than 400 jobs, was just a preview of cuts to come at the parent company. Anglo American, one of the world's largest mining companies, took radical action today to stem the bleeding from low commodity
- [Leading mining analyst Joe Mazumdar leaves Canaccord, teams up with Brent Cook](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/07/joe-mazumdar-joins-brent-cooks-exploration-insights-mining-newsletter/) - Big news in the mining and investment newsletter worlds. Veteran analyst Joe Mazumdar has left investment bank Canaccord Genuity and joined Brent Cook’s Exploration Insights (“EI”) publication. EI is a premium weekly newsletter that provides independent research and analysis of early stage mining stocks and is edited by Mr. Cook, a respected and experienced economic geologist. The news was announced
- [CEO Greg Johnson is out at Wellgreen Platinum](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/07/ceo-greg-johnson-is-out-at-wellgreen-platinum/) - Wellgreen Platinum announced the departure of CEO Greg Johnson this morning, with no details in the short news release on why he left. Wellgreen is advancing a PGM-nickel project in Yukon off the Alaska Highway. The move comes less than a month after the company closed an $11.4-million financing with investors including Resource Capital Funds and Alverstoke
- [Search for world-class assets doesn't begin (or end) at the tax office](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/07/search-for-world-class-assets-doesnt-begin-or-end-at-the-tax-office/) - My team is in the exploration business to find world-class assets. We are not in the tax credit business, the G/A business, the lifestyle business, or the ego business. I had a long conversation last week with someone who was selling me on doing business in a region because of a serious tax credit to
- [BNN Market Call: Fabrice Taylor of the President's Club on LIX, RD, NMX, KDX and more](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/04/bnn-market-call-fabrice-taylor-on-lix-rd-nmx-kdx-and-more/) - Fabrice Taylor of the popular newsletter The President's Club made an appearance on BNN Market Call today with host Andrew Bell. Here is my quick summary of the hour-long show. Market Outlook Fabrice does not see much joy in commodities. Alberta is suffering with low oil prices, high-end homes are now going for 50% on the dollar
- [What to expect from Continental Gold in 2016](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/03/the-path-ahead-for-continental-gold-in-2016/) - With gold currently around US$1,064 an ounce, the gold mining industry is focused more on survival than M&A. But as producers mine ore and attempt to grind out a profit as gold moves lower, they are constantly depleting their resource. If they want to stay in business, production pipelines will need to be replenished. And high-grade
- [What Does China’s Rise Mean for the World?](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/03/what-does-chinas-rise-mean-for-the-world/) - It seems our world is as unstable as it has ever been. There are brewing conflicts everywhere, in many cases interconnected and with such a cacophony of players that even seasoned diplomats are confused. To make things worse, we have a non-functioning UN Security Council and a lack of will by the international community to
- [Klondex increases mineral reserves in Nevada, Fission dissident removes nominees](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/03/klondex-increases-mineral-reserves-in-nevada-fission-dissident-removes-nominees/) - A quick look at news from Klondex Mines and Fission Uranium with some additional comments on each. Klondex Mines- (KDX:TSX) - Klondex is out with an updated total mineral reserves calculation for the Fire Creek project and Midas Mine in Nevada. Total mineral reserves increased by ~19% in 2015. Highlights: Total mineral reserves of 444,488 gold
- [Energy analyst Keith Schaefer on the rise of frac sands](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/02/energy-analyst-keith-schaefer-on-the-rise-of-frac-sands/) - Keith Schaefer is the editor and publisher of the Oil & Gas Investments Bulletin which finds, researches and profiles growing energy companies that Schaefer buys himself. He is also one of the most respected names in the investment newsletter space and correctly anticipated the dramatic crude oil decline of 2014. Energy & Gold’s Scott Armstrong caught up
- [How watching the insiders can be a powerful tool for speculators](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/01/how-watching-the-insiders-can-be-a-powerful-tool-for-speculators/) - Cyber Monday is over for the year, but bargain prices linger across the TSX Venture Exchange. Prices are low, but where is the best value? One tool that can help investors make money by differentiating between price and value is to watch the insiders. The theory is that people who run a company know more
- [Pure Gold Mining sells non-core assets, Guyana Goldfields ramps up production](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/02/pure-gold-mining-sells-non-core-assets-guyana-goldfields-ramps-up-production/) - Good morning, news out from mining junior Pure Gold Mining and newly producing Guyana Goldfields merits a closer look. Pure Gold Mining (PGM:TSXV) and Premier Gold (PG:TSX) - Pure Gold Mining has agreed to sell 513 hectares of land to Premier Gold for $5 million in cash and shares and a 1% NSR, which looks
- [Sprott's Thoughts: How to ask Sprott Global's Rick Rule for money](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/12/01/rick-rule-heres-how-to-ask-sprott-global-for-money/) - https://youtu.be/vQYN5aNocnA “What would you like to talk about this time?” I asked my boss, after walking into his office. “Well, I’d like to have a conversation for the issuers,” replied Rick Rule, Chairman of Sprott US Holdings, “in terms of what we look for, before giving a company our client’s money. What do you think?”
- [Gold Futures Speculators Capitulate](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/30/gold-futures-speculators-capitulate/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Gold futures speculators have moved into full capitulation mode in recent weeks. The liquidation we have seen in gold since the October highs is one for the record books; a more than 135,000 contract reduction in net long exposure for a net notional amount of more than $15 billion: There
- [The TSX Venture Exchange wants to hear from you](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/30/the-tsx-venture-exchange-wants-to-hear-from-you/) - The TSX Venture Exchange has been hammered by a resource bear market and low-cost competition in recent years. Plummeting commodity prices, risk-averse investors and restrictive financing rules have made it virtually impossible for all but the highest-calibre Venture-listed junior miners to raise money. Meanwhile, companies looking to save a dollar wherever they can are opting for
- [The end of the world is priced into this market](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/30/cyber-monday-in-metals-mining-the-end-is-near-but-bargains-are-here/) - Is the financial world coming to an end? I don’t think so, but if you looked at the major metals & mining and steelmaking industries, you would think it was. I remember in 2002 when high-tech was dead and in 2009 when the U.S. real estate market was “never” coming back. 2015 could be that
- [Government MLA sounds alarm on state of junior mining, financing in B.C. Legislature](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/26/politician-sounds-alarm-on-state-of-junior-mining-financing-in-b-c-legislature/) - The junior mining industry and those who invest in it have a friend in Ralph Sultan, the MLA for West Vancouver-Capilano. The British Columbia Liberal politician recently sounded the alarm in the provincial Legislative Assembly about the state of the junior exploration industry and the impediments to mine financing. Citing recent examples (Pretium's Brucejack, Oyu
- [Osisko doubles down on Barkerville, NexGen hits high-grade at Arrow, Novagold and Barrick advance Donlin](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/30/osisko-doubles-down-on-barkerville-nexgen-hits-high-grade-at-arrow-novagold-and-barrick-advance-donlin/) - Osisko Gold Royalties (OR-T) expands stake in Barkerville Gold Mines (BGM-V) Sean Roosen's Osisko Gold Royalties has picked up a royalty and added to its stake in Barkerville Gold Mines through a $10.24-million private placement of 32 million flow-through common shares at 32 cents a share. Osisko will pay $25 million for the 1.5% NSR
- [Promising lithium startup to trade on Monday](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/27/promising-lithium-startup-lithium-x-to-trade-on-monday/) - New lithium exploration startup Lithium X Energy Corp. will start trading on the TSXV on Monday, Nov. 30 under the symbol LIX. News release here: Lithium X Energy Corp. completes acquisition of NSP Lithium Claims Full disclosure: I am a shareholder and have a business relationship with the company. LIX is led by Brian Paes-Braga,
- [Fireside Chat: Ross Beaty & Lukas Lundin on gold, oil and climate change](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/27/fireside-chat-featuring-ross-beaty-lukas-lundin-with-gianni-kovacevic/) - At the recent Precious Metals Summit in Zurich on Nov. 4, Gianni Kovacevic hosted a fireside chat with two of the most successful mining entrepreneurs in our history: Ross Beaty and Lukas Lundin. Mr. Kovacevic is chairman of CopperBank (CBK:CSE), which is accumulating copper deposits in this market. I watched the hour-long discussion and wanted to summarize
- [HealthSpace CEO Warwick Smith talks to Cantech Letter](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/27/healthspace-ceo-warwick-smith-talks-to-cantech-letter/) - HealthSpace will begin trading on Monday Nov. 30 under the symbol HS on the CSE. Article source: Nick Waddell, editor, www.cantechletter.com In the world of tech ideas, everyone has already moved on from using paper-based solutions and has been toting iPads to their job for years. But ideas are not reality, at least not yet.
- [Cameco’s former Chief Mine Engineer on why he’s long NexGen](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/25/camecos-former-chief-mine-engineer-on-why-hes-long-nexgen/) - Canada’s Athabasca Basin is arguably the best place to look for uranium in the world, and it’s the backyard of Cameco, the world’s largest producer. A few small exploration companies have been able to find and delineate uranium deposits there and make money for shareholders by selling them to majors such as Cameco. CEO.CA has
- [New exchange: Building a speed bump for high-frequency trading](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/26/building-a-speed-bump-for-high-frequency-trading/) - “We’d all sit there and stare at the screen and I’d have my finger over the Enter button. I’d count out loud to five…. ‘One… ‘Two…..See, nothing’s happened. ‘Three…..Others are still there at forty-eight… ‘Four...Still no movement. ‘Five.’ Then I’d hit the Enter button and -- boom! -- all hell would break loose. The offerings
- [Interview: Jim Rogers on gold, Wall Street and the "backwater" of finance](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/29/interview-jim-rogers-on-gold-wall-street-and-the-backwater-of-finance/) - 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
- [Follow the Yellow Brick Road: A Journey Into the World of Coloured Gemstones](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/25/follow-the-yellow-brick-road-a-journey-into-the-world-of-coloured-gemstones/) - Nestled among the hills of Egypt’s eastern desert are a series of underground mines. The workings, where miners once scratched deep into the mica and talc schist of the craggy hills searching for stones, have lain dormant for over 2 millennia. Neither gold nor copper were being pulled from the mines. Instead, something far more
- [A perspective on thankfulness and plenty](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/25/a-perspective-on-thankfulness-and-plenty/) - I am thankful this year. Thankful that I have the basis to get up every morning, that my wife still loves me, that my dog is there, my kids are healthy, my fridge has food, my car has gas, and that the problems I face are in control enough to deal with. When I talked
- [1,111-carat gem-quality diamond producing "shock and awe" effect: Lucara CEO](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/19/1111-carat-diamond-producing-shock-and-awe-effect-lucara-ceo/) - Christmas came early for Lucara CEO William Lamb, and it took the shape of a near-tennis-ball-sized diamond that captured the world's imagination and the market's attention. Lucara shares surged 49 cents, or 30.43%, to a close of $2.10 on heavy trading Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange, adding about $200 million to the company's market
- [RAB’s Philip Richards: Why a Gradual Bull Market in Metals Is on Its Way](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/24/rabs-philip-richards-why-a-gradual-bull-market-in-metals-is-on-its-way/) - Source: Kevin Michael Grace of The Gold Report (11/23/15) After five trying years, RAB Capital Founder and President Philip Richards sees the light at the end of the tunnel. In this interview with The Gold Report, he argues that a continued zero-interest-rate policy from the Fed will be good for gold and silver, while continued
- [Crude Oil Just Made An Important Low](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/24/crude-oil-just-made-an-important-low/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: With all the messiness that's occurring in Syria it's surprising that something worse (from a geopolitical standpoint) than this morning's shootdown of a Russian fighter jet by Turkey hasn't already happened. Here's a cute graphic from Citi that hopes to explain what is a very murky situation in Syria: Crude
- [Tuesday morning: Continental Gold, First Mining Finance, Petromanas Energy, Arena Minerals](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/24/tuesday-morning-continental-gold-first-mining-finance-petromanas-energy-arena-minerals/) - Good morning, Some news of note on a day when Syria is heating up, with Turkish fighter jets shooting down a Russian warplane the NATO member says ventured into its air space. The international incident comes after reports that much of the oil being produced on ISIS-controlled territory - both Russia and the U.S. have been
- [On China: The gold rush, rushes to judgment and the power of a work ethic](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/23/on-china-the-gold-rush-and-rushes-to-judgment/) - I grew up hearing the histories of the gold rushes, and the narratives of people like Chinese-American pioneer Polly Bemis were my early introduction. I read the stories of Idaho County and the gold rush of 1862, and the long-term effects of that gold rush. What I loved most was the history of the Chinese,
- [Monday morning: A dose of lithium for the latest commodity clobbering](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/23/monday-morning-a-dose-of-lithium-for-the-latest-commodity-clobbering/) - Good morning investors, We've seen this movie before, but the sequels seem to be popular: Commodities are getting clobbered to start the week as the U.S. dollar surges higher in anticipation of an interest rate hike. Copper - down 1.4% to $2.06/lb (down more than 20% YTD) Nickel - down 4.8% to $3.76/lb (down more
- ['Kirchner era' ends with pro-business opposition win in Argentina](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/23/new-argentine-president-mauricio-macri-vows-to-revitalize-sagging-economy-with-free-market-reforms/) - By Peter Prengaman, The Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — President-elect Mauricio Macri’s promises to revitalize Argentina’s sagging economy with free-market reforms and improve strained relations with the United States resonated with voters, carrying him to a historic win that ended 12 years of often-conflictive rule by President Cristina Fernandez and her late husband. But
- [Anyone who emits carbon will pay, Alberta says as it releases tough climate change policies](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/23/anyone-who-emits-carbon-will-pay-alberta-says-as-it-releases-tough-climate-change-policies/) - Anyone who pollutes will pay, Alberta says as it releases tough climate change policies CALGARY – Alberta will be coal-power emissions-free by 2030 and will impose a $30 per tonne carbon tax on all emissions – including emissions from cars and furnaces – by 2018. Alberta Premier Rachel Notley unveiled her government's climate change policies
- [Shares of gold miners hit after terrorist attack kills 27 at hotel in Mali's capital](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/20/shares-of-gold-miners-hit-after-terrorist-attack-kills-27-at-hotel-in-malis-capital/) - Shares of gold miners B2Gold, Endeavour Mining and Randgold slid in Friday trading in the aftermath of a terrorist attack and hostage-taking at a Western hotel in the Mali capital of Bamako that killed at least 27 people. The producers are among mining companies with operations in the west African country. B2Gold had two employees staying
- [Keith Schaefer of Oil and Gas Investments Bulletin on where to find value today](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/19/special-ceo-chat-guest-keith-schaefer-of-oil-and-gas-investments-bulletin-on-upstream-downstream-and-everything-in-between/) - Newsletter writer Keith Schaefer of the acclaimed Oil and Gas Investments Bulletin stopped by this morning at CEO Chat, the investment conference in your pocket. And the questions - and Keith's answers - came fast and furious: upstream, downstream and everything in between. Keith is offering CEO.CA subscribers a one-month test drive of his solid newsletter
- [Technology, global growth will fire up mineral explorers again: Davidson & Company managing partner](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/18/no-more-first-class-flights-for-exploration-management-the-work-starts-now-mp-davidson-company-llp/) - In the midst of a gruelling bear market, companies that provide services to publicly traded resource ventures have been hit almost as hard as those operating in the space. However, advising and consulting to junior miners also provides an intimate view into the company, a perspective many individuals are not granted. This, in turn, offers
- [Canadian miner Lucara finds 1,111-carat diamond — believed to be second-largest ever](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/18/canadian-miner-lucara-finds-1111-carat-diamond-believed-to-be-second-largest-ever/) - Canadian miner Lucara finds 1,111-carat diamond - believed to be second-largest ever A Canadian mining company has recovered a diamond for the ages. The astounding stone has no precedent in the past century and will command a massive price at auction. The only question is how high it will go. I'm still waking up at
- [Royalty specialist John Budreski navigates stormy resource seas](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/18/royalty-specialist-john-budreski-navigates-stormy-resource-seas/) - I caught up with royalty specialist John Budreski recently for an update on Morien Resources, a small resource royalty play with two long-life assets in Nova Scotia. The shares had recently slumped below 20 cents from a 52-week high of 28 cents, and I took a position. Budreski, Morien’s president and CEO, didn’t seem too
- [Sandfire buys out George Soros's stake in Tintina, gold explorers hit in Yukon, NWT](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/18/sandfire-buys-out-george-soross-stake-in-tintina-gold-explorers-hit-in-yukon/) - Tintina Resources (TAU-V) Australian miner Sandfire Resources is buying out George Soros's Quantum Partners to consolidate control of Tintina Resources' Black Butte Copper project in Montana. The deal will see Sandfire purchase an additional 47,244,095 shares at a price of $.0831 per share, a 38.5% premium to Tintina's Tuesday closing price. Sandfire now owns 57.19%
- [A Seasonal Trade In Silver](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/18/a-seasonal-trade-in-silver/) - Via EnergyandGold.com: Precious metals have had an awful month of November thus far with both silver and gold suffering significant declines while posting record losing streaks. Most notably silver has posted a record 14 consecutive losing sessions and is currently working on a 15th as I write this: Silver (Daily) Several things stand out to me
- [Diamond roundup: Peregrine Diamonds, Canterra Minerals, Strike Diamond](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/17/diamond-roundup-peregrine-diamonds-canterra-minerals-strike-diamond/) - Peregrine Diamonds (PGD-V) The peregrine falcon is known for its high-speed dive, which can reach speeds of more than 300 km-h (186 miles-h) as it descends on an unwitting target. Peregrine Diamonds' stock has undergone more of a low-speed dive since April highs of the high-.30s - it's been trading near 52-week lows of 14
- [High-grade gold producer Kirkland Lake Gold acquires St. Andrews Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/17/high-grade-gold-producer-kirkland-lake-gold-acquires-st-andrews-gold/) - It's been a busy couple of days for Kirkland Lake Gold: this morning the Ontario high-grade producer announced second-quarter production results on the heels of its takeover offer for St. Andrew Goldfields yesterday. Kirkland Lake Gold- (KGI:TSX) - Second-quarter production for the quarter was 33,511 ounces, keeping Kirkland Lake on track to meet annual guidance. Production was
- [Video: Allan Barry Laboucan interviews Sabina Gold & Silver CEO Bruce McLeod](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/16/video-interview-sabina-gold-silver-ceo-bruce-mcleod/) - Newsletter writer and CEO Chat regular Allan Barry Laboucan interviewed Sabina Gold & Silver CEO Bruce McLeod today on his show, Allan Barry Reports. McLeod took the helm on Feb. 15 and it's been a busy year. Sabina has advanced the Back River gold deposit in Nunavut through two Feasibility Studies, progressed on the permitting
- [China has deleveraging options - and killer infrastructure](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/16/china-has-options-and-killer-infrastructure/) - Third in a series on currencies and leverage, by Benjamin Cox China made the right choice to sell a “leveraged growth” story. They ended up with roads, steel mills, bridges, buildings, and ports. Frankly, even with the cost of a debt default or an inflationary period, they will have - on a net basis -
- [A closer look at dissident slate for Fission Uranium board](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/16/a-closer-look-at-dissident-slate-for-fission-uranium-board/) - Fission Uranium has sent a letter to shareholders, along with the management information circular, ahead of the company's Dec. 15 AGM in Kelowna. Included in the letter is the dissident slate for the board of directors of Fission, the Athabasca Basin-focused company that is advancing the Triple R deposit at Patterson Lake South. A friendly merger
- [Metals hit hard on lower global growth outlook, copper at 6 1/2-year low: Haywood Weekly Dig](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/13/metals-hit-hard-on-lower-global-growth-outlook-haywood-weekly-dig/) - The growth outlook in both Asia and Europe, in addition to retail sales in the U.S., all conspired to batter metal prices this week, resulting in significant declines in mining equities. This was reflected in the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals and Global Mining Indices, which both fell to 52-week lows, finishing at 68 and 45.3
- [The "investment conference in your pocket" comes alive with sharp insights and opinions](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/13/the-investment-conference-in-your-pocket-comes-alive-with-sharp-insights-and-opinions/) - CEO Chat lived up to its slogan - "the investment conference in your pocket" - last night as newsletter writers Brent Cook, Eric Coffin and Gwen Preston shared their thoughts on junior mining projects and companies that are in the news. Geologist Rob McLeod and engineer Tim Oliver also weighed in. Junior resource plays that
- [Gran Tierra to acquire Petroamerica Oil for US$84 million](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/13/gran-tierra-launches-friendly-deal-to-acquire-petroamerica-oil/) - Thursday evening, Gran Tierra Energy (GTE) announced a friendly deal to acquire Petroamerica Oil (PTA) for cash and shares worth about US$84 million based on a C$3.32 GTE price. PTA shareholders can elect to receive .40 of a GTE share or C $1.33 in cash for each PTA share, up to 70% payable in cash. That's about
- [Rick Rule on BNN Market Call talks Precious Metals Stocks](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/13/rick-rule-on-bnn-market-call-talks-precious-metals-stocks/) - Rick Rule on BNN Market Call (November 12, 2015) Rick Rule, chairman of Sprott Global, made an appearance on BNN Market Call last night discussing precious metals stocks. BNN host Catherine Murray sat in for regular host Mark Bunting. Rule said that weak global demand is the cause of the price slide in many commodities. For investors with
- [Sprott's Thoughts: Market chaos creates opportunities, Rick Rule says](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/12/sprotts-thoughts-market-chaos-creates-opportunities-rick-rule-says/) - I had the chance to visit once again with Rick Rule, Chairman of Sprott US Holdings. It was a great conversation, focusing on the state of metals and mining, a $20 billion opportunity now available due to market chaos, and ‘multiples of potential return’ in mining equities, should historical measures reassert themselves. “I’ve seen this
- [Millennial financier stakes his claim in Nevada lithium rush](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/12/millenial-financier-stakes-his-claim-in-nevada-lithium-rush/) - People-projects-capital are the three pillars of the mining business, according to Teck Resources founder Norman Bell Keevil. The formula is a simple but effective high-level filter to identify promising early-stage mining opportunities. I was reminded of the formula with the emergence of Brian Paes-Braga as the CEO of Royce Resources, a new lithium exploration play.
- [Barrick sheds assets to pay debt, Semafo turns a profit](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/12/barrick-sheds-assets-to-pay-debt-semafo-turns-a-profit/) - Barrick Gold - (ABX:TSX) - Barrick continues to deliver on its promise to reduce company debt by $3 billion in 2015. This morning Barrick announced they have sold non-core assets in Nevada for US$720 million in cash. On completion of the deal Barrick will have met its goal, with $3.2 million of asset sales, joint
- [Eric Coffin: Stock Increased As Predicted, Gains Still To Be Made...](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/12/stock-increased-as-predicted-gains-still-to-be-made/) - Dear HRA Free List Readers, If you’ve been on the list for a while you would have seen two earlier emails about Sunridge Gold (SGC-V; SGCNF-OTCQX). The first was in April when the stock was trading at about 14 cents on the TSX. The second came in September after Sunridge received its mining licences for
- [J.C. Parets: Forget the Fed, Bond Yields Will Make New Lows](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/11/j-c-parets-forget-the-fed-bond-yields-will-make-new-lows/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Noted market technician and fund manager J.C. Parets is a long time friend of CEO.CA and EnergyandGold.com. We had the pleasure of sitting down with J.C. and picking his chart filled brain as to what he's seeing right now across global markets and asset classes. As is his style, J.C. did
- [Remembrance Day: A Jewish girl who survived the Holocaust and the couple who helped her](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/11/remembrance-day-a-jewish-girl-who-survived-the-holocaust-and-the-couple-who-helped-her/) - “Doch dyn plicht en lit de lju mar rabje.” (Do your duty, and just let people talk) Late 1943 was a dangerous time to be a German Jew in occupied Europe, but Flora Heinrich was one of the lucky ones. Surviving up until that point meant she had already beaten long odds. November 11, 1938:
- [High carat values insulate Lucara from diamond slump](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/11/high-carat-values-insulate-lucara-from-diamond-slump/) - Lucara Diamond Corp's (TSX: LUC) third quarter results, released on November 5th, showed a strong average price-per-carat sold in the period, primarily driven by the previously released results from the first “exceptional” diamond sale of the year (those estimated to sell for at least $1 million) and a overall greater recovery of higher-value stones in
- [Second in a series: Currency printing and why a flash default is the way to go](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/11/second-in-a-series-currency-printing-and-why-a-flash-default-is-the-way-to-go/) - Second in a series on currency and monetary default by Benjamin Cox The flaw with U.S. debt is that you are really just buying a sovereign currency with a yield. There is no intent to ever repay the debt -- at best, there may be an intent to roll it. The assumption is that the
- [GoldQuest advances Romero, Integra Gold enlarges Triangle Zone](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/11/goldquest-advances-romero-integra-gold-enlarges-triangle-zone/) - Good morning, investors, a few news releases of note on a quiet-ish day in the markets. Shares of Nevada explorer Nexus Gold are halted pending company news, but they won't be releasing it until tomorrow, chairman Alex Klenman confirmed in an email. The delay prompted some chatter in CEO Chat, but we'll see tomorrow. GoldQuest
- [Thom Calandra: Gold Standard Ventures raises discovery bar](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/10/thom-calandra-gold-standard-ventures-raises-discovery-bar/) - RENO, Nevada -- ​Mac Jackson is Gold Standard Venture's exploration chief. Like the Nevada prospector's CEO, he and his co-workers are youngish -- late 30s, early 40s. I imagine most of them were not born when the Carlin Trend "became" a gold trend in Nevada sometime in the 1960s. Gold Standard Ventures' ​latest reverse-circulation drill
- [Drilling a long-shot for a copper-gold porphyry discovery](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/10/rolling-the-dice-drilling-for-a-copper-gold-porphyry-discovery/) - One Venture-listed company trying to make the next discovery is Garibaldi Resources (GGI:TSXV). A company update was provided this morning on the first-ever drilling campaign at the Grizzly property in the Sheslay district of northwestern British Columbia. Junior mining speculators know the TSX Venture Exchange is desperate for a major discovery that could turn the
- [A Strategic explorer with low downside](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/10/a-prospect-generator-preparing-for-the-upturn/) - Mining cycles are Doug Eaton’s stock in trade, which helps explain why the Strategic Metals CEO is remarkably zen given the state of junior mining markets - and his company’s share price. The veteran Yukon geologist has made a career out of using cycle bottoms to sow the seeds of success before harvesting closer to the
- [Crossing the Rubicon: What we should learn from the Phoenix failure](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/09/crossing-the-rubicon-what-we-should-learn-from-the-phoenix-failure/) - Excerpted with permission from Brent Cook's Exploration Insights newsletter Before discussing the recent results published by Rubicon about its Phoenix project, it is important to state that every mineral resource estimate has risks associated with its accuracy. Most informed investors know that some of these risks are highlighted by placing the estimated tonnage of mineralization
- [Copper crunch: Morning financials from two British Columbia producers](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/09/copper-crunch-morning-financials-from-two-british-columbia-producers/) - A look this morning at financial results from two of the producing mining companies with operations in British Columbia, Canada. Thompson Creek Metals - (TCM:TSX) - Thompson Creek Metals is out with third-quarter financials at its Mt. Milligan mine in British Columbia, which has now been in operation for 2 years. The mine has large
- [On the road: Halloween in The Big Easy](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/20/on-the-road-halloween-in-nola/) - 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
- [Gold Falls Below $1,100 Level as Fed Earmarks December Rate Hike: Haywood Weekly Dig](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/06/gold-falls-below-1100-level-as-fed-earmarks-december-rate-hike-haywood-weekly-dig/) - Following last week's decision by the Federal Reserve to hold the key rate at near-zero levels, comments by Janet Yellen this week heightened anticipation among investors that a rate hike could finally eventuate in December. This expectation comes after growing criticism from several commentators concerned that communication from the Fed, and Yellen in particular, appears
- [Not so shiny: State of the global diamond-mining industry going into year-end, 2015](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/06/not-so-shiny-state-of-the-global-diamond-mining-industry-year-end-2015/) - So far in 2015, the state of the global diamond industry has been closely aligned with the posture of the global economy, as it so often is, and should be. The developed nations of the world are growing, but at uninspiring rates, and with inflation subtle, central banks continue to side with easy policy, too
- [Cash offer has this junior miner soaring 52% in early trading](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/06/cash-offer-has-this-junior-miner-soaring-52-in-early-trading/) - Greg Davis, Corporate Development, Sunridge Gold- 2015 Subscriber Investment Summit Presentation Big news out this morning from Subscriber Investment Summit presenter Sunridge Gold (SGC:TSXV). Sunridge has agreed to sell its 60% interest in the Asmara Mining Share Company (AMSC), holder of the Asmara project in Eritrea, to China's Sichuan Road & Bridge Mining Investment Development
- [Gold Breaches Support After Positive U.S. Monthly Employment Report](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/06/39940/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: This morning's stronger than expected monthly payrolls report has sent the US dollar index soaring and gold tumbling: US Dollar Index (December futures) Gold (December futures) Gold smashed through minor support around US$1100 and now finds itself perilously close to making fresh 5+ year lows. The summer low at $1072.30
- [BNN interview: CEO Chat regular Tim Oliver on Rubicon, "toast" and flawed mine plans](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/05/bnn-interview-ceo-chat-regular-tim-oliver-on-rubicon-toast-and-flawed-mine-plans/) - Independent mine consultant Tim Oliver described Rubicon Minerals' Phoenix mine as "toast" in CEO Chat on Oct. 5 and this morning he appeared on BNN to elaborate. Shares of Rubicon Minerals (RMX-T) have been hammered, dropping from $1 to 0.20 in the past month after environmental problems, a temporary shutdown order and finally, Tuesday's announcement
- [Sprott's Eric Angeli: The cycles of commodities](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/05/sprotts-eric-angeli-the-cycles-of-commodities/) - By Eric Angeli Long time readers and seasoned investors in the natural resource arena are well aware of the cyclical ups and downs that come hand in hand with commodity production. In many ways it represents the truest form of the free markets that remain in the investment world. So for those of you who
- [Torex Gold updates mine plan, Newmarket Gold books a solid quarter](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/05/torex-gold-updates-mine-plan-newmarket-gold-books-a-solid-quarter/) - A look at news releases from mine developer Torex Gold and producer Newmarket Gold this morning. Spot gold is at US$1,107 per ounce as investors/traders await a crucial day for gold with the nonfarm payrolls and unemployment rate on tap for tomorrow morning. Torex Gold -(TXG:TSX) - Torex has released 3rd-quarter financial results and a progress update at the
- [Mark O'Dea's Pilot Gold reports a gold resource at Kinsley in Nevada](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/05/mark-odeas-pilot-gold-reports-a-gold-resource-at-kinsley-in-nevada/) - It's been a quiet year for Mark O'Dea's Pilot Gold (PLG-T) on the Kinsley Mountain front, but this morning the company released an initial resource estimate for the 79% owned Nevada deposit. For all types of mineralization, the company reported a total resource of 405,000 oz indicated at average grades of 2.27 g/t Au, as
- [Video: A strong partner allows this junior to fund $5 million in work this year](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/04/a-strong-partner-allows-this-junior-to-fund-5-million-in-work-this-year/) - Darwin Green, Vice-President Exploration, Constantine Metals - 2015 Subscriber Investment Summit Please view Constantine Metals disclaimer here. The above presentation discusses a highly speculative penny stock and statements were made in a forward-looking context, which means they may not come true. Constantine Metals continues to build the resource at its Palmer copper-zinc-silver-gold project in Alaska,
- [Environmental assessment: Rob McLeod's IDM Mining moves closer to production](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/04/environmental-assessment-rob-mcleods-idm-mining-moves-closer-to-production/) - The province of B.C. announced today it has initiated an environmental assessment of IDM Mining's Red Mountain underground gold project near Stewart in northwestern B.C. IDM submitted the project description to provincial and federal goverment agencies in the summer, following two years of environmental baseline studies covering areas including surface and groundwater quality, hydrology, archeological assessments,
- [Royalty play AuRico Metals goes long with gold/copper intercepts](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/04/royalty-play-aurico-metals-goes-long-with-goldcopper-intercepts/) - I'm dating myself here, but when I saw the AuRico Metals news release about drill intercepts at its Kemess East property this morning, I was reminded of Crocodile Dundee's line when a young punk tried to rob him: "That's not a knife. THIS is a knife." The company, a royalty spinoff from the Alamos Gold-Aurico
- ["I hear a phone ringing, if that's a broker, tell him to buy some IGO: it’s a good deal today.”](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/03/i-hear-a-phone-ringing-if-thats-a-broker-tell-him-to-buy-some-igo-its-a-good-deal-today/) - Mineral exploration entrepreneur Randy Turner has a strong track record in the mining business. He's been involved in multiple discoveries and takeouts, including founding Winspear Diamonds (sold for C $305 million in 2000) and Silver Quest Resources (sold for $131 million in 2011). When New Gold acquired Silver Quest in 2011, they were after the
- [Chairman Interview: Paul Matysek of Nano One Materials, Leading Lithium Technology Company](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/04/chairman-interview-paul-matysek-of-nano-one-materials-leading-lithium-technology-company/) - The following interview of Mr. Paul Matysek, Chairman & Director of Nano One Materials Corp. (TSX-V:NNO) was conducted by Peter Epstein, CFA, MBA in the week ended October 30, 2015. The interviewer, Peter Epstein, believes that the information put forth by Mr. Matysek is accurate, but cannot guarantee that it is. Readers are encouraged to visit Nano One's corporate website for additional information. Mr. Matysek is well known to
- [Video: Penny-copper stock punches above its weight](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/03/video-penny-copper-stock-punches-above-its-weight/) - Tintina Resources CEO Bruce Hooper - 2015 Subscriber Investment Summit Presentation Please view Tintina's disclaimer here. The above presentation discusses a highly speculative penny stock and statements were made in a forward-looking context which means they may not come true. Tintina Resources is an overlooked play on copper with a minuscule market cap of $17.8 million. That
- [Drilling roundup: NexGen Energy, Klondike Gold, Kaizen Discovery, Seabridge Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/03/drilling-roundup-nexgen-energy-kaizen-discovery-and-seabridge-gold/) - Good morning. Here is a look at a few of the news releases that caught my attention this morning with some additional comments and thoughts. NexGen Energy - (NXE: TSXV) - NexGen continues to be one of the the most active mining companies on the TSX Venture, and its stock one of the best-performing. This
- [Video: "Copper is one of the most important metals for a modern society"](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/02/video-copper-is-one-of-the-most-important-metals-for-a-modern-society/) - NovaCopper was a presenter at the recent Subscriber Investment Summit held in Vancouver. NovaCopper's disclaimer can be found here. Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse, President & CEO, NovaCopper - 2015 Subscriber Investment Summit Presentation Mr. Van Nieuwenhuyse outlines why the world will need more copper in the future and then explains why NovaCopper (NCQ:TSX) is a copper
- [Video: Mine finder excited about high-grade gold in northwestern B.C.](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/02/video-mine-finder-excited-about-high-grade-gold-in-northwestern-b-c/) - Caution: the following presentation contains forward looking statements which are subject to many risks and may not come true. Read Skeena Resources' disclaimer on page 2 here. Ron Netolitzky, Chairman, Skeena Resources - 2015 Subscriber Investment Summit Presentation We were fortunate to have legendary mine finder Ron Netolitzky present last month at the Subscriber Summit
- [The big print: 18 trillion reasons to fire up the presses](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/02/the-big-print-18-trillion-reasons-to-fire-up-the-presses/) - What happens if the United States prints 18 trillion new dollars and pays off its debt overnight? My belief, which I think is widely shared, is that no one expects the U.S. to pay back its debts - so in reality we have already defaulted. Why not just go one step further and issue the
- [Monday morning news: Continental Gold, Eurasian Minerals, Pure Energy](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/02/monday-morning-news-continental-gold-eurasian-minerals-pure-energy/) - 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
- [Struggling junior miners hope Liberals extend exploration tax credit](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/11/02/struggling-junior-miners-hope-liberals-extend-exploration-tax-credit/) - 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
- [Investor Paul van Eeden on his restructured, recapitalized Synodon](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/30/investor-paul-van-eeden-on-his-restructured-recapitalized-synodon/) - 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
- [Fission Uranium's Dev Randhawa on shareholder expectations](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/27/interview-fission-uraniums-dev-randhawa-on-shareholder-expectations-high-grade-deposits-and-fcu-oversight/) - Fission Uranium CEO Dev Randhawa says he's determined to fight through both negative market sentiment and the opposition of some retail shareholders who want him to step down after the failed merger with Denison Mines. Randhawa said in a phone interview late this morning that it's business as usual as he advances and markets Fission's
- [He shorted Bre-X. Now fund manager is going long NexGen](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/28/rosseaus-warren-irwin-shorted-bre-x-now-he-s-going-long-nexgen/) - The Toronto office of Warren Irwin, hedge fund manager and CEO of Rosseau Asset Management, is decked out with memorabilia from Bre-X Minerals Ltd., the largest and most famous gold mining fraud in history. Irwin made a fortune as a young money manager trading Bre-X stock. He had heard about the Indonesia-focused exploration company in
- [Mid-tier producers Teranga Gold, OceanaGold generate net profit](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/29/mid-tier-producers-teranga-gold-oceanagold-generate-net-profit/) - A look at third-quarter financial results from Teranga Gold and OceanaGold. Teranga Gold (TGZ:TSX) - Teranga is out with another profitable quarter from operations in Senegal, although the trend for profitability has been down. Net profit for the third quarter came in at US$1.56 million, down from $7.03 million in Q2 and $15.27 million in
- [China's "GDP sexplosion," Goldcorp gets some traction and NexGen's uranium resource grows](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/29/chinas-gdp-sexplosion-goldcorp-gets-some-traction-and-nexgens-uranium-resource-grows/) - Good morning, investors. Time to go long baby formula and diapers? Chinese couples will now be allowed to have two children after the country's Communist leadership lifted a one-child policy instituted in 1980 to address fears of a population boom. The population boom happened anyway but now economic concerns have taken centre stage`. China is facing the
- [Lake Shore Gold scores rich hits, Richmont Mines PEA points to lower costs](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/28/lake-shore-gold-scores-rich-hits-richmont-mines-pea-points-to-lower-costs/) - 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
- [Not-so-supercycle: Picking your commodity spots in a deleveraging world](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/27/not-so-supercycle-picking-your-commodity-spots-in-a-deleveraging-world/) - Michael Berry of Disruptive Discoveries Journal is out with a good slide deck on macro and metals themes that he presented earlier this month for the Quebec Mineral Exploration Association. Mining investors know the story well - excess supply and insufficient demand have hit commodity prices hard, as well as the energy-reliant Canadian economy. Meanwhile, debt
- [Back to the future for Sandstorm Gold, and Goldquest rockets on drill results](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/27/back-to-the-future-for-sandstorm-gold-and-goldquest-rockets-on-drill-results/) - Sandstorm Gold (SSL-T) Sandstorm Gold is making a foray into silver and base metals through a blockbuster $152-million streaming agreement with Yamana Gold. The deal, funded through Sandstorm's line of credit, sees the company pick up: a silver stream on Yamana's Cerro Moro mine development, including interim silver deliveries between 2016 and 2018 on operating
- [In this commodity price war, "China Inc" wins and everyone else loses](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/26/commodity-price-war-china-inc-wins-everyone-else-loses/) - 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
- [Monday news: Auryn Resources, Skeena Resources, and Klondike Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/26/monday-news-auryn-resources-skeena-resources-and-klondike-gold/) - A look at the mining headlines that caught my eye this morning with some additional comments. Auryn Resources - (AUG:TSXV) - Nunavut explorer Auryn Resources is out with results from a summer till sampling program at the Committee Bay gold project. The till program was successful in identifying five new significant anomalies that are between
- [The Consensus View On Gold Is Resting On Shaky Ground](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/26/the-consensus-view-on-gold-is-resting-on-shaky-ground/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Here's the quick take on gold via Morgan Stanley: Clearly a bearish view on gold from MS, also not a very deep view either. This is a classic example of what Howard Marks calls "first-level thinking". All of the points mentioned are known and already discounted by the market;
- [Arena Minerals inks US$19.5M deal with Teck on Chile assets](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/23/arena-minerals-inks-us19-5m-deal-with-teck-on-chile-assets/) - 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
- [Friday news - High-grade producers Klondex Mines, Excellon Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/23/friday-news-high-grade-producers-klondex-mines-excellon-resources/) - 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
- [Kivalliq builds "uranium bank" through discovery, diversification](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/23/kivalliq-builds-uranium-bank-through-discovery-diversification/) - 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
- [Thursday morning news: Eastern Platinum (updated), NexGen Energy, Teck Resources, Peregrine Diamonds](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/22/thursday-morning-news-eastern-platinum-nexgen-energy-teck-resources-peregrine-diamonds/) - Eastern Platinum (ELR-T) "Where there's smoke, there's fire," the saying goes. In the case of Eastern Platinum, the smoke was the multiple delays in closing a deal that would have seen a Chinese buyer pick up Eastern Platinum's PGM business in South Africa. The flames arrived yesterday after the market close when Beijing Hehe Fengye
- [A tribute to R. Edward Flood](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/19/a-tribute-to-r-edward-flood/) - Published by Robert Friedland and Peter Meredith on behalf of Ivanhoe Capital. Ed Flood, an entrepreneurial geologist, with a flair for investment management, was a vital asset in critical decision making throughout the founding, operational establishment and ultimate exploration success – spanning 17 years of triumph and tribulation – that came to distinguish the original
- [How the Liberals want to manage Canada's natural resources - Q&A with MP Geoff Regan](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/21/geoff-regan-q-and-a/) - Engineer and extractive industries consultant Jamie Keech interviews Geoff Regan -- Canadian Federal Liberal Party Natural Resources critic and Member of Parliament
- [NovaCopper drills more high-grade, Cordoba Minerals consolidates copper district](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/21/novacopper-drills-more-high-grade-cordoba-minerals-consolidates-copper-district/) - NovaCopper (NCQ-T) Alaska copper-zinc developer NovaCopper has more rich intercepts to add to the resource at its Arctic deposit in Alaska's Ambler mining district. The 14-hole diamond drill program, which yielded 3,056 metres of core, was designed to test the continuity of mineralization as well as upgrade resources from inferred to measured and indicated categories
- [Event: Entrepreneur exits - how to cash in when you're cashing out](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/20/event-entrepreneur-exits-how-to-cash-in-when-youre-cashing-out/) - You’ve spent years and shed sweat and tears building up your business, but now it’s time to either sell the business or transition away from it. How to pull it off? It’s one of the biggest issues facing entrepreneurs but the process can be riddled with potholes and pitfalls, not to mention emotions. Help is
- [Wednesday morning news: McEwen Mining and Integra Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/21/wednesday-morning-news-mcewen-mining-and-integra-gold/) - 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
- [Diamond exploration roundup: Kennady Diamonds, North Arrow Minerals, Peregrine Diamonds](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/20/diamond-exploration-roundup-kennady-diamonds-north-arrow-minerals-peregrine-diamonds/) - 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
- [Tuesday Mining News: Mark O'Dea's True Gold Mining and Pilot Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/20/tuesday-mining-news-mark-odeas-true-gold-mining-and-pilot-gold/) - 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
- [Real estate: What is the second-best land position worth?](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/20/real-estate-what-is-the-second-best-land-position-worth/) - 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
- [Betting on the Jockeys: The Yorkton Lithium Express](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/19/betting-on-the-jockeys-the-yorkton-lithium-express/) - (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
- [Monday Mining - Premier Gold, Barrick Gold, Kaizen Discovery, Sunridge Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/19/monday-mining-premier-gold-barrick-gold-kaizen-discovery-sunridge-gold/) - A look at a few mining headlines out this morning. Premier Gold and Barrick Gold hit high-grade gold at the South Arturo project in Nevada Initial drill assays from Kaizen Discovery at the Coppermine project A mining license for Sunridge Gold Premier Gold (PG:TSX) and Barrick Gold (ABX:TSX) - Impressive assays from the South Arturo project
- [Remembering mining entrepreneur Ed Flood](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/18/remembering-mining-entrepreneur-ed-flood/) - Do you feel it in your feet? That is and was Ed Flood: geologist, family guy, bicyclist, superb skier, reader of finely tuned thrillers, connector, economist, lover, lithium booster, investor. R. Edward Flood died this week, on Thursday, at the family home in Sun Valley, Idaho. He had been battling ALS, a neuro-motor degenerative disease,
- [Mid-Week Gold Price Surge Falls Short of $1,200 Threshold - Haywood Weekly Dig](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/16/mid-week-gold-price-surge-falls-short-of-1200-threshold-haywood-weekly-dig/) - Positive sentiment continued in the mining sector this week, despite most commodities failing to maintain last week’s price rally. In what could be viewed as the turnaround the mining sector has been waiting for, investors were relieved that metal prices stabilized – as opposed to previous metal price rallies of late that have remained short-lived,
- [How to quickly find the best content in chat.ceo.ca](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/15/how-to-quickly-find-the-best-content-in-chat-ceo-ca/) - Over at chat.ceo.ca - our web start-up around financial chat, we're testing out some new features this morning. Popular Users have been asking us for a way to filter the most popular chats. With the new #Popular tab, you can quickly catch up with what matters in our community. Messages with at least three unique
- [Gold's lift favours the bold: Erdene Resource Development, Klondike Gold, Sandspring Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/15/golds-lift-favours-the-bold-erdene-resource-development-klondike-gold-sandspring-resources/) - With economic weakness in the U.S. pushing a likely rate hike out to next year (at the earliest), gold continues to show signs of life. The yellow metal was last closing in on US$1,190 an ounce after trading as low as $1,080 in July. It also didn't hurt that Paul Singer of Elliott Management
- [Production updates & a takeover: Fortuna, St. Andrews, Argonaut and Alamos-Carlisle](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/15/production-updates-a-takeover-fortuna-st-andrews-argonaut-and-alamos-carlisle/) - A look at this morning's news includes production results from Fortuna Silver, Argonaut Gold, and St. Andrews Goldfields. Production results are important as they can help savvy investors get an idea about upcoming financials. Also in the news is a takeover of Carlisle Goldfields by Alamos Gold. Fortuna Silver (FVI:TSX) - Fortuna operates two mines, San Jose in Mexico
- [3 Reasons This Rally In The Gold Miners Is For Real](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/15/3-reasons-this-rally-in-the-gold-miners-is-for-real/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: The gold miners (GDX) have rallied a whopping ~35% in the last month. However, we have seen this movie before and watched many rallies quickly fizzle and the goldies slump to fresh all-time lows. In fact, just two months ago we watched GDX rally nearly 25% over a three week stretch only
- [Impressed with Goldquest](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/15/impressed-with-goldquest/) - Yesterday, Goldquest Mining Corp. Executive Chairman Bill Fisher presented in Vancouver and Eric Coffin, editor of the Hard Rock Advisory newsletter and a close follower of the company, encouraged us to attend. Note: Mr. Fisher's comments about Goldquest were made in a "Forward-Looking" context. This means they may not come true, and are subject to a number
- [NovaCopper paves way to a future copper-zinc district](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/14/novacopper-paves-way-to-a-future-copper-zinc-district/) - Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse, CEO of NovaCopper Inc. (TSX, NYSE - NCQ), previously helped develop predecessor NovaGold Inc. into a leading gold exploration company with a multi-billion-dollar market capitalization and $19 stock at its highs. He would like to repeat that success at NovaCopper, which is advancing a new potential mining district in Northwestern Alaska with state and
- [Lake Shore Gold, Endeavour Mining: Two companies getting it done at current gold prices](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/14/lake-shore-gold-endeavour-mining-two-companies-getting-it-done-at-current-gold-prices/) - This morning I take a look at third-quarter production results from Lake Shore Gold and Endeavour Mining. Lake Shore Gold - (LSG:TSX) - Lake Shore is out with another strong quarter at the Timmins West and Bell Creek Mines in Ontario. Production for the third quarter was 40,600 ounces at 4.0 grams per tonne. Lake
- [Drilling down into $40 oil and investment assumptions](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/13/drilling-down-why-natural-gas-production-is-robust-despite-falling-rig-counts/) - I used to track the number of natural gas rigs, but then things changed… The common assumption was that more rigs would equal higher production. Makes sense, right? Except it did not work out that way. Although the rig count has fallen, production has not disappeared and natural gas prices have remained low. $2-3 per
- [Canadian gold explorer Sabina expands potential with new high-grade outcropping discovery](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/13/canadian-gold-explorer-sabina-expands-potential-with-new-high-grade-outcropping-discovery/) - Sabina Gold and Silver Corp. (SBB.TO) is already advancing one of North America’s largest and highest-grade undeveloped gold projects at Back River in Nunavut, Canada, and a new discovery promises to add to its significant mineral endowment. Back River hosts more than 5.3 million ounces of gold, Measured and Indicated, and a further 1.8 million
- [Athabasca Basin heats up as Fission Uranium, Denison Mines deal on ice](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/13/athabasca-basin-heats-up-as-fission-uranium-denison-mines-deal-on-ice/) - The Athabasca Basin is back in play after a planned merger between Denison Mines and Fission Uranium fizzled, the companies announced this morning. Two-thirds approval was required from Fission shareholders but they shot down the much-criticized all-share deal, which had dragged down the stocks of both companies since it was announced July 6. News release:
- [A Bullish Streak in The VIX](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/12/a-bullish-streak-in-the-vix/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: After going absolutely bonkers back in August (rising from 10.88 to 53.29) and accomplishing one of the sharpest and fastest rises in its history, the VIX has reverted to form and is on the verge of declining for a record tying 10th consecutive trading session: VIX (Daily) Long streaks of consecutive
- [Base Metals Rally on Supply Concerns as Dovish Fed Outlook Lifts Gold - Haywood Weekly Dig](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/09/base-metals-rally-on-supply-concerns-as-dovish-fed-outlook-lifts-gold-haywood-weekly-dig/) - It was a positive week for commodities, with all metals moving upward. Precious metals received a boost after the release of the minutes from the Federal Reserve’s meeting in September, painting a more dovish tone and putting the possibility of an interest rate rise in 2015 into doubt. In turn, the US dollar fell against
- [Glencore, Subscriber Investment Summit spur commodity upturn](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/09/glencore-subscriber-investment-summit-spur-commodity-upturn/) - (OK, just kidding about the SIS catalyst in the headline) Glencore gave copper a lift in early September when it announced plans to suspend production at two large African mines, citing low prices. The commodities giant was at it again this morning with the announcement that it is cutting annual zinc production by more than
- [Lundin, Randhawa defend uranium merger vision](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/06/fission-uranium-denison-battle-for-votes-amid-shareholder-unrest/) - The Athabasca Basin in northern Saskatchewan was the focus on Bay Street in Toronto Tuesday at a sometimes-tense shareholder town hall meeting about the merger of Fission Uranium and Denison Mines. Live chat thread from today's event starts here. Many Fission shareholders oppose the deal, feeling neither the timing nor the price was right. One
- [Northern Dynasty swallows David Lowell's cash-rich Mission Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/08/northern-dynasty-swallows-david-lowells-cash-rich-mission-gold/) - Pebble deposit developer Northern Dynasty Minerals this morning announced the purchase of Mission Gold, David Lowell's vehicle for developing the Alto Parana titanium project in Paraguay. Lowell, an accomplished mine finder who literally wrote the book on copper porphyry deposits with the Lowell-Guilbert Model, is Mission Gold's chairman and CEO. With Mission Gold comes $9
- [“This is the Perfect Storm for the Minerals Industry” - Doctor Zinc](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/08/this-is-the-perfect-storm-for-the-minerals-industry-doctor-zinc/) - Students often study one subject at university, but end up shifting gears and graduating in a different field. It’s how Copper North president and CEO Harlan Meade accidentally discovered mineral exploration while studying chemistry. In Meade’s case, the twist of fate involved a summer job accident that left the young man with a fractured wrist,
- [How I Used The Force To Save My Business](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/07/how-i-used-the-force-to-save-my-business/) - I needed $20 million or I was going to die. That's how I felt. I had a business, $20 million was invested in it, and then my investor went broke and needed the money back. But that would put me out of business. And then I would go broke and die. He threatened me. He
- [Silver streams and gold-copper treasures](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/07/silver-streams-and-gold-copper-treasures/) - News releases that caught my eye this morning including a silver streaming deal between Franco Nevada and Teck Resources and drill results from Seabridge Gold. Seabridge Gold - (SEA:TSX) - Good news for Seabridge shareholders this morning as the drill bit continues to intersect mineralization at the monster KSM project in northwestern British Columbia. This is
- [Erdene's high-grade discovery drives emerging gold district in Mongolia](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/06/erdenes-high-grade-discovery-drives-emerging-gold-district-in-southwest-mongolia/) - Erdene Resource Development Price: 0.15 Market capitalization: $14.5 million Peter Akerley, the CEO of Erdene Resource Development (ERD-T), first set foot in Mongolia 18 years ago. At the time, few westerners had. The geologist, then 33, was working for a group that included a Barrick Gold joint venture and had managed to lock up 4
- [Fuelling Tesla: Millennial, Mining Legend Join Forces in Nevada Lithium Rush](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/06/fuelling-tesla-millennial-mining-legend-join-forces-in-nevada-lithium-rush/) - There's a new promoter on the street and chances are if you met him, you would give him the benefit of the doubt. That's one of several reasons why I am suspending disbelief and have become slightly excited about his debut deal. Royce Resources, a shell company that trades on the TSX Venture under the
- [Natural resources leader Lundin's outlook for gold and copper](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/06/natural-resources-leader-lundins-outlook-for-gold-and-copper/) - Even amid the worst commodities downturn in recent history, the Lundin Group of natural resources concerns is still worth an astounding $9-10 billion. This from Lundin family investment manager Lukas Lundin, who joined Andrew Bell's Commodities program on BNN Television Tuesday. I am not 100% sure, but I think this is Mr. Lundin's first appearance on BNN (other
- [5 Reasons This Time Might Be Different For The Gold Miners](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/06/5-reasons-this-time-might-be-different-for-the-gold-miners/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: The gold miners (GDX) have rallied ~15% in the last three trading sessions and as measured by % above its upper Bollinger Band GDX is just about as short-term overbought as it has ever been: GDX (Daily) What does this mean? Well, judging from recent history it means that GDX is within 1-2
- [Erdene discovers bonanza-grade gold in southwestern Mongolia](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/05/erdene-discovers-bonanza-grade-gold-in-southwestern-mongolia/) - Mongolia gold play Erdene Resource Development Corp. has announced the discovery of bonanza-grade gold in rock chip and grab samples south of its flagship Altan Nar project. Highlights at the new discovery, Bayan Khundii (Rich Valley), include: Multiple high-grade rock chip samples (4 to 4,380 g/t gold) collected from multiple mineralized zones over a 1.4
- [Skeena emerges as B.C.'s Golden Triangle consolidator](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/06/skeena-emerges-as-b-c-s-golden-triangle-consolidator/) - One of Canada's most active exploration companies, Skeena Resources (TSX.V: SKE) added to its land position in B.C.'s Golden Triangle with Tuesday’s announcement that it is acquiring the GJ property adjacent to its Spectrum high-grade gold project. NR here: Skeena Acquires GJ Copper-Gold Project Skeena is acquiring GJ from majority owner Teck Resources (51%) and 49% joint
- [Mariana Resources continues to impress with high-grade drill holes](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/06/mariana-resources-continues-to-impress-with-high-grade-drill-holes/) - James Fraser here ... I am back from my 3 weeks of mineral exploration work in Northern British Columbia. It was great to get out in the field and do some Induced Polarization (IP) and soil sampling work. Tuesday morning news includes more excellent drill holes from Mariana Resources. Mariana Resources (MARL:AIM) - Mariana has
- [Rubicon Minerals announces CEO exit as mill shutdown ordered at Phoenix project](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/05/rubicon-minerals-announces-ceo-exit-as-mill-shutdown-ordered-at-phoenix-project/) - Two announcements this morning from Red Lake gold developer Rubicon Minerals that could make it a lively day for the company's shares: CEO Michael Lalonde "has left the company" and the Ontario environment ministry has ordered a shutdown of mill operations at the company's Phoenix gold project while it deals with tailings and ammonia problems.
- [Sabina's Back River breaks through a gold bear market](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/02/sabina-gold-silver-back-river-bruce-mcleod-ceo/) - In a bear market that continues to take no prisoners, the junior mining landscape is scattered with companies trading for a fraction of the capital invested in their projects. Few stand out like Sabina Gold & Silver Corp (SBB - TSX), which is developing the awesome Back River high-grade gold project in Nunavut, Canada. Somewhere
- [Convincing Signs That A Major Market Transition Is Underway](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/03/convincing-signs-that-a-major-market-transition-is-underway/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: A great deal transpired across markets last week and after sifting through a few dozen charts this morning it's clear that a major transition may be underway. My friend J.C. Parets (@allstarcharts) has been bullish on the USD/CAD currency pair for at least a year so when he came out with
- [Confidence in Debt-Burdened Diversifieds Shaken on Volatility - Haywood Weekly Dig](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/02/confidence-in-debt-burdened-diversifieds-shaken-on-volatility-haywood-weekly-dig/) - It was a bad start to the week for a number of top multi-commodity miners on the back of persistently low base metal prices. Copper in particular fell last week from just under $2.45 per pound down to as low as $2.22 per pound in intraweek trading on Tuesday (this week), before rebounding late in
- [A profitable Endeavour in West Africa](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/01/a-very-profitable-endeavour-in-west-africa/) - Endeavour Mining (EDV-T) Price: 0.55 MC: $227 million During the bull market, large gold companies were pressured by shareholders to finance higher-cost mines by issuing debt. That increases production and cash flow when gold is rising, but when the price falls it burdens large producers with too much debt and renders their production unprofitable. Four
- [How veteran analyst Eric Coffin sees the mining market today](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/01/how-veteran-analyst-eric-coffin-sees-the-mining-market-today/) - Mining analyst Eric Coffin joined Kitco.com's Daniela Cambone for a brief interview Thursday. SPECIAL OFFER: Take Eric Coffin's world renowned Hard Rock Advisory newsletter for a three month test drive for only $9 here. Coffin would like to see some mining companies stop or cut production to signal to traders and the market that the
- [Canada Zinc Metals Announces Completion of Successful Drill Program On Akie Property, Cardiac Creek Deposit](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/01/canada-zinc-metals-announces-completion-of-successful-drill-program-on-akie-property-cardiac-creek-deposit/) - Canada Zinc Metals - (CZX:TSXV) is out with news this morning that the 2015 summer drill program at the Akie property in British Columbia is now complete. I am a big fan of the zinc space in the next 12 months even with Glencore supposedly selling zinc inventories to reduce debt levels. Please take a
- [Technology Metals Summit in Vancouver Today](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/30/technology-metals-summit-in-vancouver-tomorrow/) - There's a free finance conference in Vancouver tomorrow covering batteries and the raw materials they consume. Here's the link: Benchmark World Tour 2015 Vancouver Topics include: Understanding the opaque world of battery raw materials (graphite, lithium, cobalt) Producing a battery, from mine to market Rise of the battery megafactories: Tesla Motors’ Gigafactory, LG Chem , Panasonic and
- [A Fascinating Chart](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/10/01/a-fascinating-chart/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: This is a fascinating chart showing a large spike in short interest in S&P 500 stocks during the last couple of months: Short interest (number of total shares sold short) had been in a relatively tight range for the last few years. Last month's surge has brought short interest back
- [Aston Bay sizes up big copper targets in Nunavut](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/30/aston-bay-sizes-up-big-copper-targets-in-nunavut/) - The mining industry is experiencing its toughest bear market in decades and exploration companies are the hardest hit. Aston Bay Holdings (BAY - TSXV), a tiny junior explorer looking for copper at the Storm project in Nunavut, Canada, hasn’t had more than six months worth of expenses in its treasury in more than four years.
- [High-grade hits in Yukon, and a rare data-sharing agreement](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/30/high-grade-hits-in-yukon-and-a-rare-data-sharing-agreement/) - Some high-grade hits in Yukon and a rare data-sharing agreement between two junior exploration companies were in the news this morning. Rockhaven Resources, which is advancing the Klaza gold property in the southern Yukon, announced its latest batch of drill results from the 2015 program. These holes are from the western and central portions of
- [Columbus Gold charts path through French Guiana, Nevada](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/29/columbus-gold-charts-path-through-french-guiana-nevada/) - Robert Giustra's Columbus Gold is unlike other junior gold plays. For one, it's headquartered in trendy Yaletown, away from the downtown Vancouver core favoured by most junior mining firms. For another, it's advancing a gold project through a bankable feasibility study, with another party paying the bills. Columbus's Paul Isnard gold project in French Guiana
- [Mine economic studies too loose](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/29/mine-economic-studies-too-loose/) - Minerals and Environmental Engineer Tim Oliver joins Andrew Bell's Commodities Television program on Canada's Business News Network (BNN). Here's a direct link to the video segment. Mr. Oliver is talking about potential red flags in the engineering and economic studies of mineral exploration and development companies. He says these studies often have no discernible schedule
- [A High Probability Trade Setup](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/28/a-high-probability-trade-setup/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: The best trade setups occur when many different factors align simultaneously. Case in point the IBB (Biotech iShares) chart today: Here are the factors which lined up simultaneously today: 'Oversold' (RSI-14 below 30) Down 7 consecutive days Below lower 3-standard deviation Bollinger Band On track for more than 4x average
- [Explorer Netolitzky Returns to B.C.'s Golden Triangle](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/22/skeena-resources-ron-netolitzky-spectrum-site-visit/) - These are still early days at Skeena Resources' $SKE (TSXV) Spectrum gold project, located in B.C.’s Golden Triangle, but early signs are promising. It’s where Skeena chairman Ron Netolitzky is going for his third home run after his involvement with the Snip and Eskay Creek discoveries of the 1980s and ’90s. Both went on to become
- [Auryn Resources on frontier of a new Canadian gold district](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/14/auryn-resources-aug-v-on-frontier-of-a-new-canadian-gold-district-co-founder-ivan-bebek/) - Ivan Bebek’s path to junior mining success began in the late 1990s in a business class at Western University in London, Ontario. His professor encouraged the ambitious young student to take a securities course and become a stockbroker. Bebek began to learn more about capital markets, value creation and what it meant to be a
- [Deep-value copper call option in Montana’s rolling hills](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/25/tintina-resources-black-butte-montana-site-visit/) - 2015 will be remembered as a period when investors could buy world-class natural resource assets for pennies on the dollar. Tintina Resources (TAU:TSXV, TINTF:OTCQX) owns one of the highest-grade undeveloped copper deposits, in an excellent location -- and trades for less than its cash in the bank. The company is also backed by one of the most
- [Kaminak Gold raises $22.5 million, reels in prominent Wall Street financier](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/28/kaminak-gold-raises-22-5-million-reels-in-billionaire-investor/) - In a junior mining sector where financing drought continues to be the rule, Kaminak Gold continues to cash in and attract deep-pocketed shareholders. On Monday the Yukon gold developer announced a $22.5-million financing and a significant new shareholder: billionaire Thomas Kaplan's Electrum Strategic Opportunities Fund LP. Existing shareholders Ross Beaty and Lundin trust Zebra Holdings
- [Weak PMI Data Continues to Weigh on Commodities - Haywood Weekly Dig](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/25/weak-pmi-data-continues-to-weigh-on-commodities-haywood-weekly-dig/) - After last week’s announcement from the Federal Reserve to maintain interest rates at near-zero, its decision to do so appears justified following a spate of disappointing early-week economic data, headlined by lower Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) readings for China and the Eurozone. Markit also released its PMI reading for the United States, which currently sits
- [This Week at CEO.CA](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/25/this-week-at-ceo-ca/) - It's been a busy week at CEO.CA and we wanted to share some of the highlights in case you were too busy to stop by as often as you would have liked. There are high-quality projects being advanced and value is being created, even if it's unrecognized in these markets. Enjoy your weekend and stop
- [Resource Maven: A miner with lots of cash, a profitable mine and a healthy dividend. Really](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/25/resource-maven-a-miner-with-lots-of-cash-a-profitable-mine-and-a-healthy-dividend-really/) - With almost $600 million in the bank, NSU has cash to back 80% of its share price. And it pays a dividend. And it's expanding its profitable mine. Investors are taking note: Nevsun has outperformed the S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Index by 40% since June. The big resource picture is still unclear. No
- [Golden Triangle: Ascot Resources drills high-grade at Premier](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/25/golden-triangle-ascot-resources-drills-high-grade-at-premier/) - Ascot Resources (AOT.v) is out with drill results and some impressive intercepts at its 100-sq-km property near Stewart in northwestern B.C., which includes the historic Premier Mine. Drilling highlights in the "Lunchroom subzone" included 226 g/t Au over 1 metre within a broader zone of 12.77 g/t over 53.89 metres in Hole P15-860, and 284 g/t
- [Clinton, Giustra join forces with UK, Unilever to boost health in Africa, South Asia](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/25/clinton-giustra-join-forces-with-uk-unilever-to-boost-health-in-africa-south-asia/) - The Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership is partnering with the UK's Department for International Development and Unilever to create "Transform" – a new initiative to improve health and well-being for up to 100 million people in developing countries by 2025. The focus is sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The announcement comes the week the United Nations adopts
- [Klondike Gold announces visible gold, waits for drill assays](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/24/klondike-gold-announces-visible-gold-waits-for-drill-assays/) - Yukon explorer Klondike Gold Corp. has discovered visible gold within quartz veins in 15 of 19 drill holes from its summer program on the Lone Star property, the company announced this morning. Assays on the drill core are expected within the next month. The summer drill program was increased from 1,000 metres to 1,374 metres
- [How a Colombian exploration play landed the backing of a billionaire mine finder](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/24/ceo-interview-how-cordobas-mario-stifano-landed-the-robert-friedland-investment/) - Strategic investments that bring technical and human expertise as well as capital propel new discoveries. And Cordoba Minerals Corp. (TSX-V: CDB) recently nailed those objectives through an earn-in agreement with Robert Friedland’s HPX Minerals -- and it all started with an elevator pitch, literally. On May 8, Cordoba announced that privately owned HPX (High Power
- [Thursday morning news: Stornoway Diamonds, Amerigo Resources, Equitas Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/24/thursday-morning-news-stornoway-diamonds-amerigo-resources-equitas-resources/) - Stornoway Diamonds Canadian diamond developer Stornoway Diamond Corp. has updated its mineral resource at Renard as construction of Quebec's first diamond mine continues. Highlights include: A 16% increase in the Indicated Mineral Resources of Renard 2 to 21.6 million carats achieved through the conversion of Inferred Mineral Resources to 700 meters depth. An 11% increase
- [The Next Leg Higher in Gold Begins - Targets $1200](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/24/the-next-leg-higher-in-gold-begins-targets-1200/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Gold is ripping higher this morning amid heightened fears of global deflationary pressures and a slew of central bank rate cuts (Norway, Taiwan, etc.): This morning's move higher is highly significant because price decisively broke above last week's resistance level ($1141) and buyers have not showed any signs of lack
- [Ivanhoe welcomes green light on Kamoa copper deal with Zijin Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/23/ivanhoe-welcomes-green-light-on-kamoa-copper-deal-with-zijin-mining/) - Ivanhoe Mines' deal to sell a stake in its Kamoa copper project to China's Zijin Mining has received the green light from the Democratic Republic of Congo, which had earlier objected to the sale. The agreement sees Zijin Mining pay US$412 million to acquire 49.5% of the shares of Kamoa Holding Limited, which owns 95%
- [Kaminak ups ounces at Coffee gold project in Yukon](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/23/kaminak-ups-ounces-at-coffee-gold-project-in-yukon/) - Yukon gold developer Kaminak Gold is out with an updated resource estimate that increases grade, oxide ounces and the indicated resource at its Coffee gold deposit. The update comes after a 70,000-metre infill drilling program on the four main Coffee deposits, Supremo, Latte, Double Double and Kona. The updated estimate of mineral resources for Coffee
- [Why I'm looking at small gold miners: Sprott's Steve Todoruk](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/22/why-im-looking-at-small-gold-miners-sprotts-steve-todoruk/) - by Henry Bonner Over the last 12 to 18 months, we’ve seen some gold miners reach higher share prices. As we pointed out earlier this summer, there are winners and losers. Some companies, like Klondex Mines (KDX.CA), Detour Gold (DGC.TO), and Evolution Mining (EVN.AU) have moved higher over the last year. Others like Midway Gold
- [Insider buying: Lucara Diamond, Sabina Gold & Silver, Lion One Metals](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/22/insider-buying-lucara-diamond-sabina-gold-silver-lion-one-metals/) - On a day when commodity prices crashed again, it's encouraging to note that some junior miner CEOs and company executives continue to see value in their share prices. I'm talking about purchases by insiders, which can be a positive indicator that a company's stock is undervalued. Executives have multiple reasons to sell - for example braces
- [NexGen Energy discovers new high-grade uranium shear zone](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/22/nexgen-energy-discovers-new-high-grade-shear-zone/) - NexGen Energy (NXE.v) continues to expand its Arrow project at the Rook I property in Saskatchewan's Athabasca Basin by enlarging existing zones of high-grade uranium mineralization and discovering new ones. NexGen announced today it has discovered a higher-grade sub-zone with a strike length of 113 metres "characterized by substantial accumulations of dense massive and semi-massive
- [A Perfect Doji](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/21/a-perfect-doji/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Something unusual happened today in the S&P 500 exchange-traded fund SPY; a perfect doji candlestick: SPY opened at 196.44 and closed at 196.44 while traversing a nearly 2 1/2 point range during the session. There are a few notable observations: The 50% retracement level of the entire July-August decline has
- [Nearly half of development-stage NI 43-101 studies surveyed lack engineering rigor: Tim Oliver](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/18/nearly-half-of-development-stage-ni-43-101-studies-surveyed-lack-engineering-rigor-tim-oliver/) - Analysis of 34 Technical Studies Exploration Insights by Brent Cook www.explorationinsights.com Issue No. 342 September 13, 2015 This week our go-to mining engineer, Tim Oliver, discusses the results of his investigation into 34 recently published National Instrument 43-101 technical reports. These reports are mining disclosure standards implemented by the Ontario Securities Commission for Canadian-listed companies.
- [Iron ore majors borrow the J.D. Rockefeller formula for gaining market share](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/21/iron-ore-majors-borrow-the-j-d-rockefeller-formula-for-gaining-market-share/) - 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
- [Endeavour Mining adds production through deal with billionaire Sawiris family](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/21/endeavour-mining-adds-production-through-deal-with-billionaire-sawiris-family/) - 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
- [Nevada Sunrise joins lithium rush, Kobex shareholder seeks shakeup](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/21/nevada-sunrise-joins-lithium-rush-kobex-shareholder-seeks-shakeup/) - Nevada Sunrise (NEV.v), Pilot Gold's 21% partner on the Kinsley Mountain gold project, is making a foray into lithium. The company is issuing shares to pick up an option on the Neptune property, an early-stage exploration property located in Clayton Valley, Nevada. Neighbours include the the Silver Peak lithium mine, now owned by Albemarle Corporation,
- [Not ambling: NovaCopper's road to a major Alaskan mine](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/17/novacoppers-road-to-a-major-alaskan-mine/) - NovaCopper Inc. (NYSE-MKT, TSX:NCQ) CEO Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse's path to success in the Ambler mining district of Alaska, where he started his career, is a road. The company's Arctic and Bornite deposits in northwestern Alaska contain huge caches of high-grade copper and zinc, as well as lead, gold and silver. But they are currently remote
- [Glenn Mullan's Golden Ticket: Abitibi Royalties Sept. 2015 update](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/09/glenn-mullans-golden-ticket-abitibi-royalties-sept-2015-update/) - Glenn Mullan, Chairman of Abitibi Royalties $RZZ is here. Recent share price: $2.49 Shares outstanding: 11 million Market capitalization: $27.2 million Cash balance: $2 million Marketable securities: $26 million (paying $400,000+ in dividends each year) * All figures approximate What Glenn's saying: - Abitibi has low overhead and a goal of decreasing shares outstanding through
- [Your last chance to attend Vancouver’s best fall finance conference](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/18/your-last-chance-to-attend-vancouvers-best-fall-finance-conference/) - This may be your last opportunity to RSVP for the Subscriber Summit on October 8 at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Vancouver. Nichola, our tireless event organizer, tells me we’re about to pass the RSVP quota, and I’m worried that not enough of the CEO.CA family will get in. So if you’re serious about coming,
- [Gold Rallies: Positioning Remains Constructive For Further Gains](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/18/gold-rallies-positioning-remains-constructive-for-further-gains/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Gold finished the week strong with a nearly $40 rally between Wednesday morning and Friday's close on the back of the Federal Reserve's decision to keep interest rates on hold. The CFTC Commitments of Traders Report helps to explain the sharp reversal in gold after weeks of gold prices dribbling lower:
- [Over-regulating public venture capital is hurting Canadian job creation: Don Mosher](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/18/over-regulating-public-venture-capital-is-hurting-canadian-job-creation-don-mosher/) - 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
- [Gold Price Rallies As Fed Holds Interest Rate - Haywood Weekly Dig](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/18/gold-price-rallies-as-fed-holds-interest-rate-haywood-weekly-dig/) - 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
- [5 Key Takeaways From The Fed Announcement](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/17/5-key-takeaways-from-the-fed-announcement/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: The Federal Reserve did not hike interest rates today - here are 5 key takeaways from the announcement: The following excerpt from the first paragraph of the Fed statement is a clear signal that China is very much on the Fed's radar and likely played a significant factor in the decision
- [Will the Fed Raise Rates on Thursday?](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/16/rates-the-fed-fiddles-while-investors-wait/) - “The power to do good is also the power to do harm.” – Milton Friedman Will they? Won’t they? Hearsay. Unelected, unaccountable, unaudited bureaucrats playing with other people’s money can do anything they like. Currently, the Fed Fund Futures are pricing in a 30% probability of a rate increase this week. There has been plenty
- [Paying the freight: How dense are you?](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/16/paying-the-freight-how-dense-are-you/) - Freight does not matter for everything. Of course, it will be extremely important to the likes of the clothing and food industry. This is why the services of Forager Logistics are very much sought after. A concept that I think most mining investors miss is: what is economically affected by logistics and freight vs. what
- [Wednesday morning news: Pure Energy, Pretium Resources, Kaminak Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/16/wednesday-morning-news-pure-energy-pretium-resources-kaminak-gold/) - 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
- [Why A Rate Hike is Not Bearish](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/16/why-a-rate-hike-is-not-bearish/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: The yield on the 30-year Treasury Bond has rallied more than 35 basis points since late-August: However, there is good reason to believe there isn't much risk of more upside in bond yields regardless of what the Federal Reserve announces tomorrow: "Long [duration] bonds want the Fed to tighten. The
- [Back River optimized: Sabina Gold and Silver (SBB.TO) Conference Call Notes](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/16/sabina-gold-and-silver-sbb-to-conference-call-notes/) - 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
- [Steve Todoruk: the only USA-based stockbroker who's also a geologist](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/15/steve-todoruk-the-only-usa-based-stockbroker-whos-also-a-geologist/) - American investors interested in gold and mining stocks, especially small “junior” mining stocks, meet Steve Todoruk, Investment Executive with Sprott Global, from Carlsbad, California. Steve and I spent 36 hours together last week visiting Skeena Resources' Spectrum property in Northern BC, and got to know each other over cheap wine and good hospitality at the Bear
- [IDM Mining: One junior's quest for cash in Colorado](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/15/one-juniors-quest-for-cash-in-colorado/) - 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
- [Continental Gold's Buriticá project permits stalled](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/15/continental-golds-buritica-project-permits-stalled/) - Continental Gold (CNL.TO) was expected to receive its final permit to build a large, high-grade gold mine at the Buriticá project in Colombia this summer. This hasn’t happened yet, so Continental announced this morning they’re going to pursue the final Environmental Impact Assessment from the National Government of Colombia as a Project of National Strategic
- [China's Demographic Nightmare](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/13/38694/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Largely due to China's one-child policy the world's largest country and 2nd largest economy is facing the specter of a shrinking labor force beginning in two years and lasting for more than two decades: This phenomenon along with many other factors has China facing a tremendous challenge in maintaining economic
- [Cashed-up Independence Gold drives discovery at Boulevard](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/14/cashed-up-independence-gold-drives-discovery-at-boulevard/) - Here’s a junior explorer trading at less than half its most recent reported cash balance, with a new high-grade gold discovery 8 kilometres from a mine in the making, more assay results from drilling pending, and an excellent management team. This summer, Independence Gold ($IGO.v) drilled about 1,750 metres at the Boulevard project, resulting in
- [Awakening a Canadian gold giant](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/14/awakening-a-canadian-gold-giant/) - A first look at Sabina’s scaled-down Back River Feasibility Study Sabina Gold and Silver Corp. ($SBB.TO) used to be a $1-billion market cap gold exploration juggernaut rapidly adding ounces to the Back River gold project in Nunavut, Canada. That was early 2011. Today the company, which owns a very large and rich gold resource in
- [Gold prospectors head to Colorado for conferences](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/14/gold-prospectors-head-to-colorado-for-conferences/) - Ten years after the great California gold rush, prospectors raced to Colorado after the 1858 discovery of gold in creeks near the present-day Denver suburb of Englewood. The gold rush led to the founding of Colorado Territory in 1861; statehood followed in 1876. Gold industry participants are Colorado-bound once again for two of the top
- [The Only Chart That Matters](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/14/the-only-chart-that-matters/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: If we could only look at one chart it would have to be the following one: US Dollar Index (Weekly) After peaking in March the US Dollar Index has spent the last 6 months consolidating between roughly 93 on the downside and 98 on the upside. A decisive resolution of
- [ATAC Resources: Remote Yukon explorer defining gold district potential - YMIG Part 2](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/24/atac-resources-remote-yukon-gold-explorer-with-a-tiger-by-the-tail/) - The official Yukon Mining Tour kicked off (read part 1 from Friday here) with a 6:30 AM checkout in Whitehorse. We made our way to the Alkan Air Hangar which services northern Canada and Alaska, based out of Whitehorse. The group boarded a 15 person fixed wing airplane to make the 1.5 hour journey to ATAC
- [A first-hand look at Wellgreen's rare platinum asset in the Yukon - YMIG Part 4](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/26/a-first-hand-look-at-wellgreens-rare-platinum-asset-in-the-yukon-ymig-part-4/) - Over the past 2 days in the Yukon we’ve learned about the Klondike’s history, flown into a highly prospective gold exploration project, and seen one of Canada’s richest silver districts. On Day 3 of our trip we visited Wellgreen Platinum (TSX:WG), which hopes to become one of the largest and lowest cost, open pit PGM-Nickel mines in
- [Alexco Resource: A past Canadian high grade Silver producer positioned for higher prices – YMIG Part 3](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/25/alexco-resources-a-past-canadian-high-grade-silver-producer-positioned-for-higher-prices-ymig-part-3/) - After flying into Mayo, central Yukon, from ATAC Resources (Part 2) we packed into a shuttle van to head toward the Keno Hill Silver District. Keno Hill is an extraordinary part of the Yukon; it is the largest and richest silver district in Canada. From 1913 to 1989 there were 35 producing mines which yielded 217
- [Kaminak Gold – The best bang for your buck in the Yukon – YMIG Part 5](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/27/kaminak-gold-the-best-bang-for-your-buck-in-the-yukon-ymig-part-5/) - My head is starting to spin a little as we reach the 4th site visit on the 2015 Yukon Media Tour; there's an excessive amount of information to take in. To get up to speed see Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. The media members had just boarded another mini-airplane from Burwash Landing
- [Drive your Honda Civic onto this million ounce high-grade Yukon gold discovery - YMIG Part 6](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/28/drive-your-honda-civic-onto-this-million-ounce-high-grade-yukon-gold-discovery/) - Half way through our Yukon tour, the media group was greeted by another blue-bird day in Dawson City. Things had been progressing smoothly to this point, but Mother Nature stepped in with some foggy weather and we couldn’t fly in to visit Rockhaven Resources’ (TSX-V: RK) 100% owned Klaza Project. Even the best organizers, which
- [The Yukon's largest undeveloped copper gold project – YMIG Part 7](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/31/the-largest-undeveloped-copper-gold-project-the-yukon-has-to-offer-ymig-part-7/) - We are nearing the end of the Yukon site visits, but still have two more interesting projects to discuss. To catch up on last week’s site visits see here: ATC, AXR, WG, KAM, RK. The Yukon Media Tour has been all about mining, but the real focus has been on the de-risked development stage projects
- [The Yukon’s only Fully Permitted Shovel Ready Multi-Million Ounce Gold Project – YMIG Part 8](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/01/the-yukons-only-fully-permitted-shovel-ready-multi-million-ounce-gold-project-ymig-part-8/) - Our final site visit in this whirlwind tour of the Yukon was to the most advanced and fully permitted development stage project in the Territory, Victoria Gold’s (TSX.V : VIT) Eagle Project, which is well supported by both Government and First Nations. The Eagle project has completed a Feasibility Study and finalized an Environmental Assessment.
- [A Delicate Balance](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/13/a-delicate-balance/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: An insightful graphic from Goldman Sachs Investment Research which highlights the recent evolution of the global crude oil supply-demand balance and where it's projected to go over the next 15 months: The market is currently oversupplied by nearly 2 million barrels per day, however, this oversupply is projected to turn
- [This Company is Set To Fulfill A Critical Agricultural Demand in the World's New Breadbasket](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/10/this-company-is-set-to-fulfill-a-critical-agricultural-demand-in-the-worlds-new-breadbasket/) - 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
- [Financial Fridays: The One Way I Buy Stocks](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/11/financial-fridays-the-one-way-i-buy-stocks/) - Ok. I have a confession. Not quite like a confession. More like an adjustment. I'm only saying this because it's Financial Fridays. But I've mislead a little. That's all. I've written that people should not trade stocks. People should not daytrade. People should stay out of the markets. I believe this. But I also don't
- [This Trucking Company is Benefiting From The Weak Canadian Dollar](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/11/this-trucking-company-is-benefiting-from-the-weak-canadian-dollar/) - 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
- [Bright spot: Major Drilling finds a revenue increase](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/11/bright-spot-major-drilling-finds-a-revenue-increase/) - 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
- [Meet the new Canaccord Genuity boss who is taking over October 1](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/11/canaccord-genuity-appoints-dan-daviau-ceo-effective-october-1/) - There's a new leader at Canadian-based global mid-market investment bank Canaccord Genuity. Toronto-based and North American Capital Markets Head Dan Daviau, who was a co-founder and principal at Genuity, prior to its merger with Canaccord, has been appointed the firm's president and CEO effective October 1, 2015. Mr. Daviau will also join the board of
- [Eric Sprott: The powers that be won't admit there's a problem](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/10/eric-sprott-the-powers-that-be-wont-admit-theres-a-problem/) - https://youtu.be/NDUNlFRXNEk The market is out of step with reality, Eric Sprott tells Tekoa Da Silva in this recent interview. “We had no growth in the economy to speak of. Yet these stocks were trading at record-high prices,” he says of the overall market. He also believes the banking system is over-exposed to assets which stand
- [Canadian stock investors gain a huge advantage using this free service](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/23/canadian-stock-investors-gain-a-huge-advantage-using-this-free-service/) - Canadian stocks are priced in real-time based on investor interpretation of all publicly available information. Investors can and should apprise themselves of important information about the companies they own (including through brokers) by reading relevant www.SEDAR.com filings for a balanced description of the business, financial statements and even management compensation details. Investors should also keep
- [A Stealth Bull Market Coming for a Particular Metal And One Way To Play It](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/09/a-stealth-bull-market-coming-for-a-particular-metal-and-one-way-to-play-it/) - Commodity investors are always looking for the next bull market but are understandably wary of jumping on the wagon too soon -- especially given the pain of the last couple of years. China’s economic growth is slowing, its stock market seems to be melting down, and most metals have been dragged down significantly over the
- [The One Formula To Find Your Passion In Life](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/10/the-one-formula-to-find-your-passion-in-life/) - I was passionate when I was throwing hard pointed rocks at other little kids. "I hit him!" My friends and I would climb around construction sites, pretending they were forts. And throw rocks at each other until we were caught by parents. By adults. Fun! Einstein found his passion because he wondered what a man
- [Cordoba Minerals: Sussman steps back as Colombian explorer adds Latin American talent](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/10/cordoba-minerals-sussman-steps-back-as-colombian-explorer-adds-latin-american-talent/) - Ari Sussman is stepping down as chairman and a director of Cordoba Minerals so he can focus on developing Continental Gold's Buritica project, Cordoba announced today. He resigned from the Dalradian Resources board in April of this year. Cordoba is also adding some heavy-duty Latin American talent to its board of directors. Joining the board
- [Peek-a-boo: North Arrow Minerals on hunt for diamonds in Pikoo](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/09/peek-a-boo-north-arrow-minerals-on-hunt-for-diamonds-in-pikoo/) - 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
- [YMP Toronto chapter debuts with Peter Munk, Barrick Gold founder](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/09/ymp-toronto-chapter-debuts-with-peter-munk-barrick-gold-founder/) - Young Mining Professionals is expanding its reach across Canada with the founding of a Toronto chapter, and the Vancouver-based group has lined up a mining legend for the occasion. YMP Toronto will kick off with a Distinguished Speaker Event on Oct. 7, 2015 featuring Peter Munk, the founder and former chairman of Barrick Gold, the
- [Peregrine Diamonds: Searching for sparkle in a tough market](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/09/peregrine-diamonds-searching-for-sparkle-in-a-tough-market/) - 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
- [Here's Your Guide to What the Influencers Are Saying about Commodities](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/08/heres-your-guide-to-what-the-influencers-are-saying-about-commodities/) - 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
- [Two Key Levels For USD/CAD](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/08/two-key-levels-for-usdcad/) - 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
- [Will Resources See a ‘V-Shaped’ Recovery after ‘Capitulation?’ – Rick Rule Responds to Your Questions](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/08/will-resources-see-a-v-shaped-recovery-after-capitulation-rick-rule-responds-to-your-questions/) - 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
- [Thank you, Glencore (Cu later)](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/08/thank-you-glencore-cu-later/) - Glencore's Altonorte copper smelter in north Chile
- [How investors are like ants](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/08/how-investors-are-like-ants/) - Up until a couple days ago we had ants in our office. Once they made it to the kitchen counter I bought ant poison and eradicated the issue, but before that I spent some time studying their behaviour. The more I watched them the more and more they reminded me of stock market investors. Most
- [Tuesday morning news: NexGen Energy, Skeena Resources, North Arrow Minerals](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/08/tuesday-morning-news-nexgen-energy-skeena-resources-north-arrow-minerals/) - Good morning investors and speculators, Hope everybody had a good Labour Day weekend, news in the junior resource world is coming fast and furious to start out the four-day trading week. NexGen Energy: The Athabasca Basin's hottest uranium play reported assay results from six angle drill holes, and they are impressive. The highlights - AR-15-49c2
- [Out in the field doing mineral exploration work](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/07/out-in-the-field-doing-mineral-exploration-work/) - James here... A quick post letting you all know that I will be heading out in the field tomorrow morning for 10-14 days doing mineral exploration work. I will doing (IP) work on the Hot Bath property located close to Dease Lake, British Columbia. I have had the opportunity a few times in the last
- [The Commodity Unwind Illustrated](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/05/the-commodity-unwind-illustrated/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Two charts that excellently illustrate the commodities bear market which has accelerated to record depths during the last few years: Love them or hate them, precious metals exchange-traded products (ETFs, ETNs, etc.) soared to record levels in late 2012 following the ECB and Federal Reserve's plunge into open-ended quantitative easing. More than
- [Market Volatility Continues Despite China Holiday Reprieve - Haywood Weekly Dig](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/04/market-volatility-continues-despite-china-holiday-reprieve-haywood-weekly-dig/) - Global markets greeted the Chinese holidays on Thursday and Friday with relief following the capitulation of Chinese stock markets and the high volatility experienced by global equities and commodities in recent weeks. This capitulation continued early in the week on the back of China’s official manufacturing PMI index, which fell below the 50 mark in
- [Jim Rickards: "The System Is Highly Unstable—If [Confidence] Is Lost, It Can Melt Down Very Quickly"](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/04/jim-rickards-the-system-is-highly-unstable-if-confidence-is-lost-it-can-melt-down-very-quickly/) - Interview with Jim Rickards (MP3) During a time of increasing uncertainty in global financial markets, Jim Rickards, best-selling author and advisor to US Department of Defense and Intelligence Communities, was kind enough to share a few comments. When asked about People’s Bank of China’s recently announced gold reserve holdings numbers, Jim noted that, “I’ve been
- [Active Managers Move to Lowest Equity Exposure of 2015](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/04/active-managers-move-to-lowest-equity-exposure-of-2015/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: From my perch equity market sentiment hasn't been this poor since at least November 2012, just before equities posted one of their best annual performances ever. That doesn't mean we are on the verge of another huge upside surge, every moment in the market is unique and equities are at a
- [CZX - Canada Zinc Metals drills one of its best holes ever](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/02/czx-canada-zinc-metals-drills-one-its-best-ever-holes/) - Canada Zinc Metals (CZX:TSXV) has released the first two drill holes of the 2015 summer exploration program at the 100% owned Akie project in British Columbia. The focus of the summer drill program was to expand the resource downdip of the current indicated resource and expansion of the robust and high-grade zinc-lead-silver system in the central core of
- [Thursday Morning News - Fission Uranium, Amarc Resources, and Thompson Creek Metals](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/03/thursday-morning-news-fission-uranium-amarc-resources-and-thompson-creek-metals/) - A look at the top mining press releases out this morning with some additional comments on each. Fission Uranium - (FCU:TSX) - Fission is out with a PEA on the Triple R Deposit on the PLS property in the Athabasca Basin. The PEA was completed by RPA Inc. The PEA does show an attractive post tax
- [The Elon Musk Tweet That Has Everybody Talking About Lithium in Nevada](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/03/the-elon-musk-tweet-that-has-everybody-talking-about-lithium-in-nevada/) - By Simon Moores, Co-Founder and Analyst at Benchmark Intelligence Tesla Motors’ CEO Elon Musk has admitted the company is pursuing lithium deals in Nevada. Tesla is looking to add to the conditional deal it struck with Bacanora Minerals / Rare Earth Minerals and Musk was forced to admit last night on Twitter that Nevada projects are
- [Keith Schaefer Picks the Companies You Will Want to Own If the Conservatives Win in Canada](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/01/keith-schaefer-picks-the-companies-you-will-want-to-own-if-the-conservatives-win-in-canada/) - Source: JT Long of The Energy Report (9/1/15) Canadian natural gas prices have held up so well that the majors are taking strategic positions to prepare for an eventual demand spike. But the paydays could be delayed depending on the outcome of the Canadian federal election on Oct. 19. In this interview with The Energy Report,
- [Tuesday Morning News - Integra Gold and GoldMoney](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/01/tuesday-morning-news-integra-gold-and-gold-money/) - A flurry of news releases to start the month of September. I take a look at a few of what I consider to be the top headlines and provide a link to a few others. Integra Gold - (ICG:TSXV) - Integra Gold is out with final drill results from the winter/spring program at the Lamaque South
- [Touring Tintina's Black Butte Copper Project in Montana Today](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/01/touring-tintinas-black-butte-copper-project-in-montana-today/) - Good morning, I'm in White Sulphur Springs, Montana today getting to know Tintina Resources' (TSXV:TAU) Black Butte copper project. Coincidentally, Tintina published a corporate update this morning. Tintina will submit the Mine Operating Permit application to the Montana Department of Environmental Quality later this year. Tintina expects a decision within two years. The company also announced that it has postponed its
- [Cantor Fitzgerald's Rob Chang outlook for the uranium sector](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/09/01/cantor-fitzgeralds-rob-chang-outlook-for-the-uranium-sector/) - This interview of Rob Chang of Cantor Fitzgerald is based entirely on his own Uranium Sector views. Disclosure here a piece of cake — I have no prior or existing relationship with Mr. Chang, Cantor Fitzgerald or any company listed herein. Rob Chang has been a proponent of the uranium sector for years. Like many of his peers, including
- [Skeena Resources makes a proposal to acquire Dolly Varden Silver](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/31/skeena-resources-makes-a-proposal-to-acquire-dolly-varden-silver/) - Skeena Resources (SKE:TSXV) and Dolly Varden Silver (DV:TSXV) - News out this afternoon that Skeena Resources has made a proposal to acquire Dolly Varden Silver. The offer is a share based deal for $4.2 million total with each Dolly Varden share being exchanged for 2.763 Skeena shares. At today's closing price of 8 cents per shares
- [Northern Dynasty's Last Stand](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/13/giustra-keep-northern-dynasty-deal/) - Pebble’s new backers bet on EPA compromise and new JV partner for the world’s largest undeveloped copper-gold deposit Two experienced mining financiers are making a $4.7 million bet that one of the world’s largest and most controversial minerals deposits is about to turn a major corner. Frank Giustra and Gord Keep’s Cannon Point Resources (CNP.TSXv)
- [Currency Devaluation Will Not Save Miners Long Term](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/31/currency-devaluation-will-not-save-miners-long-term/) - Currency devaluation does not create long term, stable, cost savings for mining companies. Currently, most cost savings touted by mining companies are driven by a weakening of local currency vs USD. However, I don’t think this can be counted on in the long term. At best, it is a nine-month lag, and afterwards, the local
- [Monday Morning News - Premier Gold and OceanaGold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/31/monday-morning-news-premier-gold-and-oceanagold/) - A look at a few of the mining news releases for today that caught my eye with some additional comments on each. Premier Gold Mines (PG:TSX) - Premier Gold is out with an update on the 100% owned Hasaga project in the Red Lake gold-mining district of Northwestern Ontario. Drill results released this morning include an intercept
- [Earmarks of a Market Bottom](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/28/earmarks-of-a-market-bottom/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: "At a market bottom, falling prices eventually force out large numbers of traders, resulting in volatility and increased volume." ~ Cory Mitchell (Investopedia) This quote on market bottoms perfectly sums up the gold miners (GDX) during the last couple of years: With each successive price decline both volume and volatility have made
- ["Without a doubt … the best place to be today for anyone interested in the jr investment game.”](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/27/without-a-doubt-the-best-place-to-be-today-for-anyone-interested-in-the-jr-investment-game/) - "Without a doubt CEO.ca was the best place to be today for anyone interested in the jr investment game. I've paid a lot of money and put on a suit without getting any better insights than I picked up this morning.” This from Tim Oliver, Tucson, Arizona-based minerals and environmental engineer (Source). Thank you for
- [Icahn Takes Large Stake in Freeport - Sign of Mature Mining Bear?](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/27/icahn-takes-large-stake-in-freeport-sign-of-mature-mining-bear/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: One of the most successful investors in history, Carl Icahn, has taken a roughly 8.5% stake in copper/gold mining giant Freeport-McMoran (FCX). Shares of FCX have been battered in recent months, dropping nearly 70% since early May: Icahn is most well known for his timely investments in fallen angels. Most notably
- [Brent Cook, Eric Coffin and Rob McLeod reveal their thoughts on dozens of junior miner](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/27/brent-cook-eric-coffin-and-rob-mcleod-reveal-their-thoughts-on-dozens-of-junior-miner/) - Via Stockhouse.com... Brent Cook is one of the grand old newsletter writers of the North American resource scene, a name long respected by investors and sought after by junior miners. Resource guru Eric Coffin is also well respected and a giant on the geo scene. So when the get together for a chat about all
- [Thursday Morning News - Goldcorp,Teck Resources, New Gold, and Scorpio Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/27/thursday-morning-news-goldcorpteck-resources-new-gold-and-scorpio-gold/) - A look at a few of the mining press releases that caught my eye this morning and some additional thoughts. Goldcorp (G:TSX), Teck Resources (TCK.B:TSX), and New Gold (NGD:TSX) - A couple deals this morning by Goldcorp on the same asset the El Morro copper-gold project in Chile. The first involves buying the 30% interest
- [A Yukon Mining Investors Guide: Part 1 of 8 – Getting to know the Territory](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/21/a-yukon-mining-investors-guide-part-1-of-8-getting-to-know-the-territory/) - Yukon, the land of the midnight sun, is best known for the Klondike gold rush of 1896 to 1899. 100,000 prospectors migrated up north in search of gold, 30,000 arrived, and it was rumoured only 4,000 found any. This was all done through placer mining, panning for gold on the Yukon River. The origins of that mineralization is
- [Wednesday Morning News - NexGen Energy and Seabridge Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/26/wednesday-morning-news-nexgen-energy-and-seabridge-gold/) - A look at the mining headlines that caught my eye for today with some additional thoughts on each news release. NexGen Energy -(NXE:TSXV) - NexGen is one of the few bright spots on the TSX Venture this year for mining investors. This morning additional radioactivity results were released from th Rook 1 project in Saskatchewan.
- [Tuesday Morning News - ATAC Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/25/tuesday-morning-news-atac-resources/) - A look at news from ATAC Resources this morning with some additional comments. ATAC Resources - (ATC:TSXV) - Atac has made a new discovery at the Anubis Cluster and also released drill results from the Conrad Zone. Drill hole ARB-15-026 is one of the better drill holes I have seen this year from a junior intersecting 47.24m
- [Monday Morning News - Independence Gold and Northern Uranium](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/24/monday-morning-news-independence-gold-and-northern-uranium/) - A look at a few mining headlines out this morning as the global markets continue to sell off. Thanks for reading. Independence Gold - (IGO:TSXV) - Independence Gold is out with drill assays from the Boulevard project in the Yukon. A total of 1746 metres (13 holes) were completed in the last couple months. A couple promising
- [Mining private equity is being fundamentally transformed](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/24/mining-private-equity-is-being-fundamentally-transformed/) - Michael Scherb founder and general partner of Appian Capital Advisory talks to MINING.com about the particular nature of private equity in mining, how the industry if bifurcating and becoming more sophisticated and why now is the ideal time to be active in the industry. The benchmarks for private equity in mining is probably overly onerous
- [Putting This Morning in Context](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/24/putting-this-morning-in-context/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: We haven't seen anything like this in a long time, and perhaps that's exactly why we are experiencing such a sharp and vicious sell-off across global equity markets. Not even during the 2008-2009 Global Financial Crisis did we see the S&P futures reach limit down before the cash market open, this
- [Why Copper Probably Still Needs to Fall Below $2](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/22/why-copper-probably-still-needs-to-fall-below-2/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: After a promising start to the year copper has been in a steady downtrend since May and the red metal has just touched the rising 200-month simple moving average for the first time since late-2008: While it is true that copper prices quickly reversed higher the last time this moving average
- [$1,150 and Rising? – Gold Reaffirms Safe Haven Status As Equities Crushed - Haywood Weekly Dig](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/21/1150-and-rising-gold-reaffirms-safe-haven-status-as-equities-crushed-haywood-weekly-dig/) - The price of gold reaffirmed its status as a safe haven asset as global equity markets capitulated, with most other commodities following suit. Gold continued its rise above $1,100 from last week, piercing the $1,150 support level on Thursday. Leading the push into gold, the dire state of the Chinese economy is becoming more apparent
- [Mining entrepreneur Miles Thompson hopes the bear market lasts a little longer](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/21/mining-entrepreneur-miles-thompson-hopes-the-bear-market-lasts-a-little-longer/) - Miles Thompson had been working for major mining companies during the 1990’s. But he realized that he could reap the greatest reward from pursing projects that he controlled. That’s what led him to start Reservoir Minerals and Lara Exploration. Reservoir Minerals has become one of the top new exploration companies. It owns a well-followed copper-gold
- [What the 'smart money' is buying today](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/20/what-the-smart-money-is-buying-today/) - By Frank Holmes CEO and Chief Investment Officer U.S. Global Investors I always advise investors to follow the smart money, and two people high on the list are Stanley Druckenmiller and Warren Buffett. Second-quarter regulatory filings show that Stanley Druckenmiller, the famed hedge fund manager, just placed more than $323 million of his own money
- [Westhaven attempts wealth creation through grassroots exploration](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/20/westhaven-attempts-wealth-creation-through-grassroots-exploration/) - Few majors and juniors are willing to deploy exploration capital in this market but even less are prepared to prospect on virgin ground. One junior Company with a mandate to pursue grassroots exploration is Westhaven Ventures (westhavenventures.com). Westhaven (TSX.V – WHN) is the vehicle legendary prospector Grenville Thomas and his team are using to define
- [Now Comes The Tough Part For Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/20/now-comes-the-tough-part-for-gold/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: 8 days ago I sent out a tweet calling for $1150 gold within a couple of weeks based upon strong seasonal tailwinds and the likelihood that we would get some significant short covering after futures speculators had become over zealous in piling on short positions: This morning we've traded as high
- [Why Your 401K Is A Scam!](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/20/why-your-401k-is-a-scam/) - I hate writing about finance. The most violent, ugly people in the world work in the traditional finance industry. I write something and instead of responding with a well-reasoned argument, they write things like "James Altucher is a wacko" or "James Altucher is a scumbag". I've written for or appeared on the Wall St Journal,
- [Skeena Releases Initial Drill Results](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/20/skeena-releases-initial-drill-results/) - August 20, 2015 09:29 ET Skeena Releases Initial Drill Results VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Aug. 20, 2015) - Skeena Resources Limited (TSX VENTURE:SKE) ("Skeena" or the "Company") is pleased to provide assay results for the first six holes of its 60-hole summer drilling program. A total of 7,300 m of a proposed 12,000 m has
- [Resource Maven: Eldorado Investment Shines Spotlight on Integra Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/20/resource-maven-eldorado-investment-shines-spotlight-on-integra-gold/) - Sign up for Gwen's email list at resourcemaven.ca Eldorado Invests in Integra Gold The most active junior explorer on the Venture exchange just got a major endorsement: Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD) is buying 15% of Integra Gold (TSXV: ICG) through a private placement that will put $14.6 million into ICG’s bank account. The financing will leave
- [Wednesday Morning News - Pretium Resources and Savary Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/19/wednesday-morning-news-pretium-resources-and-savary-gold/) - A look at a few mining press releases that caught my eye. Hard to find much exciting these days as the summer doldrums are in full swing. The TSX V continues to trade at 52 week lows and volume is light. Pretium Resources - (PVG:TSX) - Pretium has released the third set of drill assays
- [Lou Eccleston seeks to inject new life into peer-lagging TMX Group](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/19/lou-eccleston-seeks-to-inject-new-life-into-peer-lagging-tmx-group/) - Lou Eccleston seeks to inject new life into peer-lagging TMX Group When a group of Canada's major banks and pension funds banded together to buy control of the country's dominant stock exchange owner a few years ago, it was viewed as a strategic move to keep the TMX Group out of the hands of the
- [Waterloo-based chat app Kik raises $50 million at US $1 billion valuation](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/19/waterloo-based-chat-app-kik-raises-50-million-at-us-1-billion-valuation/) - TORONTO — China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd has taken a $50 million stake in Kik Interactive, an investment that values the Canadian mobile messaging company at more than $1 billion, Kik said on Wednesday. Kik, a Waterloo, Ontario-based company whose chat platform is popular with U.S. teens, has long said it aims to emulate the success of
- [Why $40/barrel is a Sticking Point for Crude Prices](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/18/why-40barrel-is-a-sticking-point-for-crude-prices/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Remember this chart that was passed around quite a bit earlier in the year? This chart has become important again as crude oil prices flirt with the $40/barrel level. Cash costs (variable operating costs) are distinct from the overall cost of an oil project because they are the costs associated
- [Tuesday Morning News - Integra Gold, Eldorado Gold, and AuRico Metals](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/18/tuesday-morning-news-integra-gold-eldorado-gold-and-aurico-metals/) - A look at a couple of the mining headlines that caught my eye with some additional comments. Integra Gold (ICG:TSXV) and Eldorado Gold (ELD:TSX) - Integra and Eldorado have announced that Eldorado will be making a $14.57 million dollar investment in Integra. Eldorado will purchase 52 million shares of ICG at 28 cents per share
- [Former Centerra CEO ‘shocked’ by lack of Canadian action after controversial arrest in Bulgaria](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/18/former-centerra-ceo-shocked-by-lack-of-canadian-action-after-controversial-arrest-in-bulgaria/) - TORONTO - The former chief executive of Centerra Gold Inc. is lashing out at Canadian authorities after his arrest last month in Bulgaria on corruption allegations he says are unfounded and simply an attempt to sway current negotiations around a gold mine. "My situation here is, in my opinion, pretty dire," Len Homeniuk said in
- [Mining guru Rick Rule's top picks on BNN](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/18/mining-guru-rick-rules-top-picks-on-bnn/) - In case you missed it last week Rick Rule Chairman of Sprott US Holdings was on BNN Market Call last Wednesday night with host Mark Bunting. The always entertaining Mr. Rule discussed with Mr. Bunting precious metals stocks. Here are my notes from the show. There are two ways that commodities can recover from a bear market.
- [Commodities Fall Below 2009 Crash Low](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/17/commodities-fall-below-2009-crash-low/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: The most widely followed commodities index, the CRB (Reuters/Jefferies Commodities Index), closed below its 2009 Global Financial Crisis low last week: (The CRB closed even lower today due to declines in crude oil and copper) An interesting excerpt from a recent Morgan Stanley research note: "We also think it’s important to
- [Don Mosher on BNN: The demise of Canada as a mineral exploration leader](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/17/don-mosher-on-bnn-the-demise-of-canada-as-a-mineral-exploration-leader/) - The VCMA (Venture Capital Markets Association) wrote a letter to all all elected members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia last week, arguing of the looming demise of Canada as the world's mineral exploration leader. Don Mosher, Founder of the VCMA Advisory Board joins BNN to make the case on how too many regulations
- [Monday Morning News - Dalradian Resources and Mission Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/17/monday-morning-news-dalradian-resources-and-mission-gold/) - A look at a few of the mining press releases that caught my attention this morning. Dalradian Resources - (DNA:TSX) - Dalradian has provided a corporate update as well as financials for the second quarter. A strong working capital position of ~$33.5 million at June 30th remains as Dalradian proceeds with development work at the Curraghinalt gold
- [China Not Immune to Contagious Quantitative Easing and Massive Printing of Cheap Money](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/16/china-not-immune-to-contagious-quantitative-easing-and-massive-printing-of-cheap-money/) - By Frank Holmes CEO and Chief Investment Officer U.S. Global Investors First it was the U.S. Federal Reserve. Then, in 2013, Japan launched what became known as Abenomics. The European Central Bank (ECB) followed suit in 2014. And now the People’s Bank of China has joined the parade. All of them in some way
- [Benchmark’s big bet on batteries and why you should attend their world tour](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/11/benchmarks-big-bet-on-batteries-and-why-you-should-attend-their-world-tour/) - The world is at a tipping point for mass production of low cost batteries, according to thirty one year old geologist, journalist and entrepreneur Simon Moores, who is about the embark on a World Tour discussing critical metals. This shift will have a huge impact on the raw materials driving it including graphite, lithium and
- [Red Eagle ready for construction at Santa Rosa](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/22/red-eagle-minings-colombian-gold-dreams-are-becoming-a-reality/) - Red Eagle Mining (TSXV:RD) has been a junior miner on a mission over the past year, raising roughly its market cap in equity and triple that in debt to build the fully permitted and now fully funded Santa Rosa gold mine in Colombia. To quickly review the company’s to-do-list this past year, Red Eagle published
- [Early-Week Gold Rally Stabilizes After China’s Yuan Devaluation - Haywood Weekly Dig](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/14/early-week-gold-rally-stabilizes-after-chinas-yuan-devaluation-haywood-weekly-dig/) - Precious metals, particularly gold, received a welcome boost early in the week after the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) unexpectedly lowered the reference rate of the yuan, a move that drew further criticism from the U.S.; China’s manipulation of the yuan has been viewed as a means to protect exports; however, China have argued the
- [The Black Box of NI 43-101 Reports](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/14/the-black-box-of-ni-43-101-reports/) - Via TimOliver.us: Note to Readers: This is the July 26, 2015 Issue of Brent Cook's Exploration Insights. "EI" is the premier newsletter devoted to early discovery, high-reward opportunities, primarily among junior mining and exploration companies. I occasionally contribute articles to Brent's weekly newsletter. My articles focus on the engineering aspects of early stage mine development
- [Goldcorp to continue aggressive M&A activity](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/13/goldcorp-to-continue-aggressive-ma-activity/) - Goldcorp Inc. has been very active on the M&A front over the last few years, spinning off non-core assets and replacing them with better ones. The company wants to make more upgrades to its mine portfolio, and RBC Capital Markets analyst Stephen Walker fully expects to see some deals in the months ahead. "We currently
- [Finally, Importantly, Japan Returns to Nuclear](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/12/finally-importantly-japan-returns-to-nuclear/) - Get Gwen Preston's research via email. Subscribe at ResourceMaven.ca. The Venture index is now down almost 2,000 points from its March 2011 high, a 75% slide fueled by gold’s 40% haircut, copper’s 45% decline, silver’s 66% cut, platinum’s 50% fall… That was bad. Then China devalued the yuan and things got even worse. Copper sank
- [Exploration Geologists: “[Properties] Are Available That You Don’t See For 10 Years—And There’s No Competition”](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/12/exploration-geologists-properties-are-available-that-you-dont-see-for-10-years-and-theres-no-competition/) - Exploration activity in the resource sector is down dramatically. Some of the world’s top exploration geologists are calling this an ideal time to shop for new prospects. With fewer junior resource companies around, it’s easier to get your hands on some of the most coveted exploration targets, they believe. Tekoa Da Silva took our recent
- [Engineer Tim Oliver: It’s fun to blame the EPA, but…](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/12/engineer-tim-oliver-its-fun-to-blame-the-epa-but/) - Via www.TimOliver.us: Sometime around 10:30 a.m. on August 4, 2015, an earthmoving contractor working for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) broke into flooded underground mine workings along Cement Creek, near Silverton, Colorado. The result was the release of at least three million gallons of acidic water laden with high levels of dissolved and settleable solids. The
- [This is the Level to Watch Today](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/12/this-is-the-level-to-watch-today/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Stocks have gotten whacked in the last 24 hours with the S&P 500 falling more than 40 points from high to low. The daily chart of the S&P (SPY) shows a potential breakdown from a pennant pattern which has formed during the last 6 weeks: The crucial level to watch
- [Alaska's most controversial mining project gets a prominent new backer](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/10/alaskas-most-controversial-mining-project-welcomes-a-prominent-new-backer/) - Huge news in junior mining. Frank Giustra, a highly successful and controversial mining financier, with ties to President Clinton, is getting behind one of the richest and arguably most controversial deposits in all of mining. And of course I'm talking about Northern Dynasty Minerals' (TSX:NDM) Pebble deposit in Alaska, vetoed under the Clean Water Act by the EPA in 2014.
- [Tuesday Morning News - First Majestic Silver and Fission Uranium](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/11/tuesday-morning-news-first-majestic-silver-and-fission-uranium/) - A look at news out this morning from First Majestic Silver and Fission Uranium with some additional comments added. First Majestic Silver - (FR:TSX) - First Majestic Silver is out with second quarter financials. Net loss for the quarter came in at $2.6 million ($0.02 cents per share). Production for the quarter was 2.7 million ounces
- [Gold Holds Its Own Against These Media Darlings](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/10/gold-holds-its-own-against-these-media-darlings/) - There’s no other way to put it: Commodities took it on the chin last month. July was the seventh worst performing month for the S&P Goldman Sachs Commodities Index, going back to January 1970. Crude oil saw its steepest monthly loss since October 2008. Both copper and aluminum touched their lowest levels in six years.
- [Strangulation by Regulation – the death knell for BC jobs](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/10/strangulation-by-regulation-the-death-knell-for-bc-jobs/) - An Open Letter to All Elected Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia Venture Capital is all about speculative investing Innovation and determination for discovery leading to jobs BC has a well earned reputation for raising venture capital, particularly with companies involved in mineral exploration, where BC companies have accounted for about 60% of worldwide
- [Monday, Monday and Mr. Molyneux](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/10/monday-monday-and-mr-molyneux/) - Good morning from Vancouver, Here are a few junior resource and investing headlines from CEO.CA Chat: Paladin Energy founder John Borshoff has stepped down after 21 years at the helm of the embattled uranium producer. With approx $530 million USD in long term debt (versus $282 million market cap), Paladin has struggled in the post
- [Monday Morning News - Pretium Resources, Teuton Resources, and Eastern Platinum](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/10/monday-morning-news-pretium-resources-teuton-resources-and-eastern-platinum/) - A look at a few mining headlines out this morning that caught my eye with some additional comments on each. Pretium Resources (PVG:TSX) and Teuton Resources (TUO:TSXV) - The old saying in real estate is location,location, location! The same can be said in mining that the best place to look for a mine is in
- [TSX-Venture Hits New 52-Week Low As Investors Look To Summer End - Haywood Weekly Dig](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/07/tsx-venture-hits-new-52-week-low-as-investors-look-to-summer-end-haywood-weekly-dig/) - It seems like an eternity since the S&P/TSX Venture Index pierced the 2,450 mark in March 2011; since then it has collapsed almost 2,000 points, or over 75%, as junior mining equities tumbled in response to falling commodity prices, headlined by gold’s fall from $1,900 per ounce in July 2011 to below $1,080 per ounce
- [A Recovery "Is Going to Happen" -- Rick Rule at the Sprott-Stansberry Symposium](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/07/a-recovery-is-going-to-happen-rick-rule-at-the-sprott-stansberry-symposium/) - By Henry Bonner (hbonner@sprottglobal.com) Is this what a market turn feels like? “Great opportunities in natural resources occur once per decade,” Rick Rule explained at the Symposium. “They occur at the bottom of a ‘bear market.’ “And this ‘bear market’ is the most severe that I have seen since the mid 1980's. That suggests a
- [Montan Mining (MNY.v) Crystallizes Peru Toll-Milling Strategy](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/06/montan-mining-mny-v-crystallizes-peru-toll-milling-strategy/) - Montan Mining (MNY.v) is a small junior miner in the process of acquiring the Mollehuaca Gold Processing Plant in Peru for US $3.3 million. The Plant will allow Montan to process ore for Peru’s formalized small-scale miners, and potentially make a profit in good and bad metals markets. This morning, Montan announced it had secured
- [Stay Underground to Survive: Canaccord Genuity's Mazumdar](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/06/stay-underground-to-survive-canaccord-genuitys-mazumdar/) - Unlike many analysts, Joe Mazumdar of Canaccord Genuity does not expect a substantially higher gold price any time soon. So what are hard-pressed gold investors to do? In this interview with The Gold Report, Mazumdar argues that they should seek high-grade resources—usually underground—in stable jurisdictions that benefit from the strong American dollar. And he highlights seven near-term
- [Gold mining big data play could make you a millionaire](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/05/help-make-quebecs-next-gold-discovery-for-up-to-1-million-in-prizes-and-a-lifetime-of-mining-credibility/) - CEO.CA Readers, you should watch this video right now... There’s an old saying in mining: the best place to find a new mine is next to an old one. Integra Gold's (TSXv:ICG) Lamaque and Sigma mines in Val-d'Or (direct translation: Valley of Gold), Quebec have produced over 9 million ounces of high-grade gold historically, worth roughly US
- [Thursday Morning News - Royal Gold and Randgold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/06/thursday-morning-news-royal-gold-and-randgold/) - A look at my top news releases out this morning in the mining world. Today we look at news releases from Royal Gold and Randgold. Thanks for reading. Royal Gold - (RGL:TSX) - Royal Gold has been busy issuing a few news releases in the last couple days. 2015 fiscal results were released this morning
- [New Wealth Minerals COO brings LatAm Expertise](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/06/new-wealth-minerals-coo-brings-latam-expertise/) - Junior miners, especially in bear markets, are all about the people... Wealth Minerals (TSX.V – WML) (http://www.wealthminerals.com) is working to ensure future success by attracting top tier talent with significant experience in Latin America. Yesterday, the company announced that Mr. Xiaohuan (Juan) Tang, B.Eng, M.Eng, M.Sc, M.Phil, is joining the leadership team as a Director
- [Commodities crash can't kill good news for these junior miners](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/05/commodities-crash-cant-kill-good-news-for-these-junior-miners/) - Permitting progress. A first gold pour. Drill results. Takeovers and asset sales. Miners and explorers are still getting things done. An environmental assessment green light. A first gold pour. Drilling results. A takeover aimed at an in-development U.S gold mine. The sale of half a massive copper mine for a billion dollars. Things are still
- [Wednesday Morning News - NexGen Energy and Semafo](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/05/wednesday-morning-news-nexgen-energy-and-semafo/) - A quick look at the news releases from NexGen Energy and Semafo with additional comments on each. Thanks for reading. NexGen Energy - (NXE:TSXV) - NexGen is out with radioactivity results for 5 drill holes from the Rook 1 property in Saskatchewan. All 5 drill holes this morning have intersected substantial mineralization and were step out
- [Tuesday Morning News - Ivanhoe Mines and Guyana Goldfields](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/04/monday-morning-news-ivanhoe-mines-and-guyana-goldfields/) - A look at a couple of the mining headlines that caught my eye this morning with some additional comments on each. Ivanhoe Mines - (IVN:TSX) - Ivanhoe and Zijin have extended the date of extend the date for completion of Zijin's planned investment in Ivanhoe's Kamoa copper project in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The original
- [Self made investor Carl Icahn tells his story](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/04/find-companies-with-great-assets-and-mediocre-management-carl-icahn/) - A lot of people died fighting tyranny. The least I can do is vote against it. — Carl Icahn at Texaco annual meeting. Jan 20, 1988 From humble beginnings in Queens to the top of Wall Street, Carl Icahn outlines his career from gambling part time while attending Princeton, to dropping out of medical school
- [Buy your next coffee with gold: GoldMoney (TSX.V – XAU)](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/04/buy-your-next-coffee-with-gold-goldmoney-tsx-v-xau/) - Imagine if you could safely walk around town with a 10 Oz gold bar in your pocket which you could use to buy whatever you need in a day. You could grab your morning coffee, pick up a pizza slice for lunch, load up on groceries to cook the week’s meals, and buy a bouquet
- [The Most Bullish Month of the Year for Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/08/04/the-most-bullish-month-of-the-year-for-gold/) - Gold is at an interesting crossroads. Sentiment couldn’t be much worse and the technical picture is putrid. However, we are entering what has historically been by far the most bullish 5 week stretch of the year historically: The clear bullish bias lasts all the way through Labor Day (September 7th). We will be interested to
- [Gold: Dumb Money Short Position Reaches Record Extreme](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/31/gold-dumb-money-short-position-reaches-record-extreme/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: The latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Data shows that as of Tuesday's close (7/28/2015) dumb money gold futures speculators (small specs) held the largest net notional short position in history: The small speculators net short position totals 9,199 contracts or slightly more than $1 billion USD notional. Read also -
- [Fall in Commodity Prices Ease Following Last Week’s Plunge - Haywood Weekly Dig](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/31/fall-in-commodity-prices-ease-following-last-weeks-plunge-haywood-weekly-dig/) - Focus continued to shift from Europe to the Federal Reserve and the timing of a potential interest rate hike. While the Fed kept interest rates at near zero this week, as expected, the governing body of the central bank continued to remain bullish on the U.S. economy, fueling market expectations that interest rates will be
- [Gold: Stunning Divergence Between Sentiment and Price](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/31/gold-stunning-divergence-between-sentiment-and-price/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: An interesting dynamic has taken shape in gold in recent weeks. As price has continued to oscillate in a roughly $30 range between $1075 and $1105 sentiment has further deteriorated, here is a small sampling of some of the headlines that have been out there the past couple of days: Two
- [OceanaGold and Romarco union to create lowest-cost global gold producer](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/30/oceanagold-and-romarco-union-to-create-lowest-cost-global-gold-producer/) - Apologies postings are light, we are at the Sprott conference in Vancouver this week. Big news in the gold sector though as Romarco's Haile gold deposit is being taken off the market... Henry Lazenby at Mining Weekly has the full story. TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Triple-listed OceanaGold has agreed to buy Canadian project developer Romarco Gold in
- [Sprott conference kicks-off with revealing Robert Friedland live interview](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/29/sprott-conference-kicks-off-with-revealing-robert-friedland-live-interview/) - The Sprott Stansberry Natural Resources Symposium is underway at the Fairmont Hotel in Vancouver. This is an excellent gathering for 50-60 junior resource companies that do business with Sprott, a world leader in natural resources investing, as well as roughly 750 retail and professional investors from around the Globe who follow the Sprott and Stansberry
- [A Scary Proposition for Gold Bulls](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/29/a-scary-proposition-for-gold-bulls/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: With gold floundering just below $1,100/oz for the last week gold bulls are digging for reasons to be optimistic. However, the following two charts courtesy of Morgan Stanley Research indicate that relative to other commodities gold is fairly is expensive and producers have not yet responded to the recent price decline
- [Goldman Sachs vs. The Copper Price](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/28/goldman-sachs-vs-the-copper-price/) - "When they raid the house of ill repute, they arrest everyone including the piano player" That colourful sentence could certainly be used to describe the current rout in commodity markets, however, should the entire basket be thrown together, i.e. bulks, precious metals, agriculture and the PhD of the economy, copper? Or, is there in fact
- [What is a Canadian junior?](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/28/characterizing-a-canadian-junior/) - I used to jokingly characterize Canadian Juniors as three geologists with a mail drop in Vancouver. One is too old to travel, one is drilling in the jungle and the third is somewhere raising money. If that was ever correct, it is not correct today. A random selection of 21 out of 1180 companies listed
- [Monday Morning News - First Majestic Silver, SilverCrest Mines, and Galantas Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/27/monday-morning-news-first-majestic-silver-silvercrest-mines-and-galantas-gold/) - A look at a few mining press releases that caught my eye to start the week and a few additional comments on each. First Majestic Silver (FR:TSX) and SilverCrest Mines (SVL:TSX) - First Majestic Silver has announced a definitive agreement to acquire SilverCrest Mines. SilverCrest shareholders have been offered 0.2769 of a common share of First
- [Equities Follow Commodities Down in A Week to Remember - Haywood Weekly Dig](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/25/equities-follow-commodities-down-in-a-week-to-remember-haywood-weekly-dig/) - With Greece now likely to stay in the European Union for the time being, market focus shifted to a more ‘risk on’ appetite with investors now ensconced in quarterly reporting. Newly released macro data from various Eurozone countries show signs of growth, but lower than estimated jobless claims in the US further highlighting the market’s
- [Netolitzky Drills For Wealth Creation Hat-Trick In B.C.’s Golden Triangle (SKE.v)](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/20/ron-netolitzky-walt-coles-skeena-resources-interview/) - "In our business, you make it taking shots." Ron Netolitzky, 2014 Canadian Mining Hall of Fame inductee Prospector Ron Netolitzky found his footing exploring for uranium in the northern Saskatchewan muskeg while oil patch consulting on the side, but it was in the mountains of northwestern British Columbia that he found his fortune. In the
- [Thursday Morning News - B2Gold and Teck Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/23/thursday-morning-news-b2gold-and-teck-resources/) - A look at a few of the mining press releases out this morning that caught my eye with some additional comments. B2Gold - (BTO:TSX) -B2Gold is out with second quarter production results of 121,566 ounces. BTO is one of he fastest growing mid tier producers and hopes to grow production from 380,000 in 2014 to
- [Remembering Ryan Fletcher](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/23/remembering-ryan-fletcher/) - Vancouver's junior mining community is mourning the loss of Ryan Fletcher, the 31 year old co-founder, director and interim CFO at Montan Mining, and a former director of Zimtu Capital. Mr. Fletcher was remembered by friends and business partners in CEO.CA chat yesterday evening, with especially moving comments from Montan co-founder Luis Zapata. "Ryan was
- [Wednesday Morning News - Klondex Mines and Platinum Group Metals](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/22/wednesday-morning-news-klondex-mines-and-platinum-group-metals/) - A slow day for mining news as commodity related stocks continue to sell off. Today I take a look at the news from Klondex Mines and Platinum Group Metals. Klondex Mines - (KDX:TSX) - Klondex Mines has released 2nd quarter production results this morning. The Midas Mine and the Fire Creek project in Nevada combined
- [Tuesday Morning News - Torex Gold and Santacruz Silver](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/21/tuesday-morning-news-torex-gold-and-santacruz-silver/) - A look at a few of the mining headlines that caught my eye this morning with some additional comments on each. Torex Gold - (TXG:TSX) - Torex is out this morning with a new PEA on the Media Luna project in southwest Mexico. Also included in the news release was an updated 43-101 resource estimate
- [4 Reasons A Buying Opportunity is Fast Approaching in Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/20/4-reasons-a-buying-opportunity-is-fast-approaching-in-gold/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: "Is this it for gold?" is the question many are asking themselves this morning. With the yellow metal falling $50/oz in a matter of minutes Sunday night one has to wonder if the coffin is closing for the long-term gold bull market or are we rapidly nearing a bottom in what has
- [Monday Morning News - Royal Gold, New Gold, and Kaizen Discovery](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/20/monday-morning-news-royal-gold-new-gold-and-kaizen-discovery/) - Gold has broken down overnight after hitting a low of $1080 on a large $2.7 billion sell order. Gold is last trading at $1107 per ounce. Here is a look at a few of the mining releases out this morning with my comments on each. Royal Gold (RGL:TSX) and New Gold (NGD:TSX) - Royal Gold
- [Keith Schaefer: I’ve Never Seen A Market Like This](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/18/keith-schaefer-ive-never-seen-a-market-like-this/) - I’m going to run through a few seemingly unrelated facts here fairly quickly, but the message is: the North American energy market is so opaque right now—because fundamentals are changing so fast—that my #1 2015 credo—SMALL POSITIONS—still holds true. And be prepared to change your mind in a hurry. This is the chart that is
- [BOC Rate Cut a Welcome Reprieve for Canada-Based Miners - Haywood Weekly Dig](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/18/boc-rate-cut-a-welcome-reprieve-for-canada-based-miners-haywood-weekly-dig/) - Haywood Securities Inc. is one of Canada's leading independent investment firms, with deep expertise in the early stage mining, energy and technology sectors. Each week, Haywood's Mining Team publishes the Weekly Dig, which covers the mining news week that was. This week, the following companies are mentioned: $NXE $CS $EDR $FVI $LSG $MND $SVL $AKG $KDX $TGM
- [Drones and Pinnacle Digest visit Klondike Gold (KG.v) in the Yukon](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/18/drones-and-pinnacle-digest-visit-klondike-gold-kg-v-in-the-yukon/) - In this interview Alexander Smith makes a trip up to Dawson City, Yukon to explore Klondike Gold's (KG:TSXV) projects with the company's President and CEO, Peter Tallman. Peter takes Alex and the Pinnacle Digest crew on a tour of the company's Lonestar and Dominion projects. The history of the Klondike and Klondike Gold's projects are
- [Friday Morning News - Metanor Resources and Red Eagle Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/17/friday-morning-news-metanor-resources-and-red-eagle-mining/) - Gold breaks below the $1140 mark (last at $1133) as good economic news out of the US causes further selling in the yellow metal. A quieter Friday but a look at a few of the mining releases out today with some additional comments. Metanor Resources - (MTO:TSXV) - Metanor has released fourth quarter production results
- [It's Time To Go Organic](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/16/its-time-to-go-organic/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Whole Foods (WFM) has spent the last couple of months forming a pretty impressive bottoming pattern. Today the stock was up 2.02% and posted its first close above the 50-day simple moving average since March: WFM looks like an attractive long setup for the following reasons: Clear bullish momentum divergence
- [Thursday Morning News - NexGen Energy and Newmarket Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/16/thursday-morning-news-nexgen-energy-and-newmarket-gold/) - A look at a few of the more prominent mining releases out on this Thursday morning. NexGen Energy - (NXE:TSXV) - NexGen Energy continues to impress at the Rook I uranium project in Saskatchewan. The first set of results from the 25,000m summer program were released this morning. NexGen after the Fission/Denison merger is the
- [Mines and Money London: Pierre Lassonde, Evy Hambro and Mark Bristow among 150 speakers announced](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/15/mines-and-money-london-pierre-lassonde-evy-hambro-and-mark-bristow-among-150-speakers-announced/) - Dear CEO.CA readers, The programme for Europe's largest mining investment forum has just been launched and you can view it online here: http://bit.ly/1OdfDfm Inside we reveal the resource investment titans, revered industry veterans and innovative mining entrepreneurs set to feature at Mines and Money London this Nov 30 to Dec 3. You’ll also gain a glimpse
- [Bruce McLeod is just getting warmed up in his role as Sabina Gold and Silver CEO](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/15/bruce-mcleod-is-just-getting-warmed-up-in-his-role-as-sabina-gold-and-silver-ceo/) - Here is the first recorded presentation by new Sabina Gold and Silver (SBB.TO) CEO Bruce McLeod, mining engineer. The presentation was taped at Gwen Preston's Metals Investor Forum in Vancouver on May 30, 2015. Mr. McLeod was introduced by veteran junior mining analyst John Kaiser, who commented, "at forty cents, [Sabina] is not just a bottom
- [Wednesday Morning News - McEwen Mining and Dalradian Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/15/wednesday-morning-news-mcewen-mining-and-dalradian-resources/) - A look at a couple mining related news releases that caught my eye this morning. McEwen Mining - (MUX:TSX) - McEwen is out with production results for the second quarter of 39,164 AuEq oz. The El Gallo mine achieved record quarterly production which helped MUX beat guidance by 15% for the quarter. Production was higher as
- [Historically Low Mortgage Rates May Not Be Around Much Longer](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/14/historically-low-mortgage-rates-may-not-be-around-much-longer/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: The chart of 30-year fixed mortgage rates dating back to the early '70s is a sight to behold: For the last several years American borrowers have been blessed with the good fortune of historically low Treasury Bond yields which have in turn translated into historically low 30-year fixed mortgage rates (a
- [Tuesday Morning News - Kaizen Discovery and Premier Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/14/tuesday-morning-news-kaizen-discovery-and-premier-gold/) - A look at some of the mining headlines out this morning with some additional context on each. Kaizen Discovery - (KZD:TSXV) - Kaizen Discovery has announced that they have received a positive screening review by the Nunavut Impact Review Board for an expanded exploration program at the Coppermine project in Nunavut. Now that the screening
- [Anger Hides These Five Emotions](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/14/anger-hides-these-five-emotions/) - Ok, I admit it. I perjured in a court of law. It was after I ran over a guy. It was in 1985 or 86. I forget. I was 17 or 18. I remember it was raining. I remember the car spinning. I remember I went through a windshield. Supposedly when you go through a
- [Crude Oil Downturn Takes its Toll on US Shale Oil Plays](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/14/crude-oil-downturn-takes-its-toll-on-us-shale-oil-plays/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: If the Saudis intention is to damage US shale oil production as they maintain record crude oil outputs despite a more than 50% drop in the price of oil in the last year, the following two charts illustrate that they are achieving their goal: Since March there has been a
- [Beware of Bouncing Chinese Cats...](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/13/beware-of-bouncing-chinese-cats/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Last week we highlighted the 3200-3400 area in the Shanghai Composite as a likely support zone from which a dead-cat bounce could begin and that is exactly what has transpired over the last few days: The rebound has been fairly aggressive (20% in 3 trading sessions) and the target area
- [Part II: Will mining boom again, Dad?](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/13/part-ii-will-mining-boom-again-dad/) - Exploration Insights by Brent Cook www.explorationinsights.com Today we begin where our last rant left off. (link) The Rant But then metal prices began to decline, economies slow, and profits slip away. What went wrong this time Dad? Will mining boom again? Don't hold your breath kid. It’s bleak out there and we have a 10-year
- [Wealth Minerals Ltd. (WML.v) Builds its Gold Portfolio for the Next Bull Market](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/13/wealth-minerals-ltd-wml-v-builds-its-gold-portfolio-for-the-next-bull-market/) - The last 4 years have seen a +75% sell off in the resource sector, and this veteran mining entrepreneur believes its time to capitalize from the carnage. Henk Van Alphen’s Wealth Minerals (TSX WML.V ) has a plan to build a portfolio of gold projects in stable geopolitical jurisdictions with low exploration risk, attractive grade, and potentially low
- [Monday morning news - True Gold Mining and Asanko Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/13/monday-morning-news-true-gold-mining-and-asanko-gold/) - A look at a few of the new releases that got my attention this morning and some additional comments on each. This morning I look at two gold development companies on track for first production in Q1 2016. True Gold Mining - (TGM:TSXV) - True Gold Mining has provided an update on the construction of
- [Getting to know TSXV boss John McCoach](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/12/getting-to-know-tsxv-boss-john-mccoach/) - Today, mining and oil & gas companies constitute 71% of the TSX-Venture exchange by listings, but only 52% by market cap - - contrast that with 2011 when those same companies represented 69% of listings, but 81% of market cap, and that is a drastic change! We talked to John McCoach, President of the TSX-Venture
- [Re-Establishing a Major American Mine](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/11/midas-gold-re-establishing-a-major-american-mine/) - Midas Gold is a junior gold explorer that IPO'ed during the summer of 2011 when the gold sector was in a frenzy and investors eagerly bid up gold plays to record valuations. Those days have long since passed; after reaching an all-time high of $4.90/share in January 2012, Midas shares currently sit around .40/share after
- [99 Ways To Die In Mineral Exploration](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/15/99-ways-to-die-in-mineral-exploration/) - I recently heard a great story about the safety culture that has permeated the mining industry over the past decade, with probably a bit of overkill within the major miners. At an alleged meeting between 50+ mining execs from each side of Newmont and Barrick in New York City, discussing a possible business combo, the
- [NexGen Energy (NXE:V) the leading uranium exploration stock](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/10/nexgen-energy-nxev-the-leading-uranium-exploration-stock/) - via EnergyandGold.com NexGen Energy (NXE:TSXV) is one of the hottest stocks on the TSX Venture in 2015. The share price has doubled this year based on positive exploration results at the Rook 1 project in Saskatchewan. With the recent merger of Fission Uranium and Dension NexGen is now the premier exploration stock in the uranium space. Raymond
- [Gold Futures Positioning Reaches "Buy Zone"](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/10/gold-futures-positioning-reaches-buy-zone/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: While the CFTC Commitments of Traders Report is far from an exact market timing tool, it does offer one of the best gauges of market positioning and sentiment. After Tuesday's sell-off speculative positioning fell to a level of net length that has more often than not coincided with major lows:
- [The Dig – Haywood Mining Team’s week in review](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/10/the-dig-haywood-mining-teams-week-in-review-35/) - Global Markets Rattled as Shanghai Index Crashes and Grexit Looms The ongoing Greek crisis and the continued collapse of the Shanghai and Shanzhen Indices (subsequently rebounding Thursday and Friday) dominated news during the week, with commodity prices and mining equities crashing; the S&P/TSX Global Mining Index fell below the 57 mark before recovering slightly at
- [Uranium on the Cranium – Expert Alex Molyneux In the Hot Seat](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/10/uranium-on-the-cranium-expert-alex-molyneux-in-the-hot-seat/) - There seems to be a lot going on in the uranium sector in terms of consolidation activity and market-related news so I invited Alex Molyneux, Founder of Azarga Resources and Chairman of Azarga Uranium Corp. (AZZ.TO) / (PWURF) (market cap ~ C$ 22 million) to answer a few pressing questions. Alex is based in Asia
- [This Chart Should Concern Bond Bulls](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/09/this-chart-should-concern-bond-bulls/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: All hell has been breaking loose for the last week. From the Shanghai stock market going into full crash mode to Greek citizens formally voting to leave the eurozone to the New York Stock Exchange halting trading for 4 hours, there's been a lot to be concerned about if you're an investor.
- [Thursday Morning News - Endeavour Silver and Kirkland Lake Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/09/thursday-morning-news-endeavour-silver-and-kirkland-lake-gold/) - A look at a few news releases that caught my eye this morning. Endeavour Silver - (EDR:TSX) - Endeavour Silver has released second quarter operating results this morning. Production was up 6% for silver and 14% for gold on a year over year basis. Investors will need to wait until financial results are released on
- [What Can Silver Tell Us About China?](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/08/37299/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: The recent parabolic leveraged speculative rise and fall of the Shanghai Composite is reminiscent of silver's epic rise and crash during 2011, have a look: Silver (2010-2011) Shanghai Composite (2014-2015) While the chart structures are slightly different (silver rose 50% in barely 6 weeks while Shanghai took
- [Wednesday Morning News - Columbus Gold, Lake Shore Gold, and Doubleview Capital](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/08/wednesday-morning-news-columbus-gold-lake-shore-gold-and-doubleview-capital/) - A look at what caught my eye this morning from mining companies and some comments on each news release. Note Doubleview Capital(DBV:TSXV) is halted pending news which I would expect to be drill assays on the bottom of Hole 23. Assays are pending for a third, wider chalcopyrite-pyrite zone that was visually observed to extend
- [What's Going on in China?](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/07/whats-going-on-in-china/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: After a margin debt fueled parabolic ascent, China's Shanghai Composite has been in virtual free-fall for the last month. Bloomberg put together an interesting chart which effectively illustrates the timeline of events which led to where we are at now: Judging by media coverage and social media message volume we
- [Sprott Webinar - Black Gold: Profiting From The Collapse in Oil](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/07/webinar-rick-rule-some-of-the-best-oil-plays-are-in-midstream-stock/) - “Midstream” oil stocks are this attractive about once every decade, says Rick Rule, Chairman of Sprott US Holdings. In a recent round-table with Byron King (Agora Financial) and Matt Badiali (Stansberry & Associates), Rick explained why he’s looking at one segment of the oil sector. You can listen to his full comments here (registration required):
- [Netolitzky’s Skeena Resources Funded for 12-18 Months, Aggressive Drilling Commencing Soon](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/07/netolitzkys-skeena-resources-funded-for-12-18-months-aggressive-drilling-commencing-soon/) - Peter Epstein, CFA, MBA EpsteinResearch.com @peterepstein2 As reported, Skeena Resources (SKE.V) announced an up-sized, non-brokered C$8.1 million capital raise with no warrants attached. This is a tremendous outcome that de-risks Skeena’s Spectrum project by eliminating funding risk for the next 12-18 months. A number of institutions invested in this round and the prior one, and allows the company to actively pursue
- [China Contagion Spreads to Commodities](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/07/china-contagion-spreads-to-commodities/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: This morning we are seeing the first unmistakable signs that the China stock market crash will not be contained only to China. The silver break below $15 is pretty representative of what's going on elsewhere this morning: This morning's break of support which had held for 9 months in silver
- [Tuesday Morning News - TMAC Resources and Claude Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/07/tuesday-morning-news-tmac-resources-and-claude-resources/) - A look at my top mining new releases out this morning with some additional comments on each. TMAC Resources - (TMR:TSX) - The only Canadian mining IPO of 2015 has started trading under the symbol TMR. TMAC Resources is focused on building Canada's next gold mining district in Hope Bay, Nunavut. The project was purchased from
- [Denison and Fission Announce Transaction to Create Leading Diversified Uranium Company](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/06/denison-and-fission-announce-transaction-to-create-leading-diversified-uranium-company/) - Big news in the uranium equities world today as shortly after the close 1:19 pm (pst) both Denison Mines (DML:TSX) and Fission Uranium (FCU:TSX) were halted. CEO.ca Chat users were already discussing that the news was most likely a deal between the two companies and low and behold shortly after it was officially announced. Initial response
- [10 Things To Do If You Were Fired Yesterday](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/06/10-things-to-do-if-you-were-fired-yesterday/) - Then they told me I had to either take a 50% pay cut or I would be fired. If I was fired they would give me severance. I didn't like either choice. I had responsibilities. I was counting on the money. I was scared. I wasn't expecting this. HR said, “I have to legally tell
- [Palisade Radio Podcast with Rob McLeod -Climate Change Leading to Major New Mineral Discoveries](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/06/palisade-radio-podcast-with-rob-mcleod-climate-change-leading-to-major-new-mineral-discoveries/) - An new podcast from Palisade Radio and veteran geologist Rob McLeod. We are lucky to have Mr. McLeod as a frequent contributor sharing his knowledge with CEO Live users. "Meet the man who helped to precipitate the largest staking rush in the Yukon since the Klondike Gold Rush! Mr. Rob McLeod is the President and CEO
- [Monday Morning News - Orezone,Kaizen Discovery, and AM Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/06/monday-morning-news-orezonekaizen-discovery-and-am-gold/) - A look at a few of the mining headlines out this morning that caught my attention with some follow up comments on each. Orezone - (ORE:TSX) - A $6.5 million dollar private placement has been announced with the plans to offer 21,666,667 shares at 30 cents per share. The bigger news is that legendary mining investor
- [Why Greece Offers Investors Opportunity](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/05/why-greece-offers-investors-opportunity/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: This is the 2nd consecutive Sunday night that equity futures are trading significantly lower than where they ended the previous Friday: E-mini S&P Futures (30-minute) The proximate cause of the large gap lower in equity futures is Greece and its peoples' willingness to finally exit the eurozone and flip the 'troika' (EU/IMF/ECB)
- [The Dig – Haywood Mining Team’s week in review](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/03/the-dig-haywood-mining-teams-week-in-review-34/) - Referendum on Greek Austerity Draws Near At the time of writing, the people of Greece were preparing for a referendum on whether to accept austerity measures imposed by creditors as part of a bailout the country desperately needs. Negotiations stalled after Greece and its creditors failed to reach an agreement on conditions for releasing emergency
- [Thursday Morning News - Atlantic Gold and Northern Uranium](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/02/thursday-morning-news-atlantic-gold-and-northern-uranium/) - A look at some of the mining headlines that caught my attention this morning with some additional thoughts on each. Atlantic Gold - (AGB:TSXV) - Atlantic Gold is out with a solid looking feasibility study at the MRC project in Nova Scotia. At $1200 gold the project economics come in at a post-tax NPV of
- [Redstar Gold Drilling Expands High-Grade Gold Mineralization 100 Metres Along Strike](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/02/redstar-gold-drilling-expands-high-grade-gold-mineralization-100-metres-along-strike/) - Highlights: High-grade gold/silver mineralization occurs in drill hole 15SH018 - intersecting 5 metres grading 9.35 g/t gold and 27.62 g/t silver; including 1.0 metre grading 41.2 g/t gold and 130.0 g/t silver. The high-grade intercept in 15SH018 occurs 100 metres to the northeast of Redstar's 2011 drill hole 11SH010 (0.55m of 738g/t gold and 408
- [Futures Speculators are Still Too Bullish on Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/01/futures-speculators-are-still-too-bullish-on-gold/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: This is the kind of gold futures CoT report that gold bulls definitely did not want to see: A sizable increase in net speculative long positioning combined with a 15,260 contract increase in open interest which appears to have primarily come as a result of both large & small speculators
- [Emerging tungsten company moves forward with strong backers](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/01/emerging-tungsten-company-moves-forward-with-strong-backers/) - German blogger (rohstoffaktien.net) and mining investor Oliver Gross a valuable member of CEO Live recently talked with Alexander Langer, President of Blackheath Resources (BHR:TSXV) I’ll Flip Ya For It | CEO.CA http://t.co/rdvWyoElFV — Oliver Gross (@OliverGross_JRB) July 1, 2015 What makes the Blackheath story actually so interesting compared the hundreds of junior mining companies out there? Blackheath
- [Tuesday Morning News - NexGen Energy, Auryn Resources, and North Country Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/30/tuesday-morning-news-nexgen-energy-auryn-resources-and-north-country-gold/) - A look at a few of the mining headlines out this morning that caught my eye this morning with some brief additional comments. NexGen Energy - (NXE:TSXV) - NexGen Energy is out with final assays from the winter drill program at the Rook 1 project in Saskatchewan. The deposit continues to grow with additional
- [Gold Set to Make Major Seasonal Low This Week](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/30/gold-set-to-make-major-seasonal-low-this-week/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Gold has a very strong tendency to put in a major low during July and rally well into September/October. In fact, using a 20 year seasonal study chart we can see that gold typically makes one final dump lower into the July 4th US holiday before turning higher for the next
- [Robert Kiyosaki: Biggest Stock Market Crash in History Coming in 2016](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/29/robert-kiyosaki-biggest-stock-market-crash-in-history-coming-in-2016/) - A podcast with Collin Kettell of Palisade Radio and Robert Kiyosaki author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad. From Palisade "401ks, rigged stock markets, wars in the Middle East, and government stupidity! These are the ingredients for a major catastrophe just over the horizon – that is according to Rich Dad, Poor Dad Robert Kiyosaki. Are you prepared?
- [Monday Morning News - Eldorado Gold and Royal Nickel](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/29/monday-morning-news-eldorado-gold-and-royal-nickel/) - A look at a few of the mining headlines out this morning with some additional comments. Eldorado Gold (ELD:TSX) - Eldorado has received a key mining permit for the Eastern Dragon project in Heilongjiang province, China. A project permit approval (PPA) has been approved by the National Development and Reform Commission. In China the PPA is
- [Skeena (SKE.V) Receives Three-Year Exploration Permit and Mobilizes Drills to Spectrum Gold Project](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/29/skeena-ske-v-receives-three-year-exploration-permit-and-mobilizes-drills-to-spectrum-gold-project/) - VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - June 29, 2015) - Skeena Resources Limited (TSX VENTURE:SKE) ("Skeena" or the "Company"), is pleased to report it has received a three-year drilling permit, begun field work and camp construction, and is mobilizing two drills to the Spectrum high-grade gold project in northwestern British Columbia. Fieldwork, which commenced June 15, included
- [Prisoners of Debt: Inside the 1982 Global Banking Crisis](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/03/prisoners-of-debt-inside-the-1982-global-banking-crisis/) - Robert Collison & Peter Raymont, 1983, 57 min 35 s This feature documentary reveals how Bank of Montreal chairman William Mulholland dealt with his debt-laden customers Dome Petroleum and Mexico during the global debt crisis of '82. Interviews with bankers and financial experts demystify the causes of debt crisis, confirm the fragility of the international
- [Junior mining God Brent Cook was on BNN TV today: Here's what he had to say](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/26/brent-cook-on-bnn-market-call-recap/) - Brent Cook of Exploration Insights newsletter was on the popular BNN show Market Call this morning discussing junior mining stocks. Mr. Cook believes the junior mining sector is nearing a bottom and bouncing along the bottom currently. Here are my quick notes from the show and Mr. Cook's comments on companies mentioned. Top picks - Pilot Gold (PLG:TSX),
- [Sailing Against The Wind](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/26/sailing-against-the-wind/) - Sailing is on the brain. I’m off to Alaska tomorrow, to join my parents as they explore the Panhandle on their 31-foot sailboat. I’m a touch excited. Getting the boat from Victoria to Ketchikan was not easy. When there was wind, it was usually against them. Tides are big up there this time of year,
- [Cactus Club CEO Jaffray on the best decision of his life](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/26/cactus-club-ceo-jaffray-on-the-best-decision-of-his-life/) - Cactus Club Cafe founder and CEO Richard Jaffray shared his entrepreneurial journey with over 1000 interested Vancouver-area businesspeople yesterday. Mr. Jaffray participated in an hourlong live interview with BCBusiness magazine founder Peter Legge at the Hotel Vancouver for the annual BCBusiness Top 100 event. Jaffray says the best decision of his life was to become an entrepreneur.
- [Greece at Tipping Point as Creditors Offer Final Proposal - Haywood Weekly Dig](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/26/greece-at-tipping-point-as-creditors-offer-final-proposal-haywood-weekly-dig/) - A final cash-for-reforms proposal was delivered to Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, along with a clear message from European Union leaders that all patience had been exhausted, and that the Greek government must choose between reforms and an accompanying 15.5 billion euro loan that would see Greece remain solvent at least to the end of
- [TMAC Resources Inc boosts IPO to $135 million on strong demand](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/26/tmac-resources-inc-boosts-ipo-to-135-million-on-strong-demand/) - The mining sector's first initial public offering on the Toronto Stock Exchange since 2012 is a smashing success. The IPO of TMAC Resources Inc. has been upsized by $30 million because of overwhelming investor demand, according to sources. TMAC is now planning to raise $135 million, and as much as $155 million if the banks
- [Nobody Cares About Gold Miners: Why That's A Good Thing](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/25/nobody-cares-about-gold-miners-why-thats-a-good-thing/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Nobody cares about gold miners anymore. There I said it. The level of overall investor disinterest in this sector must be at an all-time low. Now let's be clear here, i'm not saying that bearish sentiment is at a record (I believe it will be difficult to top last November in
- [Thursday Morning News - Wesdome Gold Mines, Premier Gold, and Centerra Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/25/thursday-morning-news-wesdome-gold-mines-premier-gold-and-centerra-gold/) - A look at a couple of mining news releases out this morning with some additional comments. Wesdome Gold Mines - (WDO:TSX) - Wesdome is out with drill results from the winter drilling program at its Kiena property in Val d'Or, Quebec. 30 holes were drilled to explore S50 East and the Presqu'ile zones. The drill program was
- [What's behind Mogo Finance's decision to cut its IPO price?](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/24/whats-behind-mogo-finances-decision-to-cut-its-ipo-price/) - What's behind Mogo Finance's decision to cut its IPO price? On Thursday shares of Mogo Finance Technology will start trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange for the first time. In all, Mogo sold 5 million shares at $10 a piece. But getting to that stage proved to be a little more difficult than the Vancouver-based
- [Wednesday Morning News - Rubicon Minerals and Redstar Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/24/wednesday-morning-news-rubicon-minerals-and-redstar-gold/) - A look at some of the mining headlines out this morning that caught my eye. Rubicon Minerals - (RMX:TSX) - Rubicon is the world's newest high grade gold producer as the Phoenix project in Red Lake, Ontario. First gold pour has been completed of ~741 ounces. Rubicon has now completed construction at the mill
- [Continental Gold - Buriticá's Size and Confidence Grows](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/24/continental-gold-announces-an-updated-mineral-resource-estimate-for-the-buritica-project-colombia/) - This morning Toronto-based gold developer Continental Gold (CNL.TO) announced an updated mineral resource estimate for the Buritica project in Colombia. The new resource is based on 271,003 metres of drill core sampling and 7,215 metres of underground sampling over the past eighteen months. Buritica now contains 4.48 million gold ounces in the Measured and Indicated (M&I)
- [The Looming Copper Supply Crunch](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/24/the-looming-copper-supply-crunch/) - The Looming Copper Supply Crunch This infographic is presented by Western Copper & Gold Copper is among the three most used metals in the world, and high quantities of the red metal must be mined every year to meet global demand. The market for copper is equal to approximately $120 billion each year, which rivals
- [CNL Technicals Update](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/24/time-to-take-profits-in-continental-gold/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: This morning Continental Gold (CNL.TO) released its much anticipated updated resource estimate which greatly increased the size and marginally increased the grade of its flagship Buriticá Project. This news is very significant because it makes the economics of the project significantly more attractive, despite the current weak gold price environment. CNL shares are soaring once
- [InZinc Looks to Take Centre Stage for Zinc's Next Run](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/10/inzinc-looks-to-take-centre-stage-for-zincs-next-run-2/) - Repost from Jan 28, 2015. Over the past five years zinc bulls have gone nowhere. However, the metal, used primarily for galvanizing steel in the construction industry, is setting up for a substantial supply deficit as early as next year which could see the spot price pop. Investors interested in the zinc space have very
- [Lukas Lundin goes for the gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/09/lukas-lundin-goes-for-the-gold-2/) - Repost from earlier this year. Editor will be back next week... PDAC 2015: Lukas Lundin sets lofty goals as he re-enters gold game Legendary mining and oil tycoon Lukas Lundin has never been modest about his goals. So his latest targets probably shouldn't surprise anyone, as eye-opening as they might sound. "I want Lundin Mining
- [How to parlay $20k into $15 million speculating in junior mining stocks](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/08/how-to-parlay-20k-into-15-million-speculating-in-junior-mining-stocks/) - Repost from Mar 2015... Robert Hirschberg is a Toronto, Canada apparel industry entrepreneur and investor. For the past thirty five years, Mr. Hirschberg has been an active speculator in junior mining penny stocks, one of the highest-risk segments of all investing markets. In this video, you will hear how Mr. Hirschberg parlayed $20,000 at the
- [Video: Mining's Greatest Explorer](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/07/video-minings-greatest-explorer/) - Repost from January 2013 [editor is away this week], and easily one of CEO.CA's best-of... Click here to launch the video in Youtube, or scroll to the bottom of this article. The Atascosa Ranch is walking distance from the US/Mexico border, just outside of Nogales, Arizona. It’s owned by Dave Lowell, an affable 84-year-old man
- [On an African dog and pony show with mining mogul Robert Friedland](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/06/the-incredible-african-mineral-endowment-of-ivanhoe-mines/) - I am back in Africa this week and off the grid, which means posting will be light. The last time I was there, in Feb 2014, Robert Friedland showed me around Ivanhoe's African projects. Here's what I had to say about them at the time... The reality distortion field, made famous by Steve Jobs’ biographer Walter Isaacson,
- [The Envy of Metals Explorers](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/02/the-envy-of-metals-explorers/) - The following was originally published January 13, 2015 for Resource Opportunities subscribers. Often people ask me who I think the next great mining entrepreneur will be. My standard answer is that while there are very few young men and women who can raise money, build teams, acquire assets and develop them in far off places,
- [I'll Flip Ya For It](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/30/ill-flip-ya-for-it/) - Tommy here... I'm out of range for the next week or so, and have scheduled a few re-posts to keep CEO.CA alive while I'm gone... Here’s a gambling story about the late great media billionaire Kerry Packer from Australia. One casino boss remembered, “I was lucky enough back in the day to actually witness this gentleman
- [Fipke, Ulansky take uranium hunt outside the Basin](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/07/03/fipke-ulansky-take-uranium-hunt-outside-the-basin-2/) - Repost from Feb 24, 2015. Note, Northern Uranium is drilling again. Keep your eyes on the UNO.V... Chad Ulansky cut his teeth on Ekati, Canada's first diamond discovery, but it's uranium that he's hunting for now in Canada's frozen North. The Kelowna geologist is president and CEO of Northern Uranium (TSXV:UNO), which is exploring in
- [Tuesday Morning News - Mariana Resources and Integra Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/23/tuesday-morning-news-mariana-resources-and-integra-gold/) - A look at some of the more interesting mining press releases out this morning with some additional thoughts. Mariana Resources - (MARL:AIM) - Mariana has released more drill assays from the promising Hot Maden project in eastern Turkey. Step back drilling has intersected high grade mineralization of 109.9m @ 11.9 g/t Au and 1.13% Cu in
- [Monday Morning News - Atac Resources, Lowell Copper, and Avrupa Minerals](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/22/monday-morning-news-atac-resources-lowell-copper-and-avrupa-minerals/) - A look at a couple of the mining news releases out this morning with some additional comments on each. Atac Resources-(ATC:TSXV) - Atac has commenced the summer exploration program at the Rackla project in the Yukon. Diamond drilling is under way and will focus on the Conrad zone and Anubis cluster. The plan is for
- [What was it like Dad?](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/22/what-was-it-like-dad/) - It was tough kid. We were just coming out of the most perfect spring. The fruit trees were all in blossom, streams filled with fish, deer abounded, and we were all feeling pretty right with the world—we owned it and were the chosen ones. Then we headed out across the flats, believing the prophets that
- [The go-to junior for a tightening zinc market](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/18/the-go-to-junior-for-a-tightening-zinc-market/) - There has been a solid but quiet performer in the commodities sector recently. Flying largely under most investors’ radar is zinc, up 3.9% in 2014. It's often overlooked because as an “industrial” metal it doesn’t have the same shine as “precious” metals. According to many analysts, zinc is setting up nicely to continue its upward
- [Haywood's Geordie Mark Focuses on Miners Making Money at $1,200/oz Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/18/haywoods-geordie-mark-focuses-on-miners-making-money-at-1200oz-gold/) - Gold producers certainly needed a break, and now they have two, reports Haywood Securities Mining Analyst Geordie Mark. Much lower energy costs and the strength of the U.S. dollar mean that producers can and do make money at $1,200 per ounce gold. In this interview with The Gold Report, Mark touts the virtues of three
- [Gold in the Age of Soaring Debt](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/18/gold-in-the-age-of-soaring-debt/) - Ever wonder how much gold has ever been exhumed in the history of the world? The GFMS Gold Survey estimates that the total amount is approximately 183,600 tonnes, or 5.9 billion ounces. If we take that figure and multiply it by the closing price on June 16, $1,181 per ounce, we find that the value
- [The Fork In the Road to Enlightenment](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/18/the-fork-in-the-road-to-enlightenment/) - Have you ever tried to achieve a Buddha like level of enlightenment? I tried once and lasted less than 24 hours. Too many other distractions were getting in the way, like my work commitments and a real estate purchase I was trying to close. Unfortunately, a true state of enlightenment requires a level of concentration
- [Thursday Morning News - Klondex Mines and Torex Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/18/thursday-morning-news-klondex-gold-and-torex-gold/) - A look at what I found interesting in the mining related press releases out this morning. Klondex Mines - (KDX:TSX) - Klondex has received a key permit for the high grade Fire Creek project in Nevada. The receipt of a water pollution control permit will allow the tonnage cap to be lifted. The WPCP permit allows for
- [The single biggest reason why startups succeed](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/17/fwd-the-single-biggest-reason-why-startups-succeed/) - Bill Gross has founded a lot of startups, and incubated many others — and he got curious about why some succeeded and others failed. So he gathered data from hundreds of companies, his own and other people's, and ranked each company on five key factors. He found one factor that stands out from the others
- [What’s So Bullish About Canadian NatGas?](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/17/whats-so-bullish-about-canadian-natgas/) - Why are recent natural gas deals in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) getting done at very expensive metrics, when the consensus for Canadian gas prices in the near to medium term is lower—potentially a lot lower? The obvious answer is LNG—Liquid Natural Gas exports; even though the first exports are realistically a minimum five
- [Wednesday Morning News - Pilot Gold and Sandstorm Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/17/wednesday-morning-news-pilot-gold-and-sandstorm-gold/) - A look at some of the top mining headlines out this morning with some additional context on each. Pilot Gold - (PLG:TSX) - Pilot Gold is out with news this morning that a 20,000m drill program is under way on the 60-per-cent-owned TV Tower property in northwestern Turkey. Major mining company Teck is the other 40%
- [NexGen Energy: a uranium legend in the making](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/16/nexgen-energy-a-uranium-legend-in-the-making/) - Via EnergyandGold.com: Yesterday, a Vancouver-based mineral exploration company drilled one of the best holes in the history of uranium exploration. NexGen Energy’s (NXE.TSXV) AR-15-44b resulted in 56.5 meters grading 11.55% including 20 meters at 20.68% U3O8, and shares in the junior company soared 10.45% Monday. The result was widely hailed by the analyst community. Cantor
- [Tuesday Morning News - Continental Gold, Savary Gold Corp, and Sarama Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/16/tuesday-morning-news-continental-gold-savary-gold-corp-and-sarama-resources/) - A quick look at a few of the mining news releases out this morning that caught my attention with some additional comments on each. Continental Gold - (CNL:TSX) - Continental has released an additional 20 drill results at the Veta Sur and Yaragua vein systems at the Buritica project in Colombia. The plan is to release
- [Rick Rule: When Interviewing Companies Investors Should Start By Asking—“What’s Your Liquidation Value?”](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/15/rick-rule-when-interviewing-companies-investors-should-start-by-asking-whats-your-liquidation-value/) - Chance encounters can provide some of the most rewarding opportunities for investors. Rick Rule, Chairman of Sprott US Holdings, recounts how a small mining event led to a career-changing investment. Rick still attends conferences on a regular basis. As he says, you never know who you may meet. With the 2015 Sprott-Stansberry Vancouver Natural Resource
- [Keith Schaefer's Largest Portfolio Purchase Ever](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/15/keith-schaefers-largest-portfolio-purchase-ever/) - To make money in this energy market, you have to be innovative and flexible. I warned subscribers earlier this year to prepare themselves for some out-of-the-box investment ideas to make 2015 a very profitable year. In 2012 I did that with refineries. In 2013 I did that with ethanol stocks as traditional upstream E&P stocks
- [Monday June 15th Morning News - NexGen Energy, Petroamerica Oil, and Argonaut Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/15/monday-june-15th-morning-news-nexgen-energy-petroamerica-oil-and-argonaut-gold/) - A look at some of my favourite news releases out this morning with some brief comments on each. NexGen Energy - (NXE:TSXV) - A huge drill hole out of NexGen Energy this morning as hole AR-15-44b has intersected 68.5 m of 9.56% U3O8 at the Rook 1 project in Saskatchewan. Rook 1 is located in the
- [The Ultimate Guide To Finding A Mentor](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/15/the-ultimate-guide-to-finding-a-mentor/) - After my dad went into a permanent coma I had to take his car back to the dealership and hand them the keys. They wanted to know what happened and I couldn't talk. I couldn't sign papers. I was shaking. I held out the keys and they took them. I walked out. My dad was
- [The Next Big Trade in Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/14/the-next-big-trade-in-gold/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: During my twelve years of trading virtually every financial market and instrument imaginable I have learned that the best trades are anticipated and prepared for days, weeks, and sometimes months in advance. Moreover, the best trading setups occur when multiple indicators/factors come into alignment like stars in the sky. Gold has
- [Uranium in Focus After Expansion Plans Cancelled at Australian Mine - Haywood Weekly Dig](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/12/uranium-in-focus-after-expansion-plans-cancelled-at-australian-mine-haywood-weekly-dig/) - A final feasibility study for the Ranger uranium mine in Australia has been cancelled, effectively suspending any future plans for development of Ranger 3 Deeps indefinitely. The news is the latest in what has been a difficult period for uranium miners following the Fukushima disaster in March 2011, which resulted in the shutdown of Japanese
- [Canada Zinc Metals (CZX) 2015 Exploration Plans](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/12/canada-zinc-metals-czx-2015-exploration-plans/) - Canada Zinc Metals - (CZX:TSXV) - Canada Zinc Metals has released plans for the 2015 field season at the Akie project in northeast British Columbia. Field crews are in place and 5000 metres of drilling is expected to take place targeting the Cardiac Creek deposit. The goal of the program is resource growth from the
- [Nolan Watson's Big Idea](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/11/nolan-watsons-big-idea/) - There is so much networking potential at the Subscriber Investment Summits. Case in point: Bitgold (XAU-TSXv). I recently visited Toronto and the buzz on Bay Street was still all Bitgold, a month after the web-based payments and savings platform for gold launched on the TSX-V. Shares in the startup--less than one year old--soared to $8 before retreating. Bitgold
- [Redstar Gold Reports High Grade Gold Intersections at the Unga Project](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/11/redstar-gold-reports-ultra-high-grade-gold-intersections-at-the-unga-project/) - HIGHLIGHTS: Results from the first two holes of the 2015 drilling program at the Shumagin Prospect, located within the 100% owned Unga Gold Project, Alaska The first hole intersected 12.9 metres of mineralization from 60m, beginning with 1.9 metres containing 202 g/t gold and 82 g/t silver The second hole intersected two mineralized zones: The
- [Private equity mining fund Waterton Global makes another investment in Nevada](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/11/private-equity-mining-fund-waterton-global-makes-another-investment-in-nevada/) - Solitario Exploration and Royalty Co (SLR:TSX) and Ely Gold (ELY:TSXV) - Waterton has purchased the Mt. Hamilton gold project in Nevada off partners Solitario and Ely Gold for $30 million USD. Solitario owns an 80% interest and will receive $24 million with Ely holding 20% and receiving $6 million. An updated feasibility study was completed
- [A Flawed Survey But Valuable Nonetheless](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/11/a-flawed-survey-but-valuable-nonetheless/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Say what you want about the AAII Sentiment Survey, undoubtedly it's quite flawed and that's not a surprise to anyone. However, the survey which came out this morning (which represents how investors were feeling at the end of last week or earlier in this week, coincidentally this was during a stretch
- [Wednesday Morning News - Balmoral Resources and Kivalliq Energy](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/10/wednesday-morning-news-balmoral-resources-and-kivalliq-energy/) - A look at a few of the mining headlines out this morning with additional comments. Balmoral Resources - (BAR:TSX) - Balmoral has released the final drill results from the 2015 winter drill program at the Bug Lake trend project on the Martiniere project in Quebec. Drill intercepts continue to hit high grade gold highlighted by intercepts
- [Active Yukon gold explorer trades at half its cash value](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/10/active-yukon-gold-explorer-trades-at-half-its-cash-value/) - Yesterday I had the opportunity to meet Vancouver mining entrepreneur Randy Turner. Mr. Turner has been involved with multiple mineral discoveries since the late 1970's, with the most notable being the Snap Lake diamond mine in Northwest Territories, taken over for a combined $478 million in 2000. Mr. Turner splits his time as the CEO of two
- [North Arrow's Qilalugaq Diamond Value Dissapoints](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/09/north-arrows-qilalugaq-diamond-value-dissapoints/) - Canadian diamond explorer North Arrow Minerals (NAR.V) reported disappointing diamond valuation results from the Qilalugac project bulk sample test this morning: The parcel of 383.55 carats of diamonds greater than +1DTC (~1 mm) was valued at $13,795 or $36 per carat and a modelled range of possible values was also produced with a "possible low" model
- [Promising Arizona copper explorer shares its strategy](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/10/promising-usa-copper-explorer-shares-its-strategy/) - The following interview was conducted via Skype between Oliver Gross, a Munich-based mining analyst and blogger and Vince Sorace, the Vancouver, Canada-based CEO of Desert Star Resources (TSXV:DSR). Desert Star is a copper exploration company active in SW USA set to drill test two exciting targets this year. Oliver Gross (OG): Thank you for agreeing
- [Oban Mining Corp brings consolidation to junior mining sector with five-way deal](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/09/oban-mining-corp-brings-consolidation-to-junior-mining-sector-with-five-way-deal/) - The team behind Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd. is bringing some much-needed consolidation to Canada's junior mining sector by arranging a complicated merger of five different companies. The deal brings the five unloved miners together into one entity that is well financed with $65 million of cash, has a well-regarded management team, and has a host
- [Tuesday Morning News - Pretium Resources and a 5 way mining merger](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/09/tuesday-morning-news-pretium-resources-and-a-5-way-mining-merger/) - A look at some of my favourite news releases out this morning. Pretium Resources (PVG:TSX) - Pretium has provided an update on the Brucejack Project in northwestern British Columbia. 2015 plans for the uber high grade project have been released this morning. Pretium has a large land package of over 254,518 acres at Brucejack but the
- [Goldies Stage Important Reversal - What's Next?](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/08/goldies-stage-important-reversal-whats-next/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: GDX passed an important test of support today. The goldies were looking absolutely dreadful this morning but buyers showed up near a crucial area of support around lunchtime and put the throttle to the floor into the close: $18.75 not only represents a DeMark Support Level but it also represents
- [How To Find Success Late In Life](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/08/how-to-find-success-late-in-life/) - When I was ten I wanted to be an astronaut, a writer, a spy, a superhero, and an advice columnist. I wrote a play. I did spy on people. But I couldn't figure out how to be a superhero. I read collected columns of "Dear Abby" (an advice columnist) every day. The only advice I
- [Roulston: the mining revolution may not be publicized](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/08/roulston-the-mining-revolution-may-not-be-publicized/) - For decades, public companies were essential in order to pool lots of small investments which came largely from individuals. Those investors knew (or at least should have known) that they were speculating on high risk/high reward ventures. There were some spectacular successes that made it all worthwhile. Over the past few years, the industry has
- [Aussie gov't steps up for its small and micro-caps in a big way](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/08/the-australian-government-has-stepped-up-for-its-small-and-micro-caps-in-a-big-way/) - The Australian government has done something interesting to reign in excessive foreign speculation in its property market, while simultaneously stoking its struggling junior resource sector, mired in the current commodities downturn. Foreign investors in Australia can qualify for a significant investor visa (SIV) by betting A $5 million on Australia’s economy. The SIV asset mix
- [Monday Morning News - Columbus Gold and Eastern Platinum](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/08/monday-morning-news-columbus-gold-and-eastern-platinum/) - A look at some interesting headlines out this morning with some additional thoughts. Columbus Gold - (CGT:TSXV) - Columbus Gold is expected to start drilling at the Eastside project in Nevada within the week. This will be one of the biggest drilling programs this year by any junior mining company. All bonds and permits have been
- [The Dig – Haywood Mining Team’s week in review](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/05/the-dig-haywood-mining-teams-week-in-review-33/) - Gold Price Lower After More Positive U.S. Jobs Data The price of gold was down on Friday following more positive employment data from the U.S. (see page 2). Private sector employment was particularly robust for May, adding over 200,000 jobs compared to the month prior. As shown in figure 1 (page2) unemployment and change in
- [Weekly Chart Wrap](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/05/weekly-chart-wrap/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Weekly chart wrap for the week ending 6/5/2015 - we saw some seismic moves in interest rates as equities began to show some chinks in their armor. The current trends are as follows: Oil: Oscillating within a range Precious metals: Lower Bond yields: Higher Equities: Oscillating within a range WTI
- [Reasons To Stay At Your Job](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/06/reasons-to-stay-at-your-job/) - I used to love my job. Love it. I worked for my favorite entertainment company in the world. I would've paid to work there. I made friends at work. And on weekends we'd even get together and play poker. Sometimes we'd even travel on vacations together. My boss would yell at me but I could
- [How To Be Mentally Strong](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/05/how-to-be-mentally-strong/) - When I was a kid I used to skip school, hide behind my house until my parents left, and then go off to play chess with John Nash. Not THE John Nash, the Nobel Prize winner who also had schizophrenia. But his son, who was a very strong player. We would go over to his
- [5 gold producers making money at $1170 gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/05/5-gold-producers-making-money-at-1170-gold/) - With the gold price down to $1170 per ounce this morning with positive job numbers out of the United States. I decided this morning to take a quick look at 5 gold producers who are making money at the current gold price. For my quick analysis I looked at the Q1 results of each company
- [These Self-Made Billionaires Prove Piketty Wrong about Wealth](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/04/these-self-made-billionaires-prove-piketty-wrong-about-wealth/) - Many of us are aware that 400 billionaires appear on Forbes’ list of the wealthiest Americans. But if you had to guess what percentage of them is self-made, what would you say? A quarter? A third? Before I give you the answer, let me posit which way Thomas Piketty might lean. If you’re unfamiliar with
- [Kaminak Gold releases drill results from Kona North and Dolce](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/04/kaminak-gold-releases-drill-results-from-kona-north-and-dolce/) - Kaminak Gold - (KAM:TSX) - Kaminak has released drill results from the Kona North and Dolce areas of the Coffee gold project in the Yukon. Kona North is 1km north of the Kona deposit while Dolce is 1.1 km south. The Kona deposit is small and contributed ~26,000 recoverable oxide gold ounces to the Coffee
- [Wednesday morning news feat. Torex Gold and West Kirkland Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/03/wednesday-morning-news-feat-torex-gold-and-west-kirkland-mining/) - Not many exciting press releases out this morning but the following did catch my eye. Torex Gold - (TXG:TO) - Torex's construction at the large El Limon mine in Mexico is now two-thirds complete. The project remains on schedule for first pour in the fourth quarter of this year. Torex also drew down $50 million
- [Skeena raises $8.1 million for exploration in BC's Golden Triangle](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/02/skeena-raises-8-1-million-for-exploration-in-bcs-golden-triangle/) - The high-grade Spectrum gold project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle will see a $3.5 million, 10,000-12,000 metre drill program this summer thanks to $8.1 million in financings by its operator, Skeena Resources (SKE.V). Skeena is led by American businessman Walter Coles, CEO, and Canadian Mining Hall of Famer geologist Ron Netolitzky, Chairman. Mr. Netolitzky helped find
- [This Could be the Trade of the Year](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/02/this-could-be-the-trade-of-the-year/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: As John Maynard Keynes famously stated "When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, Sir?". I am very close to changing my mind on the direction of long-term interest rates. The chart of the 10-year US Treasury Note yield shows that a formidable bottoming pattern has been formed
- [Tuesday morning news feat. Bear Creek Mining and Alamos Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/02/tuesday-morning-news-feat-bear-creek-mining-and-alamos-gold/) - A look some of the press releases catching my eye this morning. Bear Creek Mining - (BCM:TSXV) - Bear Creek has released an updated feasibility study on the Corani deposit in Southern Peru. Corani is one of the worlds largest silver-zinc-lead deposits and was discovered in 2006. Bear Creek states that the area is mining
- [PEA Puts LIO on the Fast Track to Production](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/02/pea-puts-lio-on-the-fast-track-to-production/) - Lion One Metals (LIO-V, LOMLF-Q, LLO-ASX) The Bullet Points: Lion One Metals just released a very impressive Preliminary Economic Estimate for their Tuvatu project indicating an after-tax IRR of 52% (payback in 1.5 years) and an after-tax NPV over four times the size of Lion One’s current enterprise value. Capital requirements for start-up are light
- [Pure Gold Mining (PGM.V) explores Canada's richest gold camp](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/02/hunting-the-next-multi-million-ounce-gold-deposit-in-red-lake/) - This past weekend I attended the Metals Investor Forum hosted by junior mining newsletter writers Gwen Preston (Resource Maven), Eric Coffin (Hard Rock Analyst), John Kaiser (Kaiser Research Online), and Brien Lundin (Gold Newsletter). I had the chance there to speak with Darin Labrenz, CEO of Pure Gold Mining and we discussed their Madsen Project
- [TMAC Resources Inc launches $105 million IPO](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/02/tmac-resources-inc-launches-105-million-ipo/) - TORONTO - Canada's initial public offering craze is finally seeping into the mining sector, as TMAC Resources Inc. has launched the sector's first significant IPO in many months. The Toronto-based company, which is named after its well-known executive chairman Terry MacGibbon, is planning to raise $105 million, according to a preliminary prospectus filed with regulators.
- [‘Stealth Rally’ for Select Gold Stocks to Continue: Steve Todoruk](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/01/stealth-rally-for-select-gold-stocks-to-continue-steve-todoruk/) - By Henry Bonner (hbonner@sprottglobal.com) Read online > Steve Todoruk, a broker at Sprott Global Resource Investments Ltd., has been calling attention to a trend that few investors have noticed in small gold miners. His last note focused on Canada, but this trend has been taking place all around the world. What’s the story? We are
- [Lion One's Berukoff wants to build and grow a gold mine in Fiji](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/01/lion-ones-berukoff-wants-to-build-and-grow-a-gold-mine-in-fiji/) - A Vancouver-based gold junior operating in Fiji came out with a PEA this morning that has supporters of the company singing its praises. Read: Lion One Announces Robust Preliminary Economic Assessment for High Grade Gold Operation at Tuvatu Project in Fiji. PEA Highlights (all amounts are quoted in $USD utilizing a base case gold price of $1,200
- [Monday news feat. Zenyatta Ventures and Rockhaven Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/01/monday-news-feat-zenyatta-ventures-and-rockhaven-resources/) - A look at some of the mining headlines crossing the wires this morning with some additional thoughts. Zenyatta Ventures - (ZEN:TSXV) - Zenyatta is out with the much anticipated PEA on the Albany hydrothermal graphite project in Northern Ontario, Canada. The PEA has returned results of a base case after-tax Net Present Value at a 10% discount
- [Warning Signs Mount as Equities Remain Resilient](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/06/01/warning-signs-mount-as-equities-remain-resilient/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: It's been a long time since i've seen such an abundance of yellow/red flag warning signs out there. At this moment I would be remiss if I did not point out all the warning signs i'm seeing: M&A activity during the month of May is set to blow the previous record month
- [Metals Investor Forum 2015 Recap](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/31/metals-investor-forum-2015-recap/) - I had the privilege of attending the Metals Investor Forum 2015 held in Vancouver, BC on Saturday May 30th. The event was well attended with ~350 people. Attendees included retail investors, brokers, company executives, mining engineers, investor relations, accountants, and the odd analyst (blogger). The conference was put on by the four mining newsletter
- [Big Micro-Cap Pow-Wow Kicks Off in Vancouver Tomorrow](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/30/big-micro-cap-pow-wow-kicks-off-in-vancouver-tomorrow/) - May 31 - June 1, 2015 8:30 am - 5:30 pm Vancouver Convention Centre West 1055 Canada Place Vancouver, BC, V6C 0C3 Canada View Map #Canvest15 Here's the full agenda. Cambridge House's Canvest 15 conference kicks off in Vancouver tomorrow. This is a solid event for public venture capital professionals in the mining and technology
- [Lower Commodity Prices Weigh on Miners as More Operations Halted - The Weekly Dig](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/30/lower-commodity-prices-weigh-on-miners-as-more-operations-halted-haywood-weekly-dig/) - Following the Q1’15 financial reporting period, two miners announced the suspension of operations during the week; on Thursday, a major diversified miner announced it would implement temporary halts to six Canadian metallurgical coal mines for about 3 weeks during Q3. While only a brief period, the Company has not ruled out additional closure periods during
- [Why attend the Metals Investor Forum in Vancouver this Saturday](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/29/why-you-should-attend-the-metals-investor-forum-in-vancouver-this-saturday/) - Four of the top newsletter writers in the junior mining industry are hosting a free conference in Vancouver this Saturday (Details), and they've brought along ten of their best stories with them. Eric Coffin of Hard Rock Advisory, Gwen Preston of Resource Maven, John Kaiser of Kaiser Research and Brien Lundin of Gold Newsletter will
- [4 Troubling Charts](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/29/4-troubling-charts/) - Via Energy and Gold.com 4 troubling charts: 1. Chicago PMI at levels which have historically almost always correlated with recessions 2. Producer prices offer a strong whiff of deflation... 3. U.S. 1st quarter GDP was absolutely dreadful regardless of all the excuses we may want to make 4. U.S.
- [Friday News - BitGold announces a financing and Roxgold receives a mining convention](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/29/friday-news-bitgold-announces-a-financing-and-roxgold-receives-a-mining-convention/) - A look at few of my top headlines from this morning with some additional comments. BitGold - (XAU:TSXV) - BitGold has announced a $18.2 million dollar bought deal at $3.65 per share. A syndicate of underwrites led by GMP Securities and including Clarus Securities,Canaccord Genuity, and Dundee Securities Ltd has agreed to purchase the 5 million
- [Four Reasons to Master the Art of Leadership Writing](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/29/four-reasons-to-master-the-art-of-leadership-writing/) - French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte is quoted throughout the Internet as having once said a leader is a dealer in hope. That’s what you are when you lead: a hope dealer. Out of everything you do to achieve your vision, one of the most important is writing like a leader. Too many times, it’s the face-to-face
- [Toll Milling Update: Anthem United is Playing to Win](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/29/toll-milling-update-anthem-united-is-playing-to-win/) - Recently I called Anthem the “rising star” of the Toll Milling industry... Today we might have to revise that to simply: The Star. Earlier today Anthem United announced that they will be purchasing a second 350 tpd mill in Chaparra, Arequipa, Peru. So quickly what does this means for Anthem, and Toll Milling in Peru? Size
- [Resource World: Copper is king at Desert Star](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/28/resource-world-copper-is-king-at-desert-star/) - by Jennifer S. Getsinger, PhD, PGeo - Resource World June/July 2015 Desert Star Resources Ltd. [DSR-TSXV] of Vancouver, in its newly streamlined form, is concentrating all of its exploration ener- gies on three projects in the southwestern United States: two copper porphyry proj- ects in Arizona and the Anchor gold project in Nevada. Having recently
- [Ivanhoe Mines conference call notes and news from Teck Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/28/ivanhoe-mines-conference-call-notes-and-news-from-teck-resources/) - A look at some of the top mining stories out this morning and some additional comments on each. Ivanhoe Mines - (IVN:TSX) - Ivanhoe hosted a conference call this morning discussing the transaction announced with Zijin Mining. Ivanhoe and Zjin struck an agreement on Tuesday (May 28th) where Zijin would acquire a 49.5% stake in
- [Copperbank (CBK.CSE): a Perpetual Call on Copper](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/28/copperbank-cbk-cse-a-perpetual-call-on-copper/) - Bob Moriarty Archives Back in 1993 silver crashed as low as $3.52 in late February/March. A silver company based in Canada was faced with a serious business decision. What kind of business model do you use when the price of your commodity is sitting at 5000-year lows? A decision was made by the company that
- [Always Be Selling In-The-Money Small-Caps: Fabrice Taylor](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/27/always-be-selling-in-the-money-small-caps-fabrice-taylor/) - Fabrice Taylor, editor of the President's Club newsletter, shared some smart small-cap selling strategies in the May 26 edition of his influential newsletter. The following is edited slightly to remove company names and for brevity. "I am constantly reminding investors to TAKE PROFITS. We invest in some riskier names, and we do much better than the
- [The TSX-Venture is at a Crucial Juncture](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/27/the-tsx-venture-is-at-a-crucial-juncture/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: The TSX-Venture has spent the last 6 months putting in a bottoming pattern (ascending triangle) and running into resistance just above the 700 level. However, a breakout could be close at hand... The series of higher lows remains intact and the pullbacks have become shallower. The current pullback is testing
- [Wednesday Morning News - Guyana Goldfields and Pure Gold Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/27/wednesday-morning-news-guyana-goldfields-and-pure-gold-mining/) - A look at some news releases this morning that caught my eye. Guyana Goldfields - (GUY:TSX) - Guyana Goldfields will be one of the next gold producers worldwide. This mornings press release has announced that mill testing has started at the Aurora gold project in Guyana. Initial production is expected in mid 2015. Project construction
- [Download: CEO.CA Chat for iOS and Android](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/20/get-ceo-ca-chat-on-your-iphone-now/) - CEO.CA is excited to announce that CEO.CA Chat is now available in the Apple App Store and on Google Play, the Android app marketplace. Here's the Apple download link. Here's the Android download link. The App is designed to give investors a competitive advantage through real-time information. Its users are a vibrant community of professional and amateur investors,
- [Red Eagle Moves to Production](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/27/red-eagle-moves-to-production/) - Bob Moriarty Archives I’m going to keep saying exactly what I have been saying for years about Red Eagle. They are financed, they are permitted and they will be in production in a year. I wrote about a new gold mining company in Colombia over three years ago named Red Eagle (RD-V) that went public
- [Redstar Gold Corp (V.RGC) wraps drill program, hopes to go supernova](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/27/redstar-gold-corp-v-rgc-wraps-drill-program-hopes-to-go-supernova/) - I haven’t done a mining story in a while. Mostly because, mining. If you know a lot of mining guys, you know a lot of guys who have been downsizing for a while now. A few less receptionists, maybe squeeze a couple of companies into one office space, maybe hit a few less conventions this
- [Tuesday Morning News - Mariana Resources and Platinum Group Metals](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/26/tuesday-morning-news-mariana-resources-and-platinum-group-metals/) - A look at some of the news out today in the mining world with a few additional comments on each. Mariana Resources (MARL:AIM) - Mariana is out with an update on the Hot Maden prospect in Eastern Turkey. Mariana so far in my opinion is the exploration story of 2015 after hitting two monster drill
- [Build a powerful network through Young Mining Professionals](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/25/build-a-powerful-network-through-young-mining-professionals/) - The mining industry is all about the people, and as a young professional working in this industry, I'm trying to get to know and associate myself with the best and the brightest. Recently I had the privilege to interview the founding partners of Young Mining Professionals, an association with the sole focus of bringing together Vancouver’s future
- [Cash in on Cleantech with Graphite One](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/26/cash-in-on-cleantech-with-graphite-one/) - Via EnergyandGold.com: A global shift to cleantech is absolutely going to change the world. It’s also going to make some people very rich. One way for investors to cash in on the green energy movement is to invest in graphite. What most resource investors aren’t aware of is that graphite has been placed on the
- [Zijin to acquire 49.5% of Ivanhoe's Kamoa stake for a total cash consideration of US$412 million](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/26/zijin-to-acquire-49-5-of-ivanhoes-kamoa-stake-for-a-total-cash-consideration-of-us412-million/) - Ivanhoe Mines and China's Zijin Mining Group sign landmark agreement to co-develop the world-scale Kamoa copper discovery in the Democratic Republic of Congo Zijin to acquire 49.5% of Ivanhoe's Kamoa stake for a total cash consideration of US$412 million Zijin holds option to acquire an additional 1% share upon successfully arranging project financing for 65%
- [Barrick Gold sells the Cowal Mine and Pan Orient Energy is cash rich](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/25/barrick-gold-sells-the-cowal-mine-and-pan-orient-energy-is-cash-rich/) - A quieter day expected on the news front today as the US market is closed for the memorial day holiday. I did find a couple interesting news stories with my comments below. Barrick Gold - (ABX:TSX) - Barrick will be selling the Cowall Mine in Australia to Evolution Mining for $550 million US. Barrick will
- [Junior Mining Conference In Toronto This Thursday And Friday](https://blog.ceo.ca/2013/09/10/junior-mining-conference-in-toronto-this-thursday-and-friday/) - Cambridge House International, Canada's junior mining advocates, are hosting the FREE Toronto Resource Investment Conference at the Sheraton Centre Hotel this Thursday and Friday (Details and Registration). Join financiers Ned Goodman of Dundee Corp., Eric Sprott of Sprott Inc., Frank Holmes of US Global Investors, along with newsletter writers including Keith Schaefer of the Oil and
- [News Review: Sandstorm Metals and Energy](https://blog.ceo.ca/2013/07/22/news-review-sandstorm-metals-and-energy/) - By James Steels / @steelsjh The newsflow (and share price reaction) coming out of Sandstorm Metals and Energy (“SND“) warrants some commentary. Let me be clear upfront – I have been DEAD wrong on the timing on this one. With an average cost of $3.25 per share initial purchase at $4.00 and a second purchase at $2.50) at
- [Yahoo! - Access To Key Talent Above All Else](https://blog.ceo.ca/2013/09/22/yahoo-access-to-key-talent-above-all-else/) - Ebullient Toronto accountant James Steels bought some Yahoo! stock this week and wrote up why. Read: Portfolio Action: Purchase – Yahoo! (NYSE: YHOO). Job applications at Yahoo! are skyrocketing under new CEO Marissa Mayer, according to Steels, although the market has beat him to the bunch: Yahoo shares have doubled since last year. Still, he
- [Awesome Uranium Action](https://blog.ceo.ca/2013/01/19/awesome-uranium-action/) - There have been some big moves in the uranium space this week, as the predictions by several analysts and close watchers of the space have begun to come true. It starts with two high-profile deals that were announced this week: ARMZ is buying the remaining 49% of Uranium One for $1.3B. While the purchase price,
- [Rising US Inflation Bodes Well for Precious Metals - The Weekly Dig](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/22/rising-us-inflation-bodes-well-for-precious-metals-the-weekly-dig/) - Comments from Federal Chair Janet Yellen on Friday raised the possibility of an interest rate hike in 2015 as U.S. CPI data showed a three-month annualized inflation rise of 2.6%, a four-year high. The rise in inflation in the U.S. may attract investors to inflation-hedge commodities, especially gold, if the Federal Reserve is slow to
- [Book Review: A Kennecott Story, by Chuck Hawley](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/22/book-review-a-kennecott-story-by-chuck-hawley/) - Since 1867, after Alfred Nobel invented dynamite, the basic cycle of hard rock mining has remained constant: drill, blast, much, repeat. What has obviously changed at today’s comparatively massive mines, are the technology, processing and mining methods, all triggered by advances in engineering. I recently read a phenominal book about the most innovative of early
- [What America Can Learn from China’s Infrastructure](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/22/what-america-can-learn-from-chinas-infrastructure/) - As one of the greatest nations on the planet, the United States excels in a number of areas, innovation and entrepreneurship foremost among them. But something you might be hard-pressed to find at the top of anyone’s best-of list is infrastructure—specifically roads, rail and mass transit. In this department at least, the U.S. has some
- [Bitgold buys GoldMoney](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/22/hot-stock-bitgold-xau-v-makes-an-acquisition-9-days-after-tsxv-listing/) - BitGold - (XAU:TSXV) - Bitgold Inc., the savings and payments platform for gold that has taken Canada's capital markets by storm this past week, is out with news this morning that they will acquire GoldMoney for 11.16M shares. The transaction is initially valued at $51.9 million CAD based on the $4.65 closing price on May 21st. GoldMoney
- [Nevada Copper Can't Get No Respect](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/21/nevada-copper-corp-cant-get-no-respect/) - Peter Epstein, CFA, MBA Twitter: @peterepstein2 Copper Supply Far From Secure, Production Costs Rising It’s widely known that average copper grades have been falling for decades. The conventional wisdom is that the average grade from producing mines is down from about 1.0% to roughly 0.60%. That trend is likely to persist. Labor, energy, water, legal,
- [How To Shortcut The 10,000 Hour Rule And Make Your Contribution To Life](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/21/how-to-shortcut-the-10000-hour-rule-and-make-your-contribution-to-life/) - Pierre Levegh killed 88 people in a car race. Even I am not that bad a driver. I've only almost killed one person. Maybe two. Pierre tried to get ahead of the Aston Martin in front of his Mercedes, made a sharp turn, flew into a wall, exploded, pieces flying everywhere, his skull crushed on
- [A Mining Investor’s Guide to Toll Milling in Peru](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/21/a-mining-investors-guide-to-toll-milling-in-peru/) - What is the toll milling mining business model? Dynacor Gold Mines, Anthem United and Standard Tolling try toll milling for gold and silver in Peru.
- [Thursday Morning News - Klondex Mines and Mart Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/21/thursday-morning-news-klondex-mines-and-mart-resources/) - Klondex Mines (KDX:TSX) - Klondex a top performer in the gold space is out with drilling results on the Hui WU Vein. The Hui WU Vein is located at the Fire Creek project in Nevada. Highlights of Hui Wu vein include: 13.5 ounces per ton (461.6 grams per tonne) gold equivalent over 11.5 feet (3.5
- [Gold Is a ‘Barbarous Relic’ but These Are ‘Barbarous Times’: Jayant Bhandari](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/20/gold-is-a-barbarous-relic-but-these-are-barbarous-times-jayant-bhandari/) - By Henry Bonner (hbonner@sprottglobal.com) Read online > At around $1,200 per ounce as of May 20, gold has remained relatively steady over the last year and a half. Buying in physical gold markets has helped prevent further slides. India in particular has been a major purchaser of physical gold. In 2009, the Indian government made
- [BitGold Disrupts Financial Services](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/20/bitgold-disrupts-financial-services/) - “There's something happening here What it is ain't exactly clear” - Buffalo Springfield “The banks’ dominance in financial services is over unless interest rates rise.” This from Roy Sebag, a 29-year-old former hedge fund manager and the CEO of BitGold Inc ($XAU.V), a web-based payments and savings platform for gold that has taken the Canadian
- [A cash rich junior miner announces drilling plans near Kaminak Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/20/a-cash-rich-junior-miner-announces-drilling-plans-near-kaminak-gold/) - Independence Gold- (IGO:TSXV) - Cash rich Independence Gold is out with a $1.8 million exploration budget for summer work in the Yukon. Work will be completed on the Boulevard and Henderson projects located in the White Gold area south of Dawson City. The drill programs are expected to begin in the middle of June and total
- [Takeaways from the Morgan Stanley Energy Conference in Houston](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/18/insights-from-the-oil-patch/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: If I didn't know better I could have never guessed that crude oil is down nearly 50% in less than a year. The Houston real estate market is white hot with residential listings regularly going for above asking price and sellers are finding eager buyers in a matter of days. Houston
- [What a vacation to Italy taught me about power](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/19/what-a-vacation-to-italy-taught-me-about-power/) - “Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.” ― Niccolò Machiavelli Standing on Palatine Hill last week, I tried imaging six-storey gleaming marble arches and gilded statues in place of the weathered foundations, chipped arches and shattered marble floors built in the centuries following Rome’s founding in the eighth century B.C. Now
- [Tuesday morning news - True Gold Mining and Imperial Metals](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/19/tuesday-morning-news-true-gold-mining-and-imperial-metals/) - A morning post on some of the top mining news releases out this morning and my thoughts on each. True Gold Mining - (TGM:TSXV) - True Gold has restarted construction at the Karma project in Burkina Faso. First gold pour is expected 10 months from now in March 2016. Site clean up and some repairs
- [Why Michael Lee-Chin has turned his back on public markets](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/19/why-michael-lee-chin-has-turned-his-back-on-public-markets/) - Globe and Mail capital markets reporter Tim Kilazde published a fun new interview with Michael Lee-Chin this morning. Mr. Lee-Chin, who became a billionaire building mutual fund manager AIC Ltd., which sold to Manulife in 2009, thinks regular investors should invest in private asset classes. “There is an absolute ‘dysfunctionality’ that is perverse and universal and systemic in
- [Midway Gold: How Technical Analysis Can Help Us Avoid Blowups](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/18/how-technical-analysis-can-help-us-avoid-blowups/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: One of the things I noticed early on in investing in junior mining equities is that they follow technical patterns fairly well. In other words, the charts are much cleaner indications of investor supply & demand with much less influence from HFT (high-frequency trading) and hedge funds than one sees in
- [“Wrestling with Something Else”: Why this Gold Bear Market Is Different](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/17/wrestling-with-something-else-why-this-gold-bear-market-is-different/) - Earlier this week, I had the pleasure to appear on Jim Puplava’s Financial Sense Newshour radio program and discuss the state of the gold market. Along with my peers John Doody of the Gold Stock Analyst and Ross Hansen of Northwest Territorial Mint, I shared my thoughts on how we arrived in the current bear
- [What if Oil Is the Best Investment of 2015?](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/17/what-if-oil-is-the-best-investment-of-2015/) - Investors can’t say definitively that the price of oil bottomed in the third week of March, but some very recent data released by the International Energy Agency (IEA) that supports the premise that a bottom is in. More on that in a moment. From a low near $43 per barrel WTI has been bumping around
- [Precious Metals Up On Weak U.S. Economic Data and Falling Dollar - Haywood Weekly Dig](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/16/precious-metals-up-on-weak-u-s-economic-data-and-falling-dollar-haywood-weekly-dig/) - It was a good week for precious metals as April economic data from the U.S. failed to impress, while the U.S. dollar fell against other major currencies. While employment data was favourable, retail sales in particular were flat last month according to the Commerce Department on Wednesday, well below the 0.3% increase projected by economists
- [Rick Rule: I Remember My First Period of Catastrophic Losses](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/15/rick-rule-i-remember-my-first-period-of-catastrophic-losses/) - Listen to full audio (Mp3) > Read online > Rick Rule, Chairman of Sprott US Holdings, sat down with Tekoa Da Silva to discuss his early experience investing in natural resources. What lessons did he learn from those early days? What are some of the principles for investing in individual companies, not just commodities as
- [3 Reasons for the Euro Strength and What's Next](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/15/3-reasons-for-the-euro-strength-and-whats-next/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: The EUR/USD currency pair is fast approaching a key technical crossroads : The ~1.15 level represents support/resistance from January/February and also roughly equates to a 50% retracement of the entire December-March decline from 1.2556 to 1.0462. One can also easily discern a fairly clean bottoming pattern similar to a complex
- [Friday morning financials from Osisko Royalties and B2Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/15/friday-morning-financials-from-osisko-royalties-and-b2gold/) - News on Friday includes Q1 financials from Osisko Royalties and B2Gold. Osisko Royalties (OR:TSX) - First quarter net earnings of $10.2 million (15 cents per share) for Osisko royalty shareholders. The $10.6 million in revenue was all from the 5% NSR royalty held on the Canadian Malartic Mine. Revenue from Goldcorp's newly producing Eleonore mine have
- [Have Patience: Petroamerica Oil CEO](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/15/have-patience-petroamerica-oil-ceo/) - Tonight I spoke to the CEO of Petroamerica Oil (TSXV:PTA), Ralph Gillcrist. The market is valuing Petroamerica at about C $100 million. With about US $26 million in the bank, its enterprise value is about C $69 million. PTA owns light and medium oil interests in Colombia. Since the start of the oil crisis in
- [This Serial Underperformer May Be Ready to Rip](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/14/this-serial-underperformer-may-be-ready-to-rip/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: US based gold producer Newmont Mining (NEM) has been a serial underperformer in recent years with shares falling more than 70% from its late-2011 all-time high to the December 2014 low. However, things may be on the verge of turning around for Newmont investors. The stock has carved out a very clear
- [Thursday Morning News - Asanko Gold and Banro](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/14/thursday-morning-news-asanko-gold-and-banro/) - Thoughts from a few of my favourite mining news releases out this morning. Asanko Gold - (AKG:TSX) - Asanko is out with pre feasibility results for a Phase 2 expansion at the Esaase project in Ghana. Phase 1 (Obotan) is currently under construction and is fully permitted and financed with production expected in Q1 2016. The economics
- [Clearing Up CNBC's Haze](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/14/clearing-up-cnbcs-haze/) - Yesterday on CNBC, I was asked about my investment firm’s previous investment in Uranium One, “Were you in a position to benefit from approval of this deal at the same time that you were writing checks to the Clinton Foundation?” My answer was clear. I said, “No.” It would be unusual for any Chief Investment
- [18-Month Rally in Select Gold Stocks Signals ‘Bifurcation’ -- Steve Todoruk](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/13/18-month-rally-in-select-gold-stocks-signals-bifurcation-steve-todoruk/) - By Henry Bonner (hbonner@sprottglobal.com) Read online > John Ciampaglia, our head of ETFs, rang the bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Monday – see the videohere. Our gold mining ETFs -- SGDM (large stocks) and SGDJ (smaller stocks) -- are now trading on the NYSE. Our main subject today, though, is a trend
- [The Most Important Chart Right Now](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/13/the-most-important-chart-right-now/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: The Dow Jones Transports have been putting in a top for the last six months, ever since the parabolic rally of October/November 2014: This is at least the 6th test of the 8500-8600 support/resistance zone since last December and the bounces off this support zone have become increasingly shallow and
- [Wednesday news - Semafo and Kirkland Lake Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/13/wednesday-news-semafo-and-kirkland-lake-gold/) - A look at two junior gold producers this morning with some additional comments on each. Semafo - (SMF:TSX) - Semafo is out with Q1 results reporting a net loss of $8.1 million (3 cents per share). Gold production came in at 65,200 which included a planned 5 week shut down of the SAG mill. Semafo reported
- [BitGold begins trading on TSX Venture Exchange as gold transaction platform builds momentum](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/13/bitgold-begins-trading-on-tsx-venture-exchange-as-gold-transaction-platform-builds-momentum/) - Roy Sebag and Josh Crumb started their business with one simple guiding principle. "We wanted to be able to go into Tim Hortons and buy a coffee with gold, with our credit card or debit card," Sebag said in an interview. "It went from being a hobby of how to do that to this whole
- [Continental Gold (CNL.TO) Tests Important Resistance](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/12/continental-tests-important-resistance-as-final-permits-imminent/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: We have been all over Continental Gold (CNL.TO) during 2015 and our persistence has rewarded readers who paid attention. Despite a relatively lackluster junior gold sector shares of CNL have performed superbly with a 35%+ gain year-to-date: CNL carved out a head & shoulders bottom pattern between February and April of
- [Canadian Investor Conference Vancouver May 31 - June 1, 2015](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/12/canadian-investor-conference-vancouver-may-31-june-1-2015/) - Slick new infographic from Cambridge House International, Canada's leading financial conference organizers, promoting their upcoming Canadian Investor Conference in Vancouver May 31-June 1, 2015. Early bird registration is free if you click on the following link: Cambridge House -> More events: Readers might be also interested in Gwen Preston's Metals Investor Forum, also in Vancouver,
- [How To Be The Best At Any Game In The Universe](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/12/how-to-be-the-best-at-any-game-in-the-universe-2/) - I can't believe how I've gotten away with what I've gotten away with even though I'm so stupid. I was having a weird argument yesterday with my ex-wife. I was trying to say, "I'm stupid" so she was disagreeing and accusing me of lying. So I kept insisting. "I got bad grades all through high
- [Building a legit Peruvian toll-miller: Anthem United (AFY.V) update](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/12/building-a-legit-peruvian-toll-miller-anthem-united-afy-v-update/) - “Over the next 6 weeks we expect to complete construction and commence commissioning of what we believe will be the newest, and one of the largest, industrial gold milling plants in Peru” says Greg Smith, CEO of Anthem United Inc (TSXV:AFY), of their 350 tonne per day Koricancha gold mill. This is a key milestone
- [Seabridge Gold (SEA:TSX) - 2015 exploration plans at the Monster KSM project](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/12/seabridge-gold-seatsx-2015-exploration-plans-at-the-monster-ksm-project/) - Seabridge Gold - (SEA:TSX) - Seabridge Gold has released exploration plans for the 2015 season at the huge KSM project in British Columbia. Drilling this summer is fully funded (20,000m) and will test three areas Mitchell, Deep Kerr, and Iron Zone in hopes of finding additional mineralization. Drilling will begin at the Mitchell deposit in
- [Underwater: where huge discoveries await](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/11/underwater-where-huge-discoveries-await/) - From CBS News: Robert Ballard has embarked on a new wave of American exploration, inspired by the epic journey of Lewis and Clark more than 200 years ago. This time, it's not over land, but in a part of the country that lies in the deep sea. You may know Ballard as the man who
- [Mining heavyweights seek to build mid-tier gold producer in $190M Newmarket-Crocodile merger](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/11/mining-heavyweights-seek-to-build-mid-tier-gold-producer-in-190m-newmarket-crocodile-merger/) - TORONTO • Several mining industry heavyweights have teamed up in a deal they hope will be the first of many as they seek to build a new mid-tier gold producer. Newmarket Gold Inc. and Crocodile Gold Corp. announced a friendly $190 million merger on Monday that will give Newmarket control over most of the combined
- [Two apps that help this neurotic mining engineer chill out](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/08/two-apps-that-help-this-neurotic-mining-engineer-chill-out/) - If you’re reading this blog you likely have more than a passing interest in the mining industry. And if you work or invest in the space you’ve likely spent the last several years trying to do one or more of the following: keep your job, find a new job, or slow the inevitable hemorrhaging of
- [Bearish Divergences Abound](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/11/bearish-divergences-abound/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: A couple of noteworthy charts from the RBC technical analysis team: (click to enlarge) Dow theory non-confirmation: Despite the S&P 500 essentially sitting at all-time highs and the TSX Composite resting just below all-time highs we are seeing a lot of sector weakness and a distinct lack of participation from the
- [Monday Morning News - Midway Gold, Crocodile Gold, and Constantine Metal Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/11/monday-morning-news-midway-gold-crocodile-gold-and-constantine-metal-resources/) - A few interesting mining news releases this morning. Here are my top stories of the day with additional comments provided. Midway Gold (MDW:TSX) - Midway Gold is out with an updated resources estimate at the newly producing Pan mine in Nevada. Midway has just started initial production at the mine and ~4300 ounces have been produced so
- [Gold Miners: Messy But Still in an Uptrend](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/10/gold-miners-messy-but-still-in-an-uptrend/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Last week was a messy one for the gold miners. It began with yet another failure to break-out above resistance followed by what was shaping up to be a steep decline before buyers stepped in and price closed down a modest 1.48% for the week. While the price action remains messy,
- [Metals titan Friedland backs Cordoba in Colombia](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/08/metals-titan-friedland-backs-cordoba-in-colombia/) - Enter mining legend Robert Friedland to one of South America's most promising exploration projects. High Power Exploration (HPX), a private company controlled by the billionaire mine developer, is making moves in one of Colombia’s most fertile copper and gold exploration districts. This morning, Cordoba Minerals (TSXV:CDB), a TSX-Venture listed and Toronto-based mineral exploration company, announced
- [Uranium Price Recovers After 6.5% Week-over-Week Drop Posted - Haywood Weekly Dig](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/08/uranium-price-recovers-after-6-5-week-over-week-drop-posted-haywood-weekly-dig/) - On Monday, the UxC weekly Spot price of uranium recorded its biggest 1-week decline since November 2014, falling 6.5% week-over-week, culminating in a drop of 10.5% over the last five weeks. However, throughout this week, the daily UxC Broker Average Price (BAP), which is closely correlated with spot price, gained 3%. Despite the rise in
- [Rick Rule: Mathematics of A Resource Portfolio](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/08/rick-rule-mathematics-of-a-resource-portfolio/) - Tekoa Da Silva recently spoke with Rick Rule, Chairman of Sprott U.S. Holdings, on video for our readers. In this discussion, Tekoa and Rick get into the ‘nuts and bolts’ of speculating in exploration stocks. What’s the right amount to have in these stocks? What should a resource portfolio look like in different market cycles?
- [Famed mining speculator Rick Rule on takeovers, technology and politics](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/07/famed-mining-speculator-rick-rule-on-takeovers-technology-and-politics/) - Today we are talking about liberty, social media and the securities business with Rick Rule, the best communicator in the mining investment business, and the chairman of Sprott USA, the world’s leading natural resources and precious metals investor. Mr. Rule has his own agenda for our call: he wants to remind the market of Sprott’s
- [Have Commodity Fund Managers Left the Market?](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/08/have-commodity-fund-managers-left-the-market/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: This is an interesting graphic courtesy of RBC illustrating a large drop-off in managed money (CTAs, commodity pool operators, etc.) positioning in commodity futures: After reaching extremely high net long exposure earlier last year before the crude oil crash, managed money positioning has fallen off a cliff and moved down to a
- [Friday morning news - Luna Gold, Silver Wheaton, Cordoba Minerals](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/08/friday-morning-news-luna-gold-silver-wheaton-cordoba-minerals/) - A look at my top press releases in the mining world this morning. Luna Gold - (LGC:TSX) - Fantastic news for struggling gold company Luna Gold shareholders this morning announcing a $20 million debt and $10 million dollar equity financing with Pacific Road Resources Funds. LGC is not out of the woods yet though as
- [How To Be The Best At Any Game In The Universe](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/08/how-to-be-the-best-at-any-game-in-the-universe/) - I can't believe how I've gotten away with what I've gotten away with even though I'm so stupid. I was having a weird argument yesterday with my ex-wife. I was trying to say, "I'm stupid" so she was disagreeing and accusing me of lying. So I kept insisting. "I got bad grades all through high
- [Buying dollar bills for fifty cents: Notes from the 2015 McElvaine Partners' Conference](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/07/buying-dollar-bills-for-fifty-cents-notes-from-the-2015-mcelvaine-partners-conference/) - Vancouver is best known for its real estate, mining and technology sectors, but there is a vibrant community of value investors who convene each year at the McElvaine Investment Management Partner's Conference, which was held at the Terminal City Club yesterday. The event is put on by Tim McElvaine, a highly respected and experienced value investor, portfolio manager and
- [Thursday morning news includes Golden Star Resources, Niogold Mining, and Richmont Mines](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/07/thursday-morning-news-includes-golden-star-resources-niogold-mining-and-richmont-mines/) - A look at headlines that caught my attention today and some additional thoughts on each company. Golden Star Resources - (GSC:TSX) - Golden Star is a company I used to track a few years back but lost interest in due to high costs. This morning GSC announced a significant transaction with Royal Gold (RGL:TSX) completing a
- [Skeena Resources Funded for 2015-16, Legendary Geologist Netolitzky, Targets Ready](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/07/skeena-resources-funded-for-2015-16-legendary-geologist-netolitzky-targets-ready/) - Disclosure: Please see applicable disclosures here. Peter Epstein, CFA, MBA Twitter: @peterepstein2 Via EpsteinResearch.com, It’s difficult to overstate the importance of Skeena Resources’ (SKE.V) latest upsized, non-brokered capital raise. Instead of $4 million, the company raised $6.5 million and it could have raised more. The raise was done at the market. Best of all, no warrants were
- [The Market has Waited 3 Years to See This Drilled](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/06/the-market-has-waited-3-years-to-see-this-drilled/) - The Shale Revolution is strictly a North American game. Before the Great Commodity Collapse of 2014, it really never found its footing anywhere else in the world. Of all the plays I looked and of the few I covered, only one showed any real promise—the Vaca Muerta oil play in western Argentina. I’m now making
- [4 Reasons to Expect a Pullback in Crude Oil](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/06/4-reasons-to-expect-a-pullback-in-crude-oil/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: It might be hard to believe but WTI crude has rallied nearly 50% since March 17th. While crude's recent rally has certainly taken the crowd by surprise (as illustrated by tremendous short covering in the exchange traded fund USO) there's ample reason to believe that crude oil's upside move may have
- [Wednesday Morning news feat. Pacific Rubiales, Primero Mining, and Integra Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/06/wednesday-morning-news-feat-pacific-rubiales-primero-mining-and-integra-gold/) - A look at my top news releases out this morning with some additional comments. Pacific Rubiales - (PRE:TSX) - The bleeding has ended for long term Pacific Rubiales holders this morning as the company has received a takeover offer from ALFA SAB de CV and Harbour Energy Ltd. for $6.50 per share. ALFA currently holds 59,897,800
- [U.S. Oil Market Update- Blame Canada!](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/06/u-s-oil-market-update-blame-canada/) - By Nathan Weiss and Keith Schaefer Where is all the oil coming from? Oil inventories continue to surge, but U.S. production has flatlined for weeks—even months. I mean really—look at these simple facts that have been staring the Market in the face for months: Year-to-date (YTD) production in 2015 in the U.S. is only 160,000
- [Survival guide for the mother of all bear markets from veteran bottomfisher John Kaiser](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/06/survival-guide-for-the-mother-of-all-bear-markets-from-veteran-bottomfisher-john-kaiser/) - When North Americans wake up to the dangers of relying on China and Russia for essential metals like zinc, rare earths, antimony, niobium and scandium, the juniors now suffering with anemic stock prices could turn into cash producing machines worth writing home to mom about. In this frank assessment of everything from gold and diamonds
- [Gundlach Reiterates $1400 Gold Target](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/05/gundlach-reiterates-1400-gold-target/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Famed bond fund manager Jeffrey Gundlach gave a presentation at the New York Yacht Club today in which he reiterated a $1,400 target for gold by year end. From what I gather Gundlach has two primary tenets to his bullish gold thesis: Negative interest rates in Europe will make gold very
- [Tuesday Morning news: Taseko, Roxgold, and Endeavour Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/05/tuesday-morning-news-taseko-roxgold-and-endeavour-mining/) - A nice little bump in gold this morning to 1197 in early trading. Here are my favourite news releases out this morning with some additional comments on each. Taseko - (TKO:TSX) - Taseko a copper/moly producer located in British Colombia is out with a new 43-101 updated mine plan at its flagship Gibraltar mine (75%
- [How To Build Your Scene – Step By Step](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/05/how-to-build-your-scene-step-by-step/) - "I hate everyone I work with," I told my astrologer / therapist. "I feel like everything I say is fake just so people can like me." I had clients calling me at 4 in the morning asking for advice. Then they would forget to pay their bills. Years later I was calling new clients in
- [The Moment of Truth for Bonds](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/05/the-moment-of-truth-for-bonds/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Yesterday the new "Bond King", Jeffrey Gundlach, spoke at the Ira Sohn Investment Conference and emphatically stated that interest rates have bottomed. This morning we are seeing more downside in Treasurys and the yield on the 10-year note is rising to test its falling 200-day moving average (most important indicator of
- [North Arrow Reports Final Diamond Recoveries From the Qilalugaq Bulk Sample](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/05/north-arrow-reports-final-diamond-recoveries-from-the-qilalugaq-bulk-sample/) - Yellow Diamond Recoveries Consistent With Previous Results VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwired - May 05, 2015) - North Arrow Minerals Inc. (TSX VENTURE: NAR) is pleased to report final diamond recoveries from the Qilalugaq Diamond Project bulk sample. The sample was collected in July and August 2014 from the Q1-4 kimberlite located just nine kilometres from the Hamlet
- [Why Share Structure Tells You More About A Company Than You Realize](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/04/why-share-structure-tells-you-more-about-a-company-than-you-realize/) - Here’s some smallcap statistics we shared with some fellow investors on Twitter: The second stat is eye-popping. Over 60%! There’s a pretty strong correlation here. Subscribers of SCD will know profitability is almost always a requirement for us. It’s one of only two criteria we won’t compromise on. The biggest winners we have seen have
- [I Am Responsible for Freddie Gray's Death](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/04/i-am-responsible-for-freddie-grays-death/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: I resided in the City of Baltimore for one thousand five hundred seventy-seven days. I actually pulled up to my husband’s medical school graduation in a U-Haul truck. I had enthusiastically packed. During my 4-year stint there, the city’s population dropped from 701,000 to 645,000. The mass exodus was marked by
- [Producer Hedging Set to Cap Crude Gains](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/04/producer-hedging-set-to-cap-crude-gains/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: We are seeing a very interesting dynamic take hold in crude oil futures markets: In recent weeks we have witnessed a confluence of forces; speculators have covered shorts in large numbers while also aggressively adding to long positions, meanwhile, producers have hedged aggressively by selling futures contracts in order to lock
- [Statement from Frank Giustra, Founder and Chairman of the Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership (Canada)](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/04/statement-from-frank-giustra-founder-and-chairman-of-the-clinton-giustra-enterprise-partnership-canada/) - May 4, 2015 Over the past few weeks, the Canadian registered charity I founded, the Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership (Canada), has come under heightened scrutiny. Many questions have been raised about the Canadian charity, how our organization works with the Clinton Foundation, the various contributions and support that allows our organization to impact the
- [Monday mining news feat. Fission Uranium and First Mining Finance](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/04/monday-mining-news-feat-fission-uranium-and-first-mining-finance/) - A good start to the week for gold up $12 a ounce to $1291 in early trading. Here are a few of the mining headlines that caught my eye this morning. Fission Uranium - (FCU:TSX) - Fission continues to intersect strong uranium mineralization at the the PLS project in Saskatchewan. This morning 10 angled drill
- [Get. Keep. Grow. – The How-To](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/04/get-keep-grow-the-how-to/) - I feel I need to make a post about this. Tell a story. Make it poignant. But it's really all I want to say: Get. Keep. Grow. It's really hard to do those three things. It's three different skills. Like with money. Getting it. Keeping it. Growing it. I've succeeded and failed at all three.
- [Continental Gold Set to Complete Permitting Within Two Months](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/04/35759/) - Via TD Securities equity research: Over the weekend, Continental Gold announced that its was on track to complete permitting for its Buriticá (100%) gold project in Colombia, by the end of Q2/15. Management suggested that for an update expected at the end of Q2/15 it has an internal target of seeing mineral resources grow by
- [Why the Rush into Canadian Gold Mines May Continue: Steve Todoruk](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/02/why-the-rush-into-canadian-gold-mines-may-continue-steve-todoruk/) - By Henry Bonner In the mining sector, mergers and acquisitions can deliver rapid returns to shareholders. Investors in Cayden Resources saw their shares swell by 300% in price late last year, when Cayden received a takeover offer from Agnico Eagle Mines. Steve Todoruk, a broker at Sprott Global Resource Investments Ltd., has been eyeing the
- [The Dig – Haywood Mining Team’s week in review](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/02/the-dig-haywood-mining-teams-week-in-review-32/) - Iron Ore Price Surge Short-Lived as Long-Term Fundamentals Take Hold It appears the two week surge in the price of iron ore was short-lived as reality surrounding the steelmaking industry in China (accounting for ~50% of global steel production) took hold. The 62% Fe import price failed to break the $60 psychological barrier and suffered
- [Gold Miners: One of the Top Performing Sectors of 2015](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/01/gold-miners-one-of-the-top-performing-sectors-of-2015/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: It now seems like eons ago but at the end of last year I published a post titled "6 Big Surprises for 2015" in which I laid out a series of seemingly unlikely market events which I felt were much likelier to occur than the consensus believed. While it's definitely too early to judge the
- [GoldQuest PEA Exceeds Expectations.  And an Invitation.](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/01/goldquest-pea-exceeds-expectations-and-an-invitation/) - GoldQuest Mining (GQC-V, GDQMF-OTC) got its PEA announcement out even faster than I thought they would and probably right after you finished reading the last email about them. For that reason I felt I should send you a quick update. Subscribers got theirs two days ago. I don't plan to make a habit of sending things
- [Klondike Gold Begins $800,000 Yukon Exploration](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/01/klondike-gold-begins-800000-yukon-exploration/) - Vancouver, British Columbia, April 30, 2015, Klondike Gold Corp. (“Klondike Gold” or the “Company”) (TSX.V:KG) is pleased to announce the commencement of the 2015 exploration program (see press release February 24, 2015) targeting gold-bearing quartz veins and newly identified fault structures (see press releases January 14, 2015 and January 19, 2015) on the Lone Star
- [A few good CEO interviews and Chat App progress](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/05/01/compelling-ceo-ca-interviews-aggressive-chat-ceo-ca-progress/) - Good morning, By the time you're reading this, I'll be on a plane with 10 of my oldest bros for a weekend bachelor party in Scottsdale. God help us. Please excuse the light postings Friday. My main man James Fraser said to expect a post from him. In the meantime, I'm proud of the diversity of our interview guests
- [Why This Time is Different for AAPL...](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/30/why-this-time-is-different-for-aapl/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: On Monday we highlighted in two different posts the precarious equity market situation and expressed concern that AAPL had a few too many fans among the retail crowd heading into its 1st quarter earnings report. We even put on a short trade in AAPL near the close on Tuesday (shared via
- [Redstar Gold starts drilling 1450 metres at Unga Island, Alaska](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/29/redstar-gold-rgc-v-starts-drilling-1450-metres-at-unga-island-alaska-testing-for-extension-and-continuity-of-historical-high-grade/) - Testing for extension and continuity of historical high-grade. In the last ten years, new discoveries in the gold mining industry have been declining. So far this year, explorers are nowhere near matching the 89 million ounces of gold produced in 2014. There’s never been a greater need for junior companies to find new deposits and
- [Why an Islamic art museum in Toronto and what the Aga Khan Development Network is all about](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/30/why-an-islamic-art-museum-in-toronto-and-what-the-aga-khan-development-network-is-all-about/) - At a time when respect for other cultures has never been more important, Canada is fortunate to have an important new world-class cultural institution, the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto. The 113,000-sq-ft museum was designed by Pritzker Architecture Prize winner Fumihiko Maki of Japan and was established by the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). Active
- [Goldcorp joins the list of disappointing first quarter results from gold companies](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/30/goldcorp-joins-the-list-of-disappointing-first-quarter-results-from-gold-companies/) - Gold is down close to $25 in early trading this morning to $1180.56 per ounce following the FOMC minutes of yesterday and a positive US jobless claims report this morning. Copper and base metals are all doing well though with copper hitting a year to date high of $2.84. Goldcorp - (G:TSX) - Goldcorp has
- [Wednesday news feat. Teranga Gold, Cameco, and GoldQuest Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/29/wednesday-news-feat-teranga-gold-cameco-and-goldquest-mining/) - As the markets await the FOMC statement later today here are my top mining headlines of the day. Teranga Gold - (TGZ:TSX) - Teranga had a very solid first quarter earning a net profit of $15.27 million. Gold production came in at 48,643 ounces leading to a profit of 4 cents per share. Not bad
- [Insider Speaks - Clinton Foundation, Russian Uranium Deal, & Frank Giustra](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/29/insider-speaks-clinton-foundation-russian-uranium-deal-frank-giustra/) - Insider Speaks - Clinton Foundation, Russian Uranium Deal, & Frank Giustra By: Future Money Trends.
- [The 1000th Post On How To Find Your Passion In Life](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/29/the-1000th-post-on-how-to-find-your-passion-in-life/) - I had to interrupt him. I was too curious. I thought I would die if I didn't ask. Whenever you are curious about something, don't forget to ask a question. Curious. Question....Curious ==> Question. The only things you will ever remember are the questions you ask when you are curious. Curiosity is the ONLY technique
- [Continental Gold’s Buriticá Mine On Track for Permitting Completion in Q2 2015](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/28/continental-golds-buritica-mine-on-track-for-permitting-completion-in-q2-2015/) - On the back of a positive Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”), one that demonstrated robust economics even at today’s gold prices, Toronto’s Continental Gold (TSX: CNL; OTCQX:CGOOF) is readying itself for another milestone at its flagship Buriticá mine – the completion of permitting by the end of Q2 2015. If you’re unfamiliar with Continental Gold’s Buriticá
- [Is This Rally in the Gold Miners for Real?](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/28/is-this-rally-in-the-gold-miners-for-real/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: GDX is up nearly 6% this week. Is this rally for real? From all indications the answer is a resounding YES! Here's why: The chart pattern breakout from the multi-week ascending triangle is the real deal and targets a move to at least $22 The bottoming process which began in
- [Non-stop: Coast to coast on this airline ETF](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/28/non-stop-coast-to-coast-on-this-airline-etf/) - I guess, when you’re a jet, you’re a jet all the way. This from Frank Holmes, CEO of US Global Investors and creator of the new JETS Airline ETF, the only airline ETF in the world. JETS is 80% weighted to US airlines, but it also owns aircraft manufacturers, airports and terminal services companies globally.
- [Orezone Gold is a legitimate takeover candidate](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/28/orezone-gold-is-a-legitimate-takeover-candidate/) - Orezone Gold (ORE:TSX) - Orezone has released a feasibility study for the Bomboré gold project in Burkina Faso. The study shows economics of a 24.4% after tax IRR and a NPV (5%) of $196 million using $1250 gold. Initial capital costs have risen since the PEA and now come in at $250 million. The rise
- [Bakken Oil Production Is Already Declining, But is it about to Crash?](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/28/bakken-oil-production-is-already-declining-but-is-it-about-to-crash/) - Bakken oil production has already declined in 2015. There is compelling evidence that this decline is going to accelerate significantly in the next couple of months. If that happens the recovery we have seen in oil prices in recent weeks is also going accelerate. Being as the market likes the fact that U.S. production growth
- [Bob Quartermain: Acquisitions During A Market Bottom, "Allowed Us To Go From $0.78 To $48.00"](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/27/bob-quartermain-acquisitions-during-a-market-bottom-allowed-us-to-go-from-0-78-to-48-00/) - Bob Quartermain has been one of the most successful resource sector investors of the last 20 years. He ran Silver Standard, acquiring silver projects and making discoveries during the precious metals bear markets of the early 90’s and early 2000’s. Rick Rule was involved in financing the company in 1992 when it was a small
- [Eric Sprott, Rick Rule, and More "Stars" of Mining to Appear at Special Event](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/24/eric-sprott-rick-rule-and-more-stars-of-mining-to-appear-at-special-event/) - Three years into a bear market in precious metals, are resource companies still reeling from low metals prices? Are they still hunkering down? When the dust settles, who will be left standing? You’ll hear from some of the best participants from the resource sector this summer, at our special event. Rick Rule, Chairman of Sprott
- [Your information advantage in Canada's capital markets](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/25/your-information-advantage-in-canadas-capital-markets/) - When a CEO of a publicly traded startup natural resource or technology company changes the colour of his or her shirt, it can be material to its share price. I can't remember who I stole that line from. Many investors stay on top of investments in micro-cap companies by creating a portfolio at Stockwatch.com. Some
- [Monday Morning News - Copper Mountain, Kaizen Discovery, and Lake Shore Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/27/monday-morning-news-copper-mountain-kaizen-discovery-and-lake-shore-gold/) - A look at my top news releases from this morning with additional comments on each. Copper Mountain - (CUM:TSX) - Copper Mountain shares are up 10% so far this morning after releasing first quarter results. First quarter production saw 18.4 million pounds of copper, 7,800 ounces of gold and 80,300 ounces of silver. Revenues came
- [Apple Earnings: Key Levels and What to Look For](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/27/apple-earnings-key-levels-and-what-to-look-for/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Shares of the world's largest company, Apple (AAPL), have traded very methodically recently. Pulling up the daily and weekly charts of AAPL we can see a stock that has risen methodically since last summer while finding support at key Fibonacci levels: AAPL (Weekly) During the last year AAPL shares have nearly
- [Gold Update: Did Gold Just Complete A Head & Shoulders Top?](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/25/gold-update-did-gold-just-complete-a-head-shoulders-top/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Gold marginally broke below support on Friday, breaking down from a small H&S top pattern: The breakdown from this pattern targets a test of the March lows ($1140-$1150). However, the "break" was not as clear or as powerful as we would usually like to see when chart patterns resolve. $1180 has
- [M&A Activity Continues as Miners Consider Undervalued Assets  - Haywood Weekly Dig](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/24/ma-activity-continues-as-miners-consider-undervalued-assets-haywood-weekly-dig/) - This week saw the continuation of M&A activity in the junior mining/exploration space with two proposed deals announced during the week (see Page 14), following 15 other similar transactions involving gold juniors over the last 12 months. Many consider such M&A activity a leading indicator for positive sentiment in the mining sector; studies certainly do
- [Statement of Frank Giustra](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/23/statement-of-frank-giustra/) - A book that has not yet been published has caused the New York Times to publish a wildly speculative, innuendo-laced article about the Clinton Foundation and my role in contributing money to it. There is not one shred of evidence to back up the Times‘ conclusions. This is not about me, but rather an attempt
- [A New Economic Study will be a Huge Positive Surprise That Turns This Stock Around](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/24/a-new-economic-study-will-be-a-huge-positive-surprise-that-turns-this-stock-around/) - GoldQuest Mining – A new study will turn this market around and bring new focus to an underappreciated mineral belt. GoldQuest Mining (GQC-V, GQCMF-OTC) is about to issue a new Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”) for its Romero gold-copper resource. Management indicated the report would be complete in Q2. Companies can issue the results of these studies
- [Yamana buys $50 million worth of work and 3 million ounces of gold for $17.5 million](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/24/yamana-buys-50-million-worth-of-work-and-3-million-ounces-of-gold-for-17-5-million/) - This is not a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Please independently verify the information contained herein and all figures approx. Mid-tier gold producer Yamana Gold (YRI) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Canadian junior company Mega Precious Metals (MPG) under a plan of arrangement for
- [Mining executive Jim Doak passes away](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/24/mining-executive-jim-doak-passes-away/) - Khan Resources Inc. ("Khan" or the "Company") (CSE:KRI) regrets to announce the passing of Jim Doak, its beloved Chairman. Mr Doak passed away at his hotel in Ulaanbaatar awaiting a flight home to Canada following the completion of a second series of meetings with representatives of the Government of Mongolia (See Press Release dated April
- [Why it's time to love junior mining again](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/01/why-its-time-to-love-junior-mining-again/) - Here is my presentation from the Feb 28, 2015 Subscriber Investment Summit (SIS) in Toronto and this is what I talked about: When will junior mining turn around? What the world's best minefinder Dave Lowell taught me about exploration Some groundrules for not getting fooled in the venture stock market How babyboomers in the mining
- [Expect Talent-Driven Mining M&A: Headhunter](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/13/prepare-for-talent-driven-mining-ma-top-headhunter-pollard/) - Ten years ago, Andrew Pollard recruited his first CEO of a publicly traded mining company. He was 20 years old and bought himself a Porsche to celebrate, despite living with his parents at the time. In the decade since, he has built Mining Recruitment Group (MRG) to be the industry leader in executive search for the
- [The Benefits of Being A Total Zero](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/23/the-benefits-of-being-a-total-zero/) - "There are three types of people," astronaut Chris Hadfield told me, "-1, 0, and +1". Chris Hadfield spent 166 days in space in the space station ISS. While there he also sang "Space Oddity" and uploaded (or can you say "downloaded" in this case) the video to YouTube where it was viewed 25 million times.
- [Are You The Exception or The Rule?](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/17/are-you-the-exception-or-the-rule/) - Not everyone can be a Mark Zuckerberg! Not everyone can be an Elizabeth Holmes, who dropped out of Stanford at 19, started a business in a basement, and is now a multi-billionaire. Not everyone can be a Bill Gates. Or a Beyonce (although Claudia wants to be Beyonce in her next life. Which I hope
- [NovaCopper to buy Sunward in all-share deal](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/23/novacopper-to-buy-sunward-in-all-share-deal/) - Consolidation in the junior mining industry continues with NovaCopper proposing to acquire Sunward Resources in an all-share deal valuing Sunward at approximately US $27.6 million, more than double its current market capitalization of about C $13.5 million. The proposed transaction creates a junior miner with significant projects in Alaska and Colombia, excellent management and very
- [Dundee's Conceptual Model For The Qilalugaq Diamond Mine - Fancy That](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/23/dundees-conceptual-model-for-the-qilalugaq-diamond-mine-fancy-that/) - Ken Armstrong, CEO of North Arrow discussing the importance of yellow diamonds. North Arrow Minerals (NAR:TSXV) has been of one the bright spots in 2015 on the TSX Venture. Investors are eagerly awaiting final bulk sample results from the Qilalugaq diamond project in Nunavut. The full results of the bulk sample are expected in the next few
- [Savary Gold commences 15,000 metre program at Karankasso JV, Burkina Faso](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/23/savary-gold-commences-15000-metre-program-at-karankasso-jv-burkina-faso/) - There aren't many junior exploration companies doing significant drill programs in this tough market environment, but one company, backed my mining legend Ross Beaty, is bucking the trend. This morning, Savary Gold Corp. (SCA) commenced a 15,000 metre drill program at its Karankasso JV project in Burkina Faso, owned 65% by Savary and 35% by Sarama Resources
- [10 Compelling Reasons to Watch This Rare Earths Company](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/23/10-compelling-reasons-to-watch-this-rare-earths-company/) - Please See Applicable Disclosures Here Ucore Rare Metals Inc. is a development-stage mining company focused on establishing rare metal resources with the potential for near-term production. Ucore’s primary focus is the 100% owned Bokan – Dotson Ridge Rare Earth Elements "REE" property in Alaska, located 60 km southwest of Ketchikan, Alaska. Approximately 40% (by weight) of the rare earth elements contained in the
- [Beyond oversupply: steelmakers need higher-quality iron ore](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/22/beyond-oversupply-steelmakers-need-higher-quality-iron-ore/) - Editorial by Alan Gorman President CEO Oceanic Iron Ore Corp April 22, 2015 All iron ore is not created equal. While the Australian iron ore market has clear and distinct advantages in respect of ocean freight costs, and the existing major producers are once again consolidating a near monopoly on supply within the seaborne market, there
- [Morning news discussing Nevsun Resources, Mariana Resources, Richmont Mines](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/22/morning-news-discussing-nevsun-resources-mariana-resources-richmont-mines/) - A few of the news releases that caught my eye this morning and some additional comments. Nevsun Resources - (NSU:TSX) - Nevsun has provided the market with an update on the zinc expansion project at the Bisha mine in Eritrea. Bisha which is a copper mine at the moment will transition into a zinc mine
- [This Key Energy Producer Could Be Set to Soar](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/22/this-key-energy-producer-could-be-set-to-soar/) - After enjoying a meteoric rise between 2002 and 2007 Cameco (CCJ) has endured an extremely challenging few years since the Fukishima disaster in March 2011: Technically speaking, there are a lot of positive developments in the CCJ chart including a potential breakout from a 13-month downtrend: And on the daily time frame there is a
- [Northern Uranium Intersects Significant Uranium Mineralization](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/22/northern-uranium-intersects-significant-uranium-mineralization/) - KELOWNA, BC, April 22, 2015 /CNW/ - Northern Uranium Corp. (TSXV : UNO) ("Northern Uranium" or, the "Company") is pleased to provide a progress report on the drilling at its 50% owned North West Manitoba property. The Company is in the process of earning a 70% interest in the project from CanAlaska Uranium Ltd (TSXV:CVV).
- [Miranda chases discovery in Colombia and high-grade production in Alaska](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/17/prospect-generator-miranda-gold-mad-v-chases-discovery-in-colombia-and-high-grade-production-in-alaska/) - Miranda Gold CEO Ken Cunningham sees 2-3 more difficult years ahead for mining investors, which gives his company more time to acquire and advance its projects with less competition. His low-market-cap prospect generator, Miranda Gold (MAD.V), plans to further monetize its Nevada gold assets, while another JV-partner in Alaska forges ahead modest, high-grade gold production with
- [Morning news feat.  Teck Resources, Goviex Uranium, and Excellon Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/21/morning-news-feat-teck-resources-goviex-uranium-and-excellon-resources/) - A look at a few of my favourite news releases and some additional comments on each. Teck Resources (TCK.B:TSX) - Teck shares are off ~6% this morning after releasing Q1 results. Despite weak commodity prices Teck managed to post a profit of $64 million (11 cents per share). "Our ongoing focus on cost management and
- [A Surprising Gold Chart](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/21/a-surprising-gold-chart/) - The recent outperformance of the gold miners (GDX) relative to gold itself has been quite striking: My primary takeaways/interpretations of this recent outperformance are as follows: Investors are betting that gold is at the end of a cyclical bear market and on the verge of launching into a new uptrend In the past when there
- [North Arrow Reports Yellow Diamonds From Q1-4 Kimberlite Are Rare Type Ib Diamonds](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/21/north-arrow-reports-yellow-diamonds-from-q1-4-kimberlite-are-rare-type-ib-diamonds/) - North Arrow Minerals Inc. (TSXV-NAR) is pleased to report that yellow diamonds from the Q1-4 kimberlite contain un-aggregated nitrogen, a defining characteristic of rare, natural Type Ib diamonds with fancy "Canary Yellow" colours. Type Ib diamonds are exceptionally rare, estimated to make up less than 0.1% of natural diamonds globally. The Q1-4 kimberlite is located
- [Junior Mining Companies Have Taken a Senior Role](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/21/junior-mining-companies-have-taken-a-senior-role/) - For the past decade, junior mining companies have outperformed senior miners at finding new mineral deposits and generating wealth for investors. These are among some of the findings released in a study conducted by resource company strategist MinEx Consulting, which analyzed the performance of explorers and producers operating in Canada between 1975 and 2014. What
- [Rick Rule: Better Deals for Oil Investors as US, Canada Have Less Available Capital](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/20/rick-rule-better-deals-for-oil-investors-as-us-canada-have-less-available-capital/) - Read online > Rick took at a stance in January that went against many investors’ contrarian instincts. He said to stay away from oil and gas for the time being. However, Rick has been discussing oil and gas drilling lately in internal broker meetings, as well as conferences. Does he now think there’s an opportunity
- [Why the PBOC's Latest Move Should Not Be Ignored by Commodities Investors](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/20/why-the-pbocs-latest-move-should-not-be-ignored-by-commodities-investors/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: I came across two powerful China charts from J.P.Morgan this weekend: During the last decade the correlation between Chinese monetary conditions/nominal GDP growth and commodities is almost uncanny; the CRB bottomed at the exact month that China monetary conditions bottomed in early 2009 and began rolling over again in 2011 just
- [Monday news from Balmoral Resources, Midway Gold, and Abitibi Royalties](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/20/monday-news-from-balmoral-resources-midway-gold-and-abitibi-royalties/) - Here is a look at some of the news releases that caught my eye this morning with some additional comments on each. Balmoral Resources - (BAR:TSX) - Balmoral Resources is out with assays from 9 holes from the 2015 winter drill program at the Martiniere property in Quebec. The Martiniere property forms part of Balmorals massive 700+ square
- [What Happens When You Turn On Your Inner Addict?](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/20/what-happens-when-you-turn-on-your-inner-addict/) - Rich Roll was having a heart attack on his staircase. He was fat. He hated his work. He was unhappy. A few years later he ran, swam, biked, 703 miles in seven days when he was 45 years old. When he was 40 he had a job he was unhappy at but he was still
- [Why Rick Rule Believes ‘Factors-Based’ Approach Makes SGDJ the Best Junior Miners ETF](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/18/why-rick-rule-believes-factors-based-approach-makes-sgdj-the-best-junior-miners-etf/) - By Henry Bonner Last summer, Sprott Asset Management LP launched a new gold ETF, the Sprott Gold Miners ETF (NYSE Arca: SGDM). This ETF was one of the most successful new ETFs in 2014 according to ETFtrends1, garnering around $180 million in assets as of March 15, 2015.2 Sprott recently launched a second ETF called
- [Weekend Commodity Chart Wrap](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/18/weekend-commodity-chart-wrap/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Weekend Commodity Chart Wrap 4/18/2015... Gold with realized volatility (top) and implied volatility (bottom) Both realized and implied gold volatility have been in decline since the beginning of the year. The GVZ (CBOE Gold Volatility Index) is currently pricing in barely more than a 4% move over the next 30
- [The Dig – Haywood Mining Team’s week in review](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/17/the-dig-haywood-mining-teams-week-in-review-31/) - Precious Metals Steady Despite Renewed Concerns of a Greek Euro Exit The week saw re-escalating concerns surrounding Greece’s ability to finance its sovereign debt. There is growing speculation that finance ministers will not grant further financial support to Greece after the next Eurogroup meeting beginning next Friday (April 24th), resulting in a debt default that
- [Denham Capital's Caroline Donally on private equity in mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/17/denham-capitals-caroline-donally-on-private-equity-in-mining/) - Interview by Frik Els (Mining.com) Director of $1 billion fund discusses Denham's unique approach, the vibrant parts of the M&A market and what juniors should do to attract capital. In 2014 the number of mergers and acquisitions in the mining and metals industry doubled from the year before. Was hardly a bumper year though. At $21 billion
- [Foran Mining hits an exciting drill hole](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/17/foran-mining-hits-an-exciting-drill-hole/) - Foran Mining (FOM:TSXV) - Foran Mining is out this morning with one of the best drill holes I have seen in awhile in the junior mining space. Drill hole BS-15-239(1) has intersected 2.03% Cu over 104.94m, including 4.11% Cu over 20.35m and 3.16% Cu over 19.00m. This is the second hole completed on the Bigstone property located
- [Eldorado](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/17/eldorado-2/) - Gaily bedight, A gallant knight, In sunshine and in shadow, Had journeyed long, Singing a song, In search of Eldorado. But he grew old- This knight so bold- And o'er his heart a shadow Fell as he found No spot of ground That looked like Eldorado. And, as his strength Failed him at length, He
- [What to Look For in the Gold Miners](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/16/what-to-look-for-in-the-gold-miners/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: GDX is on the brink of one of most anticipated "breakouts" we've seen in quite a while: There is a lot going on in the above chart and the situation is by no means clear. Here is some of what i'm looking at: The much talked about $20 support/resistance level
- [Morning news: Trevali Mining and San Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/16/morning-news-trevali-mining-and-san-gold/) - Trevali Mining - (TV:TSX) - Trevali has released drill results from exploration drilling at the Caribou zinc mine in New Brunswick. Drill hole BR-1014A intersected 50.9 metres grading 5.08 per cent Zn, 1.76 per cent Pb, 0.37 per cent Cu, 59.66 g/t Ag and 1.63 g/t Au. The key piece of information was that this was a ~200m
- [Haywood Mining Team launches Q2/15 Junior Exploration Report](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/16/haywood-mining-team-launches-q215-junior-exploration-report/) - Every quarter, the mining research team at Haywood Securities writes a Junior Exploration Report covering many of the most active and exciting prospectors and developers today. This morning, Haywood released their Q2 2015 report. Here's a quick introduction: Since the release of our Junior Exploration Q1/15 Report in January, junior mining stocks have experienced a
- [Cameco’s first deal with India gives it access to the world’s second-fastest-growing consumer of uranium](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/16/camecos-first-deal-with-india-gives-it-access-to-the-worlds-second-fastest-growing-consumer-of-uranium/) - Cameco strikes deal to provide india with 7.1 million pounds of uranium The numbers certainly aren't mind-blowing on Cameco Corp.'s five-year agreement to provide 7.1 million pounds of uranium to India through 2020. The deal is only estimated to be worth $350 million and it's small when you consider that the Saskatchewan-based miner sells about
- [Morning news - Toll mining and gold production results](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/15/morning-news-toll-mining-and-gold-production-results/) - A summary of what I found to be the top news releases for Wednesday March 15th a fairly quiet day so far. Dynacor Gold (DNG:TSX) - Great news out of the largest toll mining company (I believe) listed on the Canadian markets. Dynacor has received an expansion permit for the Metallex plant located in Huanca, Peru.
- [This Major Currency Pair is Ready for a Big Move](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/15/this-major-currency-pair-is-ready-for-a-big-move/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: After a parabolic rally (sell-off in the Canadian dollar) to begin the year, the USD/CAD has been working on putting in a top for the past couple of months: The key level to watch here is 1.2380 – a daily close below 1.2380 would hold major significance and I will
- [Ross Beaty: Backing Wisest Men And Women Of A Sector, "Usually Recipe For Success"](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/14/ross-beaty-backing-wisest-men-and-women-of-a-sector-usually-recipe-for-success/) - >>Interview with Ross Beaty (MP3) Tekoa Da Silva recently sat down with serial entrepreneur Ross Beaty, founder of Pan American Silver and Alterra Power. Mr. Beaty is a legendary investor in the resource sector. He made his fortune buying up mineral assets in depressed markets and selling them years later at hefty premiums. Is Mr.
- [E-Book Review of “Mining Stocks Investor Guide” 2 Thumbs Up!](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/14/e-book-review-of-mining-stocks-investor-guide-2-thumbs-up/) - Review by Peter Epstein of Epstein Research Mining Stocks Investor Guide Twitter: @miningstocks I should start by saying that I’m reasonably well versed in mining stocks, I consistently lose money in all cycles! So, I thought I would breeze through this treatise in about an hour. And, I could have, but I would
- [Rubicon Minerals: Canada's next high grade gold producer](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/14/rubicon-minerals-canadas-next-high-grade-gold-producer/) - Rubicon Minerals (RMX:TSX) is on track to be the next high grade gold producer in Canada at the Phoenix Gold Project in Ontario. The project is expected to begin production in mid 2015 and commissioning of the mill is ahead of schedule. Rubicon is fully funded to production after closing a $115 million dollar bought deal
- [Mark Brennan appointed Sierra Metals president and CEO](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/14/mark-brennan-appointed-sierra-metals-president-and-ceo/) - Vancouver, BC – April 14, 2015 – Sierra Metals Inc. (TSX:SMT)(BVL:SMT) (“Sierra Metals” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Brennan as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective April 13, 2015. Mr. Brennan is replacing Sierra Metals’ former President and CEO, Audra Walsh, whose resignation was announced earlier today. In conjunction
- [Tuesday AM Reads: Private Chats](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/14/tuesday-am-reads-private-chats/) - Good morning, Last night, the CEO.CA web dev team released a new version of Chat.ceo.ca. The app has been rewritten from the ground up for speed and scalability (in other words, users won't notice much of the changes). We also rolled out some features that users will notice, including private chats, which allow any user to create a private chat
- [Eric Coffin: Life in a Zero Yield World](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/13/eric-coffin-life-in-a-zero-yield-world/) - Above find my video presentation from the Toronto Subscriber Investment Summit 2015: Life In a Zero Yield World. Below, find the latest HRA editorial. Latest HRA Editorial: Painted Into a Corner From the March 31, 2015 HRA Journal: Issue 230 After a month of pain gold traders got some relief thanks to a dovish Fed. The
- [Crude Oil Poised to Enter Seasonal High Demand Period](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/13/crude-oil-poised-to-enter-seasonal-high-demand-period/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Despite crude oil's recent rally global demand is still expected to downtick for the next few weeks before surging in May in anticipation of the summer driving season: Crude oil traders are clearly looking past the current bearish market dynamic (record inventory levels) and looking to the summer demand pickup amid hopes of
- [Morning News - A gold mining merger, high grade zinc drill holes, and more](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/13/morning-news-a-gold-mining-merger-high-grade-zinc-drill-holes-and-more/) - Here are my top resource stories of the morning with some additional thoughts on each. AuRico Gold and Alamos Gold - (AUQ:TSX) (AGI:TSX) - A merger between two lower cost gold producers this morning. The merger will create a new intermediate gold producer with mines in Canada and Mexico. MergeCo will operate 3 mines (Young-Davidson,Mulatos,
- [Video: What's next for mining's most promising new discovery](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/11/mining-guru-brent-cook-kicks-tires-on-a-promising-gold-discovery-with-mariana-coo-eric-roth/) - Arguably the most exciting gold discovery of 2015 belongs London listed Mariana Resources (MARL:AIM) and their joint venture partner Lidya, at the Hot Maden project in Eastern Turkey. The story began attracting attention in early February. Drill hole HTD‐04 intersected 103m @ 9.0 g/t Au and 2.2% Cu from 25m, an exceptional hole. 6 days latter if investors were not awake
- [Finding Value in Declining Commodity Prices](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/11/finding-value-in-declining-commodity-prices/) - By Frank Holmes CEO and Chief Investment Officer U.S. Global Investors I’m going to begin with a bit of good news. Below is our China Region Fund (USCOX). As you can see, not only has it broken above its 50- and 200-day moving averages, but it’s also trading at four-year highs. And since this chart
- [Why Friday's Session Was Highly Significant for Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/11/why-fridays-session-was-highly-significant-for-gold/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: While the casual market observer might look at Friday's 1.18% rally in gold, closing modestly back above the $1200/oz level, as nothing to write home about. Friday's session offers some subtle bullish signs that should not go ignored: Many technicians will be quick to point out that a move back
- [Life in Perspective: Paul Reynolds](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/10/life-in-perspective-paul-reynolds/) - Moving eulogy for Paul Reynolds, the late Canaccord Genuity boss, via GlobeandMail.com: Paul Reynolds When Paul Reynolds decided to do something, he went full bore. He turned his laser-like focus and boundless energy to the task at hand. He loved a challenge. A few years ago, on a warm summer night in Whistler, a close
- [Gold Rises After Fed Tempers Interest Rate Forecast - Haywood Weekly Dig](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/10/gold-rises-after-fed-tempers-interest-rate-forecast-haywood-weekly-dig/) - Playing down expectations of an interest rate rise in the short-term, the Federal Reserve’s speech was reflective of a negative week in economic data in the U.S., translating to a depreciating dollar and rebound in precious metals prices. Major economic indicators including housing starts, industrial production and initial jobless claims were all negative, perhaps reflecting
- [Mining entrepreneur Henk Van Alphen's 500k to $100m iron ore flip and plans for Wealth Minerals](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/10/mining-entrepreneur-henk-van-alphens-500k-to-100m-iron-ore-flip-and-plans-for-wealth-minerals/) - Below is a summarization of an hour long discussion with Henk Van Alphen, CEO, Wealth Minerals (CSE:WML). Thank you for your time Mr. Van Alphen, looking forward to our next discussion. In 1974 a young strapping Hendrik “Henk” Van Alphen arrived in Houston, BC from Holland with a dream of making the wilderness his home
- [Meet the Guy Building the Bloomberg of Junior Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/10/meet-the-guy-building-the-bloomberg-of-junior-mining/) - The following interview with CEO.CA Founder and over eater, over achiever, Tommy Humphreys was done in a top secret manner and location to avoid any front running. To be sure, it has been released after market hours. I can’t even begin to tell you how many emails and phone calls I get each week asking me about,
- [A look at Crocodile Gold, Eastern Platinum, and Endeavour Mining news](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/10/a-look-at-crocodile-gold-eastern-platinum-and-endeavour-mining-news/) - Gold is on the move this morning last at $1207 up $9 as short covering is occurring. Physical demand is also seeing being helped by the upcoming Hindu festival in India. The yellow metal is now up 2.3% year to date. Here are some press releases that caught my eye yesterday afternoon and this morning.
- [For investors, a reason to love zombie junior mining companies](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/10/for-investors-a-reason-to-love-zombie-junior-mining-companies/) - There has been a lot of talk in the junior mining industry of late about the 600 or so zombie companies with negative working capital still trading on Canada's growth exchanges. Tony Simon, co-founder of the Venture Capital Markets Association, wants to get rid of them, so investors can have an easier time focusing on
- [Major Shift in Bonds Imminent?](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/09/major-shift-in-bonds-imminent/) - Yesterday my good friend and noted market technician J.C. Parets made a major shift in his position on Treasury Bonds and the potential future direction of interest rates: While it is just a trade with highly attractive potential reward relative to risk, a couple of charts that J.C. sent along this morning highlight the potential
- [The One Score That Can Improve Your Writing With A Single Click](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/09/the-one-score-that-can-improve-your-writing-with-a-single-click/) - I did an experiment. I can't wait to tell you about it. There's one trick that everybody who writes sales knows and nobody else seems to know. This trick is so effective that Microsoft Word has it even built in so you can test while you write. First, I took the most popular 30 articles
- [Lululemon founder Chip Wilson at TEDxVan: Building legacy in the digital age](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/09/lululemon-founder-chip-wilson-at-tedxvan-building-legacy-in-the-digital-age/) - Iconic Canadian entrepreneur, Chip Wilson is best known as the founder and former Chairman of the yoga-inspired company Lululemon Athletica, and as a visionary in the technical elements of active apparel and fashion. Over the past three decades, he has charted a path of remarkable success through a constantly shifting landscape of media, business, and
- [5 Reasons Not To Invest In Energy](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/09/5-reasons-not-to-invest-in-energy/) - There are a lot of options for your hard earned capital and no shortage of folks wanting to tell you how to use it. Recent trends have been very profitable in different sectors. On the other hand, energy has displayed a horrendous previous 52 weeks. So here are 5 reasons not to invest in energy.
- [Ralph Aldis: Gold Mining Success Lies in Proper Capital Allocation](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/09/ralph-aldis-gold-mining-success-lies-in-proper-capital-allocation/) - “The proper use of capital allocation is to maximize long-term value per share.” That’s according to Ralph Aldis, USGI’s resident gold expert and, since 2001, portfolio manager of our two precious metals funds—Gold and Precious Metals Fund (USERX) and World Precious Minerals Fund (UNWPX). In a recent Gold Report interview with Kevin Michael Grace, Ralph
- [This Mega Gold Producer is Finally Poised for a Turnaround](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/08/this-mega-gold-producer-is-finally-poised-for-a-turnaround/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: After suffering through what have arguably been the most challenging few years in the company's history, Barrick (ABX) investors may finally be ready to profit from a sustainable turnaround in the company's fortunes. ABX has right sized its cost structure and begun to focus on its largest and most profitable mines
- [Huckleberry Mine Wannabe Gets a Prominent CEO](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/08/huckleberry-mine-wannabe-gets-a-prominent-ceo/) - Right next to the Huckleberry copper-gold-molybdenum mine in Northwest BC, a junior company called Gold Reach Resources Ltd. (GRV.V) has been exploring the Ootsa property. To date, the company has found three copper-gold-molybdenum deposits at Ootsa, having drilled over 140,000 metres (350 holes) at the 100% owned property. The mineralization is porphyry style and low
- [Wednesday AM Reads: Stolen Upside](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/08/wednesday-am-reads-stolen-upside/) - ENERGY Shell will buy BG Group for $70 billion in cash and shares (Bloomberg) DeeThree Exploration split to produce Boulder (growth co) and Granite (dividend co) (Calgary Herald) "Oil and the loonie are both probably near lows and look to move up from here." (Jim Rickards) Has Leucrotta Exploration Inc. turned the corner? (CEO) Iona Energy
- [Living Life On The Installment Plan](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/07/living-life-on-the-installment-plan/) - My mom told me I looked disgusting. I was eating cereal. Reading a book. In a few minutes I would go to school. She had just woken up. Walked into the kitchen. Saw me. Said her thing. Not the worst thing in the world. Not something you can't overcome. I was maybe 16. I liked
- [Top commodity stock picks from Trimark Resources Fund manager Norm MacDonald](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/07/top-commodity-stock-picks-from-trimark-resources-fund-manager-norm-macdonald/) - Toronto-based Trimark Resources Fund portfolio manager Norman MacDonald participated in an online Q&A with the Globe and Mail earlier today. The portfolio manager, who oversees more than $154 million in natural resources-based investments, expects more volatility in the resources sector in the near term. Mr. MacDonald considers the recent oil and gas correction as one of the
- [Adrian Day: Buying Size Doesn’t Always Mean You’re Buying Quality](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/07/adrian-day-buying-size-doesnt-always-mean-youre-buying-quality/) - As cyclicality in natural resource markets expresses itself in earnest, Adrian Day, of Adrian Day Asset Management, was kind enough to share a few comments on symptoms of resource market tops and bottoms. Reflecting on nearly 35 years of experience in the resource business (starting as an editor-turned-money manager), Adrian noted that one must realize,
- [Daily Commodity Chart Wrap](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/07/daily-commodity-chart-wrap-4/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Daily commodity chart wrap 4/7/2015... WTI Crude Oil (Daily) WTI tested the $54 resistance level today. While this is at least the 3rd time this level has been tested during 2015, it is the first time since February so some pause/pullback is to be expected before a decisive breakout takes
- [We Are in A Secular Stagnation - Dalio](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/07/we-are-in-a-secular-stagnation-dalio/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: There has been a lot of talk in recent weeks about when the Fed will begin to raise interest rates. We have remained of the opinion that while the Fed may initiate a one-off symbolic rate hike at some point in the next year, a rate hiking cycle is still at
- [The Morning News - Lake Shore Gold, Continental Gold, and Roxgold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/07/the-morning-news-lake-shore-gold-continental-gold-and-roxgold/) - Lake Shore Gold - (LSG:TSX) - Lake Shore Gold is one of the first companies out with first quarter results. The company had record production of 53,000 ounces in the quarter. Production was helped by having an average grade of 5.7 grams per tonne. LSG continues to generate free cash flow and in my opinion
- [Continental drills high-grade ahead of new resource and final permit](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/07/continental-drills-high-grade-ahead-of-new-resource-and-final-permit/) - Continental Gold (CNL.TO)'s Buritica project in Colombia is one of the richest development stage gold assets. The gold at Buritica, more than 7 million ounces in all categories and growing, will be mined underground from rich veins. The deposit has a combination of attributes that are rare for a gold miner: size, grade, exploration potential
- [Gold Technical Update](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/06/gold-technical-update/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Gold managed to close above its 50-day simple moving average for the first time since February, however, the shooting star candlestick outside the upper Bollinger Band should serve to give bulls some pause: The rally stopped just short of the 50% retracement level of the entire January-March decline. $1200-$1205 now becomes
- [‘Walking dead’ on the TSX Venture Exchange: How are ‘zombie’ companies surviving?](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/06/walking-dead-on-the-tsx-venture-exchange-how-are-zombie-companies-surviving/) - Management at the TSX Venture Exchange would probably appreciate it if Tony Simon just shut his mouth for a while. Can the once-mighty TSX Venture Exchange be saved? Canada's junior stock market is in crisis. Hundreds and hundreds of companies can't raise money, do anything productive to create shareholder value, or get anyone to trade
- [These Signs Point to an Airline Industry Secular Bull Market](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/06/these-signs-point-to-an-airline-industry-secular-bull-market/) - The week before last I was in Melbourne, Australia, attending a conference for chief executives from all over the world. While there, I spoke with many of my peers about the airline industry, which is currently in a­ three-year bull run as measured by the S&P 500 Airlines Index. I was surprised to learn that
- [Monday AM Reads: Tight Stock](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/06/monday-links-tight-stock/) - Headlines via: CHAT.CEO.CA Good morning, I hope everyone had a relaxing long weekend. Lets take a walk around the web, shall we? Gold is higher Monday slightly (spot price to my right). 'Gold has been the worst investment of my career, but I am still buying' - Newton Real Return (Telegraph). Premier Gold Enters Into Agreement
- [Time To Quit](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/06/time-to-quit/) - I lost my keys and was locked out my apartment. It was the middle of the night and I had nowhere to go. I left a message for the landlady. I tried to climb up the fire escape to see if I could sneak in but I'm afraid of heights. About two stories up, I
- [The One Technique To Determine Who Should Be In Your Scene](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/01/the-one-technique-to-determine-who-should-be-in-your-scene/) - I want to be under water and float and not move. I love that feeling. Water completely surrounding me, I make every part of my body go limp. Thoughts rise up and create little thought bubbles above me on the surface. I don't like to think too hard. When I float, I enjoy thinking of
- [Elon Musk Chose Himself: Here's How](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/02/elon-musk-chose-himself-heres-how/) - Choosing yourself means taking risk, means not being afraid what people think, or your chances of success or failure. It means doing what you want and hopefully helping the world along the way. Because when you help others, that's how you get paid in a choose yourself world. Elon Musk is inspirational to many people,
- [This is About to Happen for the First Time in 29 Months...](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/05/this-is-about-to-happen-for-the-first-time-in-29-months/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: The Dow Transports led the equity market breakout in January 2013 and this sector has undoubtedly been one of the primary leaders of the rally since; nearly doubling in the 2 years between November 2012 and November 2014. However, since posting an all-time high at 9310 on November 28th, 2014 the Transports
- [Homemade Wine](https://blog.ceo.ca/2013/12/23/homemade-wine/) - HBO aired a beautiful tribute to the late actor James Gandolfini Sunday, Tribute to a Friend, which any Sopranos or Gandolfini fan must see. The documentary concluded to a poem by Dominic Chianese who played Uncle Junior Soprano in the famous series. "You can travel down the road, check on every vine, you can travel
- [Manic Monday Awaits](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/04/manic-monday-awaits/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: With the release of the March non-farm payrolls report it has become plainly evident that the US economy has not reached 'escape velocity' regardless of what the perma-bulls might lead us to believe. Equity futures responded by spilling nearly 1% in the minutes following the release setting up a 'Manic Monday'
- [A Moment of Clarity](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/03/a-moment-of-clarity/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: For most of my adult life I have been a social drinker who has experienced infrequent occasions of binge drinking. Some of the binge drink occasions ended quite disastrously as they usually do, however, still it was not enough to cause me to permanently put down a drink. That was until
- [Canaccord Genuity CEO Paul Reynolds Dies at 52](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/02/canaccord-genuity-ceo-paul-reynolds-dies-at-52/) - One of Canada's most accomplished executives died tragically this week. Canaccord Genuity CEO Paul Reynolds was competing in the Lavaman triathlon in Hawaii with friends on Sunday. During the swimming leg of the race, Reynolds lost consciousness and was rushed to hospital, according to media sources. Canaccord announced the untimely passing of its President and CEO Thursday morning. The firm has appointed David
- [Iron Ore ↓10% This Week in Midst of Unrelenting Supply & Weak Steel Market: Haywood Weekly Dig](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/02/iron-ore-↓10-this-week-in-midst-of-unrelenting-supply-weak-steel-market-haywood-weekly-dig/) - The continued implosion of iron ore prices gained momentum this week as steel prices continue to sink on weak demand/supply fundamentals. Iron ore supply from the ‘Big 4’ producers has ramped up significantly over the past 3-years in response to an explosive rally in prices that peaked in February 2011, when the Platts IODEX price
- [Doug Casey: Signs of a Resource Sector Bottom](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/02/doug-casey-signs-of-a-resource-sector-bottom/) - Doug Casey: Signs of a Resource Sector Bottom By Doug Casey Interviewed by Louis James, Editor, International Speculator L: Well, Doug, we’ve seen another quarter of high volatility and significant world events. What strikes you as most important at present? Doug: Everything is still held together with chewing gum and baling wire, for which I’m grateful, considering what’s
- [Mining stock headlines feat. Pretivm Resources, Midway Gold, and Sandstorm Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/02/mining-stock-headlines-feat-pretivm-resources-midway-gold-and-sandstorm-gold/) - Pretivm Resources - (PVG:TSXV) - A very important step in the moving the high grade Brucejack project forward to production was announced this morning with a signed agreement between Pretium and the Nisha'a Nation. The deal will be a win/win for both parties under the agreement with the Nisga'a Nation providing support for the development
- [What to Expect Next in the Miners](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/02/what-to-expect-next-in-the-miners/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: On Tuesday we highlighted a powerful long trade setup in the GDX and yesterday the goldies rallied 5.32%. This morning we are seeing a little profit taking ahead of a big resistance level near $20: From my vantage point the downtrend line drawn from the January high is highly significant - a
- [How to parlay $20k into $15 million speculating in junior mining stocks](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/30/rob-hirschberg-junior-mining-game-short-film/) - Robert Hirschberg is a Toronto, Canada apparel industry entrepreneur and investor. For the past thirty five years, Mr. Hirschberg has been an active speculator in junior mining penny stocks, one of the highest-risk segments of all investing markets. In this video, you will hear how Mr. Hirschberg parlayed $20,000 at the start of the 2000's
- [Market Chat: What are Mining Prospect Generators?](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/01/geologist-rob-mcleod-joins-abls-market-chat-to-discuss-mining-project-generators/) - Market Chat with Allan Barry Laboucan and Pat Boland. Featuring today's special guest: geologist and mining entrepreneur Rob McLeod. The gentlemen discuss prospect generator junior mining companies including Milrock Resources, Kaizen Discovery, and Virginia Gold Mines. The topic stems from an article McLeod authored last week about the current state of the junior mining industry (link
- [Top mining stories of the day - Torex Gold, Calibre Mining, and Terrax Minerals](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/01/top-mining-stories-of-the-day-torex-gold-calibre-mining-and-terrax-minerals/) - A look at my favourite mining news releases out this morning. Torex Gold - (TXG:TSX) - Torex Gold released 2014 year end financial results this morning. Torex is a single asset company who owns the El Limon Guajes project in the Guerrero Gold Belt in Mexico which was purchased from Teck 5 years ago. The
- [From Greed to Fear in One Month...](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/04/01/from-greed-to-fear-in-one-month/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: As illustrated by the following 2 graphics US equity investors have gone from greed to fear in exactly one month despite a relatively small movement in the market (3% in the S&P 500): While the recent price action, flattening moving averages, and spike in volatility is consistent with a topping
- [Jonathan Jones and the five year plan . . .](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/31/jonathan-jones-and-the-five-year-plan/) - The following is NOT endorsed by Haywood Securities. This is a genuine testimonial. When you have a stock broker who is great at finding private placements and proactive in selling winners, you have a much better chance at success in the Canadian venture business. Today we introduce such a broker – Jonathan Jones. I’ve known Jonathan since
- [Junior mining headlines: Fission, NexGen, Odin](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/31/news-from-nexgen-energy-odin-mining-and-fission-uranium/) - NexGen Energy makes a new discovery, Odin Mining has impressive drill results from Ecuador, and Fission Uranium keeps rolling along. NexGen Energy - (NXE:TSXV) - Positive drill results continue to come in from junior uranium explorer NexGen Energy. News this morning is that drilling 3.7 kilometres away (north-east) from the Rook 1 property has intersected
- [A Tantalizing Trading Opportunity in Gold Miners](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/31/a-tantalizing-trading-opportunity-in-gold-miners/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Gold miners as represented by the GDX are threatening to fall for the 6th consecutive trading session after they were once again repelled near the $20 support/resistance level: A fun fact is that even during the gold mining bear market of the past 3 years the GDX has only fallen for
- [Persistence + Love + Health = Abundance](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/31/persistence-love-health-abundance/) - I asked Claudia if she would still love me in 40 years. I don't know why I asked. Maybe because she was making me coffee. If every morning someone asks you to make coffee, how can you love him? Maybe she would get tired of it. To be blunt: I would not like making her
- [I think I hear a train coming – Africa Energy (AFE.V) edition](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/31/i-think-i-hear-a-train-coming-africa-energy-afe-v-edition/) - Via EnergyandGold.com, As a writer and investor in venture-capital companies and penny stocks, I probably put a bit too much focus on a company's story. Generally, I like stories that package well. This is all about scalability of the business-model and management track record. I also like stories that aren't well known or being told
- [Pikoo drilling successful: North Arrow CEO Armstrong](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/30/north-arrows-saskatchewan-diamond-discovery-gets-bigger-more-interesting/) - In November 2013, Canadian diamond explorer North Arrow Minerals (TSXV:NAR) made an exciting discovery at its Pikoo project in Saskatchewan, finding diamondiferous kimberlite at PK-150. The microdiamonds found in the drill core were exciting for the small company, although critics said there wasn’t much potential for size. This morning, North Arrow announced results from the
- [Monday junior mining headlines feat. North Arrow, Mariana and Columbus](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/30/monday-news-featuring-north-arrow-minerals-mariana-resources-and-columbus-gold/) - A flurry of news releases this morning here are several of my favourites with some additional comments on each. North Arrow Minerals - (NAR:TSXV) - North Arrow along with partner Stornoway has discovered three new kimberlites at the Pikoo diamond project in Saskatchewan. North Arrow has been exploring the Pikoo project since 2013 and can
- [How Veteran Explorer and Promoter Rob McLeod Sees the Mining Industry Today](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/27/how-veteran-explorer-and-promoter-rob-mcleod-sees-the-mining-industry-today/) - From the world’s largest multi-commodity producers to the smallest, zombie junior exploreco, to the individual prospectors peddling their properties, the past four plus years have obviously been a disaster. Producers have cut back expenditures and sold assets to either achieve or sustain meager profitability; juniors have tried anything, generally with limited success: from ‘Hail Mary’
- [Miss the Subscriber Summit last month in Toronto? The CEO presentations are now live on Youtube](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/30/miss-the-subscriber-summit-last-month-in-toronto-the-ceo-presentations-are-now-live-on-youtube/) - The Subscriber Investment Summit in Toronto on Feb 28, 2015 gathered three newsletter writers, 15 mining and energy CEOs and approximately 300 investors for a day of insights sharing and networking. CEO.CA cameraman Carter Smith was there to film the CEO presentations, which have just been uploaded to Youtube for your viewing pleasure. Here they are:
- [Why I have been buying this gold penny stock](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/29/why-i-have-been-buying-this-gold-stock/) - Via Penny Mining Stocks, I have been buying Midway Gold (MDW.T) *This is not investment advice. This article is my own thoughts and I could easily be wrong. Please do your own due diligence and talk with a licensed financial advisor before making any investment decision. The author of this article owns Midway stock purchased
- [Meet junior mining's newest newsletter editor](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/29/new-resource-opportunities-editor-james-kwantes/) - This morning, Resource Opportunities, a subscriber-supported investment newsletter founded by geologist Lawrence Roulston in 1998, appointed its next editor, Mr. James Kwantes, currently mining reporter with Vancouver Sun and editor of the World of Mining blog. I know this because I recruited him for the position, having been working with Lawrence Roulston to revive Resource Opportunities
- [Unrest in Middle East Spurs Lift in Gold and Oil Prices: Haywood Weekly Dig](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/27/unrest-in-middle-east-spurs-lift-in-gold-and-oil-prices-haywood-weekly-dig/) - Gold and WTI crude prices spiked during the week after the crisis in Yemen intensified as Saudi Arabia began military incursions against Houthi rebels who had overtaken much of the country in recent months and removed President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi from power. Saudi Arabia has a long history of political influence over its southern neighbour,
- [Brent Cook: "You Want To Identify The People And Properties That Can Last Through This Bottoming Period"](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/27/brent-cook-you-want-to-identify-the-people-and-properties-that-can-last-through-this-bottoming-period/) - >>Interview with Brent Cook (MP3) During a time of stagnating interest in metals, mining, and resource equities, Brent Cook, geologist and publisher of Exploration Insights, was kind enough to share a few comments on the business of exploration. Reflecting on over 30 years of exploration analysis, Brent noted that, “The biggest mistake I see in
- [The Only Equity Charts You Need](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/27/the-only-equity-charts-you-need/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: US equities have come under heavy pressure this week after the small-cap Russell 2000 post yet another all-time high last week. There are more than a few signs that all is not well for equities, however, the situation is not yet dire: The recent uptrend in IWM is currently being tested
- [A Tale of Two Economies: Singapore and Cuba](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/26/a-tale-of-two-economies-singapore-and-cuba/) - It would be nearly impossible to find two world leaders in living memory whose influence is more inextricably linked to the countries they presided over than Cuba’s Fidel Castro and Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew, who passed away this Monday at the age of 91. You might find this hard to believe now, but in 1959—the
- [Friday AM Reads: Under the Radar](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/27/friday-am-reads-under-the-radar/) - Good morning. The week has flown by, but I'm excited to be chasing down a couple of under-the-radar investment ideas, and to be adding useful features to CEO Chat. Here are some junior resource, finance and technology headlines: Israel Chemicals wants to buy Allana Potash for C $137 million (AAA.TO) Uber rich gold developer Pretium Resources gets its
- [New True Gold CEO has relevant experience](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/26/new-true-gold-ceo/) - Correction: an earlier version of this post said Mr. MiLau was CEO at Endeavour Mining. That was a typo. He was Endeavour's CFO. Apologies. West African gold developer True Gold Mining (TSX:TGM), which is building the Karma gold mine in Burkina Faso, has appointed Christian Milau, an executive with relevant experience, to lead the company. Mr. Milau
- [Ephemeral Liquidity](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/26/ephemeral-liquidity/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Howard Marks, the legendary founder of Oaktree Capital Management, is out with his latest quarterly memo and it is titled “Liquidity”. Marks offers us a treatise on liquidity in capital markets as he delves into the illusion of liquidity that many investors assign to mutual funds and ETFs. He also reviews the
- [A Tool to Revolutionize the Junior Resource Market](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/26/a-tool-to-revolutionize-the-junior-resource-market/) - Via Energy and Gold.com, Our partner site CEO.CA has brought forth a chat app called chat.ceo.ca which is revolutionizing the way that investors share news and discuss junior resource investments. Tommy Humphreys, co-founder of Energy and Gold.com and founder of CEO.CA, is the visionary behind chat.ceo.ca. Tommy saw the value in allowing investors to discuss
- [Daily Commodity Chart Wrap](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/25/daily-commodity-chart-wrap-3/) - Daily Commodity Chart Wrap 3/25/2015: WTI Crude Oil (Daily) Front month crude oil futures rally as options implied volatility begins to collapse and the futures contango narrows. OVX (CBOE Crude Oil Volatility Index) CME WTI Crude Oil futures curve Gold rallied for the 6th consecutive trading session. Meanwhile, the yellow metal is approaching an area
- [Dalradian starts drilling, Mirasol options Gorbea to Yamana, etc](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/26/thursday-march-26th-news/) - Here are my top news releases from this morning with some additional comments. Dalradian - (DNA:TSX) - Dalradian is a favourite stock of many analysts and newsletter writers as it is a common name mentioned when discussing potential takeover candidates in the gold space. This morning a 20,000 metre drill program commenced at the Curraghinalt gold project in
- [March 25th Morning News](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/25/march-25th-morning-news/) - A look at some of the top news releases that I found interesting this morning. Red Eagle Mining (RD:TSXV) - Red Eagle is delivering on what they told the market to expect by arranging a $65 million dollar (U.S.) construction financing with Orion Mine Finance. Orion will buy $5 million worth of shares at a price
- [Why Louis CK Turned Down $500,000 and Invested in Himself](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/25/why-louis-ck-turned-down-500000-and-invested-in-himself/) - Louis CK turned down $500,000 a year from Conan in the early 90s so he could go broke instead. Conan wanted to hire him as head writer of his show. Every step of the way in the 20 years since he put a challenge in front of himself that seemed impossible and it was until
- [Balmoral Resources (BAR.TO) Update w/ CEO Darin Wagner](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/25/balmoral-resources-update-w-ceo-darin-wagner/) - Balmoral Resources founder & CEO Darin Wagner updates us on the company’s progress and objectives for 2015. About Balmoral Resources Ltd. - www.balmoralresources.com Balmoral is a Canadian-based discovery company focused on high-grade gold and nickel discoveries on its wholly owned, 700 square kilometre Detour Trend Project in Quebec, Canada. With a philosophy of creating value
- [I'm going to write a million words this year](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/25/im-going-to-write-a-million-words-this-year/) - Okay, I don't know if that's true. But I am about 100x more prolific in our new investors app, chat.ceo.ca, than I am on this blog. Here are a couple of examples from the past 24 hours: Just got off the phone with Glen Kuntz, CEO of Mega Precious Metals #MGP. Here are my notes:
- [The Fusion of Technology and Metals - Canvest '15](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/24/the-fusion-of-technology-and-metals-canvest-15/) - The world is in a major paradigm shift as technology is changing how we move, communicate, heal, age, build, grow, learn .... absolutely everything! Technology needs technology metals - But - they have to be found and mined Lithium, carbon, rare earths, nickel, copper, zinc, chromium, vanadium, manganese, iron, tungsten, scandium, silver, moly, tin, neodymium,
- [Oil rich Alberta suffering from lower prices](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/24/oil-rich-alberta-suffering-from-lower-prices/) - Jim Prentice, Premier of Alberta will be making a provincial address live tonight on CTV to discuss Alberta's financial budget just two days ahead of when the budget will be released. Provincial revenues have been hit hard with the decline in oil from over $100 in June to the current price of ~$47 per barrel. It is estimated
- [Why It’s The 2009 Bull Market All Over Again](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/24/why-its-the-2009-bull-market-all-over-again/) - Corporate profits for US companies—especially small caps—could be set to soar 20% in the first half of 2015. That’s what happens when the CPI—the Consumer Price Index—breaks up and away from the PPI—the Producer Price Index. The chart below (courtesy of Unit Economics in Boston) shows that the Consumer Price Index has only moved slightly
- [I Prefer To Leave Early](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/23/i-prefer-to-leave-early/) - The woman had tattoos etched beautifully over her arms and told me the story of each one. Her husband owned the rights to 14,000 songs and told me the 20 year roller coaster ride of how he had acquired them. He owned the rights to almost all my favorite songs. I learned an immense amount
- [Humphreys, Bolland and Laboucan riff on Canada's venture markets](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/24/humphreys-bolland-and-laboucan-riff-on-canadas-venture-markets/) - Three leading Canadian financial commentators bring their insights on technology, mining and investing to Youtube: Y'all know that I love making web content... So when Agoracom chief market commentator Allan Barry Laboucan asked me to join him in a Google Hangout with veteran Canadian business journalist and broadcaster Pat Bolland, my response was simply, "Aw, hell yea!" The gentlemen
- [Tuesday March 24th Mining Roundup](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/24/tuesday-march-24th-mining-roundup/) - Here are the companies with news out this morning that caught my eye with some additional comments on each. Atac Resources - (ATC:TSXV) -Atac has announce plans for a phase 1 work program this summer at the Rackla gold project in the Yukon. Phase 1 is estimated at a cost of $3 million US which
- [Video: Minaurum (MGG.V) may be finally ready to drill in the prolific Guerrero Gold Belt](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/24/video-minaurum-mgg-v-may-be-finally-ready-to-drill-in-the-prolific-guerrero-gold-belt/) - Mexican focused minerals explorer Minaurum Gold (MGG:TSXV) holds a portfolio of prospective gold projects and boasts an accomplished management team. The company plans on drilling what they say is one of the last big undrilled outcrops in the Guerrero Gold Belt. The planned 7500m drill program is still waiting for a Mexican federal environmental permit and then will hopefully
- [NexGen hits 24.5m of off-scale in 202m of composite mineralization at Arrow](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/23/nexgen-hits-24-5m-of-off-scale-in-202m-of-composite-mineralization-at-arrow/) - This morning, NexGen Energy (NXE.TSXV) released news that looks significant. They released 4 new holes (AR-15-39, -39w, 40b and 41) which appear to prove that the A3 shear zone which was only just recently discovered is potentially larger than the A2 shear (which hosts the best-to-date hole AR-14-30). AR-14-30, which was drilled as the company's first vertical hole,
- [Plenty of Monday morning mining newsflow](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/23/monday-march-23-morning-news/) - A look at some of the news releases that caught my eye on Monday morning and my comments. Ivanhoe Mines - (IVN:TSX) - Ivanhoe shares are catching a bid this morning up 18% at press time. China-based Zijin Mining Group will be acquiring a 9.9% stake in Ivanhoe through a private placement at C$1.36 per share. Ivanhoe
- [Gold Miners Back to the Center of Gravity - Brink of a Breakout?](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/23/gold-miners-back-to-the-center-of-gravity-brink-of-a-breakout/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Less than 10 days ago the gold miners were being pushed to the brink of collapse as gold waffled in the mid $1100s. This morning after an impressive rally to finish last week the gold miners are back to being on the verge of testing an area of support/resistance which they have traversed
- [Nevada Copper Pumkpin Hollow project Spring 2015 update with CEO Giulio Bonifacio](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/23/nevada-copper-pumkpin-hollow-project-spring-2015-update-with-ceo-giulio-bonifacio/) - Via EpsteinResearch.net, The following interview of Nevada Copper's CEO & President Giulio Bonifacio was conducted by email and phone in the week end March 19, 2015. The views expressed herein are those of Mr. Bonifacio. The author, Peter Epstein, had no prior or existing relationship with Nevada Copper. Peter Epstein does own shares of the company.
- [Nevsun reportedly bombed by Ethiopian fighter jets](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/22/nevsun-reportedly-bombed-by-ethiopian-fighter-jets/) - Over the weekend a number of African media outlets including Tigrai Online (an Ethiopian news source) have claimed that the Bisha mine operated by Nevsun Resources (NSU.TSX) was the target of an attack by the Ethiopian air force during two bombing raids. According to the reports, the air force also targeted an Eritrean military depot.
- [60 Minutes: China's Rare Earths Chokehold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/22/60-minutes-chinas-rare-earths-chokehold/) - What do cars, precision-guided missiles and the television you're watching right now have in common? They all depend on something called rare earth elements, unusual metals that are sprinkled inside almost every piece of high-tech you can think of. Most people have never heard of them. But we have become so reliant on rare earths
- [$8 Billion Gold Liquidation](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/21/8-billion-gold-liquidation/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: In the last two weeks gold futures speculators have liquidated a total of 66,897 gold futures contracts which equates to a notional amount of nearly $8 billion: To put this recent gold liquidation into perspective it is the largest 2-week liquidation in gold futures since the April 2013 gold crash: The
- [The Dig – Haywood Mining Team’s week in review](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/20/the-dig-haywood-mining-teams-week-in-review-30/) - Gold Rises After Fed Tempers Interest Rate Forecast Playing down expectations of an interest rate rise in the short-term, the Federal Reserve’s speech was reflective of a negative week in economic data in the U.S., translating to a depreciating dollar and rebound in precious metals prices. Major economic indicators including housing starts, industrial production and
- [Rick Rule: The Recovery I Saw for Uranium Has Been Postponed](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/20/rick-rule-the-recovery-i-saw-for-uranium-has-been-postponed/) - By Henry Bonner (hbonner@sprottglobal.com) Read online > 2015 is well underway and starting to look at lot like 2014. Commodity markets remain weak with uranium, copper, gold and oil prices still near their lows.1 Rick Rule, Chairman of Sprott US Holdings, sat down with me recently to discuss the resource and precious metals markets. Rick,
- [Friday March 20th Morning News](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/20/friday-march-20th-morning-news/) - Here are my top news releases for this morning. Mart Resources (MMT:TSX) -Mart is out with positive news this morning that the government of Nigeria has approved the completion of the OML 18 transaction. Mart is a member of a consortium of companies that will acquire 45% of the OML lease with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp owning
- [Dickinson's Amarc drumbeating is working](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/20/dickinsons-amarc-drumbeating-is-working/) - Last month, we met Canadian Mining Hall of Famer Bob Dickinson and Amarc Resources President and CEO Diane Nicolson in Vancouver to learn about Amarc's emerging IKE copper porphyry district discovery in BC. The veteran mine builder Dickinson had recently lent $1 million to Amarc and was very enthusiastic for its prospects of finding Canada's
- [Back At It Again: An Interview with Peter Breese](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/19/back-at-it-again-an-interview-with-peter-breese/) - Legendary investor, Warren Buffett says “if a business does well, the stock eventually follows.” It is on this theme that mining executive Peter Breese has built his career. This career which has encompassed over three decades includes the $6.8 billion and $1 billion sales of LionOre Mining and Mantra Resources, respectively. The Zimbabwe native got
- [Small Caps Enter Danger Zone](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/20/small-caps-enter-danger-zone/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: The small cap Russell 2000 Index has exhibited relative strength for several weeks and seemingly makes another all-time high with each new day. Even as the S&P and Dow suffered some notable down days the Russell managed to remain well bid and has spent the last four days of this week making fresh
- [Evrim Resources PDAC Interview, a Mexican Prospect Generator Investors Should Follow](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/20/evrim-resources-pdac-interview-a-mexican-prospect-generator-investors-should-follow/) - The mining exploration business is very risky, with about 3 out of a 1000 good looking prospects becoming mines. That's why some smart small exploration companies follow the "prospect generator" business model of generating ideas and finding more established partners to pay for the drilling. This shares the upside, but more importantly, gives the prospect generator
- [Newnote buys Cointrader, CoinZero POS for $1.5-million](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/19/newnote-financial-investing-in-the-future-of-bitcoin/) - One of the only publicly traded Canadian companies giving investors exposure to Bitcoin has had some acquisition news out this morning. Newnote Financial (NEU:CSE) has acquired the Canadian based Bitcoin exchange Cointrader.net, as well as the CoinZero point-of-sale system, and ABMs in London and Tokyo for $1.5-million in cash and stock. This latest bitcoin news
- [A look at Silver Wheaton's Q4 and Annual Results](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/19/a-look-at-silver-wheatons-q4-and-annual-results/) - Silver Wheaton (SLW:TSX) the world's largest precious metals streaming company with a market cap of ~$10 billion is out with Q4 and annual results yesterday evening. I am a big fan of the streaming business and believe it should be a part of every resource investors portfolio. I just got off the live conference call this morning
- [Eurozone Equities Cruising for a Bruising](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/19/eurozone-equities-cruising-for-a-bruising/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Eurozone equity allocations have not been this high since 2006 which happened to coincide with a major peak in relative performance of EU equities vs. the world: Meanwhile, the German DAX Composite Index hasn't been this far above its 50-day simple moving average ever! Not even the 2000 dot-com bubble
- [A Climactic Bottoming Event in Crude Oil](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/18/a-climactic-bottoming-event-in-crude-oil/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: I have not kept it a secret that I have been looking for a marginal new low in WTI crude to wash out weak handed longs followed by a violent upside reversal. Today this scenario happened in a most unexpected way following another huge crude inventory build report from the EIA. Crude
- [Gold surges higher after the Fed](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/18/gold-surges-higher-after-the-fed/) - Gold prices ended the day up 2.14% to $1172 after the Fed statement was released and a press conference was held with Fed chair Janet Yellen. The bottom line for investors is that the Fed is close to raising interest rates but remains cautious with no specific date yet and lower forecasts for year end.
- [4 Charts: The Fed Isn't Hiking Rates Any Time Soon](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/18/4-charts-the-fed-isnt-hiking-rates-anytime-soon/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: The ultra-strong US dollar (USD) is making its presence felt throughout the globe and is on the verge of wreaking havoc on a much larger scale. A premature Fed rate hiking cycle could be the catalyst to send the USD into overdrive and send global markets tumbling lower - 4 charts that
- [The Ultimate Guide To Self-Sabotage](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/18/the-ultimate-guide-to-self-sabotage/) - I've given up right before the finish line. It's not as bad as people say really. It even has a nice ring to it. French. "I'm a self-saboteur". Maybe I'm a spy. Like, right when you are about to make a lot of money, or finish a book, or get a job, or whatever, you
- [Wednesday March 18 Morning News](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/18/wednesday-march-18-morning-news/) - A look at some of the headlines this morning that caught my eye and some more details on each. Dynacor Gold Mines (DNG:TSX) - Dynacor Gold has received the final construction permit for a new gold processing plant in Peru. The new plant will have processing capacity of 300 tpd but will be designed so it
- [Brent Cook Kicking Tires: Moneta Porcupine](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/18/brent-cook-kicking-tires-moneta-porcupine/) - We had the good fortune to follow Exploration Insights editor Brent Cook around the floor at PDAC for a couple of hours two weeks ago. Mr. Cook is one of the leading investment newsletter writers in the junior mining business. As is often the case at PDAC, walking down the isles, attendees get pulled in lots
- ["Right next to Kolwezi... You found what!?" - Ivanhoe Mines awakens on possible D.R.Congo developments](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/17/right-next-to-kolwezi-you-found-what-ivanhoe-mines-awakens-on-possible-d-r-congo-developments/) - Ivanhoe Mines (IVN.TO) shares are up 18.8% today, last at C$1.01 at press time, and up over 35% in the past few weeks. Over @ chat.ceo.ca, we're speculating either Executive Chairman Robert Friedland is marketing the story to new investors somewhere, or possibly there's an event relating to a strategic review process currently underway of
- [Ross Beaty's latest junior mining investment](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/17/ross-beatys-latest-junior-mining-investment/) - One thing is for sure the junior mining market continues to struggle as we have had four consecutive down years on the TSX Venture (2011-2014) and 2015 is not off to a promising start. Legendary mining financier and company builder Ross Beaty has been one of the few who is actively putting money to work and
- [Exploration Titans Cook, Broughton Talk Kaizen's Discovery Trail (TSXV:KZD)](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/17/exploration-titans-cook-broughton-talk-kaizens-discovery-trail-tsxvkzd/) - Billionaire mine developer Robert Friedland has said that real wealth in the mining sector is created by finding something. Friedland would know this, having driven 5+ world-class mining discoveries in his career. He knows that to find a mine you have to spend a lot of money, and drill a lot of holes. Another secret
- [NexGen drills broadest continuous high-grade uranium intercept to date](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/17/nexgen-drills-broadest-continuous-high-grade-uranium-intercept-to-date/) - The Athabasca-basin in Northern Saskatchewan is the world's most prolific uranium producing region. For several decades, small "junior" companies have explored the Basin for economic uranium deposits, with the lucky few being taken out by larger companies at substantial premiums. Shares in Fission Uranium are up over ten fold over the past three years when
- [The Waning Buyback Binge](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/17/the-waning-buyback-binge/) - The main driver of the US equity bull market and the recent slew of all-time highs has undoubtedly been corporate stock buybacks. Nearly 3/4 of S&P 500 companies (72%) participated in share buybacks during the 4th quarter of 2014 and the total dollar amount of share buybacks was the 2nd largest ever, second only to
- [Tuesday March 17: Morning News](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/17/tuesday-march-17-morning-news/) - A few of my favourite news releases out this morning and what I think about them. All commodities are in the red in early trading except for natural gas. Red Eagle Mining - (RD:TSXV) - After the big news of announcing the receipt of the environmental permit last week Red Eagle has more news out
- [Video: Brent Cook and Ross McElroy discuss good Fission Uranium news, live from the PDAC](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/10/video-brent-cook-and-ross-mcelroy-discuss-good-fission-uranium-news-live-from-the-pdac/) - The Prospectors and Developers Convention (PDAC), held last week in Toronto, is the largest annual mining conference, with over 23,000 attendees this year. The event is typically when small mining companies rush to put out news releases to try and get attention. This year, the fourth consecutive year of declining share prices and financing activity
- [Monday March 16: Top News Releases (Part 2)](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/16/monday-march-16-top-news-releases-part-2/) - A few more news releases that caught my eye today and some comments on each. Teranga Gold - (TGZ:TSX) - Teranga had positive news this morning that they have successfully received an environmental license for the high grade Gora satellite deposit. The deposit sits ~25 km from the current mill and construction on a road
- [The Next Trade in Oil](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/16/the-next-trade-in-oil/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Record inventories and the prospect of further inventory builds in the US are putting WTI crude prices under heavy pressure this morning. Given the likelihood of additional inventory builds over the coming weeks there is a strong risk of a further decline to below $40/barrel. While I believe that a dip
- [Copper will fuel 3rd world modernization](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/16/copper-will-fuel-3rd-world-modernization/) - If you’re reading this, it’s likely you own a smartphone, computer, TV, refrigerator, automobile, and all the myriad of marvelous inventions that those of us in the modern world enjoy, and take for granted. However, there are still hundreds of millions of people who have yet to benefit from these modern amenities in developing nations, namely
- [Fred Wilson on the only way to make a lot of money](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/16/fred-wilson-on-the-only-way-to-make-a-lot-of-money/) - Angel investor and podcaster Jason Calacanis interviewed technology venture-capitalist Fred Wilson at Calacanis's Launch Conference a few weeks back in San Francisco. Wilson is an accomplished VC having backed Twitter in the early days, and countless others. Calacanis is no slouch himself having been an angel investor in UBER. The two-men got to talking about
- [Monday March 16: Top News Releases (Part 1)](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/16/monday-march-16-top-news-releases-part-1/) - Here are a look at my favourite news releases from this morning with some thoughts on each. I will do another post on some more news releases later today. Mart Resources (MMT:TSX) - Mart announced this morning that the deal previously announced with Midwestern is now a definitive arrangement. Each Mart shareholder will receive 80
- [How Mining Tycoons Play the Downturn - Palisade Radio Podcast](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/16/how-mining-tycoons-play-the-downturn-palisade-radio-podcast/) - Collin Kettell is building junior mining's best new podcast at PalisadeRadio.com and I was grateful to be a guest on the show a couple of days ago. During the conversation, we discussed how mining veterans are taking advantage of the downturn. We spoke of the importance of a long time horizon for mining investors to
- [Gold Miners Pushed to the Brink](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/15/gold-miners-pushed-to-the-brink/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: The gold miners as represented by the GDX have been pushed to the breaking point with yet another 'bear flag' forming just a few percent above crucial long-term support: To put the situation into perspective, GDX is barely more than 10% above the 2008 panic lows despite the fact that
- [How To Self-Publish 500,000,000 Books And Create A Huge Business](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/14/how-to-self-publish-500000000-books-and-create-a-huge-business/) - Imagine self-publishing 500,000,000 books. It happened and I'm going to tell you how. Everyone says that technology right now gives more opportunity than ever to "choose yourself". That only now we have the opportunity to escape the cubicle and live a life of freedom. This is not true. Freedom starts with the choice inside yourself.
- [The Dig – Haywood Mining Team’s week in review](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/13/the-dig-haywood-mining-teams-week-in-review-29/) - Strengthening Dollar/Weak Chinese Data Continue to Weigh on Commodities It was another difficult week for base/precious metals, as the U.S. dollar continues to strengthen, and economic data out of China continues to disappoint. In particular, gold slid further towards $1,100 per ounce, although some commentators argue the slide is less than what would be expected
- [Curious COT Report for Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/13/curious-cot-report-for-gold/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: The CFTC Commitments of Traders gold report for Tuesday March 10, 2015 is a curious one to say the least. While we saw a roughly $4 billion liquidation of net long exposure by large speculators (to the smallest net long position since last November), small speculators actually INCREASED long positions and barely
- [CopperBank chairman shares enthusiasm for flagship Contact project](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/13/copperbank-chairman-shares-enthusiasm-for-flagship-contact-project/) - Having just returned from a site tour of the company's flagship Contact copper project in Nevada, CopperBank Resources Corp (CBK:CSE) Executive Chairman Gianni Kovacevic (pictured) is optimistic for project optimization and exploration possibilities, and has been aggressively buying shares in his company in the open market. The Contact project is located on the Idaho border in northeast Nevada
- [A Stunning Dollar Chart](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/13/a-stunning-dollar-chart/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: From BAML: This is the 2nd largest quarterly gain for the US dollar since 1970 and the quarter isn't even over!! This chart really puts into perspective the magnitude of the current US dollar rally. The first Gulf War, The Asian Currency Crisis, and the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy pale in comparison
- [Friday March 13th Morning News](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/13/friday-march-13th-morning-news/) - A quiet morning so far on the news front. Just one story I have found interesting to investors this morning so far that being Nevsun Resources. Oil is below $46 off 2.5% this morning as the IEA says that oil supply is building and that the US oil production has yet to see any signs
- [Casey, Lassonde, Rule, Holmes, Quartermain agree: gold shares are Going Vertical](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/13/speculator-doug-casey-small-crappy-mining-shares-soon-to-be-going-vertical/) - Plenty of newsletters writers have been calling the bottom in junior mining shares for the past four years as the shares themselves have gotten cheaper and cheaper, but that doesn't mean the letter writers should give up on the practice. With each passing year the odds of a rebound become more likely. I watched the Casey Research Going Vertical video
- [Video: Why Brent Cook is happy to hold prospect generator Lara Exploration](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/13/video-why-brent-cook-is-happy-to-hold-prospect-generator-lara-exploration/) - Brent Cook (BC): So, I've owned Lara for quite a while, we own it in the Exploration portfolio. I'm going to have a quick talk with Miles [Thompson] and see how it's going and what the future looks like. BC: Hey Miles, what's going on with Lara? Miles Thompson (MT): We're basically just sticking to
- [Canamax Energy CEO Brad Gabel on what's preventing M&A in the oilpatch](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/09/canamax-energy-ceo-brad-gabel-on-interview/) - by EnergyandGold.com At the Subscriber Investment Summit in Toronto last week, Energy and Gold took in 15 presentations from leading junior mining and energy CEOs hand picked by three well known investment newsletter writers. One company, Canamax Energy (CAC.V), was introduced as the largest holding of Oil and Gas Investments Bulletin editor Keith Schaefer. Mr. Schaefer has been
- [Leo Hathaway and Brent Cook on Finding Odin Mining's Fatal Flaw](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/12/leo-hathaway-and-brent-cook-on-finding-odin-minings-fatal-flaw/) - Mining legend Ross Beaty made a fortune buying up copper deposits when nobody wanted them. He has also financed several mega-wealth creating mineral discoveries, contributing to his astounding track record, outlined in this earlier CEO.ca article. Leo Hathaway, VP Exploration for Odin Mining & Exploration, has been working closely with Mr. Beaty for the last
- [Thursday March 12: Mining News Part 2](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/12/thursday-march-12-mining-news-part-2/) - Some more interesting news that I thought I would bring to your attention today. Lake Shore Gold - (LSG.TSX) - One of my favourite small junior gold producers to follow is Lake Shore Gold simply because they are generating free cash flow even at current gold prices. So many gold companies in the last few years
- [Time to Buy the Dip in Solars?](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/12/time-to-buy-the-dip-in-solars/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Solars are easily the best performing sector of 2015. Here are just a few of the percentage gains we have seen among solar stocks in 2015: CSIQ +32% FSLR +33% SPWR +26.3% TSL +21% During the past week solars have fallen along with the broader equity market pullback. I believe
- [Thursday March 12: Morning News](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/12/thursday-march-12-morning-news-part-1/) - Here are a couple stories that caught my eye this morning and some thoughts on each news release. Reservoir Minerals - (RMC:TSXV) - A corporate update this morning from Reservoir and their partner Freeport-McMoRan on the Timok project in Serbia. A 2015 budget of $18.7 million will be used to move project forward towards the completion
- [This Area is the ‘Future of the Mining Industry… I’m not Interested in Anywhere Else’ – André Gaumond, Virginia Mines](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/11/this-area-is-the-future-of-the-mining-industry-im-not-interested-in-anywhere-else-andre-gaumond-virginia-mines/) - "Saint Lawrence River in winter". Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.Link By Henry Bonner (hbonner@sprottglobal.com) Listen to Interview Recording (Mp3) > André Gaumond has led the discoveries of six gold deposits in his career. His flagship discovery, Eléonore, earned his company around C$420 million when they sold it to Goldcorp Inc1. He retained
- [US Dollar: Killer App](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/11/us-dollar-killer-app/) - From the March 9, 2015 HRA Journal: Issue 229 The latest commentary from well respected newsletter writer Eric Coffin can be found below. Please visit http://www.hraadvisory.com to view more of Mr. Coffin's work. More of the same. The US Dollar continues to surge and mow down everything in its path. The distortions created by these currency
- [March 11: Top resource stories](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/11/march-11-top-resource-stories/) - Here are my favourite news releases this morning and my comments. Kirkland Lake Gold - (KGI:TSX) - Financial results are out for the third quarter of 2015 (Kirkland uses a different year end then most companies). The results are for the 3 month period ending January 2015. An excellent quarter for Kirkland earning a net
- [Discovery Gold Rush season ends, Klondike Gold Corp's begins - Brent Cook live from the PDAC](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/10/discoverys-goldrush-season-ends-klondike-gold-corps-begins-brent-cook-live-from-the-pdac/) - Tonight is the season finale of the popular Discovery Channel program Gold Rush, and viewers are set to find out how much gold the Hoffman family dug up this season. Klondike Gold Corp (KG.TSXV), a fledging junior miner I own stock in and have worked with, will receive 15% of whatever Gold the Hoffman's produce
- [March 10th: Interesting Mining News](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/10/march-10th-interesting-mining-news/) - Several interesting mining news releases today. Here are a couple of the ones that caught my eye and some of my own comments. B2Gold (BTO:TSX) - B2Gold has achieved commercial production ahead of schedule at its newest mine Otjikoto in Nambia. The mine is expected to between 140,000-150,000 ounces at an all in sustaining cash cost
- [Massive Nevada gold miner files for bankruptcy](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/10/massive-nevada-gold-miner-files-for-bankruptcy/) - The owner of one of the world's largest and lowest grade gold mines is filing for bankruptcy. Allied Nevada Corp. (ANV.TO), which owns the massive Hycroft gold mine in Nevada, has reached an agreement with its note holders to restructure the company. ANV and the supporting noteholders have also agreed on a $78 million debtor
- [Major milestone reached for Red Eagle Mining and Colombia's gold sector](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/10/major-milestone-reached-for-red-eagle-mining-and-colombias-gold-sector/) - Today marks a significant achievement for Red Eagle Mining (RD.V) and the entire Colombian gold sector. The South American nation has a long and storied history of gold mining, but no modern gold mine has been permitted in the country. This all changed this morning when Red Eagle announced the receipt of their Environmental License, the
- [A Contrarian Trade Opportunity in the Euro](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/10/a-contrarian-trade-opportunity-in-the-euro/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Lets face it, nobody is bullish on the euro, nobody! Even ECB President Mario Draghi probably has a secret short position in the EUR/USD in order to hedge his euro exposure from his salary at the ECB. If the following sentiment chart could fall below 0 it would probably be at
- [Copper market vulnerable to DRC politics: CIBC](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/10/copper-market-vulnerable-to-drc-politics-cibc/) - The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a big, lush, mineral-rich country in the heart of Sub Saharan Africa, currently produces roughly 6% of the world's copper (approx 1 million tonnes per annum). Mining engineer and CFA Tom Meyer, an equity research analyst with CIBC World Markets, is concerned DRC supply could be in jeopardy, compounding
- [How to get free PR](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/09/how-to-get-free-pr/) - Two promoters tried to pitch me on writing free articles for them this morning. Neither seemed to know much about CEO.ca, nor get to the point about what's in it for readers (and or me, the writer), so I ended the calls rather quickly. Several years ago, I met Cameron Herold, the Back Pocket COO,
- [Daily Commodity Chart Wrap](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/09/daily-commodity-chart-wrap-2/) - Daily Commodity Chart Wrap 3/9/2015 via Energy and Gold.com: Copper Marginal Cost Percentiles The 90th percentile cost of producing copper is currently roughly $2.25/lb, it's interesting that this level also coincides with the 200-month moving average (the same moving average where copper found support at the 2008-2009 lows). A powerful chart of gold net producer
- [The $10,000 Apple Gold Watch](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/09/the-10000-apple-gold-watch/) - Some weeks ago word began spreading that Apple would be releasing a gold edition of their much anticipated wearable wrist computer, the Apple Watch. A few very ambitious article speculated that Apple on its own would purchase 1/3 rd of the world's gold supply for production of the luxury version of the new timepiece. It
- [Skin-in-the-Game Investing: Why It Matters](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/09/skin-in-the-game-investing-why-it-matters/) - Seven hundred forty million dollars. That’s how much Bill Gross has reportedly invested of his own cash into the bond fund he manages at Janus Capital Group. The billionaire bond king—who unexpectedly left Pacific Investment Management Company, or PIMCO, in September after a clash with senior management—now owns a little over half of the $1.45
- [Our top five investing blogs: Small Cap Discoveries](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/09/the-five-blogs-every-investor-needs-to-be-reading/) - [Editor's note, Paul Andreola and Brandon Mackie have teamed up with Keith Schaefer's group to publish the new Small Cap Discoveries newsletter. This morning Paul and Brandon shared their favourite investing blogs, original link here and reprinted blow with permission] Close that Bloomberg tab, cancel your subscription to Barron’s, and don’t you dare even think
- [Legendary investor Jim Slater's 7 tips for interpreting insider trades](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/09/legendary-investor-jim-slaters-7-tips-for-interpreting-insider-trades/) - Buccaneering financier Jim Slater has been sharing stock tips in the Telegraph newspaper for over 50 years. It's important for potential investors to keep an eye out for these kinds of articles, as well as things like Grizzly Reports which help you to avoid making bad decisions. As well as this useful site, there are
- [March 9th: Morning news](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/09/march-9th-morning-news/) - A couple of the news releases that caught my eye this morning in the resource world and a brief comment on each. Banks Island Gold (BOZ:TSXV) - Banks Island has decided to sell 100% of the silver production from the Yellow Giant project moving forward to SilverStream for $250,000. SilverStream (a private company) will still be
- [The Dig – Haywood Mining Team’s week in review](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/06/the-dig-haywood-mining-teams-week-in-review-28/) - Friday Plunge in Gold Price After Better-Than-Expected U.S. Job Numbers The price of gold plunged on Friday after better-than-expected U.S. jobs figures, with the country’s economy expanding by 295,000 jobs in February compared to 239,000 in January, while the unemployment rate fell to 5.5% from 5.7%. Gold fell $32 on Friday, and finished at $1,167
- [Why This New Gold Find Interests Me as a Speculator: Steve Todoruk](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/06/why-this-new-gold-find-interests-me-as-a-speculator-steve-todoruk/) - A little-known gold exploration company in Turkey is attracting the interest of speculators in the junior resource sector. On February 12, 2015, Mariana Resources Ltd. (MARL-LN) released its findings from a property in Eastern Turkey, called the Hot Maden Prospect.1 The discovery is jointly-owned by Turkey-based Lidya (full name “Lidya Madencilik Sanayi ve Ticaret”). Mariana
- ['At the Bar' having shots and discussing mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/06/at-the-bar-having-shots-and-discussing-mining/) - Kitco news hosted by Alex Letourneau recently filmed a 20 minute segment of 'At the Bar' in Toronto with CEO.ca founder Tommy Humphreys, Exploration Insights Brent Cook, and Keith Neumeyer CEO First Majestic Silver. The group discuss profits in the mining sector costs, the quality of gold deposits, under investment in exploration, have mining companies/investors learned any
- [March 6th - Interesting Oil News Releases](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/06/march-6th-interesting-oil-news-releases/) - A tough day for commodity stocks so far with gold,silver,platinum,copper,and oil all down well over 1% in early trading this morning. The US added 295,000 jobs in February beating consensus and driving the USD higher sending commodity prices lower. The US dollar was also at a 12 year high against the Euro after the strong jobs report.
- [Mining legend Ross Beaty calls exploration crowdfunding an "absolute fantasy"](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/06/mining-legend-ross-beaty-calls-exploration-crowdfunding-an-absolute-fantasy/) - Could equity crowdfunding fix junior mining's financial woes? The Globe and Mail asked this question of a number of PDAC participants, and heard a variety of responses. The least optimistic of which came from one of the sector's most accomplished faces. "The trouble with mining and exploration is it requires large amounts of capital," Mr.
- [Gold Takes the Elevator Down](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/06/gold-takes-the-elevator-down/) - Since gold topped out near $1307 in late-January the yellow metal has followed a standard script in its descent; violent $10-$20 down moves that occur in a matter of seconds or minutes followed by much lengthier sideways or slightly rising consolidations. The action of the last 2 weeks has been no different and this morning
- [Daily Commodity Chart Wrap](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/05/daily-commodity-chart-wrap/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Daily Commodity Chart Wrap 3/5/2015: A couple of crude oil charts that demonstrate U.S. production and supply are showing no signs of let up despite a major drop off in rig counts: We are currently at record levels of US crude oil supply: Meanwhile, the "golden
- [Brent Cook gives his 3 top picks on BNN Market Call Tonight](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/05/brent-cook-gives-his-3-top-picks-on-bnn-market-call-tonight/) - Brent Cook the author of the newsletter Exploration Insights sat down with Mark Bunting for an hour long program discussing junior mining stocks on BNN market call last night. Brent mentioned three top picks for viewers. Mariana Resources (MRRE.L) - A new exciting drill story in Turkey with a market cap of ~$20 million and $2-$3
- [March 5th interesting mining press releases](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/05/march-5th-interesting-mining-press-releases/) - As the mining world departs the annual PDAC conference a quiet day on the news front. Here are two news releases that did catch my attention. Altius Minerals and Callinan Royalties - (ALS:TSX and CAA:TSXV) - Altius has made an offer to acquire all the shares of Callinan for for 0.163 of an Altius common share and C$0.203
- [Hit reality TV show Gold Rush is leasing Klondike Gold`s ground](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/04/hit-reality-tv-gold-show-gold-rush-is-leasing-klondike-golds-ground/) - I don`t watch much TV at all unless it is professional sports but one of my must catch shows is the hit reality show Gold Rush on the Discovery Channel. Gold Rush is one of the most popular shows on television on Friday nights (US) the last several weeks attracting upwards of 6 million viewers.
- [Gold grades declining rapidly: Dundee](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/04/gold-grades-declining-rapidly-dundee/) - Josh Wolfson, Vice President, Senior Mining Analyst at Dundee Capital Markets did an excellent presentation at PDAC on the topic "Observations with Respect to Grade in the Gold Mining Industry". Mr. Wolfson hit on the topics of grade trends, grade economics, as well as provided case studies on the impact of grades on valuation. The study used
- [Continental Moving Closer to Permits for Buriticá](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/04/continental-moving-closer-to-permits-for-buritica/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Encouraging comments from Colombian Minister of Mines and Energy Tomas Gonzalez this morning at PDAC sent Continental Gold (CNL.TO) shares soaring 10% before pulling back late in the trading session. Gonzalez stated that Buriticá's environmental permit could come in May, a couple of months ahead of CNL's timeline guidance. While government officials tend to
- [A red day on the markets](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/04/a-red-day-on-the-markets/) - A red morning across the board so far in the markets as the TSX is down (-111.8 ) and the TSX V is down (-4.69). Commodities in red include gold,silver,platinum, and oil (as of press time). Oil is down ~1.5% after a large build in inventory of 10 million barrels according to the EIA. Just
- [Pretivm (PVG.TO) intends to be a dividend payer: CEO Robert Quartermain](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/04/new-interview-with-pretivm-resources-ceo-bob-quartermain/) - Via EnergyandGold.com, of undeveloped gold projects globally, few have the grade, size and potential of Pretium Resources’ Brucejack gold project, and specifically, the Valley of the Kings area, near Stewart, British Columbia, which contains 6.9 million ounces of gold at 15.7 grams per ton and is open for expansion. Pretivm is among the most valuable
- [Anti-Pollution Sentiment in China Goes Viral](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/04/anti-pollution-sentiment-in-china-goes-viral/) - Renowned Chinese journalist Chai Jing has produced a groundbreaking documentary on China's pollution problems. The film has received almost 80 million views on youkou (Chinese version of Youtube) and is being discussed just about everywhere in Asia. Even Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s HK research team called this a ‘turning point’ in their daily research
- [Gold is on The Verge of a Big Move](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/04/gold-is-on-the-verge-of-a-big-move/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Realized volatility in gold has dropped by 50% in the last month and is at the lowest levels since last October (just before gold fell nearly $100/oz): GLD rolling 7-day average true range (ATR) at bottom has fallen 50% in just the last month! The recent range defined by $1190 on
- [Lukas Lundin goes for the gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/03/lukas-lundin-goes-for-the-gold/) - I interviewed mining and oil tycoon Lukas Lundin for the Financial Post's PDAC edition which is in print today. Mr. Lundin talks about how he's positioned his family natural resources empire for the next 1-4 years. Read: PDAC 2015: Lukas Lundin sets lofty goals as he re-enters gold game Mr. Lundin said a lot of
- [Intrepid Explorer: The Autobiography of the World’s Best Mine Finder](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/03/intrepid-explorer-the-autobiography-of-the-worlds-best-mine-finder/) - Arizona prospector Dave Lowell was born to find hidden treasure. The 87-year-old prospector is probably the world’s best mine finder, having discovered an amazing 17 ore bodies. And as it turns out, he’s a fine writer as well. In his new autobiography, titled Intrepid Explorer, Mr. Lowell vividly recalls a lifetime spent in mining and
- [Rick Rule names 3 investing ideas at PDAC](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/02/rick-rule-names-3-investing-ideas-at-pdac/) - Rick Rule, Chairman of Sprott U.S. Holdings was interviewed live by Mark Bunting on BNN Market Call this morning at PDAC. I managed to take in some of the live filming but here is the link for those of you may have missed it. Rick Rule - Top picks on BNN Market Call PDAC 2015
- [This Metal is Breaking Out](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/02/this-metal-is-breaking-out/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Not much has been talked about palladium recently, but weak supply growth and strong demand from auto-producing countries has ignited a powerful breakout in this white metal: The breakout above $820 from a 6-month base initially targets $860 followed by the August 2014 high of $913. The supply shortfall for palladium
- [Is Deflation Bullish for Gold?](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/27/is-deflation-bullish-for-gold-2/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: It's official, the two largest economic zones have moved into deflation and the trend isn't indicating that things are going to change anytime soon: The euro area deflationary trend has been fairly steady, whereas, the US has seen a sharp spike in the deflationary pull during the past few months. There
- [This Quebec Oil & Gas Explorer Could Be Poised to Rally 200%+](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/01/this-quebec-oil-gas-explorer-could-be-poised-to-rally-200/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Tiny Quebec based oil & gas explorer Junex (JNX.V) staged an enormous rally last week which at one point saw its shares higher by more than 150% in just 4 trading sessions: The discovery of a conventional oil play that appears to have substantial exploration upside was enough to embolden investors
- [The Dig – Haywood Mining Team’s week in review](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/03/01/the-dig-haywood-mining-teams-week-in-review-27/) - Copper Continues Rebound on Positive Manufacturing Data This week saw the continued rise in the copper price after the red metal dropped as low as $2.42 per pound in early January. The early year decline was exacerbated by a dramatic ~8% decline over two sessions, marking the lowest price of copper since July 2009. However,
- [Lukas Lundin "very encouraged" by North Arrow bulk sample](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/26/lukas-lundin-very-encouraged-by-north-arrow-bulk-sample/) - A tight community of stock brokers, promoters and Canadian diamond investors saw some excitement today as North Arrow Minerals (NAR.V), a diamond explorer with active projects in Nunavut, Saskatchewan and elsewhere in Canada, halted its stock pending news. Over at our financial news chat application, chat.ceo.ca, users started speculating whether it would be drill results
- [Technical Analysis 101: Head & Shoulders Bottom](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/26/technical-analysis-101-head-shoulders-bottom/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: We have highlighted many head & shoulders bottom patterns during the past few months as oil and precious metals stocks have bottomed and begun to turn higher. I want to go into a bit more detail explaining the H&S bottom pattern, some of the theory and psychology behind it, and more
- [Beat up Petroamerica Oil is surviving, reports 66% increase in 2P volumes](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/26/beat-up-petroamerica-oil-is-surviving-reports-66-increase-in-2p-volumes/) - The oil price crash of late 2014 has been especially harsh on small-cap producers, and Colombian focused E-P Petroamerica Oil (PTA.TSXV) is no exception. Its shares have fallen over 70% since September 2014. The company reported December 31, 2014 year end reserves yesterday evening (NR here), focusing on 2P volumes of approx 8.1mmboe and a 2P
- [Feb 26th: 3 interesting mining news releases](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/26/feb-26th-3-interesting-mining-news-releases/) - These are the headlines that I found interesting this morning for mining stock investors/traders. Terrax Minerals - (TXR:TSXV) - A good start to the winter drilling season for Terrax with one of the three holes released this morning intersecting 7m of 10.23 g/t gold. Terrax believes they have one of the 6 major high grade
- [Is Red Eagle Ready To Fly?](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/26/is-red-eagle-ready-to-fly/) - Red Eagle Mining (RD:TSXV) is set for a transformational year at the Santa Rosa project in the heart of Colombia's gold district. The catalyst investors are waiting for is the environmental license permit. Receipt of this permit is imminent and if/when awarded will be a game changer, not only for Red Eagle, but for Colombia's overall mining
- [European Investor Olivier Tielens: In a Sideways Gold Market, Explorers Offer the Most Upside](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/25/european-investor-olivier-tielens-in-a-sideways-gold-market-explorers-offer-the-most-upside/) - It is a wonderful thing for miners to increase production and cut costs, says private investor Olivier Tielens. Unfortunately, in today's market, producers are not getting great prices for their gold and silver. In this interview with The Gold Report, Tielens argues that investors with positions in explorers that make discoveries realize immediate and major
- [February 25th - Mining news roundup](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/25/february-25th-mining-news-roundup/) - Here are some news releases this morning that caught my eye and a comment on each. Midway Gold - MDW.T - Midway is a Nevada based gold company with three excellent development projects. One of which Pan is expecting to commence production shortly. News today was on the Spring Valley project which is owned 75% by Barrick
- [Here's why there are 600 zombie companies on the TSX/TSXV](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/25/heres-why-there-are-600-zombie-companies-on-the-tsxtsxv-44-comments-for-tmx-group-directors-auditors-and-regulators/) - 44 comments for TMX Group, directors, auditors, and regulators These 44 comments on TSX- and TSXV-listed natural resource companies, and the accompanying schedules, have been prepared with the objective of identifying some of the contributors to the many problems faced by junior exploration companies and their investors, and hopefully convincing those responsible that there is
- [Crude Oil: A Very Delicate Balance](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/25/crude-oil-a-very-delicate-balance/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: As WTI crude oil tests an important area of support/resistance near $49 there are some signs that crude prices could ultimately fall below $40 if certain supply conditions remain present. The global crude oil supply/demand balance is very delicate to say the least. The following table from Morgan Stanley highlights just
- [Northern Uranium encouraged by intense alteration observed in latest drilling](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/25/northern-uranium-encouraged-by-intense-alteration-observed-in-latest-drilling/) - Chuck Fipke and Chad Ulansky's Northern Uranium Corp (UNO.V), which we featured on CEO.ca yesterday, provided an exploration update for the company's North West Manitoba property, where exploration is focused on the Maguire Lake area. The news release, authored by Northern President and CEO Chad Ulansky, describes "spectacularly encouraging" alteration observed while drilling an intense
- [NexGen Energy CEO Leigh Curyer: "Arrow is quickly becoming a significant discovery"](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/24/nexgen-energy-ceo-leigh-curyer-arrow-is-quickly-becoming-a-significant-discovery/) - Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan uranium explorer NexGen Energy (NXE.V) continues to intercept off scale uranium at the Rook 1 project. The winter drill program is well under way with 5,518.9 metres complete of the 18,000 metre program. News this morning was exciting as a new high grade zone (A3) has been discovered at their Arrow discovery. Drill hole AR-15-39
- [Lukas Lundin likes to attend the PDAC "when people are a bit worried"](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/24/lukas-lundin-attend-pdac-when-people-are-a-bit-worried/) - Haywood Securities Managing Director of Investment Banking Kevin Campbell interviewed Lukas Lundin for a pre-PDAC message from Lundin, the billionaire Swede mining and oil tycoon whose Lundin Gold and the Ecuadorian Government are co-sponsoring the event. Lundin says the world is growing at 2-3% per year and still needs metals. And he sees great opportunity in this
- [Charts are live at chat.ceo.ca](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/24/charts-are-live-in-chat-ceo-ca/) - If anybody deserves a drink at PDAC it's me. In the past 2 months, CEO.ca and Resource Opportunities shipped over 30 interviews and bootstrapped the coolest Canadian financial app ever (I'm biased). That would be chat.ceo.ca We are building an interface for young investors and we promise to have old-timers in there as well because
- [Fipke, Ulansky take uranium hunt outside the Basin](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/24/fipke-ulansky-take-uranium-hunt-outside-the-basin/) - Chad Ulansky cut his teeth on Ekati, Canada's first diamond discovery, but it's uranium that he's hunting for now in Canada's frozen North. The Kelowna geologist is president and CEO of Northern Uranium (TSXV:UNO), which is exploring in northwestern Manitoba just beyond the eastern edge of the prolific Athabasca Basin. Ulansky got his start as
- [The Ten Worst Things You Can Do In A Negotiation](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/24/the-ten-worst-things-you-can-do-in-a-negotiation/) - The best negotiator I knew always acted like an idiot. He acted so well that I thought he was really stupid. I also thought at the time that he was my best friend. That was probably an act also. Just two years later he stopped talking to me forever. I ran into him in the
- [Mining news that caught my eye this morning](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/24/mining-news-that-caught-my-eye-this-morning/) - Here are a few of the press releases that I feel were interesting and a comment on each. NexGen Energy - (NXE.TSXV) - NexGen has intersected more off-scale radioactivity at the Rook 1 project, in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan. Angled drill hole AR-15-39 intersected 89.15m of composite mineralization including 16.75m of off scale mineralization. The
- [Behold the new Energy and Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/23/behold-the-new-energy-and-gold/) - I spent a couple hours re-skinning EnergyandGold.com this weekend. I co-created the site 6 weeks ago with two of my best pals, Scott Armstrong and CEO Technician, and it has already clocked over 25,000 pageviews! The idea behind it is to do two things well: commodities charts and profiles of compelling junior companies. EnergyandGold will differ
- [Five interesting mining news releases this morning](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/23/five-interesting-mining-news-releases-this-morning/) - A flurry of positive news releases from mining companies this morning. Here are five that caught my eye with a brief comment on each. Klondex Mines (KDX:TSX) - Klondex released updated mineral reserves at the Fire Creek Project and Midas Mine. Fire Creek has proven and probable reserves of 238,700 ounces at 1.285 ounces per ton.
- [This is the Key to the Next $100 Move in Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/23/this-is-the-key-to-the-next-100-move-in-gold/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: The yield on the 10-year US Treasury note has surged 50 basis points in the past few weeks and in turn gold has fallen nearly $100/oz. The negative correlation between yields and gold has been strong for the last 6 years and this correlation has become even stronger in recent weeks: Since
- [These Three Things Are More Important Than Passion](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/23/these-three-things-are-more-important-than-passion/) - I have never met a person who suddenly became happy simply by "finding their passion". If my passion had come crawling across my bed during any of my lowest 50 moments in life and started nibbling on my ear I would've just pushed it away. Usually I wanted money or sex and I felt passion
- [Abitibi Royalties will sell its 30% free carried interest in Malartic CHL for Agnico and Yamana shares and a royalty](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/23/abitibi-royalties-will-sell-its-30-free-carried-interest-in-malartic-chl-for-agnico-and-yamana-shares-and-a-royalty/) - Glenn Mullan and Ian Ball's Abitibi Royalties (RZZ:TSXV) has reached a deal to sell its 30% free carried interest in the Malartic CHL project to Yamana Gold and Agnico Eagle Mines. The Malartic CHL project adjoins one of Canada's largest producing mines, the Canadian Malartic mine. Yamana and Agnico acquired Malartic for $3.9 billion in April 2014.
- [The Dig – Haywood Mining Team’s week in review](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/20/the-dig-haywood-mining-teams-week-in-review-26/) - Gold Dips Below $1,200 As “Grexit” Concerns Ease On Friday, euro zone finance ministers drafted an agreement that could see Greece’s financial rescue package extended; however, there are still significant hurdles to any agreement, with Greece’s biggest creditor, Germany, demanding “significant improvements” to reform commitments by the leftist Greek government. The draft comes as the
- [3 Reasons it's Time to Buy Natural Gas](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/20/33664/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: While most market participants have been focused on crude oil, natural gas is poised for a powerful upside move over the coming weeks: A fairly impressive rounding bottom pattern has formed during the last month in front month natural gas futures - a breakout above $3.00 would target a move up
- [Lucara Diamond: Making money with operating margins >80%](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/20/lucara-diamond-making-money-with-operating-margins-80/) - Lucara Diamond (LUC:TSX) has been one of the better performing mining stocks over the last couple years. This morning the company held their Q4/ 2014 year end conference call, and we listened in to get the latest from CEO, William Lamb. Lucara is coming off a strong year with revenues of $265.5 million on sales of 412,136
- [3 Reasons Why This is an Interesting Moment for Crude Oil](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/19/3-reasons-why-this-is-an-interesting-moment-for-crude-oil/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: All indications are that we are at a very interesting moment for crude oil. Oil market analysts have been calling for a supply glut during Q2 2015 that would continue to weigh on crude oil prices. However, we are seeing reasons to believe that the supply issues may be overstated and may
- [Canada Zinc Metals: A well funded Zinc play ready for the space to turn](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/19/canada-zinc-metals-a-well-funded-zinc-play-ready-for-the-space-to-turn/) - Peeyush Varshney’s Canada Zinc Metals (CZX:TSXV), one of the very few premier zinc development companies, is well positioned to benefit from an upturn in the zinc price, which many analysts are predicting will start in the next few years. The main catalyst for an increase in the price of zinc will be the closing of major
- [10 Things I Learned From Richard Branson](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/19/10-things-i-learned-from-richard-branson/) - The other day I went out at night and fell asleep on a park bench near the beach in Miami. When I opened my eyes I pretended I had just landed on the world. I knew nothing. Now I had to learn everything. That's the way I should've been when I was younger. Maybe I
- [Video: John Kaiser proposes a new system for financing junior miners](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/19/video-john-kaiser-proposes-a-new-system-for-financing-junior-miners/) - In the good old days of Howe Street, venture stock-brokers would act as an intermediary between junior mining companies and investors. This is a somewhat murky ethical practice of the brokers having two masters, both the companies they were helping to get off the ground, and the clients with which they were to serve. Investors
- [Crude Stopped at Resistance Again - Breakout Fast Approaching](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/18/crude-stopped-at-resistance-again-breakout-fast-approaching/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Thus far, front month WTI Crude Oil futures have been unable to breakout above resistance near $54: A further pullback to the $52 area would still keep the uptrend from the January 29th low intact and it's quite likely, given that it will be at least the 4th attempt in the
- [NexGen Energy extends strike length at Arrow](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/18/nexgen-energy-extends-strike-length-at-arrow/) - NexGen Energy (NXE:TSXV), one of the most promising uranium juniors in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan is out with impressive news (yesterday) that the strike length of the Rook 1 (Arrow) property has been extended. Drill hole AR-15-38 has extended the current strike length by 81 meters to the southwest from blockbuster hole AR-14-30 (46m grading
- [Catching up with Dr. John-Mark Staude, President and CEO, Riverside Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/18/catching-up-with-dr-john-mark-staude-president-and-ceo-riverside-resources/) - Investing in junior mining is highly speculative, but a thriving business model which significantly de-risks a company in this industry is the prospect generator. A prospect generator partakes in the business of exploration through powerful partner-funded networks to pay for the majority of exploration costs. The core model is to build a portfolio of targets
- [Sandstorm acquires the smallest gold royalty company for $5.7 million](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/18/sandstorm-acquires-the-smallest-gold-royalty-company-for-5-7-million/) - Sandstorm Gold (SSL:TSX) has purchased Gold Royalties Corp (GRO:TSXV) this morning in a share based deal worth $5.7 million. The deal involves 0.045 of a Sandstorm share for each one Gold Royalties share held. The proposed arrangement values Gold Royalties shares at ~20 cents per share. Gold royalty shareholders receive a 70 percent premium on the 20 day
- [Daniel Earle: “Risk Level a Concern As Torex Gold (TXG.TO) Progresses”](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/12/daniel-earle-risk-level-a-concern-as-torex-gold-txg-to-progresses/) - On February 13th last week, Torex Gold Resources Inc. (TXG. TO) a Canadian gold development company with operations in Mexico, announced that 11 of the 13 company workers who had been abducted the week before had now been safely returned. As a result, construction activities at Torex’s main gold development project, its El Limon Guajes
- [The M&A in the gold space continues](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/17/the-ma-in-the-gold-space-continues/) - Early this morning Timmins Gold (TMM:TSX) announced they have entered into an agreement to acquire Newstrike Capital (NES:TSXV). This is the second acquisition in the last few months by Timmins as they had previously acquired Caballo Blanco from Goldgroup. Timmins is a junior gold producer that operates the San Francisco mine in northern Sonora, Mexico.
- [Gem Hunting with a Diamond Pioneer](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/17/gem-hunting-with-a-diamond-pioneer/) - The following article was adapted from the August 27, 2014 issue of Resource Opportunities, our premium newsletter (the video below was taped in December 2014 and just released this morning). North Arrow is a presenting sponsor at our upcoming Subscriber Investment Summit in Toronto on February 28th, at a truly critical time for the company. Only a
- [Molyneux cements control of USA's highest grade ISR uranium project](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/16/molyneux-cements-control-of-usas-highest-grade-isr-uranium-project/) - Azarga Uranium's Richard "Dick" Clement has retired as CEO, President and Corporate Secretary of Azarga Uranium (AZZ.TO), and has been appointed deputy chairman of the company's board of directors. He's being replaced by current Azarga chairman Alexander Molyneux, 39, a former investment banker and CEO of SouthGobi Resources. The move comes less than 6 months
- [Final permits loom at one of the world's richest gold projects](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/16/continental-gold-cnl-to-ceo-ari-sussman-expects-buritica-to-be-permitted-by-summer/) - Via EnergyandGold.com, The mining industry is continually depleting its inventory, which is why it has always been an M&A led business. Junior companies find and develop new deposits and then mid-tiers and majors take them out. This has been the way of the miners for generations. There are few undeveloped high quality gold projects in
- [Mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton have issues at large uranium mines](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/16/mining-giants-rio-tinto-and-bhp-billiton-have-issues-at-large-uranium-mines/) - A couple of large uranium mines reported incidents in the last week that could potentially move the spot price of uranium higher. Late last week a fire was reported at the Rio Tinto Rössing uranium mine in Namibia. The Rössing mine is one of the largest open pit mines in the world producing 3.2% of worldwide uranium production in
- [Exceptional Gold-Copper Discovery in Eastern Turkey](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/15/exceptional-discovery-in-turkey-mariana-drills-82m-at-20-4-gt-gold-and-1-94-copper-at-hot-maden-prospect/) - Thanks to CEO Chat friend Luc ten Have for bringing this to our attention yesterday: Feb 12, 2015: Second Exceptional Intercept of 82m at 20.4 g/t Gold and 1.94% Copper at Hot Maden Prospect, Eastern Turkey And here are the maps. This is a follow up to a Feb 2, 2015 news release: Impressive Intersection of 103m @ 9.0
- [The Most Significant Development in Junior Resource Stocks in Years](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/15/the-most-significant-development-in-junior-resource-stocks-in-years/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Some market commentators like to post bold headlines that make outrageous claims such as "Stock Set to Double in 3 Months" etc. While I do expect the junior resource sector to trade at multiples of current levels over the coming years, I prefer to deal in the reality of the next
- [Lowell Copper adds another project with home run potential](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/11/lowell-copper-adds-another-project-with-home-run-potential/) - Lowell Copper (JDL:TSXV) has optioned another copper project, this time off of Cornerstone Metals (CCC:TSXV). Lowell will be able to earn up to a 75% interest in the West Jerome property in Yavapai County, Arizona. The West Jerome target is a large VMS deposit and is 2.4 km away from the past producing high grade (4.36%)
- [Silver Heading for Major Test](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/14/silver-heading-for-major-test/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Silver broke out in impressive fashion from a 4-week old falling wedge on Friday: It's no coincidence that the measured move from the falling wedge breakout targets the $18.50 area which also happens to be major long-term support/resistance. Lets take a look at the weekly chart to put the major test
- [The Dig – Haywood Mining Team’s week in review](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/13/the-dig-haywood-mining-teams-week-in-review-25/) - Does Early-Year M&A Activity Signal Market Bottom? A recent spate of friendly M&A deals announced since the start of the year raises the question: Do these deals signify the beginning of the end of a bear market that has lingered for over 3 years? These M&A deals also coincide (but are not necessarily related to)
- [Video: drills turning at this Lundin-backed Canadian diamond explorer](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/13/video-drills-turning-at-this-lundin-backed-canadian-diamond-explorer/) - North Arrow Minerals (NAR.V) is a promising diamond exploration company with a portfolio of projects in Northern Canada. The company has extremely successful backers in the diamond industry, with Gren Thomas serving as Chairman, and his daughter Eira Thomas acting as an advisor to North Arrow. The Thomas's led the Diavik diamond discovery in the
- [Embattled Petroamerica Oil maintains strong balance sheet and asset quality](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/13/embattled-petroamerica-oil-maintains-strong-balance-sheet-and-asset-quality/) - I just got off the phone with the Petroamerica Oil CEO Ralph Gillcrist in Calgary. The company has been under intense selling pressure in recent weeks, after having declined approximately 75% since September. Clearly, investors in PTA were caught off guard in the oil price crash, myself included. Ralph's message was Petroamerica has a strong
- [Rick Rule: "We Haven’t Seen Capitulation In Natural Resources Yet"](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/12/rick-rule-we-havent-seen-capitulation-in-natural-resources-yet/) - During a period of polarizing precious metals and industrial commodity pricing, Rick Rule, Chairman of Sprott U.S. Holdings was kind enough to share a few comments—opining on global counterparty risk, resource capital markets, capitulation, and more. When I asked for his expectation of a final capitulation sell-off in resource markets, Rick noted that, “We came
- [The S&P 500 is Setting Up for a Fat-Pitch](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/12/the-sp-500-is-setting-up-for-a-fat-pitch/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: The most bullish aspect of the recent equity market environment has been relatively tame sentiment. Only now after a 100+ S&P point rally within just 2 weeks is sentiment beginning to turn optimistic again: Source: CNN Money Fear & Greed Index If the S&P prints fresh all-time highs over the coming
- [What smart investors do in Toronto the day before PDAC](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/06/what-smart-investors-do-in-toronto-the-day-before-pdac/) - Dear Subscribers, For those of you attending this year's PDAC in Toronto, the world's largest mining convention, this is your invitation to our CEO Summit on Saturday Feb. 28th at the Hilton Hotel - that's the day before the PDAC begins. Click here for event details and here to register now. This exclusive event is
- [Iron ore giant Rio Tinto will not be cutting back production](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/12/iron-ore-giant-rio-tinto-will-not-be-cutting-back-production/) - Bloomberg has an excellent video interview this morning with Rio Tinto CEO Sam Walsh. The commodities giant released annual results this morning with net earnings of $6.5 billion. Rio managed to beat estimates with higher output and lower cost even with the collapse in the iron ore price . Mr. Walsh mentioned in the interview he sees
- [Eric Sprott: Expect Physical Gold Backing of Currencies Within Next Decade](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/11/eric-sprott-expect-physical-gold-backing-of-currencies-within-next-decade/) - >>Interview with Eric Sprott (MP3) During a time of currency volatility and returning strength in precious metals, Eric Sprott, Chairman of Sprott Inc. was kind enough to share a few comments. Regarding currencies, Eric noted that “I’m kind of shocked that the most volatile sector of the financial market right now is the currencies… it
- [Mackie Research acquires Jordan Capital](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/11/mackie-research-acquires-jordan-capital/) - Mackie Research Capital, an employee owned investment firm headquartered in Toronto, intends to acquire Jordan Capital Markets, a broker/dealer based in Vancouver, for an undisclosed sum, according to a joint press release out this morning. The transaction provides Mackie with a greater footprint on the West Coast, and strengthens their venture brokerage business, providing growth
- [Under the radar high-grade gold in Alaska](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/04/redstar-gold-unga-alaska-ceo-toby-mayo-cambridge-house-interview/) - With over 300+ companies presenting at last week's Vancouver Resource Investment Conference last week, CEO.ca's team took in a lot of pitches. One story that stood out was Redstar Gold Corp (RGC.V), as told by President and CEO Toby Mayo, who joined the company back in September 2014 after falling in love with the project.
- [CEO.CA on Steroids](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/09/ceo-ca-on-steroids/) - I, Peter Epstein, have no financial interest of any kind with CEO Chat. Rarely do I write about an informative, helpful, free, easy to use investment focused application. Why? Because I'm usually disappointed with how important company developments, industry commentary and articles/interviews get disseminated. The time it takes me to stumble upon high quality content
- [Two small prospect generators join forces](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/11/two-small-prospect-generators-join-forces/) - Tarsis Resources (TCC:TSXV) and Estrella Gold Corp (EST:TSXV) two sub $3 million dollar companies have merged to form a new prospect generator called Alianza Resources. The new company will have a combined 22 projects in four excellent mining jurisdictions (Mexico,Peru,Nevada, and the Yukon). The deal is a smart move for shareholders as it will consolidate management expertise
- [Could A Grexit Be Bullish?](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/11/could-a-grexit-be-bullish/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: This is a question people have begun asking themselves this week. Previously the thought of a Greek exit from the eurozone brought about images of bank runs, stock market crashes, and other euro area members leaving the common currency. However, what if a Greek exit were to be contained and the
- [Cordoba drills Colombia's next Copper-Gold porphyry belt](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/10/mario-stifano-cordoba-minerals-drills-colombias-next-copper-gold-porphyry-belt/) - As a mining jurisdiction, Colombia went from unloved to hyped to ignored. Branded for years as unsafe due to kidnappings and dangerous drug cartels, Colombia experienced a brief resurgence in 2011 as gold plays such as Vetas and La Bodega energized mining markets during gold's heady run to $1,900 US an ounce. Fast forward a
- [The Only Chart of Gold You Need](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/10/the-only-chart-of-gold-you-need/) - Via Energy and Gold.com: Regardless of how one would like to look at things, the eurozone and ECB are driving the global markets bus for the time being. The ECB took the bold step of launching a $1 trillion+ quantitative easing program last month and now the focus has shifted squarely to Greece and how
- [Torex confirms missing employee and contractors in Mexico](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/09/torex-confirms-missing-employee-and-contractors-in-mexico/) - Torex Gold (TXG:TSX), a leading gold development company in Mexico, is out with an unfortunate press release this morning confirming 1 labourer at the company and 3 contractors have been reported missing. In total 12 community members that are located in close proximity to the project have gone missing. As far as we know at this
- [Tahoe and Rio Alto merge to form Latin American mining powerhouse](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/09/tahoe-and-rio-alto-merge-to-form-latin-american-mining-powerhouse/) - A merger in the mining industry to start the week as Tahoe Resources and Rio Alto have agreed on terms to create a leading Latin American based mining producer. Both companies were profitable at current metal prices and were generating free cash flow. The combined company will offer shareholders low cost silver production from the world
- [Moriarty: Gold Bottom in, New Bull Market Will Make 2008-2011 Look Tame](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/08/moriarty-gold-bottom-in-new-bull-market-will-make-2008-2011-look-tame/) - Our partner site Energy and Gold.com recently had the opportunity to sit down with legendary precious metals blogger and investor Bob Moriarty. Go and read the entire interview now!!! Here is an excerpt: CEO Technician: Has there ever been a worse bear market in the junior mining sector than the recent 2011-2014 (?) cyclical bear?
- [The Dig – Haywood Mining Team’s week in review](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/06/the-dig-haywood-mining-teams-week-in-review-24/) - Gold falls as Oil undergoes biggest two week rally in almost two decades The price of gold slumped on Friday following positive job data out of the U.S.; non-farm payroll figures showed 257,000 jobs were added in January; well ahead of the 228,000 forecast, and higher than December's 252,000. Despite the unemployment rate rising slightly
- [Eastplats jumps another hurdle on way towards huge cash windfall](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/06/eastplats-jumps-another-hurdle-on-way-towards-huge-cash-windfall/) - One of the very few bright spots in the resources sector last year was an announcement that came late in the year by Eastern Platinum (ELR.TSX) when they announced a Chinese group (Hebei Zhongbo Platinum Co. Ltd.) would offer to buy the company's South African platinum assets for US$ 225 million. At the time, Eastplats
- [Novo pivots towards near-term production with results of moon-shot drill hole imminent](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/06/promising-australian-gold-explorer-pivots-towards-near-term-production-with-results-of-moon-shot-drill-hole-imminent/) - The final two weeks of January is the busiest time of the year for Vancouver’s mining industry, with Cambridge House’s Vancouver Resource Investment Conference and AME BC’s Roundup conventions gathering mining professionals and investors from around the world back to back. Reflecting on the chaotic two weeks, spending an hour with Quinton Hennigh was definitely
- [Video: Estrella Gold likes Peru's mineral exploration prospects](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/06/video-estrella-gold-likes-perus-mineral-exploration-prospects/) - Estrella Gold (EST:TSXV) is a prospect generator focusing in on Peru and on gold. Peru is a stable well established mining friendly country which ranked 1st in Latin America for gold production in 2012. Estrella has partnerships with Cliffs Natural Resources, Alamos Gold, and fellow prospect generator Lara Exploration. The CEO.ca team caught up with Jason Weber
- [Video: Energold Drilling ready for mining rebound](https://blog.ceo.ca/2015/02/06/video-energold-drilling-ready-for-mining-rebound/) - Energold Drilling (EGD:TSV) should be on the first companies to signal a bounce back in the mining space. When activity picks up Energold will be on the first companies to know. The firm operates over 230 drill rigs all over the world in the mining,energy, and manufacturing space. The diversification has allowed them to weather the downturn.

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- [Venture Capital](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/finance/venture-capital/)
- [Movies](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/entertainment/movies/)
- [Uranium](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/mining/uranium/)
- [China](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/asia/china/)
- [Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/mining/gold/)
- [Barkerville](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/barkerville/)
- [Frank Giustra](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/giustra/)
- [Lukas Lundin](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/lukas-h-lundin/)
- [Oil and Gas](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/energy/oil-and-gas/)
- [Education](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/sectors/education/)
- [Sandstorm](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/sandstorm/)
- [Polygon Homes](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/polygon-homes/)
- [Event In Perspective](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/events/event-in-perspective/)
- [History](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/history/)
- [Nuclear](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/energy/nuclear/)
- [Ray Dalio](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/ray-dalio-people/)
- [Economics](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/finance/economics/)
- [Promoter](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/promoter/)
- [Robert Friedland](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/robert-friedland/)
- [Speculations](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/stocks/speculations/)
- [Taxes](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/finance/taxes/)
- [Personalities](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/personalities/)
- [Howe Street](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/stocks/howe-street/)
- [Life in Perspective](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/inspiration/life-in-perspective/)
- [Audio](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/audio/)
- [Commodities](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/finance/commodities/)
- [Web](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/technology/web/)
- [Colombia](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/south-america/colombia/)
- [Facebook](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/facebook/)
- [Twitter](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/technology/twitter/)
- [Yukon](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/canada/yukon/)
- [Government](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/government/)
- [Copper](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/mining/copper/)
- [Columns](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/columns/)
- [Investing](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/finance/investing/)
- [Energy](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/energy/)
- [Events](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/events/)
- [Family](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/family/)
- [AME BC](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/events/ame-bc/)
- [Canadian Securities](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/stocks/canadian-securities/)
- [New Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/new-gold/)
- [Brent Cook](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/brent-cook/)
- [John Kaiser](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/john-kaiser/)
- [Frank Holmes](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/frank-holmes/)
- [Ross Beaty](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/ross-beaty/)
- [Iron Ore](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/mining/iron-ore/)
- [Glencore](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/glencore/)
- [Ivan Glasenberg](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/ivan-glasenberg/)
- [Switzerland](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/europe/switzerland/)
- [Africa](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/africa/)
- [South Africa](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/africa/south-africa/)
- [Mexico](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/central-america/mexico/)
- [Stocks](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/stocks/)
- [US Global Investors](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/us-global-investors/)
- [Rio Tinto](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/rio-tinto/)
- [BHP Billiton](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/bhp-billiton/)
- [Rick Rule](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/rick-rule/)
- [Peter Munk](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/peter-munk/)
- [Barrick Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/barrick-gold/)
- [Entrepreneurship](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/inspiration/entrepreneurship/)
- [Canadian Business](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/finance/canadian-business/)
- [Technology](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/technology/)
- [People](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/)
- [Entertainment](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/entertainment/)
- [Music](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/entertainment/music/)
- [Politics](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/government/politics/)
- [TSXV](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/stocks/tsxv/)
- [Hedge Funds](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/finance/hedge-funds/)
- [PDAC](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/events/pdac/)
- [Health](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/sectors/health/)
- [Athabasca Basin](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/canada/athabasca-basin/)
- [Finance](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/finance/)
- [Gambling](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/sectors/gambling/)
- [Brazil](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/south-america/brazil/)
- [Botswana](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/africa/botswana/)
- [Diamonds](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/mining/diamonds/)
- [Potash](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/mining/potash/)
- [Mirasol Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/mirasol-resources/)
- [Russia](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/europe/russia/)
- [Agriculture](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/sectors/agriculture/)
- [Rare Earths](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/mining/rare-earths/)
- [Media](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/sectors/media/)
- [Keir Reynolds](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/keir-reynolds/)
- [Gran Colombia Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/gran-colombia-gold/)
- [Lumina Copper](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/lumina-copper/)
- [Joe Genest](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/joe-genest/)
- [Leadership](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/inspiration/leadership/)
- [Japan](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/asia/japan/)
- [Pretium Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/pretium-resources/)
- [Peter Brown](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/peter-brown/)
- [Alternative Energy](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/energy/alternative-energy/)
- [Stan Bharti](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/stan-bharti/)
- [Eric Sprott](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/eric-sprott/)
- [Reservoir Minerals](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/reservoir-minerals/)
- [Bear Creek Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/bear-creek-mining/)
- [Lydian International](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/lydian-international/)
- [Belo Sun Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/belo-sun-mining/)
- [Ivanhoe Mines](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/ivanhoe-mines/) - World scale mineral discoveries in Sub Saharan Africa. Proven team advancing key development projects. Realizing the aspirations of people and communities. A company building culture of exploration. Ivanhoe Mines (TSX:IVN)
- [Hospitality](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/sectors/hospitality/)
- [Liberty Metals and Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/liberty-metals-and-mining/)
- [Pinetree Capital](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/pinetree-capital/)
- [Leigh Curyer](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/leigh-curyer/)
- [Chile](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/south-america/chile/)
- [Argentina](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/south-america/argentina/)
- [Nickel](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/mining/nickel/)
- [Mark O'Dea](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/mark-odea/)
- [Evy Hambro](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/evy-hambro/)
- [Lundin Petroleum](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/lundin-petroleum/)
- [Denison Mines](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/denison-mines/)
- [Blackpearl Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/blackpearl-resources/)
- [Fission Uranium](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/fission-uranium/)
- [Silver Bull Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/silver-bull-resources/)
- [Asanko Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/asanko-gold/)
- [Virginia Mines](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/virginia-mines/)
- [Novo Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/novo-resources/)
- [Mike Wekerle](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/mike-wekerle/)
- [Mali](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/africa/mali/)
- [Keith Schaefer](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/keith-schaefer/)
- [Emerging Markets](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/emerging-markets/)
- [Lowell Copper](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/lowell-copper/)
- [Mongolia](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/asia/mongolia/)
- [Thom Calandra](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/thom-calandra/)
- [True Gold Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/true-gold-mining/)
- [Natural Gas](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/energy/natural-gas/)
- [Lucara Diamond](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/lucara-diamond/)
- [Resource Opportunities](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/newsletters/resource-opportunities/)
- [LX Ventures](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/lx-ventures/)
- [Investment Banking](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/finance/investment-banking/)
- [NexGen Energy](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/nexgen-energy/)
- [Nevada Copper](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/nevada-copper/)
- [Peregrine Diamonds](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/peregrine-diamonds/)
- [Pilot Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/pilot-gold/)
- [Burkina Faso](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/africa/burkina-faso/)
- [Parex Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/parex-resources/)
- [Torex Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/torex-gold/)
- [Haywood Securities](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/haywood-securities/)
- [DRC](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/africa/drc/)
- [Albania](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/europe/albania/)
- [Zinc](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/mining/zinc/)
- [Ethiopia](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/africa/ethiopia/)
- [Probe Mines](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/probe-mines/)
- [Graphite](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/mining/graphite/)
- [Nevada](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/usa/nevada/)
- [Midway Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/midway-gold/)
- [Western Pacific Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/western-pacific-resources/)
- [Endeavour Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/endeavour-mining/)
- [Bankers Petroleum](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/bankers-petroleum/)
- [Gran Tierra Energy](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/gran-tierra-energy/)
- [Timmins Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/timmins-gold/)
- [PMI Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/pmi-gold/)
- [Germany](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/europe/germany/)
- [Canada Carbon](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/canada-carbon/)
- [Kobex Minerals](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/kobex-minerals/)
- [Pat Di Capo](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/pat-di-capo/)
- [Mining Finance](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/finance/mining-finance-2/)
- [Ari Sussman](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/ari-sussman/)
- [Continental Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/continental-gold/)
- [Gold Standard Ventures](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/gold-standard-ventures/)
- [Reviews](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/reviews/)
- [TV](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/entertainment/tv/)
- [Marijuana](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/sectors/marijuana/)
- [Niobium](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/mining/niobium/)
- [Cordoba Minerals](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/cordoba-minerals/)
- [Marketing](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/sectors/marketing/)
- [Software](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/technology/software/)
- [Mason Graphite](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/mason-graphite/)
- [Quebec](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/canada/quebec/)
- [Petromanas Energy](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/petromanas-energy/)
- [Anglo American](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/anglo-american/)
- [Alaska](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/usa/alaska/)
- [Ian Telfer](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/ian-telfer/)
- [Silver](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/mining/silver-2/)
- [Philanthropy](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/sectors/philanthropy/)
- [Mick Davis](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/mick-davis/)
- [Hochschild Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/hochschild-mining/)
- [Sabina Gold and Silver](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/sabina-gold-and-silver/)
- [Communications](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/sectors/communications/)
- [Rio Alto Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/rio-alto-mining/)
- [Western Lithium](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/western-lithium/)
- [Iraq](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/middle-east/iraq/)
- [Ned Goodman](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/ned-goodman/)
- [Sprott Group](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/sprott-group/)
- [Investor Relations](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/stocks/investor-relations/)
- [Biotechnology](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/technology/biotechnology/)
- [Utah](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/usa/utah/)
- [Canaccord Genuity](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/canaccord-genuity-cf/) - To us there are no foreign markets. Canaccord Genuity (TSX:CF)
- [Canada](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/canada/)
- [Red Eagle Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/red-eagle-mining/)
- [Canacol Energy](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/canacol-energy/)
- [Petroamerica Oil](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/petroamerica-oil/) - Growing undervalued Colombian light and medium oil producer. Petroamerica Oil Corp. (TSXV:PTA)
- [Coalspur Mines](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/coalspur-mines/)
- [Macro](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/macro/)
- [Resource Stocks](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/finance/resource-stocks/)
- [North Arrow Minerals](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/north-arrow-minerals/)
- [Chuck Fipke](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/chuck-fipke/)
- [Madalena Energy](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/madalena-energy/)
- [Kaminak Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/kaminak-gold/)
- [Podcasts](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/podcasts/)
- [India](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/asia/india/)
- [Pharmaceutical](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/sectors/health/pharmaceutical/)
- [Riverside Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/riverside-resources/)
- [Paulson & Co](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/paulson-co/)
- [Detour Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/detour-gold/)
- [Lundin Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/lundin-mining/)
- [Dalradian Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/dalradian-resources/)
- [Skyharbour Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/skyharbour-resources/)
- [Mountain Province](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/mountain-province/)
- [Kaizen Discovery](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/kaizen-discovery/)
- [Platinum Group Metals](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/platinum-group-metals/)
- [Quintana](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/quintana/)
- [Vancouver Resource Investment Conference](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/events/vancouver-resource-investment-conference/)
- [Talisman Energy](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/talisman-energy/)
- [Colin Steyn](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/colin-steyn/)
- [Tahoe Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/tahoe-resources/)
- [Mark Smith](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/mark-smith/)
- [Coeur Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/coeur-mining/)
- [Casey Research](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/casey-research/)
- [Norway](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/europe/norway/)
- [Fortune Minerals](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/fortune-minerals/)
- [Cobalt](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/mining/cobalt/)
- [Hudbay Minerals](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/hudbay-minerals/)
- [Osisko](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/osisko/)
- [Encanto Potash](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/encanto-potash/)
- [International Enexco](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/international-enexco/)
- [Bre-X](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/bre-x/)
- [Angkor Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/angkor-gold/)
- [Companies](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/)
- [Regions](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/)
- [Turkey](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/europe/turkey-regions/)
- [Sectors](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/sectors/)
- [Renewable Energy](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/energy/renewable-energy-energy/)
- [Alterra Power](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/alterra-power/)
- [Australia](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/australia-regions/)
- [Kenya](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/africa/kenya-africa/)
- [NYSE MKT](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/stocks/nyse-mkt/)
- [Cameco Corp.](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/cameco-corp-companies/)
- [Desert Star Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/desert-star-resources/)
- [Alderon Iron Ore](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/alderon-iron-ore/)
- [Jim Dines](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/jim-dines/)
- [Financial Crisis](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/finance/financial-crisis-finance/)
- [Asia](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/asia/)
- [Caracara Silver](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/caracara-silver/)
- [Western Copper and Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/western-copper-and-gold-companies/)
- [Clive Johnson](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/clive-johnson-people/)
- [NioCorp Developments](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/niocorp-developments/)
- [Africa Oil](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/africa-oil-companies/)
- [Mickey Fulp](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/mickey-fulp/)
- [Sprott Capital](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/sprott-capital/)
- [Bob Disbrow](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/bob-disbrow/)
- [B2Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/b2gold-companies/)
- [3D Printing](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/technology/3d-printing/)
- [ETFs](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/stocks/etfs-stocks/)
- [Platinum](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/mining/platinum-mining/)
- [World Resource Investment Conference](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/events/world-resource-investment-conference/)
- [Kevin O'Leary](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/kevin-oleary/)
- [USA](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/usa/)
- [Goldgroup Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/goldgroup-mining/)
- [South America](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/south-america/)
- [Currency](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/finance/currency/)
- [Bitcoin](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/finance/currency/bitcoin-currency/)
- [Silver Standard Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/silver-standard-resources/)
- [Graphite One Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/graphite-one-resources/)
- [Midas Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/midas-gold-companies/)
- [Cayden Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/cayden-resources/)
- [Augusta Resource](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/augusta-resource/)
- [Mining Indaba](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/events/mining-indaba/)
- [Central America](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/central-america/)
- [Toronto Resource Investment Conference](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/events/toronto-resource-investment-conference/)
- [Coal](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/mining/coal-mining/)
- [Aluminum](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/mining/aluminum/)
- [Peru](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/south-america/peru-south-america/)
- [NovaCopper Inc.](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/novacopper-inc/)
- [NGEx Resources Inc](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/ngex-resources-inc/)
- [Subscriber Summit](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/events/subscriber-summit/)
- [BMO Metals & Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/events/bmo-metals-mining/)
- [Communications](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/technology/communications-technology/)
- [Prophecy Coal](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/prophecy-coal/)
- [Azarga Uranium](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/azarga-uranium/)
- [Alexander Molyneux](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/alexander-molyneux/)
- [Petronova](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/petronova/)
- [Sonny Mottahed](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/sonny-mottahed/)
- [Mexico](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/mexico-regions/)
- [Bitterroot Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/bitterroot-resources/)
- [Lara Exploration](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/lara-exploration/)
- [Columbus Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/columbus-gold/)
- [Family Business](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/family/family-business/)
- [Louisiana](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/usa/louisiana/)
- [CGX Energy](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/cgx-energy/)
- [Westhaven Ventures](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/westhaven-ventures/)
- [Vladimir Putin](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/vladimir-putin/)
- [War](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/war/)
- [Roxgold Inc](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/roxgold-inc/)
- [Mines and Money](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/events/mines-and-money/)
- [Hong Kong](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/asia/china/hong-kong/)
- [Curis Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/curis-resources/)
- [IDM Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/idm-mining/)
- [Spartan Energy](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/spartan-energy/)
- [Cambodia](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/asia/cambodia/)
- [Margaret Lake Diamonds](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/margaret-lake-diamonds/)
- [Kennady Diamonds](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/kennady-diamonds/)
- [Newport Exploration](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/newport-exploration/)
- [Featured Interview](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/featured-interview/)
- [Appian Capital Advisory LLP](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/appian-capital-advisory-llp/)
- [Michael Scherb](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/michael-scherb/)
- [Resource Capital Funds](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/resource-capital-funds/)
- [Sprott Vancouver Natural Resource Symposium 2014](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/sprott-vancouver-natural-resource-symposium-2014/)
- [Rob McEwen](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/rob-mcewen-people/)
- [Avanco Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/avanco-resources/)
- [Focus Ventures](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/focus-ventures/)
- [Phosphate](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/phosphate/)
- [Polymetal International](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/polymetal-international/)
- [Aldrin Resource Corp](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/aldrin-resource-corp-companies/)
- [Goldrock Mines](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/goldrock-mines/)
- [Web Design](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/technology/web-design/)
- [Oil and Gas](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/sectors/oil-and-gas-sectors/)
- [Matthew Hornor](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/matthew-hornor/)
- [Sprott Vancouver Natural Resources Symposium](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/events/sprott-vancouver-natural-resources-symposium/)
- [Romarco Minerals](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/romarco-minerals/)
- [EMR Capital](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/emr-capital/)
- [Technical Analysis](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/technical-analysis-2/)
- [The Weekly Dig](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/the-weekly-dig/)
- [Haywood Mining Team](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/haywood-mining-team/)
- [Baker Steel Capital Managers LLP](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/baker-steel-capital-managers-llp/)
- [ETF](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/finance/etf/)
- [Joe Mazumdar](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/joe-mazumdar/)
- [Orezone](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/orezone/)
- [Freeport-McMoRan](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/freeport-mcmoran-companies/)
- [John Dorward](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/john-dorward/)
- [Henry Kravis](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/henry-kravis/)
- [Integra Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/integra-gold/)
- [Catalyst Copper](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/catalyst-copper/)
- [North American Nickel](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/north-american-nickel-companies/)
- [Denham Capital Management](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/denham-capital-management/)
- [Arctic Star Exploration](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/arctic-star-exploration/)
- [Startups](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/startups/)
- [MacPhersons Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/macphersons-resources/)
- [Canterra Minerals](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/canterra-minerals/)
- [Jimmy Pattison](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/jimmy-pattison/)
- [Avanti Mining Inc.](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/avanti-mining-inc/)
- [ArcelorMittal](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/arcelormittal/)
- [Bedrocan Canada](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/bedrocan-canada/)
- [Abitibi Royalties](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/abitibi-royalties/)
- [Pure Gold Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/pure-gold-mining/)
- [Free Report](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/free-report/)
- [ShaMaran Petroleum](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/shamaran-petroleum-companies/)
- [Afghanistan](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/regions/middle-east/afghanistan/)
- [Eastern Platinum](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/eastern-platinum/)
- [Franco-Nevada](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/franco-nevada-companies/)
- [Organigram](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/organigram/)
- [Margaret Lake Diamonds](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/margaret-lake-diamonds-companies/)
- [Oceanic Iron](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/oceanic-iron/)
- [Jobs](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/jobs-2/)
- [Peyto Exploration & Development](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/peyto-exploration-development/)
- [Climate](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/climate/)
- [Renaissance Oil](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/renaissance-oil/)
- [Osisko Gold Royalties](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/osisko-gold-royalties/)
- [Falco Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/falco-resources/)
- [Best of](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/interviews/best-of/)
- [Video](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/interviews/video/)
- [Site visits](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/interviews/site-visits/)
- [Life](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/life-2/) - CEO posts about life, family, mental health, etc.
- [Seabridge Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/seabridge-gold/)
- [Eurasian Minerals](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/eurasian-minerals-2/)
- [Balmoral Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/balmoral-resources/)
- [Prosper Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/prosper-gold-2/)
- [Lascaux Resource Capital](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/lascaux-resource-capital/)
- [Lake Shore Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/lake-shore-gold/)
- [Bedrocan](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/bedrocan/)
- [Atac Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/atac-resources/)
- [Aveda Transportation and Energy Services](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/aveda-transportation-and-energy-services/)
- [Klondex Mines](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/klondex-mines/)
- [Goldrock Mines](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/goldrock-mines-companies/)
- [Mart Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/mart-resources/)
- [Semafo](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/semafo/)
- [Orbis Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/orbis-gold/)
- [Platino Energy](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/platino-energy/)
- [Arian Silver](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/arian-silver/)
- [Recommended Vendors](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/recommended-vendors/)
- [Catherine McLeod-Seltzer](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/catherine-mcleod-seltzer-people/)
- [Web Strategy](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/web-strategy/)
- [X2 Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/x2-resources-companies/)
- [Dragons Den](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/dragons-den/)
- [Richmont Mines](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/richmont-mines/)
- [Solitario](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/solitario/)
- [Ely Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/ely-gold/)
- [Rio Alto Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/rio-alto-mining-companies/)
- [Sulliden Mining Capital](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/sulliden-mining-capital/)
- [Grenville Strategic Royalty](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/grenville-strategic-royalty/)
- [Must Haves](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/life-2/must-haves/)
- [Fortress Minerals](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/fortress-minerals/)
- [Kinross Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/kinross-gold-companies/)
- [Lundin Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/lundin-gold/)
- [Nautilus Minerals](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/nautilus-minerals/)
- [Rockhaven Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/rockhaven-resources/)
- [Constantine Metal](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/constantine-metal/)
- [Victoria Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/victoria-gold/)
- [Euromax Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/euromax-resources/)
- [Alamos Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/alamos-gold-2/)
- [John Paulson](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/john-paulson-people/)
- [Ascot Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/ascot-resources/)
- [Nighthawk Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/nighthawk-gold/)
- [Corvus Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/corvus-gold/)
- [Crowdfunding](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/finance/crowdfunding/)
- [Apollo Global](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/apollo-global/)
- [Leon Black](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/leon-black/)
- [Seven Generations Energy](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/seven-generations-energy/)
- [Mezzi Canada](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/mezzi-canada/)
- [Duluth Metals](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/duluth-metals/)
- [Lighthouse Labs](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/lighthouse-labs/)
- [Bayfield Ventures](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/bayfield-ventures/)
- [CopperBank Resources Corp](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/copperbank-resources-corp/)
- [Pan Orient Energy](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/pan-orient-energy/)
- [Oil Stocks](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/oil-stocks/)
- [Carlisle Goldfields](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/carlisle-goldfields/)
- [AuRico Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/aurico-gold/)
- [Silver Wheaton](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/silver-wheaton-2/)
- [Visible Gold Mines](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/visible-gold-mines/)
- [Tax loss selling](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/tax-loss-selling-2/)
- [W. Brett Wilson](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/w-brett-wilson/)
- [FirstEnergy Capital](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/firstenergy-capital/)
- [Nevsun Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/nevsun-resources/)
- [Slack](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/slack/)
- [Amarc Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/amarc-resources/)
- [Ian Hannam](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/ian-hannam/)
- [African Gold Group](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/african-gold-group/)
- [Executive Search](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/executive-search/)
- [Peter J. Solomon Company](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/peter-j-solomon-company/)
- [Canadian Energy](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/canadian-energy/)
- [Mark Bristow](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/mark-bristow/)
- [Clean TeQ Holdings](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/clean-teq-holdings/)
- [Nevada Sunrise](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/nevada-sunrise/)
- [Jack C. Bogle](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/jack-c-bogle/)
- [Paramount Gold and Silver](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/paramount-gold-and-silver/)
- [Guyana Goldfields](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/guyana-goldfields/)
- [International Tower Hill Mines](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/international-tower-hill-mines/)
- [Avrupa Minerals](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/avrupa-minerals/)
- [Avrupa Minerals](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/avrupa-minerals-companies/)
- [Orca Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/orca-gold/)
- [Seabridge Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/seabridge-gold-2/)
- [Rubicon](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/rubicon/)
- [Premier Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/premier-gold/)
- [Silicon Valley](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/silicon-valley/)
- [Energy Fuels](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/energy-fuels/)
- [Uranium](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/uranium-2/)
- [Uranerz](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/uranerz/)
- [Rockwell Diamonds](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/rockwell-diamonds/)
- [Anthem United](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/anthem-united/)
- [Argonaut Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/argonaut-gold/)
- [CEO.ca](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/ceo-ca/)
- [Morien Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/morien-resources/)
- [Aurico Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/aurico-gold-2/)
- [Klondike Gold Corp](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/klondike-gold-corp/)
- [Ron Netolitzky](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/ron-netolitzky/)
- [Canadian Mining Hall of Fame](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/canadian-mining-hall-of-fame/)
- [Alacer Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/alacer-gold/)
- [B2Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/b2gold-companies-2/)
- [Iamgold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/iamgold/)
- [Skyharbour Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/skyharbour-resources-2/)
- [Renaissance Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/renaissance-gold/)
- [InZinc Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/inzinc-mining/)
- [Frankly Inc.](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/frankly-inc/)
- [GoviEx Uranium](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/goviex-uranium/)
- [TerraX Minerals](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/terrax-minerals/)
- [Silver Standard Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/silver-standard-resources-2/)
- [Largo Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/largo-resources/)
- [Foran Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/foran-mining/)
- [Virginia Mines](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/virginia-mines-2/)
- [Osisko Royalties](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/osisko-royalties/)
- [Azarga Uranium](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/azarga-uranium-2/)
- [Osisko Gold Royalties](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/osisko-gold-royalties-companies/)
- [Pilot Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/pilot-gold-2/)
- [Redstar Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/redstar-gold/)
- [Wellgreen Platinum](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/wellgreen-platinum/)
- [Avino Silver & Gold Mines](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/avino-silver-gold-mines/)
- [Sunridge Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/sunridge-gold/)
- [Western Copper and Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/western-copper-and-gold-companies-2/)
- [Public venture capital](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/public-venture-capital/)
- [Doubleview Capital](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/doubleview-capital/)
- [British Columbia Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/british-columbia-mining/)
- [Klondike Strike](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/klondike-strike/)
- [Energold drilling](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/energold-drilling/)
- [Calibre Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/calibre-mining/)
- [Midas Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/midas-gold-companies-2/)
- [Tarsis Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/tarsis-resources/)
- [Estrella Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/estrella-gold/)
- [Auryn Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/auryn-resources/)
- [North Country Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/north-country-gold/)
- [Almaden Minerals](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/almaden-minerals/)
- [Eastplats](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/eastplats/)
- [Torex Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/torex-gold-2/)
- [Alianza Minerals](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/alianza-minerals/)
- [Jordan Capital](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/jordan-capital/)
- [Mackie Research](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/mackie-research/)
- [Tekoa Da Silva](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/tekoa-da-silva/)
- [Eric Sprott](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/eric-sprott-2/)
- [Lowell Copper](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/lowell-copper-2/)
- [Rio Tinto](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/rio-tinto-2/)
- [iron ore](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/iron-ore-2/)
- [Mariana Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/mariana-resources/)
- [NexGen Energy](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/nexgen-energy-2/)
- [Timmins Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/timmins-gold-2/)
- [Newstrike Capital](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/newstrike-capital/)
- [Daniel Earle](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/daniel-earle/)
- [Sandstorm Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/sandstorm-gold/)
- [Gold Royalties](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/gold-royalties/)
- [Canada Zinc Metals](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/canada-zinc-metals/)
- [Lucara Diamond](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/lucara-diamond-2/)
- [Golden Valley Mines](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/golden-valley-mines/)
- [Cordoba Minerals](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/cordoba-minerals-2/)
- [Orex Minerals](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/orex-minerals/)
- [Starcore International Mines](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/starcore-international-mines/)
- [Klondex Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/klondex-gold/)
- [Northern Uranium](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/northern-uranium/)
- [Inca One](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/inca-one/)
- [Fission Uranium](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/fission-uranium-2/)
- [Red Eagle Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/red-eagle-mining-2/)
- [Midway Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/midway-gold-2/)
- [Canarc Resource Corp](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/canarc-resource-corp/)
- [Source Exploration](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/source-exploration/)
- [North American Palladium](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/north-american-palladium/)
- [The Gold Report](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/the-gold-report/)
- [Novo Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/novo-resources-2/)
- [Niogold Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/niogold-mining/)
- [Barrick Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/barrick-gold-2/)
- [Rick Rule](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/rick-rule-2/)
- [PDAC 2015](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/pdac-2015/)
- [BNN Market Call](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/bnn-market-call/)
- [Books](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/books-2/)
- [Roxgold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/roxgold/)
- [Sprott](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/sprott/)
- [Zenyatta Ventures](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/zenyatta-ventures/)
- [Sprott Resource Corp](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/sprott-resource-corp/)
- [Gold grades](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/gold-grades/)
- [Dundee Capital Markets](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/dundee-capital-markets/)
- [Klondike Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/klondike-gold/)
- [Gold Rush](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/gold-rush/)
- [Todd Hoffman](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/todd-hoffman/)
- [Altius Minerals](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/altius-minerals/)
- [Callinan Royalties](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/callinan-royalties/)
- [Goldsource Mines](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/goldsource-mines/)
- [Brent Cook](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/brent-cook-2/)
- [Dalradian Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/dalradian-resources-2/)
- [Legacy Oil + Gas](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/legacy-oil-gas/)
- [Kitco](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/kitco/)
- [Tommy Humphreys](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/tommy-humphreys/)
- [Keith Neumeyer](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/keith-neumeyer/)
- [Sprotts Thoughts](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/sprotts-thoughts/)
- [Mariana Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/mariana-resources-2/)
- [Banks Island Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/banks-island-gold/)
- [Bellatrix Exploration](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/bellatrix-exploration/)
- [Canamax Energy](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/canamax-energy/)
- [Apple](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/apple/)
- [Allied Nevada Gold Corp](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/allied-nevada-gold-corp/)
- [Columbus Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/columbus-gold-2/)
- [Kirkland Lake Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/kirkland-lake-gold/)
- [Anglo Pacific](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/anglo-pacific/)
- [Africa Oil](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/africa-oil-companies-2/)
- [Eric Coffin](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/eric-coffin/)
- [US Dollar](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/us-dollar/)
- [Odin Mining and Exploration](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/odin-mining-and-exploration/)
- [Reservoir Minerals](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/reservoir-minerals-2/)
- [Kaminak Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/kaminak-gold-2/)
- [Skeena Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/skeena-resources/)
- [Canamex Resources Corp](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/canamex-resources-corp/)
- [CopperBank](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/copperbank/)
- [Palisade Radio](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/palisade-radio/)
- [Golden Reign Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/golden-reign-resources/)
- [Wealth Creation](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/wealth-creation-3/)
- [Moneta Porcupine](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/moneta-porcupine/)
- [Teranga Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/teranga-gold/)
- [Pure Gold Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/pure-gold-mining-2/)
- [Endeavour Silver](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/endeavour-silver/)
- [Ross Beaty](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/ross-beaty-2/)
- [Arena Minerals](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/arena-minerals/)
- [Dynacor Gold Mines](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/dynacor-gold-mines/)
- [Rye Patch Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/rye-patch-gold/)
- [The Fed](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/the-fed/)
- [Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/gold-3/)
- [Silver](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/silver-2-2/)
- [Newnote Financial](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/newnote-financial/)
- [Bitcoin](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/bitcoin-currency-2/)
- [Evrim Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/evrim-resources/)
- [Luna Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/luna-gold/)
- [Amarc Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/amarc-resources-companies/)
- [Levon Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/levon-resources/)
- [Molycorp](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/molycorp/)
- [Nevsun Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/nevsun-resources-companies/)
- [Savary Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/savary-gold/)
- [Ivanhoe Mines](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/ivanhoe-mines-2/)
- [Minaurum Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/minaurum-gold/)
- [Barkerville Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/barkerville-gold/)
- [Integra Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/integra-gold-2/)
- [Sherritt](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/sherritt/)
- [Jim Prentice](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/jim-prentice/)
- [Alberta](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/alberta/)
- [Oil](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/oil/)
- [Orion Mine Finance](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/orion-mine-finance/)
- [Pasinex Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/pasinex-resources/)
- [Canadian Zinc](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/canadian-zinc/)
- [North Arrow Minerals](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/north-arrow-minerals-2/)
- [Odin Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/odin-mining/)
- [Recommended Brokers](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/recommended-brokers/)
- [Calibre Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/calibre-mining-2/)
- [Pretivm Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/pretivm-resources/)
- [Continental Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/continental-gold-2/)
- [Gold Reach Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/gold-reach-resources/)
- [Wealth Minerals](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/wealth-minerals/)
- [Crocodile Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/crocodile-gold/)
- [Rubicon Minerals](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/rubicon-minerals/)
- [Sierra Metals](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/sierra-metals/)
- [Dynacor Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/dynacor-gold/)
- [Trevali Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/trevali-mining/)
- [San Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/san-gold/)
- [Miranda Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/miranda-gold/)
- [Denham Capital](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/denham-capital/)
- [Private Equity](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/private-equity/)
- [Goviex Uranium](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/goviex-uranium-2/)
- [Excellon Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/excellon-resources/)
- [Teck Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/teck-resources/)
- [Ucore Rare Metals](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/ucore-rare-metals/)
- [Savary Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/savary-gold-companies/)
- [Stornoway](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/stornoway/)
- [Precipitate Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/precipitate-gold/)
- [Goldquest Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/goldquest-mining/)
- [Kaizen Discovery](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/kaizen-discovery-2/)
- [Orezone Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/orezone-gold/)
- [Bill Clinton](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/bill-clinton/)
- [Politics](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/politics-2/)
- [Cameco](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/cameco/)
- [Goldquest Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/goldquest-mining-2/)
- [Redstar Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/redstar-gold-companies/)
- [Goldcorp](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/goldcorp-2/)
- [Aga Khan Development Network](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/aga-khan-development-network/)
- [Precipitate Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/precipitate-gold-2/)
- [Sprott Thought's](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/sprott-thoughts/)
- [First Mining Finance](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/first-mining-finance/)
- [Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership (Canada)](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/clinton-giustra-enterprise-partnership-canada/)
- [smallcap discoveries](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/smallcap-discoveries/)
- [Taseko](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/taseko/)
- [Endeavour Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/endeavour-mining-2/)
- [Pacific Rubiales](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/pacific-rubiales/)
- [Primero Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/primero-mining/)
- [McElvaine Investment Management](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/mcelvaine-investment-management/)
- [Value Investing](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/value-investing/)
- [Skeena Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/skeena-resources-companies/)
- [Golden Star Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/golden-star-resources/)
- [Meditation](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/sectors/health/meditation/)
- [Constantine Metal](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/constantine-metal-2/)
- [Newmarket Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/newmarket-gold/)
- [Asanko Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/asanko-gold-2/)
- [Banro](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/banro/)
- [True Gold Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/true-gold-mining-2/)
- [Imperial Metals](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/imperial-metals/)
- [Bitgold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/bitgold/)
- [Independence Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/independence-gold/)
- [Standard Tolling](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/standard-tolling/)
- [Dynacor Gold Mines](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/dynacor-gold-mines-companies/)
- [Bitgold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/bitgold-2/)
- [Young Mining Professionals](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/young-mining-professionals/)
- [Graphite One](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/graphite-one/)
- [Metals Investor Forum](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/metals-investor-forum/)
- [Rockhaven Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/rockhaven-resources-2/)
- [Lion One Metals](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/lion-one-metals/)
- [Bear Creek Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/bear-creek-mining-2/)
- [West Kirkland Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/west-kirkland-mining/)
- [Claude Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/claude-resources/)
- [Pretium Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/pretium-resources-2/)
- [Oban Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/oban-mining/)
- [Ryan Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/ryan-gold/)
- [Corona Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/corona-gold/)
- [Eagle Hill Exploration](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/eagle-hill-exploration/)
- [Temex Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/temex-resources/)
- [Independence Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/independence-gold-companies/)
- [Kivalliq Energy](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/kivalliq-energy/)
- [Solitario Exporation & Royalty Co](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/solitario-exporation-royalty-co/)
- [Waterton Global Resource Management](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/waterton-global-resource-management/)
- [Petroamerica Oil](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/petroamerica-oil-2/)
- [Sarama Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/sarama-resources/)
- [Savary Gold Corp](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/savary-gold-corp/)
- [Zinc](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/zinc-2/)
- [Wesdome Gold Mines](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/wesdome-gold-mines/)
- [Premier Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/premier-gold-2/)
- [Centerra Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/centerra-gold/)
- [TMAC Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/tmac-resources/)
- [Cactus Club Cafe](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/cactus-club-cafe/)
- [Excelsior Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/excelsior-mining/)
- [Mag Silver](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/mag-silver/)
- [Bank of Montreal](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/bank-of-montreal/)
- [Eldorado Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/eldorado-gold/)
- [Royal Nickel](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/royal-nickel/)
- [Robert Kiyosaki](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/robert-kiyosaki/)
- [Blackheath Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/blackheath-resources/)
- [Atlantic Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/atlantic-gold/)
- [Northern Uranium](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/northern-uranium-2/)
- [AM Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/am-gold/)
- [IDM Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/idm-mining-2/)
- [Podcast](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/podcast/)
- [Rob McLeod](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/rob-mcleod/)
- [Denison Mines](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/denison-mines-2/)
- [Tmac Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/tmac-resources-2/)
- [McEwen Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/mcewen-mining/)
- [Newmarket Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/newmarket-gold-2/)
- [Metanor Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/metanor-resources/)
- [Royal Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/royal-gold/)
- [Santacruz Silver](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/santacruz-silver/)
- [Montan Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/montan-mining/)
- [First Majestic Silver](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/first-majestic-silver/)
- [SilverCrest Mines](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/silvercrest-mines/)
- [Carl Icahn](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/carl-icahn/)
- [Randgold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/randgold/)
- [Teuton Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/teuton-resources/)
- [Benchmark Minerals](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/benchmark-minerals/)
- [Northern Dyansty](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/northern-dyansty/)
- [Mission Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/mission-gold/)
- [Aurico Metals](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/aurico-metals/)
- [Alexco Resource](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/alexco-resource/)
- [Scorpio Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/scorpio-gold/)
- [Premier Gold Mines](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/premier-gold-mines/)
- [OceanaGold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/oceanagold/)
- [Dolly Varden Silver](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/dolly-varden-silver/)
- [Goldmoney](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/goldmoney/)
- [Tintina Resou](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/tintina-resou/)
- [Tintina Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/tintina-resources/)
- [Keith Schaefer](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/keith-schaefer-2/)
- [Streetwise](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/streetwise/)
- [Thompson Creek Metals](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/thompson-creek-metals/)
- [Jim Rickards](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/jim-rickards/)
- [Auryn Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/auryn-resources-companies/)
- [Shipping](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/shipping/)
- [Nevada Sunrise](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/nevada-sunrise-companies/)
- [Aston Bay Holdings](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/aston-bay-holdings/)
- [Erdene Resource Development](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/erdene-resource-development/)
- [Lithium](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/finance/commodities/lithium/)
- [Brian Paes Braga](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/brian-paes-braga/)
- [Franco Nevada](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/franco-nevada/)
- [Harlan Meade](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/harlan-meade/)
- [Fortuna Silver](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/fortuna-silver/)
- [St Andrews Goldfields](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/st-andrews-goldfields/)
- [Carisle Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/carisle-gold/)
- [Business Transitions Forum](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/events/business-transitions-forum/)
- [Rosseau Asset Management](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/rosseau-asset-management/)
- [NovaCopper](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/novacopper/)
- [Tintina Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/tintina-resources-2/)
- [Paul Matysek](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/people/paul-matysek/)
- [Constantine Metals](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/constantine-metals/)
- [Copper Mountain](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/copper-mountain/)
- [Garibaldi Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/garibaldi-resources/)
- [Kinross](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/kinross/)
- [Sunridge Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/sunridge-gold-companies/)
- [St. Andrew Goldfields](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/st-andrew-goldfields/)
- [Davidson & Company LLP](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/davidson-company-llp/)
- [Gemfields](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/gemfields/)
- [Lukas Lundin](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/lukas-lundin/)
- [Gianni Kovacevic](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/gianni-kovacevic/)
- [Precious Metals Summit](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/precious-metals-summit/)
- [HealthSpace](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/healthspace/)
- [Lithium X Energy Corp](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/lithium-x-energy-corp/)
- [Select Sands](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/select-sands/)
- [Fabrice Taylor](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/fabrice-taylor/)
- [Presidents club letter](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/presidents-club-letter/)
- [Anglo American](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/anglo-american-2/)
- [Millrock Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/millrock-resources/)
- [England Group](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/england-group/)
- [Turquoise Hill](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/turquoise-hill/)
- [Equitas Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/equitas-resources/)
- [Royal Road Minerals](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/royal-road-minerals/)
- [Elon Musk](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/elon-musk/)
- [SpaceX](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/spacex/)
- [Niogold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/niogold/)
- [Yamana Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/yamana-gold/)
- [Arena Minerals](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/arena-minerals-companies/)
- [CanAlaska Uranium](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/canalaska-uranium/)
- [BNN Commodities](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/bnn-commodities/)
- [Millrock Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/millrock-resources-2/)
- [Riverside Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/riverside-resources-2/)
- [Miranda Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/miranda-gold-2/)
- [Evrim Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/evrim-resources-2/)
- [Invictus MD Strategies](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/invictus-md-strategies/)
- [Aston Bay](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/aston-bay/)
- [Sandspring Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/category/companies/sandspring-resources/)

## Tags

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- [Adam Daifallah](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/adam-daifallah/)
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- [Children](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/children/)
- [Childhood](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/childhood/)
- [Out of the Box](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/out-of-the-box/)
- [Ritalin](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/ritalin/)
- [Creativity](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/creativity/)
- [RSA Animate](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/rsa-animate/)
- [RSA](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/rsa/)
- [conformity](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/conformity/)
- [Adderall](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/adderall/)
- [Stimulating](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/stimulating/)
- [ADHD](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/adhd/)
- [ADD](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/add/)
- [Standardized Testing](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/standardized-testing/)
- [Original Ideas](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/original-ideas/)
- [Human Capacity](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/human-capacity/)
- [Academic](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/academic/)
- [Abstract Thought](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/abstract-thought/)
- [New York](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/new-york/)
- [Xstrata](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/xstrata/)
- [Daily Maverick](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/daily-maverick/)
- [Marc Rich](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/marc-rich/)
- [Zambia](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/zambia/)
- [Shillings](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/shillings/)
- [United Kingdom](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/united-kingdom/)
- [Billionaire Recluse](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/billionaire-recluse/)
- [Zurich](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/zurich/)
- [Trading](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/trading/)
- [Shipping](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/shipping/)
- [Footsie](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/footsie/)
- [corporate governance](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/corporate-governance/)
- [Michael Campbell](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/michael-campbell/)
- [Thomas Caldwell](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/thomas-caldwell/)
- [Monetary Policy](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/monetary-policy/)
- [Hyperinflation](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/hyperinflation/)
- [passion](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/passion/)
- [Farming](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/farming/)
- [AME BC Roundup 2013](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/ame-bc-roundup-2013/)
- [CIBC](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/cibc/)
- [Jason Curtis](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/jason-curtis/)
- [Placer](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/placer/)
- [Mine](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/mine/)
- [WCS](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/wcs/)
- [WTI](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/wti/)
- [Brent](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/brent/)
- [Cushing](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/cushing/)
- [Chicago](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/chicago/)
- [refinery](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/refinery/)
- [BP](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/bp/)
- [British Petroleum](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/british-petroleum/)
- [Bottlenecking](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/bottlenecking/)
- [pipeline](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/pipeline/)
- [Alberta](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/alberta/)
- [Oil Sands](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/oil-sands/)
- [Suncore](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/suncore/)
- [oil](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/oil/)
- [Whiting](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/whiting/)
- [RB](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/rb/)
- [GDP](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/gdp/)
- [GDPI](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/gdpi/)
- [DPI](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/dpi/)
- [Oil investment](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/oil-investment/)
- [CAPP](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/capp/)
- [Price Spread](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/price-spread/)
- [Price Differential](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/price-differential/)
- [BP Whiting Refinery](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/bp-whiting-refinery/)
- [Northern Gateway Project](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/northern-gateway-project/)
- [Keystone XL Pipeline](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/keystone-xl-pipeline/)
- [Columbia](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/columbia/)
- [Llanos Basin](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/llanos-basin/)
- [Nelson Navarette](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/nelson-navarette/)
- [TSX](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/tsx/)
- [Toronto Stock Exchange](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/toronto-stock-exchange/)
- [TSX.V](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/tsx-v/)
- [Toronto Venture Exchange](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/toronto-venture-exchange/)
- [Top Ten](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/top-ten/)
- [Petroleum](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/petroleum/)
- [Amir Adnani](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/amir-adnani/)
- [UEC](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/uec/)
- [Blackrock](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/blackrock/)
- [Vanguard](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/vanguard/)
- [Bandera Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/bandera-gold/)
- [Southridge Enterprises](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/southridge-enterprises/)
- [Southridge Minera](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/southridge-minera/)
- [Rio Santa Rosa River](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/rio-santa-rosa-river/)
- [Southridge Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/southridge-mining/)
- [embezzlement](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/embezzlement/)
- [fraud](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/fraud/)
- [pump and dump](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/pump-and-dump/)
- [Southridge Ethanol](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/southridge-ethanol/)
- [Cinco Minas](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/cinco-minas/)
- [Alex Smid](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/alex-smid/)
- [Michael Davis](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/michael-davis/)
- [Derald Johnston](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/derald-johnston/)
- [Guadaljara Reporter.](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/guadaljara-reporter/)
- [1930s](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/1930s/)
- [large operator](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/large-operator/)
- [stock](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/stock/)
- [wealth creation](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/wealth-creation-2/)
- [wealth management](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/wealth-management/)
- [Business Insider](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/business-insider/)
- [Matthew Boesler](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/matthew-boesler/)
- [Dollar index](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/dollar-index/)
- [CNBC](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/cnbc/)
- [All-in gold cost](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/all-in-gold-cost/)
- [Steven Dean](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/steven-dean/)
- [Alan Gorman](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/alan-gorman/)
- [Oceanic Iron Ore Corp.](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/oceanic-iron-ore-corp/)
- [Wuhan](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/wuhan/)
- [Wisco](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/wisco/)
- [Steel](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/steel/)
- [Vale](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/vale/)
- [Teck](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/teck/)
- [Sprott](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/sprott/)
- [Conrad Black](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/conrad-black/)
- [Jim Balsillie](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/jim-balsillie/)
- [RIM](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/rim/)
- [Research In Motion](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/research-in-motion/)
- [Southern Pacific Hotel Corporation](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/southern-pacific-hotel-corporation/)
- [entrepreneur](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/entrepreneur/)
- [vision](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/vision/)
- [Blackberry](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/blackberry/)
- [Clairtone](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/clairtone/)
- [Canadian Motor Industries](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/canadian-motor-industries/)
- [Head Chairmen](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/head-chairmen/)
- [BBRY](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/bbry/)
- [capitulation](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/capitulation/)
- [panic](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/panic/)
- [baron rothchild](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/baron-rothchild/)
- [death cross](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/death-cross/)
- [golden cross](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/golden-cross/)
- [Odgers Berndtson](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/odgers-berndtson/)
- [PBS](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/pbs/)
- [Teddy Forstmann](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/teddy-forstmann/)
- [Google Glass](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/google-glass/)
- [Sergey Brin](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/sergey-brin/)
- [John D. Rockefeller](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/john-d-rockefeller/)
- [Nelson Rockefeller](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/nelson-rockefeller/)
- [Laurance Rockefeller](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/laurance-rockefeller/)
- [Winthrop Rockefeller](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/winthrop-rockefeller/)
- [John D. Rockefeller Jr.](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/john-d-rockefeller-jr/)
- [John D. Rockefeller III](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/john-d-rockefeller-iii/)
- [David Rockefeller](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/david-rockefeller/)
- [David Geffen](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/david-geffen/)
- [Time Warner](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/time-warner/)
- [Steve Ross](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/steve-ross/)
- [Italy](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/italy/)
- [Berlusconi](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/berlusconi/)
- [Luna Gold Corp](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/luna-gold-corp/)
- [John Blake](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/john-blake/)
- [Brazil Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/brazil-gold/)
- [Brent Cook and Mickey Fulp](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/brent-cook-and-mickey-fulp/)
- [California Investment Conference 2013](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/california-investment-conference-2013/)
- [Stocktwits](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/stocktwits/)
- [Financial Blogging](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/financial-blogging/)
- [Public Venture Capital](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/public-venture-capital/)
- [Financial Media](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/financial-media/)
- [Junior Resource](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/junior-resource/)
- [TSX Venture](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/tsx-venture/)
- [Canadian Art](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/canadian-art/)
- [Contemporary](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/contemporary/)
- [Maynards](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/maynards/)
- [Antiques](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/antiques/)
- [Gallery](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/gallery/)
- [Kate Bellringer](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/kate-bellringer/)
- [Vancouver Art](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/vancouver-art/)
- [Ferdinando Vichi](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/ferdinando-vichi/)
- [Pablo Picasso](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/pablo-picasso/)
- [John Candy](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/john-candy/)
- [Biography](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/biography/)
- [SCTV](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/sctv/)
- [NBC](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/nbc/)
- [Comedy](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/comedy/)
- [Stand Up](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/stand-up/)
- [Andy Warhol](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/andy-warhol/)
- [Good art v. bad art](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/good-art-v-bad-art/)
- [Art criticism](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/art-criticism/)
- [Natalie Genest](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/natalie-genest/)
- [Vancouver Real Estate](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/vancouver-real-estate/)
- [Women Investors](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/women-investors/)
- [Jeff Boyce](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/jeff-boyce/)
- [Adam Humphreys](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/adam-humphreys/)
- [Stand By Me](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/stand-by-me/)
- [Thought Catalog](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/thought-catalog/)
- [Scalped](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/scalped/)
- [Carl Icahn](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/carl-icahn/)
- [Dan Loeb](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/dan-loeb/)
- [Bill Ackman](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/bill-ackman/)
- [Wall Street](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/wall-street/)
- [Herbalife](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/herbalife/)
- [Nolan Watson](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/nolan-watson/)
- [Sandstorm Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/sandstorm-gold/)
- [PDAC2013](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/pdac2013/)
- [Daniela Cambone](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/daniela-cambone/)
- [John McCoach](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/john-mccoach/)
- [Finders Fees](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/finders-fees/)
- [Bob Dylan](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/bob-dylan/)
- [Folk music](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/folk-music/)
- [Amedeus](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/amedeus/)
- [Warhol 60s](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/warhol-60s/)
- [Jim Rogers](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/jim-rogers/)
- [Ivanplats](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/ivanplats/)
- [Kamoa](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/kamoa/)
- [Platreef](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/platreef/)
- [Robert McLeod](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/robert-mcleod/)
- [Wall Street Journal](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/wall-street-journal/)
- [Luminosity](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/luminosity/)
- [Self-improvement](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/self-improvement/)
- [Psychology](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/psychology/)
- [Neurology](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/neurology/)
- [Neuroplasticity](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/neuroplasticity/)
- [The internet](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/the-internet/)
- [Praveen Varshney](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/praveen-varshney/)
- [Northwest Exemption](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/northwest-exemption/)
- [Juniors](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/juniors/)
- [Dow Jones](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/dow-jones/)
- [Pope](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/pope/)
- [Sisteen Chapel](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/sisteen-chapel/)
- [Vatican](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/vatican/)
- [Teck Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/teck-resources/)
- [Miners](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/miners/)
- [GDXJ](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/gdxj/)
- [Barrick](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/barrick/)
- [Jorge Beristain](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/jorge-beristain/)
- [Deutsche Bank](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/deutsche-bank/)
- [Ben Ainsworth](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/ben-ainsworth/)
- [Garrett Ainsworth](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/garrett-ainsworth/)
- [Mike Gunning](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/mike-gunning/)
- [Marin Katusa](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/marin-katusa/)
- [Uranium Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/uranium-mining/)
- [CanOxy](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/canoxy/)
- [Exploration](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/exploration/)
- [Pitchblende](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/pitchblende/)
- [VTEM](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/vtem/)
- [Grassroots](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/grassroots/)
- [Discovery](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/discovery/)
- [Alpha Minerals](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/alpha-minerals/)
- [Hathor Exploration](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/hathor-exploration/)
- [Fission Energy](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/fission-energy/)
- [Dev Rhandawa](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/dev-rhandawa/)
- [CEO](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/ceo/)
- [VP Exploration](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/vp-exploration/)
- [Saskatchewan](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/saskatchewan/)
- [Mining Recorders Office](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/mining-recorders-office/)
- [Mineral Assessment Office](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/mineral-assessment-office/)
- [Staking Claims](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/staking-claims/)
- [Kip Keen](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/kip-keen/)
- [Mineweb](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/mineweb/)
- [Capstone Mining Corp](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/capstone-mining-corp/)
- [Copper Mountain](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/copper-mountain/)
- [Prefabricated Homes](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/prefabricated-homes/)
- [Prefab](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/prefab/)
- [Add-a-room](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/add-a-room/)
- [Lindal Homes](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/lindal-homes/)
- [TD3 1890](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/td3-1890/)
- [TD3 2990](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/td3-2990/)
- [BluHomes](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/bluhomes/)
- [South Korea](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/south-korea/)
- [US](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/us/)
- [Storm](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/storm/)
- [China property bubble](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/china-property-bubble/)
- [Kerry Packer](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/kerry-packer/)
- [Doug Kirwin](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/doug-kirwin/)
- [Graham Brown](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/graham-brown/)
- [Simon Ridgway](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/simon-ridgway/)
- [Ron Stewart](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/ron-stewart/)
- [Alex Letourneau](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/alex-letourneau/)
- [Kitco](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/kitco/)
- [Alpha Minrals](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/alpha-minrals/)
- [Patterson Lake South](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/patterson-lake-south/)
- [PLS](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/pls/)
- [Eike Batista](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/eike-batista/)
- [EBX](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/ebx/)
- [MPX](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/mpx/)
- [Lucara Diamond Corp](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/lucara-diamond-corp/)
- [Lukas Lundin](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/lukas-lundin/)
- [William Lamb](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/william-lamb/)
- [Encanto](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/encanto/)
- [Muskowekwan](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/muskowekwan/)
- [Jordan](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/jordan/)
- [King Abdullah](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/king-abdullah/)
- [Vancouver Venture](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/vancouver-venture/)
- [PS Dave](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/ps-dave/)
- [Sirocco Mining Inc](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/sirocco-mining-inc/)
- [Levon Resources Ltd](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/levon-resources-ltd/)
- [Exeter Resource Corporation](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/exeter-resource-corporation/)
- [Selwyn Resources Ltd](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/selwyn-resources-ltd/)
- [New Pacific Metals Corp](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/new-pacific-metals-corp/)
- [Caledonia Mining Corporation](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/caledonia-mining-corporation/)
- [South American Silver Corp](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/south-american-silver-corp/)
- [Ryan Gold Corp](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/ryan-gold-corp/)
- [Pershimco Resources Inc](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/pershimco-resources-inc/)
- [Fortune Minerals Ltd](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/fortune-minerals-ltd/)
- [PNG Gold Corporation](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/png-gold-corporation/)
- [Namibia Rare Earths Inc](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/namibia-rare-earths-inc/)
- [Southern Arc Minerals Inc](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/southern-arc-minerals-inc/)
- [Samco Gold Limited](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/samco-gold-limited/)
- [East Asia Minerals Corporation](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/east-asia-minerals-corporation/)
- [Skyharbour](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/skyharbour/)
- [SYH](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/syh/)
- [NexGen](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/nexgen/)
- [Athabasca](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/athabasca/)
- [Panama](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/panama/)
- [OTC](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/otc/)
- [OTCBB](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/otcbb/)
- [Venture](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/venture/)
- [Brokerage](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/brokerage/)
- [Boris Berezovsky](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/boris-berezovsky/)
- [Oligarch](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/oligarch/)
- [Farmland](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/farmland/)
- [AMW](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/amw/)
- [Peter Koven](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/peter-koven/)
- [Iron Ore Company of Canada](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/iron-ore-company-of-canada/)
- [Ambrose Evans-Pritchard](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/ambrose-evans-pritchard/)
- [Cyprus](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/cyprus/)
- [Jim Sinclair](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/jim-sinclair/)
- [EUR](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/eur/)
- [RUB](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/rub/)
- [Don Mosher](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/don-mosher/)
- [Regulation](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/regulation-2/)
- [Liberal Party of Canada](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/liberal-party-of-canada/)
- [MP John McKay](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/mp-john-mckay/)
- [PetroAmerican Oil](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/petroamerican-oil/)
- [Newstrike Capital](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/newstrike-capital/)
- [NES](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/nes/)
- [Guerrero](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/guerrero/)
- [Lundin](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/lundin-2/)
- [Commercial real estate](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/commercial-real-estate/)
- [Spin](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/spin/)
- [Real estate investing](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/real-estate-investing/)
- [John Thornton](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/john-thornton/)
- [Executive Compensation](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/executive-compensation/)
- [Sichuan Hanlong Group](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/sichuan-hanlong-group/)
- [Liu Han](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/liu-han/)
- [Bloomberg](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/bloomberg/)
- [Bob Woodward](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/bob-woodward/)
- [Carl Bernstein](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/carl-bernstein/)
- [Watergate](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/watergate/)
- [Washington Post](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/washington-post/)
- [Fibonacci](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/fibonacci/)
- [Michael Steinberg](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/michael-steinberg/)
- [SAC](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/sac/)
- [Stephen A. Cohen](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/stephen-a-cohen/)
- [Serafino Iacono](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/serafino-iacono/)
- [Pacific Rubiales](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/pacific-rubiales/)
- [Blue Pacific](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/blue-pacific/)
- [The Pacific Group](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/the-pacific-group/)
- [Pacific Coal](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/pacific-coal/)
- [Fino Iacono](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/fino-iacono/)
- [Cartagena](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/cartagena/)
- [Baranquilla](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/baranquilla/)
- [Cash is trash](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/cash-is-trash/)
- [Stock market](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/stock-market/)
- [Equity](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/equity/)
- [Liquid](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/liquid/)
- [Pav Jordan](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/pav-jordan/)
- [Michael Felsmann](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/michael-felsmann/)
- [Pacific Stone](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/pacific-stone/)
- [Pacific Power Generation](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/pacific-power-generation/)
- [Ottowa](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/ottowa/)
- [Foreign investment](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/foreign-investment/)
- [Canadian uranium policy](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/canadian-uranium-policy/)
- [Cameco](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/cameco/)
- [Brad Wall](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/brad-wall/)
- [Kathy Dunderdale](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/kathy-dunderdale/)
- [Paladin Energy](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/paladin-energy/)
- [Rob Chang](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/rob-chang/)
- [Cantor Fitzgerald](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/cantor-fitzgerald/)
- [Gina Rinehart](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/gina-rinehart/)
- [Hancock Prospecting](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/hancock-prospecting/)
- [Pilbara](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/pilbara/)
- [Haywood](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/haywood/)
- [Kevin Campbell](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/kevin-campbell/)
- [Bruce McDonald](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/bruce-mcdonald/)
- [RA Bruce McDonald](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/ra-bruce-mcdonald/)
- [Stockwatch](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/stockwatch/)
- [Promoters](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/promoters/)
- [Russell Hollingsworth](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/russell-hollingsworth/)
- [Fred Hollingsworth](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/fred-hollingsworth/)
- [Vancouver Architecture](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/vancouver-architecture/)
- [Canadian Architects](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/canadian-architects/)
- [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/frank-lloyd-wright/)
- [Architecture](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/architecture/)
- [Design](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/design/)
- [Margaret Thatcher](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/margaret-thatcher/)
- [UK Politics](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/uk-politics/)
- [Chip Wilson](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/chip-wilson/)
- [Nat Bosa](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/nat-bosa/)
- [Fallingwater](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/fallingwater/)
- [David Strang](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/david-strang/)
- [Taca Taca](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/taca-taca/)
- [Alpha](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/alpha/)
- [Gems](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/gems/)
- [Colliers](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/colliers/)
- [Sam Nakhleh](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/sam-nakhleh/)
- [LCC](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/lcc/)
- [Lumina Capital](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/lumina-capital/)
- [Allied Nevada](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/allied-nevada/)
- [Ronald Lauder](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/ronald-lauder/)
- [Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/metropolitan-museum-of-art/)
- [MET](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/met/)
- [Cubism](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/cubism/)
- [Bill Haldane](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/bill-haldane/)
- [Jack Welch](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/jack-welch/)
- [Management](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/management/)
- [London](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/london/)
- [Frank Callaghan](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/frank-callaghan/)
- [Barkerville Gold Mines](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/barkerville-gold-mines/)
- [BGM](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/bgm/)
- [Cow Mountain](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/cow-mountain/)
- [Moscow](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/moscow/)
- [USSR](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/ussr/)
- [Eira Thomas](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/eira-thomas/)
- [Gren Thomas](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/gren-thomas/)
- [Strongbow](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/strongbow/)
- [Stornoway](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/stornoway/)
- [Ekati](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/ekati/)
- [Diavik](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/diavik/)
- [Sandstorm Metals and Energy](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/sandstorm-metals-and-energy/)
- [SSL](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/ssl/)
- [SND](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/snd/)
- [SAND](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/sand/)
- [David Awram](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/david-awram/)
- [Lyn Currie](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/lyn-currie/)
- [Carl Lovas](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/carl-lovas/)
- [William Haldane](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/william-haldane/)
- [Mining Executive Search](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/mining-executive-search/)
- [Recruitment](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/recruitment/)
- [Headhunting](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/headhunting/)
- [James Altucher](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/james-altucher/)
- [Materialsm](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/materialsm/)
- [precious metals](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/precious-metals/)
- [Marc Faber](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/marc-faber/)
- [Petronella Wyatt](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/petronella-wyatt/)
- [Daily Mail](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/daily-mail/)
- [crash](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/crash/)
- [GVZ](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/gvz/)
- [GLD](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/gld/)
- [gold futures](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/gold-futures/)
- [futures](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/futures/)
- [market bottoms](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/market-bottoms/)
- [Multifamily asset class](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/multifamily-asset-class/)
- [Rental rates](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/rental-rates/)
- [Pierre Lassondre](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/pierre-lassondre/)
- [Chuck Jeanness](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/chuck-jeanness/)
- [Telegraph](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/telegraph/)
- [Bob Quartermain](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/bob-quartermain/)
- [Robert A. Quartermain](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/robert-a-quartermain/)
- [Pretivm](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/pretivm/)
- [Silver Standard](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/silver-standard/)
- [Brucejack](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/brucejack/)
- [Snowfield](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/snowfield/)
- [Valley of the Kings](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/valley-of-the-kings/)
- [Hemlo](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/hemlo/)
- [BOJ](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/boj/)
- [ECB](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/ecb/)
- [economics](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/economics-2/)
- [QE](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/qe/)
- [Canadian Securities Industry](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/canadian-securities-industry/)
- [Canaccord Financial](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/canaccord-financial/)
- [Canaccord Wealth Management](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/canaccord-wealth-management/)
- [Canaccord Genuity](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/canaccord-genuity/)
- [Paul Reynolds](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/paul-reynolds/)
- [Congo](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/congo/)
- [scams](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/scams/)
- [Alterra](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/alterra/)
- [Gianni Kovacevic](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/gianni-kovacevic/)
- [Bruce Dunham](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/bruce-dunham/)
- [James Blanchard](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/james-blanchard/)
- [David Fitzgerald](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/david-fitzgerald/)
- [Macdonald Realty](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/macdonald-realty/)
- [Vancouver Realtors](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/vancouver-realtors/)
- [West Vancouver Realtors](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/west-vancouver-realtors/)
- [Google](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/google/)
- [Inheritance](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/inheritance/)
- [Old Money](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/old-money/)
- [New Money](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/new-money/)
- [Paulson](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/paulson/)
- [AU](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/au/)
- [Martin Murenbeeld](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/martin-murenbeeld/)
- [James Grant](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/james-grant/)
- [Mark Mobius](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/mark-mobius/)
- [B. Muthuraman](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/b-muthuraman/)
- [Tye Bousada](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/tye-bousada/)
- [Rob Arnot](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/rob-arnot/)
- [Forbes & Manhattan](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/forbes-manhattan/)
- [Forbes West](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/forbes-west/)
- [Mark Marabito](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/mark-marabito/)
- [King and Bay](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/king-and-bay/)
- [Sprott Inc](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/sprott-inc/)
- [Sprott USA](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/sprott-usa/)
- [Chairman](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/chairman/)
- [Global Resource Investments](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/global-resource-investments/)
- [Pretivm Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/pretivm-resources/)
- [Adolf Lundin](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/adolf-lundin/)
- [Chester Miller](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/chester-miller/)
- [Glamis Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/glamis-gold/)
- [Fairbanks Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/fairbanks-gold/)
- [Oyu Tolgoi](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/oyu-tolgoi/)
- [Kipushi](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/kipushi/)
- [Flat Reef](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/flat-reef/)
- [junior mining stocks](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/junior-mining-stocks/)
- [Bill Gates](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/bill-gates/)
- [Prince Alwaleed bin Talal](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/prince-alwaleed-bin-talal/)
- [Isadore Sharp](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/isadore-sharp/)
- [Four Seaons](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/four-seaons/)
- [Greece](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/greece/)
- [Fashion](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/fashion/)
- [Loro Piana](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/loro-piana/)
- [Storm System](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/storm-system/)
- [Cashmere](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/cashmere/)
- [Casino](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/casino/)
- [Blackjack](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/blackjack/)
- [Luxury](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/luxury/)
- [Graeme Berglund](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/graeme-berglund/)
- [Jeffrey Gundlach](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/jeffrey-gundlach/)
- [DoubleLine](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/doubleline/)
- [FIS](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/fis/)
- [Pretium](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/pretium/)
- [PVG](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/pvg/)
- [Radio Project](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/radio-project/)
- [Hathor](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/hathor/)
- [Roughrider](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/roughrider/)
- [Mega](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/mega/)
- [Sheldon Inwentash](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/sheldon-inwentash/)
- [Andrew Browne](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/andrew-browne/)
- [Andy Browne](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/andy-browne/)
- [Chris McFadden](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/chris-mcfadden/)
- [Owen Hegarty](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/owen-hegarty/)
- [Tony Manini](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/tony-manini/)
- [NXE](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/nxe/)
- [U308](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/u308/)
- [Lumber](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/lumber/)
- [Timber](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/timber/)
- [Daryl Swetlishoff](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/daryl-swetlishoff/)
- [Forrestry](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/forrestry/)
- [rich](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/rich/)
- [Zimbabwe](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/zimbabwe/)
- [Lumina Copper Corp](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/lumina-copper-corp/)
- [Pan American Silver](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/pan-american-silver/)
- [Alterra Power Corp](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/alterra-power-corp/)
- [Sitka Foundation](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/sitka-foundation/)
- [David Suzuki](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/david-suzuki/)
- [Pacific Salmon Foundation](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/pacific-salmon-foundation/)
- [Silver](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/silver/)
- [COT report](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/cot-report/)
- [speculators](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/speculators/)
- [commercials](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/commercials/)
- [Sir Jimmy Goldsmith](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/sir-jimmy-goldsmith/)
- [James Goldsmith](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/james-goldsmith/)
- [Pinnacle Digest](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/pinnacle-digest/)
- [Eric King](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/eric-king/)
- [Eric Friedland](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/eric-friedland/)
- [Ashton](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/ashton/)
- [Peregrine](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/peregrine/)
- [Newmont Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/newmont-mining/)
- [Kinross](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/kinross/)
- [Pascu-Lama](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/pascu-lama/)
- [Hope Bay](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/hope-bay/)
- [Red Back Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/red-back-mining/)
- [Caterpillar](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/caterpillar/)
- [Joy Global](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/joy-global/)
- [Mining industry](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/mining-industry/)
- [Bob Donas](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/bob-donas/)
- [Gary Freeman](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/gary-freeman/)
- [Damien Reynolds](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/damien-reynolds/)
- [Ian Lundin](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/ian-lundin/)
- [Lundin Group](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/lundin-group/)
- [Lundin Organization](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/lundin-organization/)
- [Shamaran Petroleum](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/shamaran-petroleum/)
- [Lundin Mining Corp.](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/lundin-mining-corp/)
- [Timothy Young](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/timothy-young/)
- [Brian Edgar](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/brian-edgar/)
- [Colin Gibson](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/colin-gibson/)
- [General Electric](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/general-electric/)
- [GE](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/ge/)
- [US Dollar](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/us-dollar/)
- [Hedgeye](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/hedgeye/)
- [Bridgewater](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/bridgewater/)
- [Ray Dalio](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/ray-dalio/)
- [Keith McCullough](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/keith-mccullough/)
- [Alim Abdulla](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/alim-abdulla/)
- [Leede Financial](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/leede-financial/)
- [jobs](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/jobs/)
- [people](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/people-2/)
- [Bob Moriarty](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/bob-moriarty/)
- [321Gold.com](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/321gold-com/)
- [Howard Lindzon](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/howard-lindzon/)
- [Employees](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/employees/)
- [Business](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/business/)
- [Managing](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/managing/)
- [CCJ](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/ccj/)
- [Yamana Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/yamana-gold/)
- [AUY](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/auy/)
- [AKG](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/akg/)
- [Luna Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/luna-gold/)
- [LGC](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/lgc/)
- [VGQ](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/vgq/)
- [RMC](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/rmc/)
- [UEX Corp. UEX](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/uex-corp-uex/)
- [Volta Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/volta-resources/)
- [VTR](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/vtr/)
- [Fed](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/fed/)
- [Jon Hilsentrath](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/jon-hilsentrath/)
- [Charlie Rose](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/charlie-rose/)
- [60 Minutes](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/60-minutes/)
- [Witwatersrand](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/witwatersrand/)
- [Quinton Hennigh](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/quinton-hennigh/)
- [Cohabitation](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/cohabitation/)
- [Marriage](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/marriage/)
- [Living together](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/living-together/)
- [Assets](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/assets/)
- [Shared assets](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/shared-assets/)
- [Canadian law](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/canadian-law/)
- [Family Act](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/family-act/)
- [Common law relationships](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/common-law-relationships/)
- [bitcoin](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/bitcoin/)
- [self publishing](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/self-publishing/)
- [book](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/book/)
- [Difference Capita](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/difference-capita/)
- [Henry Kneis](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/henry-kneis/)
- [Paul Sparkes](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/paul-sparkes/)
- [Neil Johnson](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/neil-johnson/)
- [Jamie Brown](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/jamie-brown/)
- [Tom Astle](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/tom-astle/)
- [Jeff Kehoe](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/jeff-kehoe/)
- [GMP Capital](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/gmp-capital/)
- [friends](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/friends/)
- [network](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/network/)
- [influence](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/influence/)
- [WRIC 13](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/wric-13/)
- [key level](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/key-level/)
- [breakout](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/breakout/)
- [resistance](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/resistance/)
- [life](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/life/)
- [stress](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/stress/)
- [money](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/money/)
- [choose yourself](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/choose-yourself/)
- [Youth Education Farms](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/youth-education-farms/)
- [rally](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/rally/)
- [fibonacci arc](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/fibonacci-arc/)
- [andrew's pitchfork](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/andrews-pitchfork/)
- [Colorado Resources](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/colorado-resources/)
- [Eric Coffin](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/eric-coffin/)
- [HRA](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/hra/)
- [Hard Rock Advisory](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/hard-rock-advisory/)
- [robbery](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/robbery/)
- [crime](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/crime/)
- [loan](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/loan/)
- [fake](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/fake/)
- [real interest rates](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/real-interest-rates/)
- [macroeconomics](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/macroeconomics/)
- [marginal cost](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/marginal-cost/)
- [BNN](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/bnn/)
- [Legend Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/legend-gold/)
- [West Africa](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/west-africa/)
- [Tommy Humphreys](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/tommy-humphreys/)
- [Gary Vaynerchuk](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/gary-vaynerchuk/)
- [David Baines](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/david-baines/)
- [Ben Mossman](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/ben-mossman/)
- [Banks Island Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/banks-island-gold/)
- [Zen](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/zen/)
- [Kevin Costner](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/kevin-costner/)
- [Robin Hood](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/robin-hood/)
- [emotion](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/emotion/)
- [control](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/control/)
- [short interest](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/short-interest/)
- [NSA](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/nsa/)
- [PRISM](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/prism/)
- [grateful](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/grateful/)
- [ideas](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/ideas/)
- [scared](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/scared/)
- [Oliver Samwer](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/oliver-samwer/)
- [Charts](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/charts/)
- [EUR/USD/](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/eurusd/)
- [USD/CAD](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/usdcad/)
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- [Stockhouse](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/stockhouse/)
- [Andrew Topf](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/andrew-topf/)
- [Petromanas](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/petromanas/)
- [Scott Gibson](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/scott-gibson/)
- [Carried Interest](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/carried-interest/)
- [Steve](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/steve/)
- [Stephen Shwarzman](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/stephen-shwarzman/)
- [Blackstone](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/blackstone/)
- [humble pie](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/humble-pie/)
- [Russell Investments](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/russell-investments/)
- [Russell 3000](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/russell-3000/)
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- [BCBusiness](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/bcbusiness/)
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- [Peter Legge](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/peter-legge/)
- [bottom](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/bottom/)
- [high volume](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/high-volume/)
- [Roubini](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/roubini/)
- [Dicker](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/dicker/)
- [Gartman](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/gartman/)
- [JPM](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/jpm/)
- [commodities](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/commodities-2/)
- [LNG Conference](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/lng-conference/)
- [Dallas Mavericks](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/dallas-mavericks/)
- [Broadcast.com](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/broadcast-com/)
- [Yahoo](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/yahoo/)
- [WTI crude oil](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/wti-crude-oil/)
- [brent crude](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/brent-crude/)
- [seasonality](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/seasonality/)
- [triangle](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/triangle/)
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- [Sergey Veremeenko](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/sergey-veremeenko/)
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- [interest rates](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/interest-rates/)
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- [one million](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/one-million/)
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- [Dave Lowell](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/dave-lowell/)
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- [Ricardo](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/ricardo/)
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- [Gold Bugs Index](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/gold-bugs-index/)
- [Lions](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/lions/)
- [Lara Logan](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/lara-logan/)
- [Edward Flood](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/edward-flood/)
- [Ivanhoe Energy](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/ivanhoe-energy/)
- [Rango Energy](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/rango-energy/)
- [Aldrin Resource Corp.](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/aldrin-resource-corp/)
- [Southwestern Athabasca Region](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/southwestern-athabasca-region/)
- [u3o8](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/u3o8/)
- [George Fink](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/george-fink/)
- [Bonterra Energy](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/bonterra-energy/)
- [Pine Cliff Energy](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/pine-cliff-energy/)
- [Stock Options](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/stock-options/)
- [bullish](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/bullish/)
- [Beny Steinmetz](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/beny-steinmetz/)
- [Dan Gertler](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/dan-gertler/)
- [Patrick Radden Keefe](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/patrick-radden-keefe/)
- [New Yorker](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/new-yorker/)
- [VOTING RIGHTS ACT; CIVIL RIGHTS; AMERICAN HISTORY; POLITICS; AMERICAN SOUTH; RACISM; MARTIN LUTHER KING](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/voting-rights-act-civil-rights-american-history-politics-american-south-racism-martin-luther-king/)
- [JR.](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/jr/)
- [Sandstorm Metals & Energy](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/sandstorm-metals-energy/)
- [Bill Sheriff](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/bill-sheriff/)
- [Wolfpack Gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/wolfpack-gold/)
- [person](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/person/)
- [relationship](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/relationship/)
- [Lawrence Roulston](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/lawrence-roulston/)
- [Fred Wilson](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/fred-wilson/)
- [Tech Stocks](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/tech-stocks/)
- [Cantechletter](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/cantechletter/)
- [Angel List](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/angel-list/)
- [Difference Capital](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/difference-capital/)
- [DCF](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/dcf/)
- [LXV](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/lxv/)
- [Kleiner Perkins](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/kleiner-perkins/)
- [Sequoia Partners](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/sequoia-partners/)
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/andreessen-horowitz/)
- [Boris Wertz](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/boris-wertz/)
- [Nick Molnar](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/nick-molnar/)
- [Larry Ellison](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/larry-ellison/)
- [Moe Hassan](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/moe-hassan/)
- [Geologix](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/geologix/)
- [GIX](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/gix/)
- [Liberty Metals & Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/liberty-metals-mining/)
- [Glencore Xstrata](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/glencore-xstrata/)
- [Fundraising](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/fundraising/)
- [Raising Capital](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/raising-capital/)
- [Mark Morabito](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/mark-morabito/)
- [Andrew Pollard](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/andrew-pollard/)
- [tech](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/tech-2/)
- [michael wekerle](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/michael-wekerle/)
- [non-resource](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/non-resource/)
- [dundee](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/dundee/)
- [platinum](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/platinum/)
- [lonmin](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/lonmin/)
- [anglo american platinum](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/anglo-american-platinum/)
- [amplats](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/amplats/)
- [civil unrest](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/civil-unrest/)
- [Russell 2000](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/russell-2000/)
- [Primero](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/primero/)
- [Water](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/water/)
- [Energy Technology](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/energy-technology/)
- [Ridgeline](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/ridgeline/)
- [RLE](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/rle/)
- [oil and gas](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/oil-and-gas-2/)
- [new zealand energy corp](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/new-zealand-energy-corp/)
- [geoff loudon](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/geoff-loudon/)
- [lihir gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/lihir-gold/)
- [Cream Minerals](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/cream-minerals/)
- [Frank Lang](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/frank-lang/)
- [Nuevo Milenio](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/nuevo-milenio/)
- [africa oil](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/africa-oil/)
- [kenya](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/kenya/)
- [energy](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/energy-2/)
- [Keith C. Hill](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/keith-c-hill/)
- [Colombian Oil](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/colombian-oil/)
- [caspiche](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/caspiche/)
- [light oil](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/light-oil/)
- [parex](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/parex/)
- [like](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/like/)
- [lifehack](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/lifehack/)
- [ecuador](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/ecuador/)
- [production](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/production/)
- [haywood securities inc](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/haywood-securities-inc/)
- [Ricardo Project](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/ricardo-project/)
- [small speculators](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/small-speculators/)
- [record short position](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/record-short-position/)
- [Alberta Oil Sands](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/alberta-oil-sands/)
- [AOS](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/aos/)
- [Fort McMurray](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/fort-mcmurray/)
- [Fission](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/fission/)
- [Yellowcake](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/yellowcake/)
- [Capstone](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/capstone/)
- [Santo Domingo](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/santo-domingo/)
- [Iron Oxide](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/iron-oxide/)
- [Joseph Conway](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/joseph-conway/)
- [San Dimas](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/san-dimas/)
- [Cerro del Gallo](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/cerro-del-gallo/)
- [Latin America](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/latin-america/)
- [O&G](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/og/)
- [gas](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/gas/)
- [Asian trading](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/asian-trading/)
- [alamos gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/alamos-gold/)
- [gold mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/gold-mining/)
- [turkey](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/turkey/)
- [startup](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/startup/)
- [streaming](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/streaming/)
- [royalties](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/royalties/)
- [NSR](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/nsr/)
- [royalty](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/royalty/)
- [clive johnson](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/clive-johnson/)
- [bema](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/bema/)
- [b2gold](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/b2gold/)
- [BTG](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/btg/)
- [ALN](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/aln/)
- [FCU](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/fcu/)
- [high-grade](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/high-grade/)
- [exploration geologist](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/exploration-geologist/)
- [chinalco mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/chinalco-mining/)
- [peru](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/peru/)
- [IVP](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/ivp/)
- [NCU](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/ncu/)
- [Jackson Hole](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/jackson-hole/)
- [dumb money](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/dumb-money/)
- [AngloGold Ashanti](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/anglogold-ashanti/)
- [Namibia](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/namibia/)
- [CGA Mining](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/cga-mining/)
- [Masbate](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/masbate/)
- [CB Gold Inc](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/cb-gold-inc/)
- [CBJ](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/cbj/)
- [Ventana](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/ventana/)
- [billionaire](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/billionaire/)
- [Dr. Mark O'Dea](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/dr-mark-odea/)
- [Oracle](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/oracle/)
- [Morelos Gold Project](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/morelos-gold-project/)
- [Guerrero Gold Belt](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/guerrero-gold-belt/)
- [Michael Dilay](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/michael-dilay/)
- [Darrell Bishop](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/darrell-bishop/)
- [Jeff Reymer](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/jeff-reymer/)
- [Dan Tsubouchi](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/dan-tsubouchi/)
- [gran colombia](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/gran-colombia/)
- [australia](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/australia/)
- [gold fields](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/gold-fields/)
- [valuations](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/valuations/)
- [US Equities](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/us-equities/)
- [Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun](https://blog.ceo.ca/tag/lawrence-paul-yuxweluptun/)