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:… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

(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… Continue Reading

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,… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading