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… Continue Reading

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 nature,”… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

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 Scotia,… Continue Reading

“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… Continue Reading

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 open… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

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 when… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading