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… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

Insider Speaks – Clinton Foundation, Russian Uranium Deal, & Frank Giustra By: Future Money Trends.

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… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading