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.… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
“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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
