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… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

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?… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

The well respected father and son team of Morgan and Duane Poliquin together run Almaden Minerals (AMM:TSX). Almaden used to be a prospect generator but is now focused on the Ixtaca Deposit in Puebla State, Mexico. The Ixtaca deposit is an exciting new discovery in a previously unknown mining area in Mexico. Almaden has taken the deposit from… Continue Reading

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.… Continue Reading

At the recent AME BC Roundup we caught up with Marc Blythe, President and CEO, Tarsis Resources. Mr. Blythe was previously Vice President of Almaden Minerals from 2006-2011. Tarsis (TCC:TSXV) recently acquired 8 projects in Nevada off of Sandstorm Gold. Marc told us as tough as the market is he sees a lot of opportunity… Continue Reading

Via Energy and Gold.com: Better than expected jobs growth during January and a strengthening trend in non-farm payrolls sent gold futures tumbling lower this morning: The warning signs for gold have been mounting in recent days. First it was the large spike in speculative long interest according to CFTC data, then it was the series of… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading