Four ways to fix the ‘broken’ TSX Venture Exchange The TSX Venture Exchange has real problems. TSX Venture Exchange by the numbers in 2015 -34% drop in total equity capital raised by Venture issuers $3.1 billion amount of equity capital raised $677 million amount raised in public offerings -9% decline in total listings to 1,806… Continue Reading

Global mineral exploration expenditures have fallen to their lowest levels in decades, the fallout from a four-plus-years bear market in commodities. However, exploration remains the long-term research and development arm of the mining business, and some investors are still willing to finance its high-risk, high-reward endeavours. One such explorer, Desert Star Resources (TSXV:DSR), is poised… Continue Reading

During a year that saw prices for most commodities crash, driving down share prices and causing plenty of investor pain in resource-dependent Canada, lithium has been a rare bright spot. Prices for the battery ingredient have surged as demand outpaces supply, driven by battery-powered gadgets, vehicles and home electrical systems. Investors have taken notice, spurring renewed… Continue Reading

Christmas is my favorite holiday, as I’m sure it is for many of you reading this. We probably all agree that 2015 had more than its fair share of pain and tragedy around the world. But during Christmas, love and charity triumph—if only for a day—helping us recharge as we approach the new year. I… Continue Reading

Via Energy and Gold.com: This chart from RBC Capital Markets Research shows that non-precious metal mining shares are almost as cheap as they were at the depths of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis market crash:   According to RBC non-precious metal mining shares are currently trading at a ~47% discount to net asset value (NAV).… Continue Reading

It’s a short trading day today – Canadian markets close at 10 a.m. PST, 1 p.m. EST – and also the last chance to lock in capital losses for the 2015 calendar year. If you invest in the junior mining space, chances are you may have some of those! However, one investor’s tax-loss sale is… Continue Reading

Stock market commentator Allan Barry Laboucan is one of the most outspoken, controversial, and appreciated members of the chat.ceo.ca community. He makes some great calls, and some bad ones, and takes it all in stride. Allan made the unfortunate mistake of buying and recommending Rubicon Minerals stock this fall, telling the CEO.CA community his mom was averaging… Continue Reading

By Joe Skipper, Cape Canaveral, FLA. (Reuters) A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Florida on Monday with a payload of communications satellites before the reusable main-stage booster turned around, soared back to Cape Canaveral and landed safely near its launch pad in a dramatic spaceflight first. The successful mission, capped by delivery of… Continue Reading

What were you doing in June 2006? That’s when the Federal Reserve last raised interest rates, just a year after the last Star Wars flick hit theaters. The biggest movie at the time was Adam Sandler’s “Click,” the hottest song, Shakira’s “Hips Don’t Lie.” The best-performing S&P 500 Index stock for the month was C.H.… Continue Reading

Management has to be aligned with market conditions or else everything else breaks down. I talked to a banker last week and he pointed out that I was one of the last two or three CEOs that he knew that still owed a major part of their own deal. Most CEOs are either hired guns… Continue Reading

In September, Robert Quartermain did something highly unusual for a mining executive — he signed a streaming deal with an early exit strategy.

Huge news for Saskatchewan explorer and developer Fission Uranium (FCU.TSX) Monday. CGN Mining Company Ltd., an affiliate of China General Nuclear Power Corporation, has entered into a binding letter of intent to acquire 19.99% of Fission for $82.226 million at a price of $0.85 per subscription share. The CGN deal is at a roughly 26%… Continue Reading

Good morning investors, After a dismal year that saw the commodity complex sink more than 30%, Scotiabank is pegging lithium, zinc and construction product oriented strand board to lead the way in 2016. Those are the top picks of Patricia Mohr, Scotiabank’s Vice-President of Economics and Commodity Market Specialist, who also expects tightening supply to boost… Continue Reading

With perhaps the most important decision for commodity prices for some time having been actioned on Wednesday with the Federal Reserve lifting its key interest rate for the first time in nearly a decade, commodity prices witnessed subsequent pricing volatility, and strengthened on Friday. Such market vacillation will ultimately demonstrate whether Split Enz’s assertions of… Continue Reading

It’s been a busy week for Millrock Resources. On Monday the project generator expanded its portfolio with a foray into B.C.’s Golden Triangle. It capped the week off today by optioning one of its Alaska properties. Under the terms of the agreement, Vista Minerals – a private Australian group – can earn an 80% joint venture interest… Continue Reading