We’ll dispense with a recap of yesterday’s financial headlines, cept to say, it was an across-the-board bloodbath. Yesterday, in part one of a two-part roundup,
Recent general market disorder and mayhem has wreaked havoc on the junior exploration arena over the past few weeks. For those holding junior ExplorerCos, the
“The National Marriage Project dubbed the drop in divorce ‘a silver lining’ to the Great Recession,” stated The L.A. Times, “arguing that tough times were pulling many husbands and wives closer together.”
Okay, so the world is burning, the Russians and Saudis are pouring low-cost fuel over it, the Americans are shocked that a reality TV show
With all of the carnage in the broader markets of late—S&P 500 futures are currently off 5%, Crude Oil (WTI) is off a whopping 30%—there
After an emergency 50 BPS rate cut, and U.S. 10-year money hovering on both sides of 1% for the first time since forever, gold is
Tristar Gold (TSG.V) is on a roll, it has money in the till and a pre-feasibility study heading for completion by Q4 2020 at its
Altamira Gold (ALTA.V) set itself apart from your average junior when the explorer went to development in a New York minute at the company’s flagship
If one was to stand in the middle of the tiny aldea surrounding Impact Silver’s (IPT.V) Guadalupe Production Center and lob a stone in any
The recent blood-bath in blue-chip stocks was catalysed by the spread of the coronavirus, but there are 5 underlying causes that have made it so dramatic and ugly.
Analysts have tied the retreat by gold in part to positioning, noting that data had shown extremely high net long speculative positions in gold futures. Still, the degree of the pullback in light of the continued selloff in equities was widely described as a surprise.
In a recent offering, we suggested that Defense Metals is advancing its 1,708-hectare Wicheeda Rare Earth Element (REE) Project at a pace that should begin
“While the comparison to SARS may provide some guidance, important changes have been experienced in China and the Chinese gold market since the 2003 outbreak,” stated the WGC.
(Once again… I’m currently in Mexico looking at a production/development company. Internet access is limited. In lieu of fresh content, a few recent articles from
(Note: I’m currently touring a silver production/development scenario in Mexico. Internet access is limited. In lieu of fresh content, a few recent articles from my
“Samples of Wicheeda flotation concentrate used in a hydrometallurgical test program led to the successful development of a flowsheet capable of processing the concentrate to a high grade mixed REE hydroxide precipitate,” stated Defense Metals.
Falcon Gold (FG.V), an ExplorerCo with a modest $2.7 market cap, has its sights set on a quintet of high-grade projects in NW Ontario. Central
If you’re looking for exposure to gold, you have the Producers both large and small, you have the Developers, you have the Explorers, you have
Due to the number of companies I have in mind for this one, I’ll dispense with the usual preamble, except to say, gold is looking
Nexus (NXS.V) has been in Burkina Faso for years. With a new acquisition announced just yesterday, the company now controls over 750-square kilometers of highly
A year ago, if you’d told me a rare earths explorer was going to be a three-bagger through tax loss season, I’d have called you
Tucked away in the Unuk and Iskut River region along the rugged north coastal mountains of big, beautiful British Columbia lies a legendary mine called Eskay Creek.
A prospector named Tom Mackay was the first to recognize the area’s unique geological setting after spotting an alluring rock outcrop from his single-engine bush plane. The year was 1932.
A translation of this article is available in Chinese at our content partner NAI500 here. With this entry, I’m two-thirds of the way into
You hate to see it, but such is life in the mining game; little Hawkeye Gold and Diamond (HAWK.V), which may be a misnomer because
“This merger will create one of the world’s largest gold companies operating entirely in the Americas,” confirmed Beaty, “This is the kind of gold company investors want today.”
All the signs were there: A long awaited move to production, a long period of silence broken with news, a financing near the 52-week low
A Wuhan market price list offers 112 types of wild critters including peacocks, foxes, giant salamanders, snakes, rats, porcupines and camel meat.
A translation of this article is available in Chinese at our content partner NAI500 here. The junior exploration arena promises to be a mosh pit
$1.2 trillion worth of corporate junk bond debt will mature in the next few years, leaving investors in a world of pain, as many of
Earlier this month, the Mining Court of Salta granted Millennial Lithium’s (TSX-V: ML) / (OTCQX: MLNLF) Argentine subsidiary four mining licenses on its 100%-owned Pastos
Euro Sun’s gold is valued at $2.30 an ounce. I assumed Euro Sun’s gold was in the “inferred resource” category, which according to 43-101 standards, is “too speculative geologically to have economic considerations applied to it.” My assumption was false.
Defense Metals (DEFN.V), our go-to REE explorer and developer, is advancing its 1,708-hectare Wicheeda Rare Earth Element (REE) Project at a pace that should begin
I’ve been to about a decade of Vancouver Resource Investment Conferences, the big Cambridge House BC mining convention that runs every year around this time
A $6.4 trillion price tag, means that adventures-in-the-middle east cost each U.S. tax-payer USD $42,000.
The median U.S household has only $11,700 in savings.
29% of U.S. households have less than $1,000 in savings.
It’s been a tumultuous start to this new year and decade. Clearly, there’s a rage in the air. A drone strike that took out Qassem
A translation of this article is available in Chinese at our content partner NAI500 here. Gold is ending the year with a better than 17%
Nexus put out news loyal shareholders really wanted to see—a plan to mobilize a drill rig to the heart of the Red Lake Mining District.
Since our last dose of bullish commentary a few sessions back, the precious metal is still consolidating its dramatic gains registered earlier in the summer,
No resource, no multi-million dollar raise, no problem.
Ceylon Graphite (CYL.V), which has taken the unusual (in mining circles) decision to just freaking start digging, rather than go through eight years of behind-protection, triangulation, and capital raising first, is up 20% today as the first containers fill with graphite and execs chase down end user agreements.
With stock selling for just $0.06 a few days ago, volume has increased and buyers are being found, leading the stock to $0.095 at the time of writing.
Close-ology is a mining term used to describe companies that are close to another company that is running red hot, and may justifiably make the case that they can be hot too.
For some, like serial ring-staker Ryan Kalt, close-ology is a business model. The moment someone announces they’ve found something interesting in Dildo, Newfoundland or Punkydoodle Corners, Ontario, Kalt’s crew hops on their laptops, busts out the credit card, and register claims all around it, sometimes without ever having walked the land.
One of the things that pisses a lot of investors off about the resource sector is, the confluence of events most investors are looking for – revenues in and a smaller amount of expenses out – you know, ‘actually doing business’ – rarely occurs, because so few resource deals ever move into actual production.
Without skipping a beat, Defense Metals (DEFN.V) extended its winning streak delivering exceptional REE values from their Wicheeda Rare Earth Element (REE) Project in the
Gold appears to be setting up for a push higher, perhaps a sustainable push as we enter 2020. From a lowly $1275 in late May,
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is trading at an all time high of 27,880. The trade war with China has hurt American factories, but
Azincourt Energy (AAZ.V) treated shareholders with back to back news releases in recent sessions. This tiny U308 ExplorerCo is on the cusp of a fully
Nexus Gold (NXS.V) management correctly gauged sentiment in the junior exploration arena at the beginning of 2019, sensing a continuation of the pervasive weakness we’ve
This week, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was caught on video (and audio) lightly mocking U.S. President Donald Trump at a NATO summit. NATO “promotes
On Dec. 02, Barrian Mining (BARI.V) announced an interesting acquisition. The company signed a definitive purchase option agreement with Liberty Gold (LGD.T) for a 79.1%
Bad news for Aqua Metals (AQMS.Q) investors, because the stock price plummeted 43.4% after fire gutted their Nevada-based Aqua Refining plant Friday night. The fire
There are a lot of eyes watching gold right now. A universe of traders—fundamental, technical and the like—are watching the malleable metal for any sign
Defense Metals (DEFN.V) continues to deliver solid drill results from their Wicheeda Project in the Prince George region of British Columbia. The company launched a
U.S President Donald Trump has five children. One of them, Donald Trump Jr., just wrote a book called “Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate.”
No-one likes a braggart – but in Equity Guru’s first four years we’ve represented 120 clients while our website traffic has grown to 50,000 unique
“Resources are coming!” is the yell heard at every Howe Street watering hole lately, and has been for several months. As cannabis bleeds out like
Junior exploration companies—ExplorerCos, if you will—are high-risk propositions. It can take up to 1,000 grassroots projects to generate 100 targets worthy of a probe with
We’ve been hearing about the “global debt crisis” for so long it’s become background noise – like a sherry-soaked auntie babbling about UFOs at Thanksgiving.
Something dramatic just happened in the copper markets. It’s worth noting because the funds making these copper bets have teams of geologists and economists on
I can think of at least a half a dozen reasons why companies like Defense Metals (DEFN.V) deserve more than a cursory once-over, and a
The Green Movement, a push that is gaining momentum around the globe spurred by zero-carbon climate warriors like Greta Thunberg, is all about meeting power
The headline numbers in Defense Metals (DEFN.V) October 31st press release mark an auspicious beginning for drill hole newsflow out of the company’s Wicheeda Rare
Rare earth metals were little known before 1960, but in the sixty years since, it has become the foundation for our technologically driven society. You
A couple weeks back we took a look at some of the more prospective (and active) exploration plays in Ontario and Quebec, particularly those along
Uranium is volatile both atomically and as a commodity. Currently pricing has hit a low, but its not bottomed out and external pressures from a
B.C. business leader Bryan Slusarchuk worked his way up from a golf caddy to a financier of major mining deals. His biggest triumph began in the mining
Defense Metals (DEFN.V) continues to push its 1,708-hectare Wicheeda Rare Earth Element (REE) project further along the development curve. Today, October 24th, the company dropped
If pressed, if forced to name names and cough-up a list of some of the better values I see in the junior exploration arena, Azincourt
Falcon Gold (FG.V), a company we featured in some detail a few months back, has been busy positioning itself in a region known as the
On October 22, 2019 CopperBank Resources (CBK.C) announced that it has established a wholly owned subsidiary, CopperBank Royalties. CopperBank currently controls four copper projects: Copper
On October 21, 2019, Barrian Mining (BARI.V) reported the first drill results from the recently completed 1,838 metre reverse circulation (RC) drilling program at Bolo
My previous alert on Ely Gold Royalties (ELY.V; ELYGF.OTCQB) was two months ago when the stock was trading in the low- to mid-20 cent range
Late last week, Nexus Gold (NXS.V) updated us with a welcome (and unexpected) piece of news out of their flagship McKenzie Gold Project in the
On October 11, 2019 Barrian Mining (BARI.V) announced that it has staked an additional 40 contiguous mineral claims at its ”early-stage Troy Canyon gold and
At the beginning of this year, and several times since, we covered numerous exploration plays on both sides of the Ontario-Quebec border—ExplorerCos kicking rocks and
The 3D-Printing Space has produced winners, like Materialise (MTLS.NASDAQ), that provides 3D printing software solutions for healthcare, automotive and consumer goods. MTLS is up 270%
Fairmont Hotel gadfly and resource exploring ‘man about town’ Jared Lazerson, otherwise known as the CEO of MGX Minerals (MXG.C), put out a hasty news
In 2009, I worked beside a razor-sharp Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) who was obsessed with the wealth creation opportunities in gold juniors. The dude could
Defense Metals (DEFN.V) has been doing solid work at its 1,708-hectare Wicheeda Rare Earth Element (REE) project in the Prince George region of British Columbia
“China’s economic slowdown keeps getting worse,” wrote CNN reporter Laura He on September 16, 2019, “That could give the country incentive to repair its trading
It’s easy to look down on people who are more disciplined but less creative than you are. For decades, that’s how we’ve viewed the Chinese.
Rare earth metals are integral to the information age and up until just recently, China produced over 90% of the world’s rare earth metals. Back
Paxos Trust Company launched PAX Gold, the first crypto-asset redeemable for physical gold today. PAX Gold is an asset-backed digital token, each representing one fine
After launching an impressive assault on multi-year highs, gold is taking a well deserved breather. After launching similarly impressive assaults on higher ground, the GDX
The U.S-China trade war has catalysed a furious debate about the cultural and economic differences between the two countries. If you don’t have time to
Ever get tired of trading securities? Do you instead want to get your hands real-world commodities like gold and oil instead? In our latest entry
Mining is integral to our society and will be even more important as we move deeper into the information age and the world of alternative
Rare Earth Elements (REEs) exploration companies may not have the glitter of a sexy high-grade Au success story—not on the surface anyway—but Defense Metals (DEFN.V)
Last month, the International Copper Study Group stated that copper demand has exceeded supply by 155,000 metric tons in the first four months of this
Rockridge Resources (ROCK.V) is likely champing at the bit, anxious to mobilize another drill rig to its vastly underexplored Knife Lake project in mining-friendly Saskatchewan.
If you own stocks in big cap U.S. companies like Salesforce (CRM.Q), Slack (WORK.NYSE), Chipotle (CMG.NYSE), Visa (V.NYSE) and Home Depot (HD.NYSE) you may be
As of Friday’s close, gold is up 20% year to date (YTD), and is trading at its highest level in more than six years. The
It’s exhilarating to witness a co-worker get a win. My colleague, Equity Guru mining expert Greg Nolan just published a book, “Highballer: Tales from a
In June, I conducted an in-depth interview with Brad Rourke, president & CEO of Scottie Resources (SCOT.V). Scottie owns / controls 18,544 hectares (~45,823 acres)
Two of our resource clients have been active traders in recent sessions. There’s been some nice price and volume movement. But no significant catalyst behind
Rockridge Resources (ROCK.V) just announced its inaugural NI 43-101 compliant resource estimate for the high-grade Knife Lake copper-zinc-silver-cobalt deposit in Saskatchewan. Before we dive into
On August 12, CopperBank (CBK.C) tabled a non-brokered $0.06 private placement (PP). This represented a 10% premium to its previous (pre-PP) close at $0.055. Now,
Mag One (MDD.C) has filed a Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) application for its innovative magnesium sourcing technology. The PCT patent application originated from a provisional
Last week, the International Copper Study Group stated that copper demand has exceeded supply by 155,000 metric tons in the first four months of this
The rugged, beautiful and often challenging terrain of British Columbia’s Golden Triangle, a world-class destination for precious and base metals, is beginning to make headlines
Global markets are in a state of flux. General indices – common stocks of all shapes n colors – are testing downside support levels. Gold
Emgold Mining (EMR.V) is snapping up distressed assets in the mining-friendly jurisdictions of Nevada and Quebec and adding value through computerization and remodeling of historical
