Oracle Energy Corp. Announces Award of Oil and Gas Concession in Portugal
February 5, 2013 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment
NEWS — Oracle Energy Corp. (“the Company” or “Oracle Energy”, or “Oracle”) (TSX.V:OEC.V – News) (Frankfurt:O2E) is pleased to announce that the Direccao Geral de Energia e Geologia (“DGEG”), an agency of the Portuguese Ministry of Economy and Employment, has awarded Oracle Energy the Barreiro oil and gas concession in Portugal’s southern Lusitanian Basin. The [...]
Chen Lin Places His Bets on Self-Financing Producers
February 4, 2013 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment
GUEST COMMENTARY — Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report (2/4/13) http://www.theaureport.com/pub/na/14984 The tough financing markets of the past few years have taken their toll on many junior resource companies, as continuing needs for capital have led to dilution and lower stock prices. In this tricky environment, Chen Lin likes to place his bets on companies [...]
Benoit Gascon: An Insider’s Take on the Complicated Graphite Market
January 30, 2013 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment
GUEST COMMENTARY — Brian Sylvester, The Metals Report (1/29/13) http://www.theaureport.com/pub/na/14956 Ten years ago, Benoit Gascon would have said there’s no money in graphite investment. But the former CEO of the only North American graphite producer to survive Chinese competition has changed his tune, thanks to increasing graphite consumption in China and India. Gascon, who argues [...]
The World According to Doug Casey
January 28, 2013 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment
GUEST COMMENTARY — Karen Roche of The Gold Report (1/28/13) http://www.theaureport.com/pub/na/14952 Doug Casey’s new book is entitled “Totally Incorrect,” and, true to form, the chairman of Casey Research doesn’t mince words. “Most Europeans believe the state owes them a living; the society is corrupt through and through.” “Government acquires income by theft.” “Nobody reads a [...]
Gold Carpet Treatment Promised for Miners in the Dominican Republic: Alexander Medina
January 25, 2013 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment
GUEST COMMENTARY — Peter Byrne, The Gold Report (1/25/13) http://www.theaureport.com/pub/na/14949 The Gold Report caught up with Alexander Medina, the newly appointed director of mining for the Dominican Republic. With gold discoveries popping up all over Hispaniolathe country shares the metal-rich island with HaitiMedina is a very busy government minister. But he was happy to spare [...]
Sam Wahab: Coal and Natural Gas Stocks That Could Profit in a Topsy-Turvy Global Market
January 10, 2013 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment
GUEST COMMENTARY — Peter Byrne of The Energy Report (1/10/13) http://www.theenergyreport.com/pub/na/14912 From the coal beds of Indonesia to oil and gas fields throughout Europe, Sam Wahab of the London-based investment firm Seymour Pierce is a master at spotting investment opportunities in the topsy-turvy world of fluctuating energy prices. In this interview with The Energy Report, [...]
TroyMet Resumes Exploration on Key Project
November 29, 2012 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment
GUEST COMMENTARY — Kathrine Moore, Resource World – TroyMet Exploration Corp. [TYE-TSXV] had halted its exploration program at the Key Project in northern British Columbia this summer as Canfor was on the property logging and putting in roads. On a recent site visit, I saw firsthand the extensive network of roads and clearings left by [...]
How to Play Your Gold Stocks Now
November 27, 2012 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment
GUEST COMMENTARY – Jeff Clark After a year or more of depressed prices, gold and silver stocks reversed with a vengeance. GDX (the ETF proxy for the Gold Miners Index) was up in just two months (August and September). Those who followed our lead and bought or averaged down this summer have profited handsomely. It’s [...]
Making a Killing in Mature Oil Basins: Josh Young
November 6, 2012 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment
GUEST COMMENTARY — Peter Byrne of The Energy Report (11/6/12) http://www.theenergyreport.com/pub/na/14701 The oil party is not over! In this interview with The Energy Report, Hedge Fund Founder Josh Young explains how to get the most returns out of a well-drilled oil field. There are plenty of excellent opportunities in mature North American basins and Young [...]
Bienvenido a Nacionalización: Bolivia Nabs Silver Deposit
July 9, 2012 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment
COMMENTARY—ProspectingJournal.com—These days, it seems the best thing to do if you are a miner who hits a big deposit in [enter foreign country here] is to try to keep the deposit as hush-hush as possible. Of course, pesky regulations prevent this secrecy from happening, as all those nosey shareholders demand “full and true disclosure” after [...]
Why Are We Certain that Gold Producers Will Soar?
June 27, 2012 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment
Guest Commentary — Jeff Clark, Casey Research For the past eighteen months, gold stocks have been pummeled. They showed some life from mid-May to mid-June – GDX, the gold miner’s index, was up 21%, while gold rose 5.5%. That bounce was exciting, but they’ve still got a lot of lost ground to make up. Since [...]
Centerra’s Mine in Limbo: Resource Nationalism Rears it’s Head in Kyrgyzstan
June 25, 2012 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment
Commentary – ProspectingJournal.com – Kyrgyzstan, a member of the former Soviet Republic and home to five million, has become the latest nation to debate the merits of resource nationalism. Joining the ranks of Peru and Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan is at odds with a mining corporation, Canada’s own Centerra Gold (TSX: CG). The debate is reasonable, faced [...]
Encana Keeps The Gas On, Invests $600 Million
June 21, 2012 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment
COMMENTARY—ProspectingJournal.com—These days, it’s hard to find someone who is “cautiously optimistic” about the price of natural gas. In fact, the short-term prospect of anything is hard to see in a positive light. Oil just received the biggest two day drop in over nine months, the DOW lost the second most points this year, the TSX [...]
Rio Tinto Puts $4+ Billion Where its Mouth is: Iron Ore
June 20, 2012 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment
COMMENTARY—ProspectingJournal.com—Defying the current trend of economic uncertainty, which has mainly focused around growing fears of a slowdown in China, Rio Tinto has stayed its bullish course towards iron ore. In today’s media release, Rio announced that it will spend US$4.2 billion to develop its iron ore business in Australia and West Africa. According to Rio, [...]
Are You Brave Enough to Buy Low?
June 12, 2012 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment
GUEST COMMENTARY–Louis James, Casey Research This time last week, I was at the Cambridge House World Resource Investment Conference in Vancouver, BC. Usually the show is quite hopping, but this time, while there was the usual mob and there was standing room only at several of the events Doug, the Casey crew, and I participated [...]
Heavily Stockpiled, China’s Housing Bubble is Poised to Hurt Metals
May 30, 2012 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment
COMMENTARY–ProspectingJournal.com– In China there is something deeply perplexing about this year’s housing figures. Compared to the first quarter of last year, China’s real estate investment has seen a 23.5 percent increase. And as we encroach upon the release of new monthly data, that trend gives us little reason to show surprise at further jumps. With [...]
Positive Drilling Results from Endeavour’s Youga Gold Mine
May 28, 2012 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment
NEWS–VANCOUVER – Endeavour Mining Corporation (“Endeavour”) (TSX: EDV) (ASX: EVR) (OTCQX: EDVMF) is pleased to report positive results from drilling beneath the Main Pit at the Youga Gold Mine. Drill intercepts included A2-11-220 with 52.5 metres (m) of 2.1 grams per tonne (g/t) gold which included 2.6 m of 5.2 g/t gold. The drilling beneath [...]
Doug Casey – Notes from the Front Line on International Travel
May 23, 2012 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment
GUEST VIDEO–Doug Casey, Casey Research In an excerpt from his presentation at the Casey Research Recovery Reality Check Summit, legendary contrarian speculator Doug Casey remarks on the farcical aspects of international air travel. You can hear Doug’s complete speech, along with all the other presentations given at this Summit, at your convenience and in [...]
Commodities take a Tumble: A Crisis of Excess
May 16, 2012 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment
COMMENTARY–ProspectingJournal.com– Commodities have taken a miserable tumble as a combination of forces act in synchrony and weigh down on global prices. On the one hand you have an unresolved Greek debt crisis to which there seems no end. President Karolos Papoulias has only today announced that Greece will yet again return to elections. It gives [...]
The Implications of a Massive Potash Surplus: Picking Strategic Juniors
May 9, 2012 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment
COMMENTARY–ProspectingJournal.com–With the population of hungry, middle-class consumers rapidly expanding, there is no doubt a growing necessity to improve crop yields and increase agricultural efficiency worldwide. And thus there is a degree of certainty behind the belief that we will only continue to increasingly rely on the use of fertilizers in agriculture. Few can doubt that [...]
Endeavour Mining Delivers Strong First Quarter Results Including 49,531 ozs Gold Produced
May 9, 2012 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment
NEWS–GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands – Endeavour Mining Corporation (“Endeavour” or the “Corporation”) (TSX: EDV) (ASX: EVR) (OTCQX: EDVMF) is pleased to report the financial and operational results for the first quarter of 2012. Endeavour’s two operating mines exceeded guidance by producing 49,531 ounces during the quarter at a cash cost (excluding royalties) of $664 per [...]
Credence Copper Revival: Junior Teaches Old Arizona Mine New Tricks
April 30, 2012 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment
ANALYSIS—ProspectingJournal.com—Despite the effects of erratic markets, now driven by debt headlines and reports of cooling Chinese demand , copper is holding steady. The reason is simple: the commodity with the “PhD in Economics” plays an integral role as our wired society’s nervous system. One look at cu’s five-year spot price illustrates this resilience, not to [...]
Graphite: The Boom, China’s Bottleneck and the Exploration Crunch
April 23, 2012 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment
COMMENTARY–ProspectingJournal.com– In graphite very few can doubt the potential. When the metal first came into use its applications were widely restricted to lubricants and pencils. The impending boom of the auto industry in the 1960s then allowed it to tap into new markets, substantially widening graphite’s reach and economic value. Today, a similar pattern of [...]
Got Uranium? Looming Supply Crunch & Junior Activity Heat Up Athabasca
April 23, 2012 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment
ANALYSIS—ProspectingJournal.com—Lately, we’ve had the pleasure of witnessing a slow but steady revival of the uranium scene in the renowned Athabasca Basin. This revival followed Rio Tinto’s takeover of Hathor Exploration [HAT – TSX] and its Roughrider uranium project for $654 million. Shortly after, Stephen Harper reached a deal with China to significantly increase Canadian uranium [...]
Standard Graphite (SGH-TSX.V) is Super Charged
April 18, 2012 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment
Guest Commentary–Metal Investment News– Graphite is hot and getting hotter. Global demand is expected to double in the next 8 years catalyzed by a 20% a year growth rate in the lithium ion battery space which uses high carbon, “large flake” (+80 micron) graphite selling for $2,400 a tonne. Rapid adoption of battery-driven technologies in [...]
Goals Met, New Targets Set: Endeavour Mining Earns an A+ For 2011 Results
March 20, 2012 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment
ANALYSIS—ProspectingJournal.com—For West African gold producer Endeavour Mining [EDV – TSX], 2011 was significant. The year-end witnessed the “Merger of Equals” with Australia’s Adamus Resources Ltd and shortly after, Endeavour reported meeting 2011 gold production targets. With 2012 underway, projections for the price of gold place Endeavour in the spotlight, as has the Company’s latest press [...]
Is 2012 the Next 1897? Juniors Prepare for Yukon Gold Rush
February 28, 2012 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment
ANALYSIS—ProspectingJournal.com—When it comes to gold mining, the Yukon needs little introduction. The westernmost territory’s frigid climate and unforgiving terrain hasn’t deterred prospectors, past and present. The end of the 19th century saw gold miners rush in on mere rumours of the yellow metal, which eventually lead to the renowned Klondike Gold Rush in 1897. Now, [...]
First the Jets, Now Mining: Manitoba on the Rebound
February 23, 2012 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment
ANALYSIS—ProspectingJournal.com—Manitoba, the inner province that most have never been to, is quickly becoming an emerging player in the mining world. While the general public associates the region with polar bears and frigid winters, the mining industry sees great profit. The province is home to 9 operating mines located in the prolific Thompson, Lynn Lake, Leaf [...]
Major New Discovery on the Carlin Trend in Nevada
February 22, 2012 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment
GUEST COMMENTARY–Rockstone Research– Today, Gold Standard Ventures Corp. (TSX-V: GV; shares issued & outstanding: 61 million) announced to have drilled 4.3 g/t gold over 56 m at a depth of only 169 m including an interval of 7 g/t gold over 18 m. Apparently, this gold mineralization is flat-lying which means that the mentioned intervals [...]
Zimtu Capital Corp. Announces Property Transaction with Strike Graphite Corp.
February 15, 2012 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment
NEWS–February 14, 2012 – Zimtu Capital Corp. (TSXv: ZC; FSE: ZCT1) (the “Company” or “Zimtu”) is pleased to announce that the Company and three prospecting partners have signed an agreement with Strike Graphite Corp. (TSXv: SRK) (“Strike”) whereby Strike can earn a 100%-interest in the Wagon Graphite Property located in southwestern Quebec. The Wagon Property [...]
