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AbraPlata: The silver (and gold) in Argentina
25 Mar 2018
The name “Argentina” comes from the Latin term “argentum”, which means silver. For AbraPlata (V.ABRA) the silver (and a good deal of gold) is found at the Diablillos property, which contains a Ag-Au epithermal deposit called Oculto, located in the far south of a province called Salta located in the northwestern part of the country. […]
Turning Money into Gold | Victoria Gold
18 Mar 2018
Mining Victoria Gold’s (V.VIT) Eagle Gold Project at Dublin Gulch in Yukon literally means taking off the side of a small mountain. That mountain hosts a National Instrument 43-101 compliant Reserve of 2.7 million ounces of gold at .67 gpt. Operating costs are estimated at US$550 per ounce and the mine is designed to produce […]
Grizzly Discoveries: Gold in British Columbia
15 Mar 2018
“I am not your typical CEO,” said Brian “Griz” Testo. “I was a prospector/developer during the Alberta diamond rush. One year I was flying down to PDAC and I met Pam Strand. She introduced me to Mike Dufresne. They told me if I wanted to develop properties the way I thought they should be developed […]
Copper with a Low CAPEX: Crown Mining
11 Mar 2018
Whenever a company comes out with a PEA I always look at the CAPEX first. The fact is that, regardless of the size of the resource, the estimated mine life or the internal rate of return, the CAPEX number gives a good first approximation of whether a project is actually feasible. 513 Million dollars is […]
Consolidating the Kootenay Arc: Margaux Resources
28 Feb 2018
Gold, zinc, tungsten: Tyler Rice, CEO of Margaux Resources (V.MRL) has a true polymetallic property to explore. Located in South Eastern British Columbia, the Margaux properties follow the rich geology of the Kootenay Arc. On February 27, 2018 the company announced that it had completed two significant consolidations of lands, projects and mineral tenures in […]
Looking for Hemlo II: Canadian Orebodies
27 Feb 2018
A lot of exploration is about looking for pointers, for clues, as to where a deposit might be. For Canadian Orebodies, a train of boulders, a number of which had high-grade gold mineralization pointed in a particular direction. If you look at the map above you can spot the boulder train. Angular boulders which suggest […]
Bayhorse Silver: Old Mine, New Technology
25 Feb 2018
The Bayhorse Property, located near Huntington in south eastern Oregon, was the location of the largest silver deposit ever found in the state. It was mined in the early twenties and then again in 1984 when the price of silver dropped below $5 per ounce. Bayhorse Silver (V.BHS) acquired the right to mine the property […]
Blue Sky Uranium: At Surface in Argentina
14 Feb 2018
Did you know that Argentina is the largest generator of electricity from nuclear energy in South America? Or that it imports all of the 500,000 pounds a year of uranium that its three nuclear reactors use? Or that Argentina has one additional nuclear reactor under construction and two in the planning stages? Speaking with Nikolaos […]
MGX: Riding the Energy Transition
13 Feb 2018
To get a handle on MGX Minerals (C.XMG) and its frenetic CEO Jared Lazerson you have to understand Lazerson’s underlying vision of energy technology in transition. For Lazerson the renewables revolution, the need for efficient energy storage solutions and the broad range of “battery” metals all coalesce into a set of opportunities. So many opportunities […]
Ascendant: Free Cash Flow in a Rising Zinc Market
31 Jan 2018
For Ascendant Resources (T.ASND) , 2017 was an extremely successful turnaround year. The Company’s El Mochito zinc, lead and silver mine located in Honduras has been in continuous operations for 70 years but, over the course of recent years, suffered from underinvestment and some neglect from its previous operator. With its recently released 2017 full […]
Cartier Resources: Cashed up in the Abitibi
21 Jan 2018
Cartier Resources’s (V.ECR) CEO Philippe Cloutier has worked in the exploration business for over twenty-five years. He understands the potential of prospective properties and he knows that the very best place to find gold is where gold has already been mined. He also knows that to develop and execute a drilling program is expensive. Which is […]
Marathon Gold: From Exploration to Development
15 Jan 2018
Marathon Gold (T.MOZ) had an outstanding 2017. It extended the areas in which it found gold mineralization and published two 43-101 Resource Estimates in February and November. However, for Phil Walford, Marathon’s CEO, perhaps the most significant event of 2017 was the decision to go to a Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) of the property to […]
GGX Gold: Location, Location, Location
11 Jan 2018
It is one thing to find a gold deposit, it is another to find an economic gold deposit. For GGX Gold’s (V.GGX) Gold Drop project one huge attraction is that the property is less than 60 kilometres from the Kinross Kettle River-Buckhorn mine and mill. A mill which is running at half capacity due to […]
Crown Mining: An Option on Billions of pounds of Copper
4 Dec 2017
Propose that I offered you an option on billions of pounds (maybe more) of copper with a delivery date six to ten years from now. What would that be worth? For Crown Mining (V.CWM) and its CEO Stephen Dunn the answer to that question is driven partly by a presently strengthening copper price and partly […]
Argentina Lithium: Local Knowledge Counts
4 Dec 2017
Twenty five years ago Argentina liberalized its business and mining rules. At the time the mineral rich nation had barely been explored using modern techniques. A fact which Joe Grosso was very much aware of. He set out to explore in Argentina and, over the years, made three major discoveries and was named Argentina’s ‘Mining […]
Falco: New Mines under Old Smelters
28 Nov 2017
You could practically hear Falco Resources’ (V.FPC) Vincent Metcalfe beaming down the phone. He was apologizing for being a bit tough to reach. “We just closed a $300 million private placement for Osisko Gold Royalties, the group’s mothership. It’s been busy.” The group’s week became busier because shortly after our interview Falco released a 43-101 […]
Margaux Resources: Consolidating The Kootenay Arc
20 Nov 2017
If you look at a map of historical mining districts in British Columbia, the southeastern corner stands out. Gold, silver, lead, zinc and tungsten have all been profitably mined in the area. For Margaux Resources (V.MRL) looking at past mines and the geological structures which underlie them suggested a broad, district scale opportunity. “We’re a […]
Transition Metals: Pipeline growth without dilution
14 Nov 2017
Transition (V.XTM) CEO Scott McLean is very clear about the difference between a project generator and a junior explorer, “The big difference is that a traditional junior will raise money by diluting the shareholder’s equity to fund the advancement of one or two projects. Under the project generator business model, the Company holds multiple projects […]