Recreational Cannabis in Canada

Canada gold, junior mining companies

Here is another in my series of articles on the recreational marijuana industry in Canada. There is no doubt a lot of money to be made selling legal pot but the federal and provincial governments are not making it easy. The biggest hole in the regulatory scheme is the postponement of regulations dealing with edibles. In the US edibles have constituted up to 50% of the legal market. Companies have to adapt. read more

Marijuana Market Segmentation

Canada gold, junior mining companies

I am writing a series of articles over at Seeking Alpha on the ins and outs of the Canadian marijuana market and the public companies which are working in this space. Article #2 is a worms eye view of the various sorts of users who make up that market including people who might grow their own. read more

Yukon Ho!

Canada gold, junior mining companies

I am just back from five busy days in the Yukon. Visited Victoria Gold, Western Copper and Gold, Alexco, White Gold, ATAC and Nickle Creek and spoke to another eight or nine companies at the Yukon Mining Alliance’s Yukon Mining Conference in Dawson City. read more

White Gold: Science and Soil in the Yukon

You don’t have to be in the Yukon for very long before you hear about Shawn Ryan. Last year, I’d just landed and was in the hotel pub with two great people who are legends in the placer business and was asked, “So are you going to see Shawn?” I had no clue. And as I travelled to the now Goldcorp Coffee deposit the geo who was running the tour said, “Shawn was over this property.” read more

What do you do with a Doré bar?

Golden Predator Coin, V.GPY
Yukon Mining Alliance, gold, Golden Predator
Janet Lee-Sheriff and Bill Sheriff with a million dollar Doré gold bar at Yukon Mining Lunch in Toronto

Back in September of 2017 the Government of the Yukon and the Yukon Mining Alliance held an event in Toronto. The star at the event – other than Premier Sandy Silver – was a doré gold bar protected by a real Mountie in the real, scarlet, dress uniform of the RCMP. read more