Category: Mining
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Uranium explorers frustrated as good results/Fission buyout fail to lift all boats
Two days ago, uranium folks were agonizing about how dumping by China had driven down the commodity market, just as uranium prices had started on an upward swing. Then, yesterday, Fission Uranium (FCU.T) announced that it had welcomed a $1.1 billion bid from Australian mining giant Paladin Energy to walk away from its Athabasca Basin…
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Mining for beginners: 13 explorers that’ll teach you the biz
I’ve been meaning to do a story like this for a while, to help folks that can see the commodities markets are blowing up and would like to get in on some higher risk, higher upside opportunities. It’s tough to get into resource investing from scratch. Indeed, before you make money on resources you almost…
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Ramp Metals (RAMP.V) rockets up 227% on bonanza drill hole
Don’t say we didn’t warn you – Ramp Metals (RAMP.V), which we told you about right before they went public, has been jumping into its drill program quickly and today announced an absolute beauty. RAMP METALS ANNOUNCES NEW HIGH-GRADE GOLD DISCOVERY OF 73.55 G/T AU OVER 7.5M AT ITS ROTTENSTONE SW PROJECT Ramp Metals Inc.…
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Why are investors not jumping in on Junior Miners?
It has been quite the year for precious metals. In recent months, the price action has been outstanding. We are talking about new record all time highs for gold and copper. Silver has had a nice pop, and in the next few days I will be putting out an article on silver’s path towards…
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Bargain of the Day: $7m Standard Uranium (STND.V) has $31m in cash and commitments
I’m going to run through a list of assets that the $7m market cap explorer Standard Uranium (STND.V) has in its portfolio right now, and you can stop me when you think I’m making things up or it’s just too bananas to follow without laughing. Let’s go. 11 projects around the prolific Athabasca Basin, including:…
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Ashley Gold (ASHL.C) doing a lot with a little – 31.9 gram p/t gold sample
As a marketing provider to public companies, I see a wide variety of deals of all shapes and sizes and intents. Some are monsters, with massive acreage, million of dollars in the ground, big staff rosters, and NI 43-101’s and PEA’s and financings stacked to the ceiling. Others are just straight promotes, with little intention…
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Ashley Gold (ASHL.C) hits paydirt with 82.3 g/t Sakoose gold sample
Ashley Gold (ASHL.C) CEO Darcy Christian was out in the mountains again this past month, and when he wasn’t fighting off bears and mosquitoes, he was taking gold samples. His company recently attached itself to a uranium play that can quickly advance if all goes well, but while that’s coming together, the geo-ceo decided to…
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Alaska Energy Metals (AEMC.V) sets a price base as new projects come into the fold
Smallcap resource explorers go through phases. Everyone likes to think investors jump on and never get off, riding one ticker all the way to production, but that’s just not true in practice. Some investors like the early ‘roulette wheel’ stages, where share prices move in half cent increments that offer 20+% gains. Some don’t want…
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EuroPacific Metals (EUP.V) hits a beauty hole first time out
We have a system we use when looking at drill results of resource explorers. Looking over drill intercepts is tedious work, so we’ve shrunk it down to a checklist, to create a layman’s idea of whether a hole is good, great, or insane.. It’s our system, built by us for us, so others may declare…
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Silver on the path towards $50 per oz?
This isn’t going to happen tomorrow or next week or next month, but from a technical standpoint, silver is on the path towards $50 per oz. Gold and copper yesterday (May 21st 2024) printed new all time record highs and the uptrend continues to remain intact. Metals are performing: Some are calling this a new…
