Category: Copper
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![Blue Moon Zinc (MOON.V) looks to drill flagship VMS project in Mariposa County, California]()
Blue Moon Zinc (MOON.V) looks to drill flagship VMS project in Mariposa County, California
In a recent Guru offering, we noted how the $1850 level in gold—a level we suspected of being surveilled by a whole universe of traders—had turned into a front line in the brawl between bulls and bears. The above chart shows a bear trap (the late November-early December dip) and subsequent charge through $1850 resistance.…
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![Arizona Metals (AMC.V) expands VMS land package as gold and copper come into focus]()
Arizona Metals (AMC.V) expands VMS land package as gold and copper come into focus
An 1982 historic estimate by Exxon Minerals reported a “proven and probable reserve of 6.4 million short tons at a grade of 3.03% zinc, 55 g/t silver and 2.8 g/t gold, 2.2% copper”.
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![Arizona Metals (AMC.V) receives positive metallurgical feedback – on the cusp of an aggressive drilling campaign at prolific VMS district in mining-friendly Arizona]()
Arizona Metals (AMC.V) receives positive metallurgical feedback – on the cusp of an aggressive drilling campaign at prolific VMS district in mining-friendly Arizona
The one facet of exploration and development that can trump all others—just ask any seasoned mining man (or woman) in this arena—is metallurgy. Metallurgy is the science (some prefer the word “art”) of extracting valuable metals from their ores and modifying them for their intended use. On November 9th, Arizona Metals (AMC.V), drawing on the…
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![Arizona Metals (AMC.V) homes in on gold-copper-rich VMS targets in mining-friendly Arizona]()
Arizona Metals (AMC.V) homes in on gold-copper-rich VMS targets in mining-friendly Arizona
Let’s face it, management is everything in the junior exploration arena (okay, nearly everything). You can have a great, company-maker of a project in the friendliest jurisdiction, but without the right team in place—a combination of gifted rock kickers and enterprising business types— things can fly apart at the seams. Operational inefficiencies often create a…
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![Golden Arrow (GRG.V) provides exploration update for projects in Chile, Paraguay, and Argentina]()
Golden Arrow (GRG.V) provides exploration update for projects in Chile, Paraguay, and Argentina
What do Pope Francis and Cuban Revolutionary, Ernesto Che Guevara, have in common? They both hail from Argentina. They also seem to come from the same kinda grit: the supreme pontiff actually worked as a bar bouncer in Buenos Aires back in the day. No record of him ever bouncing Che. Golden Arrow’s (GRG.V) heart…
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![Drilling commences at Forum’s (FMC.V) district-scale Janice Lake copper project in Saskatchewan]()
Drilling commences at Forum’s (FMC.V) district-scale Janice Lake copper project in Saskatchewan
In a recent Highballer offering, we stated the following re Forum Energy Metals (FMC.V)… “Things are busy at Forum Central, and it’s about to get much busier.” Last week, on September 1st, the company dropped the following headline: Rio Tinto Commences Drilling at the Janice Lake Sedimentary Copper/Silver Project, Saskatchewan Here, Rio Tinto Exploration Canada…
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![Equity Guru ExploreCo news round up – Defense (DEFN.V), East Asia (EAS.V), Falcon (FG.V), Golden Lake (GLM.C), Nubian (NBR.V), Nexus (NXS.V), and X-Terra (XTT.V)]()
Equity Guru ExploreCo news round up – Defense (DEFN.V), East Asia (EAS.V), Falcon (FG.V), Golden Lake (GLM.C), Nubian (NBR.V), Nexus (NXS.V), and X-Terra (XTT.V)
Back in October of 2019, I penned the following concerning gold and the companies that make the metal their business: In times of rampant currency debasement, geopolitical uncertainty (twitchy chest-puffing politicians instigating trade wars via Twitter), gold belongs in a balanced portfolio in order to reduce risk. Not only is gold a great hedge against…
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![VRIC 2020 Form Guide: How to do the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference]()
VRIC 2020 Form Guide: How to do the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference
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 and, for much of that decade, the mood has been fairly dour. There’s always hope that something is going to light up the industry the way LithiumX (LIX.V) did in…
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Falcon Gold (FG.V) is a tiny little bet on a big fat gold region
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…
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![CopperBank (CBK.C): a beautiful copper-mine canary jerks back to life]()
CopperBank (CBK.C): a beautiful copper-mine canary jerks back to life
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 staff. According to the most recent Commitments of Traders Report, three months ago there were about 74,000 collective short copper positions (betting that the price of copper will go down).…
