January 12, 2019

Commodities are the right story for 2019

2019.01.12 The markets are up and down like a bride’s nightgown, as my […]
January 11, 2019

Lithium-ion batteries to become cheapest form of energy storage by 2030

2019.01.11 Lithium-ion batteries find their most common applications in small electric devices, power […]
January 10, 2019

How the BC NDP sold the environment down the river

2019.01.10 There once was a time when the New Democratic Party of British […]
January 10, 2019

SK Innovation mulling another $5B for America’s first EV battery plant

2019.01.10 Most North Americans equate electric vehicles with Tesla, whose “Gigafactory” in Nevada […]
January 10, 2019

SK Innovation mulling another $5B for America’s first EV battery plant

2019.01.10 Most North Americans equate electric vehicles with Tesla, whose “Gigafactory” in Nevada […]
January 10, 2019

Why Chile’s plan to expand copper output is a farce

2019.01.10 A headline in the mining news this week caught my attention: “Chile copper […]
January 9, 2019

ETF holders, China piling into gold

2019.01.09 Gold is once again in vogue, with the precious metal attracting investor […]
January 8, 2019

Rare earths deja vu: Chinese crackdown = higher prices

2019.01.08 In a scene awfully familiar to those who follow the rare earths […]
January 8, 2019

Rare earths deja vu: Chinese crackdown = higher prices

2019.01.08 In a scene awfully familiar to those who follow the rare earths […]
January 7, 2019

Uranium was the best metal performer of 2018

2019.01.07 2018 was a down year for many commodities, with oil, coffee and […]
December 30, 2018

Rockridge Resources resumes trading after exchange approval of option agreement to acquire copper VMS project

2018.12.30 A new copper and battery metals play in Saskatchewan is out of […]
December 30, 2018

Rockridge Resources resumes trading after exchange approval of option agreement to acquire copper VMS project

2018.12.30 A new copper and battery metals play in Saskatchewan is out of […]
December 30, 2018

Saving our Canadian bacon

2018.12.30 For the Trudeau haters out there, this was the moment they’d all […]
December 22, 2018

Skyharbour rocks Moore’s basement with new high-grade zone

2018.12.22 Skyharbour Resources Ltd. (TSX-V:SYH) (OTCQB: SYHBF) (Frankfurt:SC1P)delivered some exciting results to the […]
December 22, 2018

Bolivia: Where revolutionaries and lithium miners go to die

2018.12.22 Other than being the country where Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara was killed, […]
December 16, 2018

BC earthquakes and fracking

2018.12.16 There is no fracking going on right now in northeastern British Columbia, […]
December 8, 2018

Human body plug and play

2018.12.08 One of the most perplexing issues to confront modern medicine has been […]
December 8, 2018

Trump vs the Fed: who wins?

2018.12.08 Who controls the US economy? The “power of the purse” resides within […]
December 8, 2018

Ghost Empires

2018.12.08 Drought is a normal recurring feature of the climate in most parts […]
December 1, 2018

Bottled water bamboozle

2018.12.01 Bottled water is now the most consumed drink sold in a plastic […]
December 1, 2018

Whisky is for drinking; water is for fighting over

2018.12.01 The problem of severe water stress in the United States – and […]
November 27, 2018

Cypress Development PEA shows rare earth recovery potential

2018.11.27 The devil, or should we say the dollars, are in the details. […]
November 25, 2018

Defense Metals now controls Wicheeda Lk Rare Earth deposit

2018.11.25 We probably have more rare earth deposits in Canada, or controlled by […]
November 24, 2018

Copper fundamentals still solid

2018.11.24 As an investment commodity, we’ve been writing about copper for a long […]
November 21, 2018

Aben Resources (TSX.V:ABN) Update

2018.11.21 9 holes left from Forrest Kerr to report as well as geo-chem […]
November 17, 2018

The real price of LNG

2018.11.17 “This is a spectacular day for all British Columbians, again not one […]
November 17, 2018

A viable alternative to LNG

2018.11.17 The politicians holding power in British Columbia and Ottawa have stacked their […]
November 14, 2018

French uranium mining giant Orano to pump $2.2M into SYH drill program

2018.11.14 One of the largest uranium mining and nuclear energy companies in the […]
November 10, 2018

BC’s killer whales v LNG

2018.11.10 The snow-capped mountains north of Vancouver are famous for skiing, but eight […]
November 9, 2018

Golden Triangle’s Red Line

2018.11.09 Geology “Geologists are scrambling to understand what created the phenomenal concentrations of […]
November 6, 2018

Aben finds early success at Forrest Kerr

2018.11.06 The drill program at Aben Resources’ (TSX.V:ABN) Forrest Kerr property is looking promising. After […]
November 3, 2018

Cypress Development putsout blockbuster PEA

2018.11.03 Successful resource investing is all about identifying prospective companies with an excellent […]
November 3, 2018

Cypress has world class Clayton Valley Nevada lithium resource

2018.11.03 Today Cypress Development Corp (TSX-V:CYP) put out their long-awaited maiden resource estimate […]
November 3, 2018

Cypress releases technical report; maiden resource imminent

2018.11.03 Cypress Development Corp (TSXV:CYP) has moved another peg on the board as […]
November 3, 2018

Aben’s three new discoveries at Forrest Kerr opens up the possibility of a stacked north-south mineralized corridor

2018.11.03 Aben Resources (TSX-V:ABN) continues to rock their 2018 drill program with a […]
November 3, 2018

A Beautiful Mine

2018.11.03 At the Beijing Auto Show this year, 7 out of 10 “new […]
November 3, 2018

Skyharbour drilling in world’s highest-grade uranium jurisdiction

2018.11.03 The combination of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal directional drilling technologies in the […]
November 3, 2018

Building the most critical metals mine in America

2018.11.03 In the movie Avatar, humans have depleted their natural resources to the point […]
November 3, 2018

The US needs Cypress’s lithium

2018.11.03 On June 11 Cypress Development Corp (TSXV:CYP) published its resource estimate for its […]
November 2, 2018

China will become more copper-hungry

2018.11.02 China is already the world’s biggest copper buyer, representing half of global […]
November 1, 2018

The beginning of the end of the dollar

2018.11.01 Donald Trump will go down in history for many things, including a […]
November 1, 2018

SURG closes private placement, hits new zone

2018.11.01 More funds are flowing into Surge Copper’s (TSX-V:SURG) treasury at the same […]
November 1, 2018

Why the lithium bears are wrong

2018.11.01 Economics has been called “the dismal science” for its conclusions which often […]
October 30, 2018

Update – SQM’s quest for lithium dominance

2018.10.30   Chile’s Sociedad Quimica y Minera (SQM) is the second largest lithium […]
October 29, 2018

The EV battery arms race is on

2018.10.29 Chile, the best place to be Access to raw materials at competitive […]
October 25, 2018

The coming copper crunch

2018.10.25 Copper had one of it best years ever in 2017, rising 27% […]
October 24, 2018

Lithium deals gathering pace

2018.10.24 The United States currently imports most of the lithium that it consumes […]
October 23, 2018

Barrick-Randgold deal breathes new life into gold

2018.10.23 Despite having a rough summer, with a number of factors pushing gold […]
October 23, 2018

Surge Copper: 3 great scenarios

2018.10.23 Earlier this year Gold Reach Resources changed its name to reflect a […]
October 21, 2018

LNG: Another environmental disaster coming to BC

2018.10.21 A new liquefied natural gas industry in British Columbia that would be […]
October 20, 2018

Exploration program begins for Surge Copper

2018.10.20 The drills have started turning at Surge Copper’s (TSX.V:SURG) Ootsa property in […]
October 19, 2018

Building the most critical metals mine in America

2018.10.19 In the movie Avatar, humans have depleted their natural resources to the point […]
October 19, 2018

Wanna buy a copper mine? Ask a junior

2018.10.19 Copper is one of the most abundant metals among the world’s mined […]
October 16, 2018

Aben continues to expand mineralization at Forrest Kerr

2018.10.16 Exploration is a hunt for minerals. If it was as easy as […]
October 15, 2018

Cashed-up Skyharbour ready to sink 3,000m at Moore

2018.10.15 Sometimes in mining, you’ve gotta drill deep to find the high-grade rocks. That’s the […]
October 13, 2018

Rare earths in the cross-hairs of new high-tech arms race

2018.10.13 A decision by the Chinese government to slash production of rare earth […]
October 10, 2018

5 reasons why commodities are the place to be in 2018

2018.10.10 The stock market pullback of the last couple of weeks has shown […]
October 10, 2018

SURG finds breccia icing to put on its porphyry cake

2018.10.10 It could be the icing on the cake that gives Surge Copper […]
October 6, 2018

Uranium’s ugly stepsister

2018.10.06 Most junior resource investors know uranium, and many got in on the […]
August 9, 2018

Resurgent US oil industry priming the economic pump

2018.08.09 Crude oil prices dropped from $110 a barrel in the summer of […]
August 9, 2018

Bond Market Bear Creating Gold Bull

2018.08.09 Gold is climbing as bond yields rise and the dollar falls, over […]
August 9, 2018

Cypress closing in on billion-ton resource in Nevada’s Clayton Valley

2018.08.09 As interest in battery metals continues (it was a major theme at […]
February 27, 2018

Defense Metals on track to build rare earth mine

2018.02.27 Those who have worked in the business as long as I have will easily […]
February 27, 2018

Defense Metals on track to build rare earth mine

2018.02.27 Those who have worked in the business as long as I have will easily […]
January 12, 2018

How China is locking up critical resources in the US’s own backyard

2018.01.12 In the 1800’s the United States under President James Monroe invoked the […]
January 12, 2018

Lithium Supercycle

2018.01.12 The truth, in regards to the world’s mineral resources, is that we […]
December 22, 2017

Weapon of Mass Disruption

2017.12.22 The ever-increasing digitalization of our world has meant advances in technology that […]
October 23, 2017

Vanadium: The Metal We Can’t Do Without And Don’t Produce

2017.10.23 From swords to jet engines  One of the world’s least known metals […]
October 16, 2017

Lithium Supercycle

2017.10.16 The truth, in regards to the world’s mineral resources, is that we […]
October 2, 2017

Why Lithium, Why Now?

2017.10.02 Our ‘who cares’ attitude towards pollution and habitat destruction are all increasing […]
September 17, 2017

Lithium ABC’s

2017-09-17 The Puna plateau sits at an elevation of 4,000m, stretches for 1800 […]
September 15, 2017

I’m Thinking Profit Potential

2017.09.15 As the demand for solar energy has increased so has the demand […]
September 8, 2017

Only Political Dividing Line Left Roots Based Politics

2017.09.08 Because of the rise of Globalism in the late 20th century the […]
August 19, 2017

Battle Royale In US$10 Billion Hemophilia Market

2017.08.19 Anybody that actually reads this article re 5 co’s battling it out in the […]
June 29, 2017

The Dawn Of Energy Storage

2017.06.29 Burning fossil fuels releases CO2.   Bloomberg   Carbon emissions from burning […]
June 25, 2017

Canadian Juniors Are Playing For Results

2017.06.25 It’s a fact in the mining world that most discoveries are made […]
June 25, 2017

Vanadium Solves Renewable Energy’s Biggest Challenge

2017.06.25 When looking for an investment your method should involve a thematic approach, […]
June 25, 2017

Orphaned Poisoned Waters

2017.06.25   There’s a lot of water on the planet we inhabit – […]
June 21, 2017

Fe & TiO2

2017.06.21 Everybody knows what Fe is for – iron is the main ingredient […]
May 27, 2017

Earth Overshoot Day

2017.05.27 The second half of the 20th century saw the biggest increase in […]
April 22, 2017

Why Now Precious Metals?

2017.04.22 John Exter was an American economist and a member of the Board […]
April 8, 2017

From Mine To Battery

2017.04.08 Four minerals – chromium, cobalt, manganese and the platinum group metals (PGM) […]
March 4, 2017

Renewable Energy’s Problem and the solution

2017.03.04   The electric vehicle (EV) market, indeed the entire energy storage market, […]
March 3, 2017

Leveraging The Doomsday Clock

2017.03.03 The Doomsday Clock was first used in 1947  (it started at 7 […]
February 2, 2017

The Missing Link

2017.02.02 Pollution and climate change are key drivers for the global adoption of […]
January 28, 2017

Manganese Is Energy Critical

2017.01.28 In 1917 the War Industries Board (WIB) noted that the United States […]
January 13, 2017

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

2017.01.13  The DRC holds two major distinctions. First, it is the richest country […]
January 1, 1970

FluroTech provides LP’s rapid and effective inhouse cannabis testing

Imagine walking into your local liquor store to pick up a bottle of […]
January 1, 1970

Pentagon missile-making plan is perplexing

Barely a month after threatening to withdraw from the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty […]
January 1, 1970

Uranium sector won’t catch a break

One week ago Cameco announced it will maintain low output levels until uranium prices recover. […]
January 1, 1970

Cobalt

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is finally doing something about cobalt mining, […]
January 1, 1970

The Most Beautiful Metal

2017.02.23 Vanadium is a soft, silvery gray, ductile transition metal and is the […]
January 1, 1970

For Canadian cannabis companies, the US is the prize

The legalization of cannabis products is still big news in Canada, but the […]
January 1, 1970

Permanent magnets primer

Anyone with a passing interest in renewable energy, consumer electronics or electric vehicles […]
January 1, 1970

Ahead of the Herd Interview with President and COO of NV Gold Corp. Peter Ball

Today I’m talking with Peter Ball, President and COO of NV Gold Corp. […]
January 1, 1970

A Beautiful MineRare earths in the cross-hairs of new high-tech arms raceAhead of the Herd Video Interview with Cypress Development Corp. CEO Bill WilloughbyAhead of the Herd Video Interview with Cypress Development Corp. Strategic Advisor Simon Dyakowski

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man […]
January 1, 1970

CYP partners with Lilac Solutions to get 83% recoveries from Nevada claystones

Cypress Development Corp (TSX-V:CYP), the micro-cap company with a HUGE lithium resource in […]
January 1, 1970

How the US lost the plot on rare earths

On Wednesday morning, a rocket blasted off from Blue Origin’s West Texas facility […]
January 1, 1970

Getchell Gold: A rare find

A junior resource company’s place in the mining food chain is to acquire […]
January 1, 1970

Major expansion in the works at Palladium One’s LK Project

Palladium One (TSX-V:PDM) is in the process of adding fresh ground to its […]