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The Gold Anti-Trust Committee Gives a Dire Warning
by Allen Alper and Aaron Hoos
When you talk to junior mining companies who are trying to drum up money to fund their exploration, you'll frequently hear about how rosy the future looks: Prices can only go up, opportunity will only increase, and the economy can only get better.
Click here to continue... | Rio Novo Gold Goes Big
by Allen M. Alper and Aaron Hoos
But Rio Novo Gold (TSX: RN) is going one step further: It's aiming to run entire gold districts, which is an interesting and aggressive play to lock out competitors and cash in on opportunities over a large piece of land. But that's not the only exciting aspect of Rio Novo Gold. Their financial outlook is exciting, given their project's history and its current state of development.
Click here to continue... | Building a Hard Assets Conference That’s Hard to Beat
by Allen Alper
Looking forward to the next Hard Assets Investment Conference? We had a chance to sit down with Jonathan Moore, the show organizer.
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New Growth: The Agnico-Eagle Mines Story
by Allen M Alper Jr and Aaron Hoos
Stories of explosive business growth are compelling to mining industry investors who want to get an early lead on opportunities. Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM) offers a fascinating story of a company that progressed steadily for many years and then, recently, switched tactics and is now seeing some exciting growth in new directions.
Click here to continue... | Philippine Metals Developing Rich Copper and Gold Properties in the Philippines
by Dr. Allen M. Alper
A relative newcomer, Philippine Metals started trading on the TSX Venture Exchange on 7 April 2010. Nevertheless, it has wide local knowledge, a strong management team and what company President and Director, Marshall Farris, describes as “three company-maker projects”.
Click here to continue... | Rare Element Resources, Working in a Jurisdiction Ranked Number Two in the World for Developing a Mine
by Dr. Allen M. Alper
Rare earth elements have a variety of uses, with around 19% used as catalysts, mainly in crude oil refining. A further 27% have uses in the glass and ceramics industry while 18% are used in metallurgy as an alloying agent. Applications in batteries and permanent magnets are increasing rapidly with “super” magnets consuming 21%.
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Thompson Creek Metals: Their Moly Focus is their Strength… And There's More to Come
by Allen M. Alper Jr. and Aaron Hoos
 Some companies pursue a diversified approach and broaden their skill-set while minimizing their risks. Other companies go in the opposite direction, focusing solely on a single target, which gives them other advantages and mitigates other risks. Thompson Creek Metals Company (NYSE: TC, TSX: TCM) pursues the latter strategy and investors who are excited about the burgeoning opportunities in the molybdenum market will love this company's focus.
Click here to continue... | Sona Resources Corp is Achieving Goals and Building its Portfolio Gold Projects
by Dr. Allen M. Alper and Aaron Hoos
Metals investors are used to seeing junior companies founded on a good idea and a healthy amount of hope. But if the junior company was founded a couple of decades ago and currently owns 4 projects and is achieving targets to grow, it's a different story.
Click here to continue... | American Creek Resources: Iron Ore, Gold, Silver, Copper: British Columbia, Canada
by Allen M. Alper Jr. and Jeff Senior
 Precious metals exploration company American Creek Resources has exciting times ahead, with two of its properties in particularly promising real potential for a major breakthrough. We caught up with CEO and President Allan Burton, who founded the company after a career practicing law in Calgary. He says: “I started the company with my partner in 2004. We were talking that metals were going to dramatically increase over the next few years. We were right. We went public in 2006 and we’re on the TSX Venture Exchange.”
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Gold Royalty and Shale Oil Companies, Bullion Monarch Mining and EnShale Inc.: A Winning Combination
by Allen M. Alper Jr. and Aaron Hoos
Investors love investment stories about mining companies being in the right place at the right time. They also love investment stories about mining companies that build on past successes to create brilliant opportunities for the future.
Click here to continue... | Alhambra Resources Ltd.: Gold and More Gold out of Kazakhstan
by Dr. Allen M. Alper and Bryan Martin
 Tucked away at this moment in the wind-whipped and frigid north-central steppes of the largest landlocked country in the world, a junior mineral explorer steadies itself in preparation for what it believes will become a remarkable year. Indeed, Alhambra Resources Ltd.’s current operations in the Republic of Kazakhstan are focused in a region known for its world-class deposits of gold, not to mention oil and gas.
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| Copper, Gold, Uranium, Molybdenum: Polar Star Mining: Excelling in Chile
by Allen Alper Jr. and Aaron Hoos
While a lot of the companies we interview here were often started by people who have only ever worked in the mining industry as geologists, it's interesting to get a different perspective from time to time.
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2iC Australia Pty Ltd Brings Innovative and Simple Product Solutions to the Mining Industry
by Allen M. Alper Jr.
2iC Australia Pty Ltd develops new and innovative products to provide more efficiency, safety and cost effectiveness to the mineral, construction and geotechnical industries. Key products include the Ezy-Latch, Ezy-Mark, Ezy-Grease and Ezy-Gout.
Click here to continue... | Gold and Silver in Northern Mexico: Golden Goliath
by Allen M. Alper and Jeff Senior
Unlike many junior exploration companies that have options to earn an interest in one or more small properties, Golden Goliath has 100% ownership of an entire mining camp.
Click here to continue... | Plato Gold: Developing Gold Properties in Timmins Ontario, Val d’Or Quebec and Santa Cruz Argentina
by Allen M. Alper Jr and Jeff Senior
Plato Gold Corporation (TSX, V: PGC) is a junior Canadian exploration company, based in Toronto that was formed by President and CEO Anthony Cohen in 1995 when he first became involved in the mining business.
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Temex: Gold, Nickel-Copper-Platinum Exploration and Discoveries
by Allen M. Alper Jr. and Aaron Hoos
Investors love stories of small companies that make daring – but smart – plays. And the juniors that are really attractive are the ones that make one after another after another. Temex seems to be one of those companies.
Click here to continue... | Do you Need Mining Technical Support or Training? - Snowden Can Help
by Dr. Allen M. Alper
Snowden Group started over twenty years ago in Perth, Australia, where it still has its head office. The original focus of resource estimation reflected founder Viv Snowden’s background. When Phil Snowden joined soon afterwards, he took a slightly different perspective on the business and focused more on corporate services and dealing with companies in the financial sector.
Click here to continue... | Gold, Silver, and Copper: NovaGold Resources Inc. Growing with Strategic Alliances
by Allen M. Alper and Aaron Hoos
Some businesses try to do it all: They want to be explorers and producers and everything in between. Few companies, especially at the junior level, actually achieve this holistic approach. NovaGold Resources (NYSE-AMEX, TSX: NG) has some impressive projects.
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Moly Mines: Molybdenum, Copper, Iron: Profiting from China's Rapid Growth
by Allen M. Alper Jr and Aaron Hoos
Investors everywhere love robust, growing economies. That's because a growing economy is building and people are buying. And a growing economy like China has an extra benefit: It's a country with a huge landmass and a lot of people and it desperately needs infrastructure – roads, power, buildings, etc. So, smart investors are watching China and buying infrastructure-related investments in order to profit from that growth.
Click here to continue... | The Evolution of a High-Grade Nevada Gold Explorer: Klondex on the Threshold of Initiating Production of its over 2 Million Ounce Resource
by Allen M. Alper and Aaron Hoos
Darwin's Theory of Evolution describes how strong species survive by adapting and evolving to meet the new demands of their environment. Investors who understand such transitions create very attractive investments will enjoy the opportunity that Klondex presents.
Click here to continue... | Gold, Platinum, Diamonds and Volcanic Massive Sulphide (VMS) Deposits, a Future Possibility for Barker Minerals
by Dr. Allen M. Alper and Aaron Hoos
A hunting trip in 1993 led to Louis Doyle finding coarse placer gold at the end of a culvert. The result was an end to a career in the mutual fund business and the formation of Barker Minerals, of which he is now President and CEO.
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Exciting Times for Levon Resources: Gold, Silver, Lead, Molybdenum and Zinc!
by Dr Allen M. Alper and Bryan Martin
For more than 20 years Ron Tremblay had been exclusively involved in mining finance. So when he was approached three-and-a-half years ago by Vancouver-based junior Levon Resources Ltd to oversee operations, it didn’t take long for the now-president and CEO to make what has become a pivotal venture into mineral exploration.
Click here to continue... | Gold, Molybdenum, Manganese and Magnesium - Larry Reaugh Shares his Expertise with Metals News
by Dr. Allen M. Alper
Back in late 2008, when doom and gloom were everywhere, Larry Reaugh was upbeat about the mining industry, predicting everything would start to pick up. He was proved right, with metal prices soon on the rise, so we went to seek out his latest views on the situation.
Click here to continue... | American Bonanza Gold: Investors Look for Years to Find an Opportunity like This
by Allen M. Alper Jr and Aaron Hoos
Investing in the minerals industry sometimes feels no more accurate than gazing into a crystal ball. Investors long to find the right opportunity at the right time; for many, the ideal investment is getting in on an investment just before a major success.
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Uranium-mining Company Ur-Energy Inc. Preparing for the Big Time
by Allen M Alper Jr. and Aaron Hoos
At first glance, uranium doesn't seem to be all that important. It's rare and doesn't have a lot of uses. It occurs in low concentrations. But, once mined and refined, uranium is indeed in demand! It is a key fuel for nuclear power plants, an energy source that is gaining prominence around the world.
Click here to continue... | Source Exploration: Exploring and Redeveloping Historic Silver Mine in Mexico
by Allen M. Alper Jr and Bryan Martin
For a junior company seeking silver to enrich its portfolio, Mexico is not only an extremely practical choice given its bounteous history, but also, logistically speaking, a very advisable decision. Brian E. Robertson couldn’t agree more.
Click here to continue... | Lithium: What New Company Has an Advantage?
by Dr. Allen Alper and Aaron Hoos
Investors like experience, and who can blame them? If you're going to put your hard-earned money into anything, it makes sense to put it into an organization with a track record of success rather than into an organization with no track record at all.
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Wits Gold: Possible New World Class Gold Resource
by Dr. Allen M. Alper
I interviewed Dr. Marc Watchorn in Vancouver at the Cambridge House Resource Conference. He has a great geological background and has an outstanding company. Having been a geologist for over 30 years, Dr Marc Watchorn has spent much of his career searching for gold and base metals throughout Africa.
Click here to continue... | Avanti Mining focuses on Molybdenum: An Experienced Gold Manager Turns His Attention to Molybdenum
by Allen Alper Jr. and Aaron Hoos
Gold, silver, uranium, and other metals often get glamorous headlines and a dedicated following who will invest in them and swear by them through thick and thin.
Click here to continue... | Numerous 100-Percent-Owned Properties, Financially Independent, Diversified and Making Innovations in Eco-Friendly Minerals Applications
by Dr. Allen Alper and Bryan Martin
The last time Metalsnews.com spoke with the ever-ebullient Jack Stoch, President and CEO of Quebec-based Globex Mining Enterprises Inc., his domain included 85 projects, all of which featured elements spanning a vast stretch across the periodic chart. October saw Globex celebrate a milestone of 60 years in the exploration and mining sphere.
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Orvana Minerals Corp - Gold and Copper Producer: Smart People Doing the Right Things… and It Shows
by Allen Alper Jr. and Aaron Hoos
 There are lots of mining companies out there and investors can sometimes become so overwhelmed with quantity that it's hard to find quality. Orvana, though, is a clear winner among the crowd – they are a smart mining company doing the right things and it shows in their track record of success and growth.
Click here to continue... | Get Gold and Silver Insight at the Phoenix Investment Conference
by Alper Jr. and Aaron Hoos
There is a wealth of news online about metals to invest in, but it's difficult for investors to know what information to listen to. The price of gold is going up? The price of gold is staying the same? The price of gold is going down?
Click here to continue... | Why Tantalus Rare Earths? ... Wolfgang Hampel is Interviewed
by Allen Alper Jr. and Aaron Hoos
Investors dream of the day that they will hear about the next big opportunity BEFORE it becomes popular. Wistfully, they consider how different things would be if they had bought stock in Microsoft, Google, or Berkshire-Hathaway in the earliest days when those companies became publicly traded.
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Alexis Minerals - Merger and Increased Profitability
by Dr. Allen Alper
Alexis Minerals just finished a very exciting third quarter. In a press release, earnings were reported for the Ontario exploration and mining company: Alexis earned revenue in excess of CAD $6.5 million; 7883 ounces of gold were mined during these three months, the Lac Herbin deposit in Val d’Or is on track to yield up to 36,000 ounces of gold in 2009. These are just a few of the highlights of a stellar year, and things are only looking up.
Click here to continue... | Aurcana: Mining Silver and Expanding
by Dr. Allen M. Alper and Aaron Hoos
Mining sector investors tend to have two choices: Juniors who may struggle and stumble for years before achieving greatness and the junior's bigger brother, which seems to enjoy successful project after successful project.
Click here to continue... | A Torrent of Insight is Available at the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference – Allen Alper Jr. Interviews Howard Fitch
by Allen Alper Jr.
Investors need information and insight to make accurate decisions about the resource stocks they are investing in or thinking of investing in. They need data that helps them recognize a good time to buy and when a good time to sell.
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Rare Element Resources: In the Right Place at the Right Time
by Allen Alper Jr. and Aaron Hoos
Rare Element Resources is a publicly traded company (RES on the TSX Venture Exchange) that is enjoying some growth and attention from its early successes – which can be attributed to being in the right place at the right time – and it presents an attractive opportunity for investors.
Click here to continue... | Zimtu Capital Corporation: Successful in Acquiring, Investing in and Developing Rare Metal Properties & Exploration Companies in Canada
by Dr. Allen Alper
Based in Vancouver Canada, Zimtu Capital Corp. is an investment company publicly traded on the Frankfurt Exchange (symbol “ZCT1”) and the Toronto Venture Exchange (symbol “ZC”). The Company’s focus is acquiring, investing in, developing and growing exploration companies in the Natural Resource sector.
Click here to continue... | Ralph Shearing and the Soho Resources Corp: Developing Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead and Zinc Properties in Durango Mexico
by Dr. Allen Alper
 Ralph Shearing, of the Soho Resources Corporation, is working on an exciting mineral exploration project in Mexico’s Sierra Madre Mineral Belt area.
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Capital Gold Corp: Junior is Growing Up
by Dr. Allen Alper and Aaron Hoos
The word "junior" in "junior mining company" tends to indicate that the business is so young it's still learning to walk. Maybe it's not profitable yet. Maybe it's still in the research stage. Maybe there is talk of pulling gold out of the ground but it just hasn't happened yet. Maybe the company is still bottle-fed and toothless.
Click here to continue... | Great Western Minerals: Innovators and Rare Earth Producers
by Dr. Allen Alper and Aaron Hoos
When it comes to investing in compelling opportunities, investors sometimes look for first movers and innovators as exciting additions to their portfolio. Innovators are forward-looking opportunists who create strategic alliances and develop groundbreaking business models to grow their businesses and become successful.
Click here to continue... | Advanced Explorations Inc.: Aiming to Become the Lowest Cost Iron Producer
by Dr. Allen Alper and Bryan Martin
Despite an anxious market bearing witness to the disorienting price seesaw of iron ore over the last few years, a strong insistence on steel in China appears to be positively affecting demand for the stock exchange’s second largest commodity.
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Stan Bharti: A Modern Founder and Leader of Successful Emerging Diversified Companies
by Dr. Allen M. Alper and Bryan Martin
Stan knows when to invest and how to create wealth from emerging companies.
Click here to continue... | Antioquia Gold Inc an Overnight Success
by Dr. Allen M. Alper
Antioquia Gold Inc. has only been around for two and a half years, but the potential they have is very exciting.
Click here to continue... | Tyhee Development Corp. at the Forefront of Gold Exploration
by Dr. Allen Alper
Dave Webb, president and CEO of Tyhee Development Corporation, explains why his company is worth its weight in gold.
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Golden Goliath
by Dr. Allen M. Alper and Graeme Lamb
Golden Goliath Resources Ltd is a junior exploration mining company. It is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (GNG). Recently, we had an opportunity to talk with the CEO of the company, Paul Sorbara.
Click here to continue... | Eastmain Resources: New developments mean positive results for shareholders
by Dr. Allen Alper and Mindy Matter
The President and CEO of Eastmain Resources, expands on his company’s recent mining developments and why he’s excited for the future.
Click here to continue... | The Future Looks Bright for NioGold Mining Corporation
by Dr. Allen Alper and Mindy Matter
NioGold Mining Corporation executives, Michael Iverson and Rock LeFrançois expand on why they are excited about their company’s upcoming mining projects.
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The Waterfront Mining Group: Molybdenum, Nickel, Copper, Cobalt, Platinum, Palladium and Silver
by Dr. Allen Alper and Mindy Matter
With five publicly traded companies, and numerous deposit projects, The Waterfront Mining Group is poised to make a sizable impact in the metals industry in the years ahead
Click here to continue... | Copper Mountain Mining Corp. Positioned for Copper Production
by Dr. Allen M. Alper and Mindy Mather
 
Despite ongoing demand for the metal, a continually shifting copper market makes predicting the future tough, but companies like Copper Mountain Mining Corporation out of Vancouver, B.C., are making what has been an unstable market over the last few years a paradise.
Click here to continue... | Medusa Mining: A Philippine-Based Gold Producing Success Story
by Dr. Allen M. Alper and Mindy Matter
 We had a chance to talk with Geoffrey Davis and Roy Daniel of Medusa Mining Limited which is listed on the ASX and AIM markets. With a primary focus on gold mining in east Mindanao in the Philippines, Medusa has proven to be a low-cost fast growing gold producer.
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Exco Resources: On the Road to Becoming a Copper and Gold Producer
by Dr. Allen Alper and Mindy Matter
Considering the current worldwide economic climate, the metal industry is doing well — and Exco Resources Ltd is one of the companies at the forefront.
Click here to continue... | Esperanza Silver Corporation: Emerging Gold and Silver Producer
by Dr. Allen M. Alper and Mindy Matter
A company that once started out looking for silver, Esperanza has some exciting gold projects on hand.
Click here to continue... | VG Gold Corp: Has the Gold and the Financial Support to Go Forward
by Dr. Allen M. Alper and Mindy Matter
VG Gold Corp and Rob McEwen have interested the press with their recent investment deal, but when you take a moment to look at the history behind the transaction, it’s enough to enthuse any industry insider.
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