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The Energy Report
11 Opportunities in Gold, Uranium and Diamonds
Former journalist James Kwantes, editor of Resource Opportunities, provides a tour of promising junior mining opportunities, from the extremes of northern Canada to the tropics of French Guiana. The Gold Report: The U.S. stock market has been in a bull run for a number of years. What are your thoughts on the market and what it means for precious metals? James Kwantes: Since Donald Trump was elected president, but also for years before that, large-cap U.
Thursday, September 14, 2017
Peter McKenzie-Brown - Language Instinct
The Suncor Story
This article is largely the text of a presentation I recently gave for the launch of my latest book.  The well-attended event took place at the Glenbow Museum in Calgary.  The image above is a map of Alberta’s oil sands, and its purpose is to orient you geographically to the oil sands themselves. I have registered the book as a Canada 150 publication, so it sports that logo. In global terms, the oil sands are the world’s second-largest petroleum resource. Only Venezuela has more bitumen
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
The Energy Report
Cantor Analyst: 'This Is the Best Uranium PEA We Have Ever Seen
Analysts following a Canadian company that recently released a preliminary economic assessment of its uranium prospects in the Athabasca Basin are all aglow with the results. NexGen Energy Ltd. (NXE:TSX; NXE:NYSE.MKT) announced its maiden preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of the "basement-hosted" Arrow Deposit on July 31. In its press release, the company outlined the following highlights: · After-Tax Net Present Value (NPV8%) =
Thursday, August 3, 2017
Peter McKenzie-Brown - Language Instinct
Author collates science and sweat of oilsands past
Oil sands scientist Karl Clark (right) and unidentified assistants, c. 1950 Some years ago, the Calgary Herald's Stephen Ewart attended a presentation I gave on the oil sands, and wrote it up for his newspaper. That talk formed the basis of a book I recently published. Titled Bitumen: The people, performance and passions behind Alberta's oil sands and registered as a Canada 150 project, it went on sale through Amazon today; a Kindle version follows next week. Here's the table of contents. Co
Saturday, July 8, 2017
The Energy Report
Energy's Day in the Sun Is Coming for Investors
Market trends are aligning in energy's favor, says Louis James, editor of International Speculator, and in this interview with The Energy Report, he discusses several segments of the market that he believes could see large gains. The Energy Report: Would you tell us about your thoughts on energy investing? Louis James: I'm seen as a metals and mining guy. Many people think I'm a goldbug. I think gold is a good thing to invest in and to speculate in righ
Friday, May 19, 2017
The Energy Report
Don't WaverHard Asset Bull Market Still Intact
The severity of the commodities bear market from 2011–2015 makes Matt Geiger, managing partner at MJG Capital, confident that the current hard asset bull market will last into 2019 and quite possibly longer. In this interview with The Gold Report, Geiger discusses commodities he is especially keen on right now and several companies that he expects to perform well. The Gold Report: Your firm, MJG Capital, invests exclusively in natural resources. What is
Thursday, May 18, 2017
The Energy Report
NexGen's Mineral Resource for Arrow Highlights 'Once-in-a-Career Type of Asset'
NexGen's latest mineral resource estimate for the Rook I property has caught the attention of industry analysts. Earlier this month, NexGen Energy Ltd. (NXE:TSX; NXGEF:OTCQX) released an updated mineral resource estimate for the 100%-owned Rook I property in Canada's uranium-rich Athabasca Basin. The estimate includes Indicated resources of 179.5 million pounds (179.5 Mlb) of U3O8 in 1.18 million tonnes (1.18 Mt) grading 6.88% U3O8, inc
Thursday, March 23, 2017
The Energy Report
Fission Uranium's Exploratory Drilling Hits Success Right Out of the Gate
With uranium up 40% off last year's lows, a glimmer of optimism is returning to the uranium market, says Fission Uranium's President, COO and Chief Geologist Ross McElroy. In this interview with The Energy Report, McElroy discusses the company's latest drill results, its winter drilling plans and why he believes Fission could be on the cusp of a major discovery. The Energy Report: Uranium hit lows this summer before recovering somewhat, although the uran
Thursday, March 23, 2017
Peter McKenzie-Brown - Language Instinct
Petroleum-related Land Reclamation in Alberta
A presentation to the Petroleum History Society February 22, 2017 By Peter McKenzie-Brown My co-authors for the book Footprints: The Evolution of Land Conservation and Reclamation in Alberta were Bob Bott and Graham Chandler. Many experts were on the steering committee and among those we interviewed. Key experts included Larry Brocke, Bruce Patterson, Chris Powter, and Fred Thiessen, who were leaders in land reclamation within the province.
Saturday, February 25, 2017
Peter McKenzie-Brown - Language Instinct
Author collates science and sweat of oilsands past
By Stephen Ewart. With so much discussion and debate about the future of oilsands development these days, Peter McKenzie-Brown is one of the few voices urging people to reflect on its history. The Calgary author is actually relying on the voices of the pioneers of oilsands development going back decades as he interviews the captains of the industry, the technological innovators and the people with their boots on the ground to create an oral history of the oil-sands.Take the experiences of Tom M
Saturday, January 28, 2017
The Energy Report
Uranium Stocks Gain Big as Kazakhstan Cuts Production
In the wake of announced production cutbacks by Kazakhstan's state-owned uranium mining powerhouse, Kazatomprom, the beleaguered uranium market has seen an upswing. Uranium markets have been in decline for more than ten years, with prices plummeting from highs approaching $140 per pound in 2007 to lows in 2016 below $20 per pound. The market took a further hit after Japan shut down its nuclear reactors following the Fukushima disaster i
Thursday, January 19, 2017
24hgold
Files NI 43-101 Technical Report on Moore Lake Property, Saskatchewan

Friday, October 7, 2016
24hGold - Publicnow
Uravan Plans Drill Program On ORX Anomaly
TSXV: UVN PRESS RELEASE - August 2, 2016 URAVAN PLANS DRILL PROGRAM ON ORX ANOMALY Calgary, Alberta, Canada, August 2, 2016: Based on the results of the recently completed property-wide ZTEM1 geophysical survey (press release link), Uravan Minerals Inc. ("Uravan") is planning a three (3) 900- meter diamond drill-holes (DDH) program on Uravan's 100% owned Outer Ring property, Athabasca Basin3, (map link). Specific drill-hole targeting is focused on the ORX Anomaly (map link), an area measurin
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
24hgold
Paul Matysek Joins Skyharbour’s Advisory Board

Thursday, July 28, 2016
24hGold - Publicnow
Paul Matysek Joins Skyharbour's Advisory Board
Vancouver, BC - Skyharbour Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: SYH) (OTC Grey: SYHBD) (Frankfurt: SC1N) (the 'Company') is pleased to announce Mr. Paul Matysek, M.Sc., P.Geo, will be joining Skyharbour's Advisory Board. Mr. Matysek is a mining entrepreneur, professional geochemist and geologist with over 35 years of experience in the mining industry. He has held senior executive and director positions with several natural resource exploration and development companies and is a proven company builder. Mr. M
Thursday, July 28, 2016
24hGold - Publicnow
CanAlaska Partners to Resume Drilling at West McArthur and Patterson
Vancouver, British Columbia, July 26, 2016 -- CanAlaska Uranium Ltd. 'the Company'(TSX-V: CVV; OTCQB: CVVUF; Frankfurt: DH7N) ('CanAlaska' or the 'Company') is pleased to report that Cameco's (Cameco Corporation (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) exploration team will resume drilling shortly at CanAlaska's West McArthur project along trend from Cameco's high-grade Fox Lake uranium discovery. Makena Resources will also be drilling at the Company's West Patterson property to followup the first drill hole that
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
The gold report
Six Mining Companies to Watch as MA Heats Up
Precious metals prices have gained momentum since the start of this year, and corporate M&A activity is heating up again. Caesars Report's Thibaut Lepouttre highlights a handful of mining companies with market capitalizations attractive to larger companies looking to boost their project pipelines. In the most recent mining merger and acquisition (M&A) activity, Goldcorp Inc. (G:TSX; GG:NYSE) acquired Kaminak Gold Corp. to get its hands on the Coffee proj
Saturday, July 23, 2016
24hGold - Publicnow
Skyharbour Increases Financing to $2.25 Million
Vancouver, BC - Skyharbour Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: SYH)(OTC Grey: SYHBF) (Frankfurt: SC1N) (the 'Company') is pleased to announce, further to its news release earlier today, that due to strong interest the Company has increased its non-brokered private placement financing to up to 15,000,000 units (the 'Unit') at a price of $0.15 per Unit on a post-consolidation basis to raise proceeds of up to $2,250,000. Each Unit consists of one common share and one non-transferable share purchase warrant (the
Thursday, July 14, 2016
24hGold - Publicnow
URANIUM Skyharbour Secures Option to Acquire 100 of Moore Lake Uranium Project from Denison and Announces David Cates to Join Board of Directors
Vancouver, BC - Skyharbour Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: SYH)(OTC Grey: SYHBF) (Frankfurt: SC1N) (the 'Company') is pleased to announce the signing of an agreement with Denison Mines Corp. (TSX: DML) (NYSE MKT: DNN) ('Denison') that grants the Company an option to acquire a 100% interest in the Moore Lake Uranium Project ('Option Agreement'). The 35,705 hectare Moore Lake Project is an advanced uranium exploration property strategically located in the eastern portion of the Athabasca Basin region, whic
Thursday, July 14, 2016
24hGold - Publicnow
Moore Lake
Skyharbour Secures Option to Acquire 100% of Moore Lake Uranium Project from Denison and Announces David Cates to Join Board of Directors Vancouver, BC - Skyharbour Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: SYH)(OTC Grey: SYHBF) (Frankfurt: SC1N) (the 'Company') is pleased to announce the signing of an agreement with Denison Mines Corp. (TSX: DML) (NYSE MKT: DNN) ('Denison') that grants the Company an option to acquire a 100% interest in the Moore Lake Uranium Project ('Option Agreement'). The 35,705 hectare Mo
Thursday, July 14, 2016
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