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 | Alan Leishman |
Mineral Specimen Collecting: Silver and Gold  |
| For the last 20 years, the author has been visiting mines, mineral fairs,
and mineral dealers to purchase and self collect minerals from over 40 countries
to date.
One of his guiding inspirations was Peter Bancroft's excellent book Gem
and Crystal Treasures which describes Bancroft's selection of the 100
localities for the worlds best mineral specimens.
This essay will describe some of the background and history of famous localities,
and the minerals found there.
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 | Charleston voice |
| The Real Bunker Hunt Silver Story |
| "I'm doing the same thing you are, Bill, only buying more of it"- Bunker Hunt, Waldorf, 1981 There had been an FBI file on the Armand & Julius Hammers on theFBI FOIA site, but has since been removed. As many will recall it was Julius who financed (with gold)Lenin's rise to power in Russia. Julius was a founder of the American communist Party (CPUSA).Sunday, June 28, 2020 |
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 | The Gold Report |
| Geologist Peter Megaw's Golden Touch in His Search for District-Scale Mines |
| High-grade and district-scale are geologist Peter Megaw's mantra. We look into some of the projects he devotes his attention to right now.
Geologist Peter Megaw, one of the co-founders of MAG Silver Corp. (MAG:TSX; MAG:NYSE.MKT), led the geological team that found MAG's Juanicipio project, now a joint venture with Fresnillo Plc (FRES:LSE), in one of the world's largest silver districts. He considers himself an explorationist who is lookMonday, February 5, 2018 |
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 | Richard Mills - Ahead of the Herd |
| Resurgent US oil industry priming the economic pump |
| Crude oil prices dropped from $110 a barrel in the summer of 2014 to about $30 in January 2016. The effect on oil producers and oil-producing countries was dramatic. The Russian ruble plunged, and the Canadian dollar slipped to below 70 cents US for the first time since 2003, kicking the country into recession and snuffing out the oil boom in Alberta. Many foreign companies operating in the high-cost Canadian oil sands pulled up stakes.
One of the hardest hit countries was Venezuela, whose petrFriday, January 26, 2018 |
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 | The Energy Report |
| Cobalt Pure-Play Hitched to Electric Vehicle Boom |
| Forecasts of an electric vehicle boom are behind skyrocketing demand for cobalt, a major component in batteries. In this interview with The Energy Report, Anthony Milewski, CEO of Cobalt 27 Capital Corp., discusses the company's unique position as a two-pronged pure-play on cobalt.
The Energy Report: Would you bring us up to date on what's happening in the cobalt market?
Anthony Milewski: A few weeks ago was LME Week in London, which is the annual gatheTuesday, November 21, 2017 |
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 | Mac Slavo - ShtfPlan |
 10 Survival Seeds You Must Stockpile For When The System Collapses |
| This guide was originally published by Tess Pennington at ReadyGardens.com.
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There are many different types of emergencies that can have long-term repercussions on our way of life. One of those impacts is on our food system. Due to our aging infrastructure and roadways, emergencies can stall the delivery of goods, leaving a community without food for a given period of time. As well, personaSunday, October 29, 2017 |
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 | FOFOA - FoFOA |
| Nine! |
| Wow, I can hardly believe it's been nine years. Where the heck has the time gone, and where the heck is Freegold? ;D
A little more than two years ago, I changed format to an NFF (not-for-free) blog in order to keep me enthused and engaged, and more importantly, to keep out the trolls. I wished FOA had done that rather than quitting, so that's how I view it. I have hundreds of subscribers, and when they quit, so will I. The Freegold Speakeasy now has 100 posts and 20,000 comments.
This beingThursday, August 24, 2017 |
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 | Przemyslaw Radomski CFA - SunshineProfits |
| Will the Electric Car Revolution Sink Platinum and Palladium |
| Everyone has probably heard about the upcoming electric car revolution whose vanguard is Tesla Motors led by Elon Musk. The electric car is actually nothing new – the first vehicles were produced as long ago as in the 1880s. However, the mass production of cheaper gasoline vehicles triggered by Henry Ford put electric cars into limbo for decades. But this can change quickly thanks to the rapidly falling costs.
As one can see in the chart below, the price of a battery pack declined from $1000 perFriday, August 18, 2017 |
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| Richard Mills - Ahead of the Herd |
| Manganese X Completes its Second Phase Drill Program at Battery Hill |
| Manganese X Energy Corp. has released new drill results from the spring drill program on the Battery Hill deposit at its Houlton Woodstock manganese property located in Carleton county, five kilometres northwest of Woodstock, N.B. The drill program consisted of 9 holes totaling 1599 meters on the Sharpe Farm and Moody Hill areas of the deposit where previous drilling in 2016 intersected MnO grades such as 16.73% over 32.85m (107.8 feet) and 13.87% over 52.6m (172.5 feet) (news release dated FebThursday, August 17, 2017 |
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| Richard Mills - Ahead of the Herd |
| Vanadium Solves Renewable Energys Biggest Challenge |
| When looking for an investment your method should involve a thematic approach, studying global long term dominant trends. Then study the different sectors in order to select the one that is going to match up well with what you think is the soon to be overriding theme. This is top down investing.
The second part of your search for the dominant investment is a bottom up approach. This is where you find individual companies in the specific sector you have chosen to invest in.
So what is that invTuesday, June 13, 2017 |
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| Richard Mills - Ahead of the Herd |
| Themes Matter |
| When looking for an investment your method should involve a thematic approach, studying global long term dominant trends. Then study the different sectors in order to select the one that is going to match up well with what you think is the soon to be overriding theme. This is top down investing.
The second part of your search for the dominant investment is a bottom up approach. This is where you find individual companies in the specific sector you have chosen to invest in.
So what is that invMonday, June 12, 2017 |
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| 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 |
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| Richard Mills - Ahead of the Herd |
| The Most Beautiful Metal |
| Vanadium is a soft, silvery gray, ductile transition metal and is the 22nd most abundant element in the Earth’s crust. Vanadium in not found by itself, instead it’s most often found in chemically combined forms occurring in about 65 different minerals and has been historically mined as a by-product of other mining operations.
Vanadium is primarily obtained from the minerals vanadinite (Pb5(VO)3Cl) and carnotite (K2(UO2)2VO4·1-3H2O). It is found in magnetite (iron oxide) deposits that are alsMonday, February 27, 2017 |
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| Richard Mills - Ahead of the Herd |
| Mining the NEXT big metal in lithium-ion batteries |
| Jeff Nielson, Stockhouse
0 Comments| 1 day ago
Once upon a time, when junior mining companies raised capital most of that money went into the ground. Times have changed. Today, most of the capital raised by junior miners is often eaten up in general administration costs.
Some mining companies, however, retain that “old-fashioned” approach to conserving shareholder capital. Manganese X Energy Corp. (TSX: V.MN, OTCQB: SNCGF, Forum) is one company who still believes that shThursday, February 23, 2017 |
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| Richard Mills - Ahead of the Herd |
| Manganese X Energy Corp. Is Energy Storage Critical |
| China controls almost 100% of the world’s supply of electrolytic manganese metal (EMM)
The three factors are climate change, renewable energy and U.S. Foreign Policy.
With heated rhetoric coming from both sides, and both countries navies flexing muscles in the disputed waters of the South and East China Seas, China and the U.S. seem to be on a collision course.
However both the 1943 Cairo Declaration and 1945 Potsdam Declaration state that Japan will return to China all Chinese terTuesday, February 14, 2017 |
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| Richard Mills - Ahead of the Herd |
| Manganese X Energy Corp. |
| Richard Mills
The US government has classified manganese as a strategic metal. Manganese has no substitute metals in its many steel and alloying applications and has itself (EMM) become a substitute for other more expensive metals in certain alloys. Manganese can also replace the more costly nickel alloy used in stainless steel.
Electrolytic manganese metal (EMM) is a refined manganese product produced through electrolysis of a manganese rich solution. Manganeseis NOT mined in North AmeriSaturday, February 11, 2017 |
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| Richard Mills - Ahead of the Herd |
| Manganese Is Energy Critical |
| In 1917 the War Industries Board (WIB) noted that the United States was deficient in certain minerals of great importance to war making and self defense. A pre-World War II list of materials contained a total of 29 materials: 14 were strategic materials that ‘must be based entirely or in substantial part on sources outside the United States.’ There were 15 critical materials that would be easier to source, perhaps even domestically, than the strategic materials.
The 1939 Strategic Materials ASaturday, February 4, 2017 |
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| Richard Mills - Ahead of the Herd |
| The Missing Link |
| Pollution and climate change are key drivers for the global adoption of clean renewable energy – solar, wind and tidal – but the high cost of solar installations and the lack of economically efficient storage batteries has held back widespread adoption of clean renewable energy.
Climate change
In the past million years, the Earth has experienced a major ice age about every 100,000 years.
This temporary reprieve from the ice we are now experiencing is called an interglacial period - theFriday, February 3, 2017 |
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 | Mickey Fulp - Mercenary Geologist |
| What Makes a 'Critical' Metal or 'Strategic' Element |
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I was a keynote speaker at the recent Murdock Capital Partners Critical Metals/Strategic Elements Symposium in New York City.This is my second gig at one of convener Tom Dean’s on-going series of symposia and I thank him for continuing support.Although the venue is small, intimate, and limited to 75 attendees, the investor quality is second to none, particularly in the amount of money represented and managed.Tuesday, January 10, 2017 |
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| The Energy Report |
| Manganese X Sets Sights on Becoming a Major North American Producer |
| As manganese gains attention as a potential major component in the next generation of battery technology, Manganese X Energy Corp. is moving rapidly into the North American manganese market.
In the last month, Manganese X Energy Corp. (MN:TSX.V) has taken actions to accelerate its entry into the manganese market. The company has entered an agreement with Globex Mining Enterprises Inc. to earn a 100% interest in the Houlton Woodstock proWednesday, December 28, 2016 |
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