The cheapest gold stocks in the world

Written by The BarkerLetter on December 8th, 2008

December 8 -
I’m scouring the pink sheets for the cheapest gold deal I can find.  Originally I had a budget of $100, and I wanted to accumulate at least a million shares for that, excluding commissions. In hindsight, that may have been a bit optimistic. However I did stumble across something  called Consolidated Golden Quail [...]

Oil sands tailings conference covers mining, history, and technology

Written by Jack Caldwell on December 8th, 2008

At the website www.ostrf.com are (or soon will be) Powerpoint presentations from this morning’s session of the First International Oil Sands Tailings Conference, currently underway in Edmonton, Alberta. 
I recommend them to anyone interested in the history and development of mining and technology. 
As a geotechnical engineer, my instinct is to go with Ed McRoberts of AMEC Earth [...]

Deloitte on how to survive the mining crisis

Written by Jack Caldwell on December 7th, 2008

These are the trends impacting mining according to a new publication from Deloitte:

The Commodity Price Rollercoaster: is this a short-term phase or a new norm?
The Double Squeeze: caught between higher costs and lower prices.
Capital Punishment: tight credit markets put expansion at risk.
Running on Empty: talent and equipment shortages remain chronic.
Risky Business:  permitting, politics and tax [...]

Words of Gloom from Dr. Doom

Written by Frank Talk: Insight for Investors on December 5th, 2008

There’s a reason why Dr. Marc Faber has such a large and devoted following–he offers valuable perspective and he does so in a direct and entertaining way in his “Gloom, Doom and Boom Report,” as a member of the esteemed Barron’s Roundtable, and at investment conferences around the globe.

Urnaium mining in the Grand Canyon gets a Bush jobs boost

Written by Jack Caldwell on December 5th, 2008

The Grand Canyon is uranium country.   It is also great vacation country.  Today’s move by the Bush administration to limit Congress’s  power to prevent mining on public land makes me wonder if soon-to-be out-of-work Republicans are not more interested in vacation property than mining property.  For sure they are not interested in creating jobs for out-of-work uranium [...]

Mountaintop mining, oil sands, and the devastation of empires

Written by Jack Caldwell on December 4th, 2008

The third and final version of the movie Alexander cost  only $5 at the grocery store.  I imbibed  brandy that cost more than that while watching the movie for three and a half hours.  From what I learnt watching the movie, I am now qualified to comment on the EPA’s ruling on mountaintop mining.  That is [...]