3 Hot Plays Plus A Bonus

Lots of eyes are watching what's happening inside the Golden Triangle this summer. For any of those who are not aware of what's going on, all I can say is ... "man you are missing out on all the action." This summer has been hot not only in temperatures and forest fires in BC but some of the juniors..continue.

Is the World Running Out of Gold?

How much gold would you have if you had all the gold that's ever been mined? Not much. With all the gold ever mined you'd be able to make a cube of solid gold with 60-foot sides. There just isn't that much gold in the world, and it's getting harder and harder to find it. In fact, our love of electronic / digital devices maybe part of the...continue.

What's Happening In Northern BC

I get emails once in awhile from readers of the site asking what's happening in northern BC. Now of course since we had a sort of failed election where the government will be a minority type of government run by the NDP and helped along by the greens, there is even more questions asked as to how things will...continue.

Exploring For Gold In Guyana

Whenever someone thinks about mining in South America they usually start of by thinking about copper in Chile, gold in Peru, silver in Bolivia and lithium in Argentina. Looking deeper in the subject we start to see that there is gold in Ecuador and Columbia and industial metals of all types in Brazil. However very few ....continue.

Where To Go When The Banker Says No

Today we live in a world of easy credit. In fact the entire whole monetary system runs on credit. Easy money. Zero percent borrowing, (almost). You can get money for almost anything and you don't even need good credit either it seems. Borrow money for a million dollar shack, maybe a big fancy boat or how about ....continue.

The Land Of Eldorado

Back in the 1990's I was a shareholder in a small junior company and through this shareholder involvement I got to know the president, vice president and secretary treasure on a personal basis. One day I got a call from the president of this company and was asked if I would be interested in going to Guyana and ....continue.

Here's What's Happening In The Yukon

Gold mining in the Yukon has been on going for over 100 years. Ever since the Klondike Gold Rush, the territory has seen some kind of mining or exploration project. Even in years where when gold prices were down, placer operations would still be active during the short summer mining season. However, when it comes to large commerical mining operations there is ....continue.

Right Location, Right Timing, Right Commodities

There is an old saying in prospecting and mining circles that says, "the best place to find a new mine is beside and old mine" and there are lots of examples in different locations throughout the world that prove this theory. One place in particluar is the Abitibi gold belt that runs through Ontario and Quebec in Canada. This world famous gold belt is ....continue.

What's Happening With The GDXJ ?

Anyone who keeps an eye on the GDXJ will tell you that there has been a lot of selling going on lately in some of the etf's holdings. If you own shares in the etf itself it hasn't been really bad but for investors who own some of the particular stocks of the etf it's been a bit of down hill ride. With some stocks have dropping by as much as ....continue.

Still Lots Of Gold Here

There is an area of Canada known for gold. Lots of gold! In fact this area is one of the richest areas for gold on the planet and it's where some of the biggest names in mining got their start. This area is known as the Abitibi and even though mining has .... continue.

Is The Zinc Run Over With?

It seems that most people who are interested and follow the metals tend to follow gold and silver the most. So when we are following these two commodities we tend to loose track or maybe even ignore the other metals. When it comes to keeping an eye on base metals however most tend to focus or track the price of copper. The reasoning for copper being tracked and followed so close is that copper is like a barometer for the global economy. However... continue.

Mining Companies Seen as Winners After Trump Victory

A few months back I did a short article on whether Donald Trump would be good for the mining industry. My reasoning at the time was that so many politicians seem to side for the more liberal thinking and so called greenies and being as mining in general is sort of frowned on or hated to be exact, I concluded that Donald would...continue.

A Look At Gold Prices During Election Years

I read an article not long ago where it was mentioned that the reasoning for the price of gold to be in the $1200 range as it is right now was because we are in an election year.The author mentioned that gold always had a tendancy to suffer during election years. Being a bit curious I decided to check out a few elections to see if this was true. ....continue.

Getting The Gold In Quebec

I've been online writing about junior mining companies since 2007 and one of the things I've learned is that when doing due diligence on a junior mining stock, it always pays to dig deep into all the information that is available. Just like placer mining, you need to dig deep to reach bedrock in order to get the gold. Too many people when doing their due diligence will just ....continue.

Recycling The World's Mine Tailings

I was reading in an article not long ago that said there was almost two million tons of mine tailings produced everyday in Canada alone. If that is the case one has to to wonder just how many tons of tailings are produced everyday on a world wide basis? When you really start to think about this issue on a grand scale you could start by taking just one mine that runs through a thousand tons or raw material per day and then add that number to the amount of ....continue.

All Cashed Up & Ready To Drill In Mexico

Silver Spruce Resources is a very interesting company and is well worth anyones time to really go over some of the information they have on their website along with the presentations. If you are looking to get some investing dollars involved in a silver play that could have some tremendous upside, this could very well be the junior ....continue.

There Could Be 800K OZ Of Gold Here

For anyone who comes to the junior miners website here often knows very well that I not only write and research about small junior companies, but I also placer gold mine in British Columbia myself. So whenever I come across a junior mining company that is in the process of starting a placer mining operation my ....continue.

Will This Junior Become The Next Roxgold?

I don't have to tell you how much I like writing about juniors that are working in Nevada. All you need to do is head over to my blog on the Mining Stock Talk page, scroll down the list of articles and you will see that I've done quite a few write ups on Nevada players. One of the reasons for following these Nevada juniors of course is ....continue.

Central Banks Print Money To Buy Gold Mining Shares

Quite a bit of chatter on a lot of different news and gold sites about how two Central banks, the Norwegian Central bank and the Swiss Central bank just printed billions of dollars and then turned around and bought gold mining shares right away. In a world where zero percent interest rates are becoming the norm, there is....continue.

Going For Gold In Alaska

Alaska. It's a vast state with few people and lots of wild remote wilderness. It's known as the last frontier. A land rich in resources of both oil and minerals both precious and base. Its an explorers and prospectors paradise where dreams are made and many even come true. And when it comes to gold, Alaska really is that pot at the end of the rainbow. Absolute fortunes have been made in the goldfields of Alaska and....continue.

The Silent Rise Of Palladium

When it comes to precious metals, most of us think gold and silver. After all those two metals are the most common and almost everyone on the planet has heard of or seen both metals mostly because of jewelry and maybe old coins etc. But there is two other metals that are part of the precious metal family and those are palladium and platinum and....continue.

Hunting For Gold In Burkino Faso

As a continent, Africa, known as the dark continent, has been blessed with resources beyond belief. Whether it's oil in Lybia or Nigeria, South Africa rich with gold and diamonds along with other minerals, Africa is a country to be explored. In fact the city of Johanseburg is known as being a city built on gold. One of the....continue.

Brexit And Gold. How Disruption From Normal Creates Wealth

In my last article I wrote about how gold this summer could see either the usual summer doldrums or it could see a summer time rally all depending on what happens with Britian and if decides to leave the EU. Well yesterday the votes came in and the message for the leaders is that the majority of Britian wishes to split from the EU and go it alone. Of course stuff like this makes for....continue.

Summer Doldrums Or Summer Rally

Historically the summer months have been known as the summer doldrums when it comes to gold, silver and the markets in general. Traders and other Wall street types are off on vacation and trading volumes seem to fall into a slump. However this year there could be some issues that just might allow gold and and mining shares rally a bit.. ..continue.

Junior Miners Is Now 9 Years Online

It was nine years ago on May 9, 2007 that this website Junior Miners went online. Over that time there has been a few changes in colors, styles, content and articles. What started out as a site that got about 2-300 visitors a months now averages 700 visitors everyday. Being the webmaster of the site has been interesting also as I have gotten . ..continue.

Is Lithium The Next Big Thing?

We are going to look at lithium but first a bit of info about the Ritchie Bros. auction this week. The results are in for the two parcels of mining claims that we had advertised here that were to be sold by Ritchie Bros. Auctions. The two groupings of claims sold on April 27. The first grouping of claims which was 51 claims on 13 Mile Creek sold for $127,500 CAD. The second grouping of claims on the 60 Mile consisted of. ..continue.

It Might Be On CBC News, BUT You Heard It Here First!

CBC News North ran an article about Marcel Dulac of Dulac Mining selling off a bunch of his mining claims in the Klondike region. This is a unique situation where as most mining and mineral claims are sold between parties or through online venues like juniorminers.com website, these mining claims are going up for auction at the end of the month via Ritchie Bros. auctioneers in Edmonton. ..continue.

Is Silver Getting Set Up To Soar?

There has been a lot of talk and chatter on the net the last few weeks in the silver camp about the price of silver being primed to take off. There has been some pretty interesting articles in the last little while that tell you the reasons why silver is heading higher. Of course there is also a bear camp that has all the stats that can show all the reasons why silver won't go up any ..continue.

Sign Up & Get A Chance To Win Some Silver

Are you signed up to the juniorminers monthly newsletter? If not here is a good reason why! You see I used to belong to a monthly silver program and over time I accumulated quite a bit of silver. The silver I got mostly came in 1 ounce rounds but we could also request silver in 1/2 ounce, 1/4 ounce and even down to 1 gram rounds and bars. I wanted ..continue.

John Schnabel A Gold Mining Legend, Passes On

It maybe spring time in Alaska but is also a very sad time. News that John Schnabel passed away brings a sadness over the placer mining community, the Town of Haines and most everyone in Alaska and the rest of the north. Many Yukoneers will feel the sadness also as it is Johns grandson Parker, who mines in the Dawson area and is one of the stars on Gold Rush, the TV series. ..continue.

What's With All The Negative Gold & Mining Headlines

About 4-5 years ago I started to notice that most of the gold news headlines seemed to be more and more anti-gold. It doesn't seem to matter which news site you go to, there is always a negative / sarcatic / skewed type of headline regarding gold or silver. Some of the authors of the articles seem to be very anti-gold also and there always seems to be a negative twist to the sotry. Today I noticed an article on the net that seems really skewed. The headline reads...continue.

Don't Think Gold Prices Are Going Up? Part 2

This is a continuation of a short segment written back about a week ago on how gold stacks up in currencies outside of the US dollar. Being as we always get a US dollar price on gold and that price seems to be stuck in the $1,200 -$1,300 range for the past 3-4 years we seem to get the feeling that the gold price hasn't done anything but moved sideways at...continue.

Ever Wonder What Donald Trumps View On Mining Is?

Elections are always a strange time. People running for office are out on a campaign trail and telling everyone what they want to hear. On the other side of the spectrum are those who are the critics telling everyone why they should or should not vote for someone. Everyone has a reason to vote for someone. For the ones who are lazy and on welfare, if they can get off the couch they will vote for any socialist type of leader who will see to it that the checks or cheques keeps...continue.

Don't Think Gold Prices Are Going Up? Look At This!

Who says gold prices haven't done much in the past few years. Living in North America a person can get a sometimes skewed perception of what is really happening in the world. We are constantly being bombarded by what seems to be American news and American everything else. So when it comes to things like the price of gold, we are always accustom to a US dollar amount. And when commentators say that...continue.

How Hi Technology Is Going Underground

New technologies have changed the world and the way we do things in lot of ways during the last decade or two. Think about a world without the internet or the smart phone. It's how some of these devices can transform a persons life and enable us as people do things that just a few short years ago would be almost unheard of. Take for instance prospecting and ...continue.

Did You Know, There's A Gold Rush Going On Right Now !!

Lot's of folks have been tuning into "Gold Rush" the series lately. Whether it's the Gold Rush show or the Yukon Gold show or the Bering Sea Gold show, everyone is loving it and these TV shows are becoming real hits. This goes to prove that history does repeat it's self. You see back about 80 years ago Wall Street collapsed in 1929. Kind of like today. Broken banks equaled broken ...continue.

High Tech Prospecting. Even For The Little Guy

Gold prospecting. When ever we think about the gold prospector we envision the old bearded man with the mule loaded with supplies. A life of living in the mountains spending their days searching for small traces of gold that one day might become a discovery. Well in a lot of ways nothing has really changed except maybe the mule has been traded in for an ATV and the ...continue.

They Get The Gold Mine, You Get The Shaft

When it comes to investing in junior mining companies, there is no shortage of companies to choose from. Just in Canadian listed companies alone there are over 2000 that are all itching for investor dollars. When it comes time to invest though there is always the big question of which company has the best upside or ROI for your investment. As I have mentioned in other articles on this website that in 2016 the most ...continue.

What's Happening At The Place Called "Ring Of Fire"

For those who have followed the mining plays for any length of time, they can tell you there is always a play going on somewhere. These plays are kind of gold rushes that just seem to happen. Back in the early 1990's there was the big diamond play in the Lac de gras region of the NWT. That was the big Chuck Fipke Dia Met minerals diamond find. Shortly after that there was the Voisy's Bay thing happening where everyone ran over there to get in on a play. Then diamonds in ...continue.

Can't Pick A Gold Stock? Check Out The GDXJ

With over 2000 junior mining companies with stock that are at rock bottom prices, it can be a real tough decision on what stock or stocks to invest in. There are a lot of technical as well as economic indicators that are pointing to another bull run in gold and silver very shortly. Some say we are already in a secondary bull market of metals and lots of investors are looking at getting in while the getting is good. So that begs the big question, which ...continue.

Must See Charts. 2016 Golden Week

For any of you gold bugs out there, last week was a dreadful week to say the least. Gold lost well over $80 an ounce and for those who are traders the big concern was that gold fell below some real important technical chart levels. For the rest of us goldbugs who are not into....continue.

Six Hot Junior Mining Stocks For 2016 - John Kaiser

Picking those bottom feeders are what small cap mining stock plays are all about. Trying to catch the next 8-10 bagger stock is what everyone wants. However just because a stock is 1 cent or cheaply priced does not mean that it will be or has the potential to be a good bottom pick. What needs to be looked at ....continue.

Tanzanian Royalty - Three News Releases In Three Days

Tanzanian Royalty Exploration is a gold explorer in Tanzania Africa. The company has been working there for close to 10 years now, maybe even a bit longer. They are developing a gold project called Buckreef. The company hasn't issued many news releases over the past while and over the past year the trading of stock sank to lows in the 40 cent range for most of 2015. Prior to that the stock was well into the $2 range. Back in 2006 the stock topped $10 and after falling into the ....continue.

New Stock Picks For 2016

Every year at this time stock analysts come out with recomendations on which stocks or sectors of a certain industry will be the better performer. Of course with gold and other metals being down so much over the last few years it's hard to find any who are upbeat and have anything positive to say. Last year a couple of analysts I remember said Kaminak and Sabina would be the better performers. Turns out they were pretty much bang on as Kaminak ended the year close to a high as did Sabina. Both of these plays are well into advance stages. Kaminak with it's....continue.

Reasons To Buy A Turnkey Mining Operation

With gold prices in the tank it makes it hard for a lot of the smaller operations to turn a profit. A lot of juniors are on the verge of going under and many others are merging with others to stay afloat. The markets in general are not on the side of the junior at all these days. No one is really interested in putting out any money for any kind of placement or share issues. I expect to see a lot fewer junior mining companies in a year from now. However in the placer side of gold mining, things haven't slowed down very much at all. This summer saw good volumes of crews working creeks throughout BC and the Yukon. With gold prices in the mid $1,400 Cdn range for most the summer it was ...continue.

Is The Price Of Gold Manipulated?

Anyone who follows the gold market these days is probably questioning why the price of gold is still so low. No sooner does it start a bit of climb and "whack" down it goes. There are always lots of conspiracy theories out there about manipulation by bullion banks and big money people but trying to find out the real truth on why gold is acting the way it is, one needs to get a bit of an inside perspective.

As someone who gold mines and runs this website, I have to be some sort of a gold bug. If I was a farmer I would love to .... continue.

How The Rest Of The World Views Gold & Silver

There is them... and then there is us. Us being gold and silver bugs. For all us gold and silver and silver bugs out there, we always seem to have our finger on the pulse of the gold and silver prices. It's almost a natural thing and we tend to think that everyne else thinks the same way. However that is not the same. I starting to think that us metal bugs are the 1% that you read about and the everyone else is the 99%. Ask anyone what the price of gold is and almost all will not have a clue. In fact some are so dense on reality that they you could not continue.

Here's A Junior With A Producing Mine

Most of the juniors that we feature or talk about on this site are usually the grass roots or so called green fields juniors. Those are juniors that are doing some exploration such as geochem work, sampling and maybe some drilling. The junior we are going to be looking at today is not only an explorer but has just recently ....continue.

The Animas River Screw Up - Your Tax Dollars At Work

On August 5, 2015, EPA personnel along with workers for Environmental Restoration LLC caused the release of toxic wastewater when attempting to add a tap to the tailing pond for the mine.

Before the incident, the local jurisdictions refused Superfund money to cleanup the regions' derelict mines due to a fear of lost tourism. Following the spill, the local government of Silverton decided to accept Superfund money to fully ...continue.