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Coca Cola elects to text as voicemail falls wayside

There is, or rather there was, a classic scene from the movies: the protagonist comes home and hears (or ignores) a voicemail message that could change his/her life. Alternatively, that same protagonist fails to deliver an important message because another character voice message box is full. Older people, myself included, still remember when callers would leave you a message "after…

Chinese export policy for rare earths in 2015, still ‘uncertain’

China's Ministry of Finance (MOF) announced its Tariff Implementation Plan for 2015 on December 17th, the new tariff plan will be implemented by the General Administration of Customs on January 1, 2015, according to a statement posted on the MOF website, which noted that the State Council, China's Cabinet, approved the plan after deliberation by the Customs Tariff Commission of…

Rare Earths Success Factors – Revisited

I have recently been queried concerning my views of the success factors (or ticks) for specific projects. I am declining to comment as I see that as providing investment advice and that has never been my intention. After many years in the technology development arena, and in particular, the rare earths space, I felt it was a responsibility to address…

US economic growth hits the highest level of the past decade

Wall Street sets a new historical record and the GDP reaches its highest level of the past 10 years. US growth accelerates to 5% - beating all odds - and the Dow Jones index has risen for the first time over 18,000 points, marking the strongest rise of gross domestic product (GDP) in over a decade, from 2003, even as…

Chris Berry’s ‘forecasts’ for the global economy and metals market in 2015

“It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” - Yogi Berra In the time that I have been writing on the metals markets and global economy, one mainstay has always been reading the tsunami of year end research reports laying out predictions for the year ahead. Almost universally, these well-written and tirelessly researched musings all share one consistent trait:…

Rivkin: Global equities mostly higher on strong US GDP, oil prices continue to consolidate

Global equities mostly higher on strong US GDP, oil prices continue to consolidate, US dollar stronger, ASX futures 29 points higher This is the last Rivkin Morning Market Wrap for 2014, and we will return with coverage on Monday 5 January. US third quarter, annualised GDP growth was released last night, and it was a cracker - 5.0% versus expectations…

Arcan Resources’ Latest Proposal; Still No Respect for the Debenture Holders?

Last August Arcan Resources Ltd. tried to end-run its debenture holders. Arcan, a producer of light, sweet oil from the Swan Hills area of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, proposed that $160M of debentures would be retired for only 82.5 cents on the dollar, plus warrants in a new SpinCo. That discount would have been painful for the debenture holders,…

Tasman Metals – Masters of All they Survey in Scandiland

Ever since the Tasman/Flinders merger deal was floated it was apparent that Tasman (TSXV: TSM | NYSE-MKT: TAS) wanted the benefits of diversification would bring. After all, if you a betting on a horse race it’s better to have stakes on two favoured horses rather than just one. The Flinders deal went away and Flinders went on focus on its graphite…

Low oil prices will renew M&A activity in the oil sector for 2015

Yesterday, Wall Street continued to gain ground as the Dow Jones and the S&P 500 set yearly records highs for the fourth straight session in a row since last Wednesday – that is since the Fed announced it would not be raising interest rates just yet. Significantly, yesterday’s rally suggests that the market may have already digested the drop in…

Tesla and competitors to place pressure on global graphite demand for Li-ion manufacturing facilities in 2015

This last month and a half has been rather lacklustre for the graphite sector as a whole but the demand and prospects for this material should improve noticeably in 2015. When considering the market for graphite it is important to note the main reason for its demand. Graphite contains carbon, which is the element that gives a diamond its strength. It…

Junior Resource F-Factor eludes Vultures just in time for a Santa Claus Rally?

Flashback to Tuesday evening where I had a meeting with two directors of a couple of junior resource companies on Bay St. It was during a second beer when one disclosed, “I haven’t paid myself since 2012.” The other responded with, “well, I haven’t paid myself for the last year.” Insert a tweet I received on Thursday from @tonyalfidi in…

Rivkin: The Santa Claus Rally

S&P 500 testing all-time highs again, ASX 200 retraces its December drop, Aussie dollar struggling to break below 81c, ASX futures 17 points higher This time last week I had written off the likelihood of a Santa Claus Rally; however, all of a sudden markets began shaking off the blues from the middle of last week and the US S&P…

FANYA – Breaking the Mold on Specialty Metals Trading?

Commodity exchanges have sprung up over time either at the source of the capital in major financial centres (e.g. LME and New York Mercantile Exchange) or at the source of the product traded (e.g. the various spice exchanges in India) or the attempts to launching exchanges in Indonesia and Malaysia dealing in local products such as tin or palm oil.…

Data science creates new opportunities in cyberbusiness

The Internet democratized information. How can you make money from this data? Over the last 20 years, the Internet has changed dramatically the way we interact with knowledge. The challenge is no longer about getting information; the new frontier is about sorting out a massive informational matrix to make money. A new scientific discipline, data science is emerging to offer…

When Rare Earths, Graphite, Lithium, and Uranium go to war they insure the peace and create the future.

We all know that individual, as well as institutional investors have only one goal, which is to make a return on their investment (a profit). This is not the purpose of government nor should it be. However it should be the goal of government to spend money wisely and, if that is so, then to spend some of the money…

Going Sideways and the Miraculins on Bay St.

"The difference between a hero and a coward is one step sideways." -- Gene Hackman InvestorIntelReport: Many years ago, when I used to have to negotiate with teenagers – a memory, I have aptly forgotten; I recall one frustration that was remedied through repetition and reward. As anyone who has teens can attest to….decision making is not their forte. So…

Miraculins brings CSI to diabetic testing

Miraculins Inc. tasting sweetness of regulatory approvals, seeks market inroads for pre-diabetes, Type 2 diabetes screening device Miraculins Inc. (TSXV: MOM) is tasting the sweetness of its Class 2 approval by Health Canada’s Medical Devices Bureau (and equivalent certifications in EU and Mexico) as it seeks market inroads with its flagship project, the Scout DSTM, a diabetes screening device that detects…

Eurobonds and potash will boost Ethiopia and Africa’s food security

Ethiopia issued a dollar based bond to fund its development goals focused on increasing agricultural production, power generation and transportation infrastructure including the 6,000 megawatt Millennium Dam hydroelectricity project on a Nile river tributary. Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan will be handling the sale of the ten year bond (yielding 6.75%). Ethiopia has been Africa’s fastest growing economy for the…

Marijuana Field of Dreams: The Do’s and Don’ts for investing in Pot.com

Making money off the pot.com rush is going to be extremely difficult for the average investor. Here in Part 3 of this series we look at practical ways to balance your risk and potential return (Part 2) when investing in the inevitable wave of decriminalized cannabis (Part 1). I've read approximately 60 business plans in the hemp and marijuana space…

Resource sector freeze tag provides a clever ruse to pick winners.

InvestorIntelReport -- It was over a year ago, when the market was abuzz about how 80% of the TSX Venture companies were going to run out of money and collapse (A) by the end of the year. One has to wonder whether this was fact or fiction, because “if” this was indeed true: where are the headlines of these so-called…

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News Releases & Media

Quaterra Agrees To Sell Its 50% Interest In The Nieves Silver Project To Joint Venture Partner Blackberry Ventures I, LIC For US$4 Million

December 29, 2014 (Source: Quaterra Resources) -- Quaterra Resources Inc. (“Quaterra”) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell its 50% interest in the Nieves silver property in Zacatecas State, Mexico, to joint-venture partner Blackberry Ventures…

Miraculins Announces Shares for Debt Settlement

December 29, 2014 (Source: Miraculins) -- Miraculins Inc. (TSX-V:MOM) (the “Company”), a medical diagnostic company focused on acquiring, developing and commercializing diagnostic tests and risk assessment technologies for unmet clinical needs, announces that it has entered into a shares for debt agreement…

TransCanada Adds Eighth Solar Facility to Power Portfolio

December 29, 2014 (Source: Marketwired) -- TransCanada Corporation (TSX:TRP) (NYSE:TRP) (TransCanada) today announced that it has acquired the eighth Ontario solar facility from Canadian Solar Solutions Inc. (Canadian Solar). The newly built Liskeard 1 facility has a generating capacity…

Russian Banks Warm to Shariah as Crisis Looms: Islamic Finance

December 29, 2014 (Source: Bloomberg) -- Russian lenders are stepping up efforts to tap Islamic finance as international sanctions and a slump in oil prices push the world’s biggest energy exporter to the brink of a recession. Vnesheconombank, Russia’s state development…

TSX rises at open, lifted by energy sector

December 29, 2014 (Source: Reuters) -- Canada's main stock index opened higher on Monday, boosted by energy stocks as crude prices rose on concerns about output from Libya. The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE was up 42.41…

Price war brews between Canada, Latin America over oil for U.S. Gulf

December 29, 2014 (Source: Globe & Mail) -- A price war is brewing between Canada and Latin America over who will satisfy U.S. Gulf Coast refiners’ hunger for heavy oil. The new Seaway Twin pipeline will almost double the…

Japan’s prime minister unleashes billions in stimulus to fight recession as economy falters

December 29, 2014 (Source: Hamilton Spectator) -- Japan's Cabinet on Saturday approved about $29 billion in fresh stimulus, including subsidies and job creation, to help pull the world's third-largest economy out of recession. The Cabinet endorsed the plan proposed…

China’s net gold imports from Hong Kong hit 9-month high in Nov

December 29, 2014 (Source: Reuters) -- China's gold imports from Hong Kong in November rose to their highest level since February, indicating strong demand in the world's top bullion consumer ahead of the Lunar New Year. "Consumer demand is…

IIROC Trade Resumption – Miraculins Inc.

December 24, 2014 (Source: Newsfile) -- Trading resumes in: Company: Miraculins Inc. TSX-V Symbol: MOM Resumption Time (ET): 08:00 IIROC can make a decision to impose a temporary suspension of trading in a security of a publicly listed company, usually in…

NexGen Energy Ltd.: Arrow Zone Returns Strong U3O8 Assays Over Continuous Intervals

December 24, 2014 (Source: CNW) -- NexGen Energy Ltd. (NXE:TSXV) ("NexGen" or the "Company") is pleased to report assay results for the remaining sixteen drill holes (angled holes AR-14-16 to -29, vertical holes AR-14-31 & -32) from the summer 2014 program at…

Miraculins Completes Amendment to 2013 Scout DS® Asset Purchase Agreement With VeraLight

December 23, 2014 (Source: Marketwired) -- Miraculins Inc. (TSX VENTURE:MOM) (the "Company"), a medical diagnostic company focused on acquiring, developing and commercializing diagnostic tests and risk assessment technologies for unmet clinical needs, announces that it has executed an amendment (the "Amendment")…

IIROC Trade Halt – Miraculins Inc.

December 23, 2014 (Source: Newsfile) -- The following issues have been halted by IIROC: Company: Miraculins Inc. TSX-V Symbol: MOM Reason: At the Request of the Company Pending News Halt Time (ET) 15:31 IIROC can make a decision to impose a…

Could Russia back its currency with gold?

December 23, 2014 (Source: CNBC) -- Russia's government could still be pushed into using its gold reserves to bolster the falling ruble, currency experts have forecast. Rumors last week that Russia was on the verge of selling its gold reserves were…

Theralase Reports Results of PDC Therapy of Bladder Cancer in Orthotopic Rat Model

December 23, 2014 (Source: Accesswire) -- Theralase Technologies Inc. ("Theralase") (TLT:TSXV) (TLTFF: OTC Pink(R)) announced today that it has obtained preliminary results from the use of Photo Dynamic Therapy ("PDT") to destroy bladder cancer in an orthotopic ("occurring at the normal…

Seair Reports Year End Results

December 22, 2014 (Source: Newsfile) -- Seair Inc. (“Seair” or the “Corporation”) (TSX.V:SDS) is pleased to announce that it has filed its annual financial statements and Management’s Discussion and Analysis for the year ended August 31, 2014. Interested parties may…

Critical Elements Announces Second Closing of $165,000

December 22, 2014 (Source: Marketwired) -- Critical Elements Corporation (TSX VENTURE:CRE)(OTCQX:CRECF) (FRANKFURT:F12) is pleased to announce that it has closed the second tranche of a non-brokered private placement, for an amount of $165,000. The Company has issued 660,000 units of common…

NioCorp Grants Stock Options

December 22, 2014 (Source: Marketwired) -- NioCorp Developments Ltd. ("NioCorp" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:NB)(OTCQX:NIOBF)(FRANKFURT:BR3) wishes to announce the granting of incentive stock options to its directors, officers, consultants and employees, under its Stock Option Plan, for the purchase of up…

TSX up 352 points on bargain hunting, Fed promise of patience in raising rates

December 22, 2014 (Source: Financial Post) -- The Toronto stock market soared more than 300 points Wednesday with sentiment helped along by reassurance on interest rates from the U.S. Federal Reserve. The S&P/TSX composite index jumped 351.87 points to…

Saudis See Oil Recovery as U.A.E. Urges Non-OPEC Cuts

December 22, 2014 (Source: Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates reiterated pledges to keep pumping the same amount of crude, blaming non-OPEC producers for the glut of oil that’s driven prices to the lowest in five…

UK to extend Libor manipulation laws to cover gold, oil, silver

December 22, 2014 (Source: Reuters) -- Britain will widen the scope of laws which make the manipulation of market benchmarks a criminal offense to include seven more rates covering the currency, gold, oil and silver markets by April 1, the…

Hastings Rare Metals Ltd.: Share Purchase Plan and Application Form

Hastings Rare Metals Ltd.: Notice of General Meeting/Proxy Form

Saint Jean Carbon Closes Acquisition on the Miller East and the Page Graphite Properties

December 18, 2014 (Source: Marketwired) -- Saint Jean Carbon Inc. ("Saint Jean", the "Company" or "We") (TSX VENTURE:SJL) is pleased to announce is pleased to announce that it has closed an arm's length transaction to acquire the 100% interest in…

Seair Inc. Announces Completion of Final Tranche of Private Placement

December 18, 2014 (Source: Marketwired) -- NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES. ANY FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS RESTRICTION MAY CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF U.S. SECURITIES LAWS. Seair Inc. (TSX VENTURE:SDS) (the…

Tinka Provides Update On Drill Programs At Ayawilca-Colquipucro, Peru

December 18, 2014 (Source: Tinka Resources) -- Tinka Resources Limited ("Tinka" or the "Company") (TSXV: TK) (OTCPK: TKRFF) is pleased to provide an update of its exploration programs at its 100%-owned Ayawilca and Colquipucro projects in central Peru.Dr. Graham Carman,…

Oil Prices Will Snap Back by Mid – 2015, Says Scotiabank’s Patricia Mohr

December 18, 2014 (Source: CNN Money) -- Scotiabank's Commodity Price Index dropped -4.8% month-over-month (m/m) in November (-6.1% year-over-year) and will end 2014 in a deflationary mode. "Significant capacity expansion and the defence of market share by major oil…

Great Lakes Graphite Continues Lochaber Winter Drill Program

December 18, 2014 (Source: Newsfile) -- Great Lakes Graphite Inc. (TSXV: GLK) ("Great Lakes" or the "Company"), is pleased to provide the following update on the 2014 Lochaber Winter Drill Program. Mr. Kyle Loney, President of Wolf Mountain Drilling, the contractor…

Chesapeake Provides Development Plan For Metates Updated Pre-Feasibility Study

December 18, 2014 (Source: Marketwired) -- Chesapeake Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:CKG) ("Chesapeake" or "Company") wishes to announce that the Company and M3 Engineering &Technology together with several industry leading international consultants are currently working towards the completion of an updated…

Orbite Receives Two New Patents

December 18, 2014 (Source: Marketwired) -- Orbite Aluminae Inc. (TSX:ORT)(OTCQX:EORBF) ("Orbite" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Canadian Intellectual Property Office has granted and issued two new patents to Orbite. The two patents are Canadian patent 2,829,049,…

Reed Resources Ltd.: Change of Name and Investor Presentation

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