Say what you will about Bitcoin–whether it is a real currency, a government conspiracy, or a Ponzi scheme–but for one Venezuelan man, it was a very real ticket out of a crumbling socialist country.Guillermo Hernandez is now safely in Santiago Chile after The Startup Societies Foundation crowdfunded his travel out of Venezuela. It had to be funded with Bitcoin, as PayPal does not work...Read More
Say what you will about Bitcoin–whether it is a real currency, a government conspiracy, or a Ponzi scheme–but for one Venezuelan man, it was a very real ticket out of a crumbling socialist country.Guillermo Hernandez is now safely in Santiago Chile after The Startup Societies Foundation crowdfunded his travel out of Venezuela. It had to be funded with Bitcoin, as PayPal does not work...Read More
Female circumcision, more accurately termed genital mutilation, is a barbaric assault carried out on young girls for religious and cultural reasons. While female genital mutilation is most widely practiced in regions of Africa, and small pockets in the middle east, the process of removing some or all of the clitoris is unfortunately carried out across the world.Although confusion remains about th...Read More
Female circumcision, more accurately termed genital mutilation, is a barbaric assault carried out on young girls for religious and cultural reasons. While female genital mutilation is most widely practiced in regions of Africa, and small pockets in the middle east, the process of removing some or all of the clitoris is unfortunately carried out across the world.Although confusion remains about th...Read More
Murchison Minerals Ltd. (CSE: MUR), a Canadian based exploration company with a diversified portfolio of properties, including the Brabant-McKenzie Zinc-Copper deposit in north-central Saskatchewan and the HPM Nickel/Copper/Cobalt project in Quebec. Murchison also holds gold claims in the Pickle Lake area of northwestern Ontario. We learned from Kent Pearson, President and CEO of Murchison Mineral...Read More
Cobalt Blue Holdings Limited (ASX:COB) is a pure-play, cobalt-explorer/developer, incorporated on the 26th of August 2016 for the express purpose of developing the Thackaringa Cobalt Project in New South Wales, Australia, with the goal of achieving commercial production of cobalt. We interviewed Joe Kaderavek, CEO of Cobalt Blue Holdings, and learned the company has approximately $9.5 million cash...Read More
What do you call it when someone takes 100% of your labor by force? Slavery.Slavery is being forced to work against your will for the benefit of your master, your owner. The only reason they own the products of your labor is because they own you. If you had exclusive control over what is done to and with your body, the most basic right of self-ownership, you would not owe anybody your labor.So the...Read More
What do you call it when someone takes 100% of your labor by force? Slavery.Slavery is being forced to work against your will for the benefit of your master, your owner. The only reason they own the products of your labor is because they own you. If you had exclusive control over what is done to and with your body, the most basic right of self-ownership, you would not owe anybody your labor.So the...Read More
Nevada Zinc Corporation (TSX?EUR?V: NZN) is a mineral exploration company with zinc and gold properties located in Nevada and Yukon, the world's best regions for mining. The company's 100% owned Lone Mountain Zinc project in Nevada is a new discovery, with near-surface low-cost large-scale high-grade potential. We learned from Bruce Durham, who's President and CEO of Nevada Zinc, that Lone Mountai...Read More
There is an old saying that one should never talk about politics or religion. I think that is just a way to make sure people don’t talk about anything productive or eye opening.And I think it is basically the same attitude that makes the New York Times tell us not to “politicize the Federal Reserve.”Yes, I had to do a bit of a double take there as well.The article was written by...Read More
There is an old saying that one should never talk about politics or religion. I think that is just a way to make sure people don’t talk about anything productive or eye opening.And I think it is basically the same attitude that makes the New York Times tell us not to “politicize the Federal Reserve.”Yes, I had to do a bit of a double take there as well.The article was written by...Read More
Triumph Gold Corp. (formerly Northern Freegold Resources Ltd.) (TSX-V: TIG) is a growth-oriented, Canadian-based, precious metals exploration and development company, currently advancing the district scale Freegold Mountain project in Yukon. We learned from John Anderson, chairman of Triumph Gold, the key features of this 200 square kilometers large property are the three near-surface deposits ide...Read More
Novo Resources Corp. (TSX-V: NVO; OTCQX: NSRPF) is focused on acquiring and exploring gold properties in Western Australia.We learned from Dr. Quinton Hennigh, President and CEO of Novo, they have been exploring for gold in the Pilbara region of North West Australia, and have discovered significant deposits. Currently, they are advancing one of them, the wholly owned Beatons Creek Paleoplacer Gold...Read More
The federal ban on cannabis is one of those policies which make living in Americ feel like the dark ages. It wastes tax dollars with enforcement, and it tramples states’ rights to make their own laws.Worst of all though, it threatens legal businesses in states which are pot friendly and threatens the life, liberty, and property of countless individuals who harm no one while using marijuana f...Read More
The federal ban on cannabis is one of those policies which make living in Americ feel like the dark ages. It wastes tax dollars with enforcement, and it tramples states’ rights to make their own laws.Worst of all though, it threatens legal businesses in states which are pot friendly and threatens the life, liberty, and property of countless individuals who harm no one while using marijuana f...Read More
Wellgreen Platinum Ltd. (TSX: WG, OTC-QX: WGPLF) is a Canadian mining exploration and development company, focused on its 100% owned Wellgreen platinum group metal (PGM) and nickel project, located in the Yukon Territory, Canada. Based on 2015 PEA, the Wellgreen PGM and nickel project has the potential to become a large, low cost, open-pit producer of platinum, palladium, gold, nickel and copper....Read More
Lake Resources N.L. (ASX: LKE) holds one of the largest lithium tenement packages in Argentina and is one of the emerging players in the lithium sector. Lake owns 100% of three key lithium brine projects strategically located in the Lithium Triangle alongside the majors: Olaroz/Cauchari, Paso and Kachi in the highly prospective Jujuy and Catamarca Provinces of Argentina. In addition, Lake owns one...Read More
Azarga Uranium Corp. (TSX:AZZ) is a mineral development company that controls six uranium projects, deposits and prospects in the United States of America (South Dakota, Wyoming and Colorado) and the Kyrgyz Republic. We learned from Blake Steele, President and CFO of Azarga, that their flagship project, the high-grade, in-situ recovery, Dewey Burdock Uranium Project in South Dakota, recently recei...Read More
Northern Vertex Mining Corp. (TSX.V: NEE) is an exploration and mining company focused on the reactivation of its 100% owned, low-cost, open-pit, heap leach Moss Mine Gold-Silver Property located in the historic Oatman Mining district in NW Arizona, USA. Northern Vertex just announced, April 20th that it obtained the Final Permit for Commercial Mining at Moss Gold-Silver Project. We learned from K...Read More
We learned from Laura Evans, Director of Advancement at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, the museum was born out of the Geological Survey of Canada. The deepest roots of the museum date back to the geological exploration of Canada. For over 150 years, they've been exploring the natural world, which often yields all kinds of interesting rocks, minerals, and gems, so there are lots of ties b...Read More