March 20, 2012
By Thom Calandra @ Large www.babybulls.com SAN FRANCISCO -- A China-centric gold developer says China's consumer price inflation is understated and real estate developers will melt down if the nation's banks step away from largely vacant offices, subdivisions and warehouses. The informed...
March 4, 2012
By Thom Calandra www.babybulls.com PHNOM PENH -- There is some harmony in my visit to Cambodia, a nation of 14 million and neighbour to Vietnam, Laos and Thailand. [caption id="attachment_1394" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Tuk-tuks can outpace taxis in Phnom...
March 1, 2012
By Thom Calandra OYADAO BORDER CAMP -- Cambodia explorer Angkor Gold is little known to travelers who visit this country to tick off Buddhist temples and irrawaddy fresh-water dolphins flipping in the Mekong River. [caption id="attachment_1356" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="They...
February 11, 2012
By Thom Calandra @ Large www.babybulls.com CAPE TOWN -- A large Russian gold project, kissing cousin to Kinross' Kupol Mine in Chukotka, this week made its deal-flow debut. Geologist Andy Smith and negotiator and Sharprock Resources CEO Harp Sangha "put it out there" to minerals bankers...
January 30, 2012
By Thom Calandra www.babybulls,com VANCOUVER, Canada -- Ordinary folks go to investment shows to advertise their fears. Not to buy. That's what I call fup-the-duck. This holds for most shows in most market moods: up, down, euphoria, despair. Insecurity. Torrents of sweat for those who don't...
January 13, 2012
Thom @ Large: Bull Market Boosts Donations By Thom Calandra BAMAKO, Mali — I am seeing more and more metals companies discover that "giving in the field" is compatible with their goals. The "greater giving" comes as a bull market continues, albeit with a bit of bull bucking &...
October 27, 2011
   Eric Sprott It's Shocking How Undervalued Junior Miners Are Hedge fund manager Eric Sprott’s speech at last week’s Silver Summit turned a room full of nervous precious metals owners into pumped-up silver buyers. Highlights are posted below. Ten times more silver than gold is...
October 24, 2011
There were fireworks at the 2011 Silver Summit in Spokane, Washington as GATA's Bill Murphy and CPM's Jeff Christian battled it out over the topic of silver and gold price manipulation. MC'd by BNN anchor Andrew Bell. The Great Silver Debate