COMMENTARY—ProspectingJournal.com—With the election looming and Hope and Change ironically finding traction in a movement that’s fighting against the US government, it’s really no surprise that Obama decided to kill the Keystone XL pipeline . . . for now. After all, having recently achieved the lowest approval rating of any U.S. president in modern history, the [...]

COMMENTARY—ProspectingJournal.com—What’s going on with the Chinese and uranium? If you haven’t heard, the Chinese recently announced that they have created a new technology that will make nuclear materials 60 times more efficient. This amazing recycling technology, conveniently a well-guarded “secret,” would enable uranium materials in China to fuel the country for a few centuries, instead [...]

NEWS–VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Jan 12, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Golden Fame Resources Corp. /quotes/zigman/1556882 CA:GFA +9.52% (frankfurt:6GF) (“Golden Fame” or the “Company”) is pleased to report that it has received the results of the first three diamond drill holes from their on-going diamond drill program at the Algun Dia multi-element, epithermal vein prospect located [...]

COMMENTARY—ProspectingJournal.com—While it would be great to uncover a gripping story about how foreign interests are trying to stop the flow of oil to China through the funding of noisy environmentalists, the current reality is that a lot of BC residents—aboriginal, non-aboriginal, environmental, non-environmental—are too busy pondering the pros and cons of the proposed Northern Gateway [...]

GUEST COMMENTARY–Casey Research–Marin Katusa, Chief Energy Investment Strategist January 11, 2012 8:15pm GMT Quick, what country is the economic engine that will power world growth? If you answered “China,” you’re far from alone. But there’s another country that deserves as much attention and better yet, is much friendlier to investment: India, home to 1.2 billion [...]

COMMENTARY—ProspectingJournal.com—Although this evening marks the beginning of fourth quarter earnings season, the markets are bereft of optimism.  Precious metals, the focus of hope n change believers in 2011, are losing droves of safehaven supporters as gold and silver face a dubious battle to regain lost ground. Europe’s disaster is far from solved and is in [...]

GUEST COMMENTARY–Casey Research (Interviewed by Louis James, Editor, International Speculator) L: Doug, a lot of readers have been asking for guidance on how to know when it’s time to exit center stage and hunker down in some safe place. Few people want to hide from the world in a cabin in the woods while life [...]

COMMENTARY—ProspectingJournal.com—It would almost be nice if we knew for certain that December 2012 was the end of times; markets would act accordingly and we could all make some solid investment decisions. Indeed, predictions proved somewhat useless in 2011, as mass protests, ugly piles of debt and global disarray rocked humanity’s insecure belief in stability and [...]