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Space, the Final Frontier! "“Non est ad astra mollis e terris via" - "There is no easy way from the earth to the stars” ? Seneca It’s been a funny old week in the mining and exploration business. read more

Regular Mining Maven contributor John Butler has just launched his latest book, "The Golden Revolution: How to prepare for the coming global Gold Standard", The book has achieved critical acclaim with endorsements from no lesser luminaries than Peter Schiff, James Rickards and Ben Davies. read more

"Know what you own, and know why you own it." - Peter Lynch We originally published this piece in November last year as a two part commentary on investor psychology titled “Conquer your Inner Reptile” . read more

"Hope is what motivates us to work hard and get things done.It's the idea that something better will happen in the future because of what we do. read more

There are many who are seeking value in the gold space right now. And to be an effective value investor you need to be able to cut through the noise in the market and hone in on the value. read more

In this exclusive MiningMaven Podcast Interview, with Optiva Securities Jason Robertson, Chief analyst and corporate broker gives MiningMaven his take on the Natural Resource space right now and a review of four stocks he is currently following. read more

How many reading this can honestly claim they don’t feel bad about themselves when their shares go down in value, or good when they go up? Back in the day when our properties were going up by tens of thousands of pounds a year, we also felt good about ourselves. read more

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progressNicholas M. Butler And so the test of patience continues!That said, for many of the stocks we follow, could we be starting to see those early green shoots of recovery? You need to be very bold to make such a claim,bearing in mind Baroness Vadera’s very public “green shoots” gaffe of 3 years ago! With the markets, as with much in life, timing is everything. read more

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progressNicholas M. Butler And so the test of patience continues!That said, for many of the stocks we follow, could we be starting to see those early green shoots of recovery? You need to be very bold to make such a claim,bearing in mind Baroness Vadera’s very public “green shoots” gaffe of 3 years ago! With the markets, as with much in life, timing is everything. read more

"Frustration, although quite painful at times, is a very positive and essential part of success"Bo Bennett We’ve seen a fair amount of frustration over the past week. read more