Jon Shanahan - Articles

Universal Power Revs Into Exploration in Tanzania

With the spot price of uranium climbing through $93/lb (again), and a shortage of sulphuric acid in Kazakhstan – the chemical necessary for the leaching process that isolates U3O8 from ore – likely to compound demand, there is every indicator that uranium prices will climb sharply (again) in the coming months. And despite recent seismic shifts for gold and precious metals, most analysts project the bull markets for precious and base metals will continue to snowball. Read

By: Jon Shanahan | 05/12/2007 | Investing

Kootenay Gold A-team Confirms Mineralization at Promontorio

Kootenay Gold’s (TSX.V:KTN) lynchpin philosophy is that great mining companies are built around a core of solid, talented people, a “human infrastructure” with stellar track records in the industry and innovative prospecting approaches. It seems to be working. Read

By: Jon Shanahan | 04/12/2007 | Investing

Teryl Resources Turns Drills to Historic Gold Hill

When Teryl Resources Corporation (TSXV: TRC, Pink Sheets: TRYLF) became interested in the Gold Hill Prospect near Bisbee, AZ, they were following a pretty strong lead. Phelps Dodge Corporation’s Lavender Pit mine, only 4 miles to the west of the project, is one of the most productive copper mines in history, producing over 75 million tons of copper ore from 1954-70, and in excess of $1B in copper, gold, and silver. Read

By: Jon Shanahan | 06/11/2007 | Investing