"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •257 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 1,029.40 | +2.90 | +0.28% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 67.65 | +0.07 | +0.10% |
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Gasoline •11 mins | 2.184 | +0.003 | +0.15% |
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Ethanol •257 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •257 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 257 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 257 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 10 mins | 71.17 | +0.10 | +0.14% | |
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Natural Gas • 10 mins | 4.013 | -0.005 | -0.12% | |
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Heating Oil • 14 mins | 2.210 | +0.006 | +0.27% |
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The Cortez Story - Part Five: Cortez Trend Maps, Pictoral Overview (2)
During the continental stretch cycle that began 30-40 million years ago, "fault-block" mountain ranges in the Basin and Range area have apparently developed parallel to structures created during the compression…
The Cortez Story - Part Five: Cortez Trend Maps, Pictoral Overview (1)
Exploration is very much a 3-D geological visualization process. Below I present various illustrations regarding geological concepts. In regard to John Kaiser's rational speculation model described in Part Two, the…
The Cortez Story - Part Four: Profiles of Sample Junior Players (2)
The largest and highest grade discoveries along the Carlin Trend are associated with major faults (see Carlin chart near the beginning of Part Five). The Carlin faults are very old,…
The Cortez Story - Part Four: Profiles of Sample Junior Players (1)
This section focuses on junior mining companies that have attracted major mining companies (highlighted in red) as JV partners or lead-manage some of the larger land positions on the Cortez…
The Cortez Story - Part Three: Overview of Players and Two Majors
To a large extent Newmont Mining Corporation and Placer Dome drive the Cortez Trend development. They do this in two ways. First, through their development of low cost processing infrastructure…
The Cortez Story - Part Two: The Fundamentals (2)
As another historical aside, gold was increasingly suppressed throughout most of the 20th century as a form of money, but I believe that the cyclic wheel of history is now…
The Cortez Story - Part Two: The Fundamentals (1)
Exploration plays tend to be heavily focused on geological theory, specialized valuation techniques, and map studies. First we need to understand the basic geological theory that has revolutionized the Cortez…
The Cortez Story: Right Trend, Right State, Right Country, Right Time?
The Cortez Trend comprises the southern "hot play" portion of what has been long known as the Battle Mountain-Eureka Trend in north central Nevada. Some new interpretations of the Cortez…
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