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The Calandra Report: Transitioning

This is the 13th year of The Calandra Report. For a few decades prior to that, I was reporting on markets for various venues. As discussed here this year, The Calandra Report will be halted. (The Calandra Report has been a free service since this past summer of 2025.)   In part, my stepping back is because of ongoing health and mobility challenges stemming from my shattered […]

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Pooling Gold In London

The World Gold Council is proposing digital gold tokens for investors. See White Paper The proposal would create Pooled Gold Interests that allow investors to own a share of physical gold stored in vaults.  Essentially: tokens with gold values. The mechanism would permit ownership of fractional amounts of gold. The digital gold proposal out of London comes with gold prices

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Mining Co’s Proposed Property Units

THE CALANDRA REPORT This is called lining up your future ducks. Orecap Investment Corp. OCI, a company with a portfolio of miner stakes in pub-cos such as Awale Resources, American Eagle Gold and XXIX Metal Corp., is creating three subsidiaries for future special situations in mining. See release. “The goal here is to create a series of subsidiaries that will ultimately become

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Herculean Proximity

As small mining-cos this summer and hopefully into autumn benefit from rising metals prices, I offer a few thoughts about closeology. Textbook definition:  “Closeology” benefits companies that are near discoveries, or smelters, working mills and excellent roads.   Theoretically, nearness to known resources increases the likelihood of finding more resources.    (This holds for energy as well — case in point,

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