Via Resource Maven:
There’s a very cool website you should all check out. It’s a chat room, actually, but one where the chat is totally focused on mining and exploration.
It’s chat.ceo.ca.
Check it out. I keep it open all day and check in on the conversation every time my brain surfaces from whatever I’m working on.
I’ll pop in as I get to work at 6:30 or 7 and see a list of news releases from the mining and exploration world, with comments on the announcements that caught attention. In fact, it’s the first place I go now to see what news has surfaced in the sector overnight.
I’ll swing back through at 8:30 and a debate will be raging about how Rubicon got it so wrong at Phoenix, with input from several Qualified Person geologists and engineers.
At 11 two longtime mining investors will be comparing uranium picks, while several technical analyst types talk about certain stocks showing signs of a breakout.
Mid-afternoon might bring a lively debate over the price of copper with stats around stockpiles, costs, and demand that morphs into a discussion about China. Later I might see a few good book recommendations (I’ve bought at least three books recommended by fellow chatters, and truly enjoyed them all).
All the while news releases are continually posted and those of interest are discussed, while the more familiar chatters poke fun at themselves and each other.
It’s honestly a fantastic forum, a constant conversation about mining, exploration, global economics, metal prices, and the people of this sector, carried on by a high caliber group.
You sign up and can post anonymously or under your chosen username. I’m resourcemaven, not surprisingly. Eric Coffin is regularly on the site, under HRA_Coffin. The other night Brent Cook showed up for a while. Brent’s right-hand man, mining engineer Tim Oliver, is a regular. An impressive list of other geologists, engineers, technical analysts, and economists also frequent the site.
You can search by company to see what people have been saying about a particular stock. Even better: by signing up to follow a particular stock you will get notified not only when it is being discussed, but also whenever an insider of the stock makes a trade, via SEDI.
It’s information, expert opinion, ideas, networking, and some fun, available 24-7. And there are apps for iPhones and Android devices (CEO.ca in apps stores), so you can carry chat around in your pocket. I hang out there when I’m riding the bus and I’ve dealt with all my email tasks. Or at least most of them 😉