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Here are a few junior resource and investing headlines from CEO.CA Chat:

Alexander Molyneux, Executive Chairman of Azarga Uranium, in Kyrgyz Republic

Alexander Molyneux, Executive Chairman of Azarga Uranium, in Kyrgyz Republic

Paladin Energy founder John Borshoff has stepped down after 21 years at the helm of the embattled uranium producer. With approx $530 million USD in long term debt (versus $282 million market cap), Paladin has struggled in the post Fukushima low uranium price environment. Azarga Uranium executive chairman Alexander Molyneux has stepped into the interim CEO role. Molyenux, 40, advised Singapore’s HOPU investments, when it invested US $76 million in Paladin in January. According to the news release, Mr Molyneux’s core mandate will be to: "(i) to continue the optimisation of Paladin’s overall cash flow break-even level with the aim to become cash flow generative in the current uranium price environment; (ii) focus on accelerating strategic initiatives that deliver value; and (iii) to assist the Board in its search for a permanent CEO." Azarga has promoted Blake Steele to the president position while Mr. Molyneux handles the Paladin assignment.

On the subject of uranium, industry insiders are beginning to show some excitement towards the restart of nuclear reactors in Japan. Here's Cantor Fitzgerald Canada Research analyst Rob Chang: "Finally! Japan is restarting its first reactor tonight. We believe this is the kick off, front page news event that returns general market interest to nuclear energy and uranium. We expect strength across the board among uranium equities..."

Ian Rozier’s Eastern Platinum continues to delay the closing of its proposed US$225 million asset sale to Hebei Zhongbo Platinum Co.. The deal remains subject to the execution of definitive agreements and the receipt of all necessary approvals in South Africa. The final date of the agreements has been changed to Dec 31, 2015 from Aug 7, 2015. Shares in the Vancouver-based company sunk 5.2% Monday, last at $1.27. The company’s shares were trading at approximately 80-90 cents before the proposed deal was announced in Nov 2014, and reached as high as $2.20 in May of this year on rising expectations the deal would close. ELR investors will need to continue holding their breath. Not helping ease their worries, the platinum price has fallen over 20% since the deal was announced.

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Minerals and environmental engineer Tim Oliver, PE has a new web site and Twitter profile and you should subscribe to both. Tim is a contributor to Brent Cook’s Exploration Insights newsletter, and specializes in performing due diligence on NI 43-101 studies for mining companies and investors. He's also one of the brilliant regulars in CEO.CA Chat, our continuous mobile investment conference.

Blackrock's Gold and General Fund has promoted Tom Holl to co-manager alongside Evy Hambro. Read more here.

Callinex Mines has started drilling 2500 metres in Manitoba looking for high-grade copper and zinc. NR here.

Rick Rule and Roy Sebag discuss how to value junior miners: “If you merged every public exploration company in the world into one company, and called it, Junior Exploreco. That company, in a good year would lose $2 billion dollars and in a bad year would lose $10 billion dollars. How would you value that? Six times losses? Ten times losses? Fifteen times losses? That of course ignores the fact the top ten percent of those companies generate such extraordinary value creation that it adds legitimacy and sometimes lustre to an industry in desperate need of improvement.” Video link here.

Shelley Kraft of Stock News Now has published a series of Sprottsberry interviews, including one with Kaizen Discovery CEO Matthew Hornor. Check them all out here.

Several mining writers are up North this week with the Yukon Mining Alliance visiting promising exploration and development stage projects there, including MINING.com’s Michael Mccrae, Vancouver Sun’s James Kwantes, CEO.CA’s Andrew Nelson, and Northern Miner’s Matthew Keevil. CEO.CA contributor and mining engineer Jamie Keech took the tour last year and wrote about what he saw here.

Microsoft exec Tren Griffin continues his “A Dozen Things I’ve Learned” series with a profile on real estate mogul Sam Zell. 25iq

Mr. Griffin was also featured in Wall Street Journal over the weekend discussing his new book about Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charley Munger. WSJ

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