About Us

Mark Cullivan - Editor

For almost 2 decades, Mark Cullivan has been a professor of economics and currently is an instructor in the School of Business Administration at the University of San Diego. Mark has long had an interest in resource commodities and junior resource companies, and in the mid 90s owned a publishing company that focused on junior resource company commentary and analysis.

Mickey Fulp - The Mercenary Geologist

The Mercenary Geologist Michael S. "Mickey" Fulp is a Certified Professional Geologist with a B.Sc. Earth Sciences with honor from the University of Tulsa, and M.Sc. Geology from the University of New Mexico. Mickey has over 30 years experience as an exploration geologist searching for economic deposits of base and precious metals, industrial minerals, coal, uranium, oil and gas, and water in North and South America, Europe, and Asia.

Mickey has worked for junior explorers, major mining companies, private companies, and investors as a consulting economic geologist for the past 22 years, specializing in geological mapping, property evaluation, and business development. In addition to Mickey's professional credentials and experience, he is high-altitude proficient and is bilingual in English and Spanish. From 2003 to 2006, Mickey made four outcrop ore discoveries in Peru, Nevada, Chile, and British Columbia.

Mickey is well-known throughout the mining and exploration community for his ongoing work as an analyst, newsletter writer, and speaker.

Brien Lundin - Gold Newsletter

With a career spanning three decades in the investment markets, Brien Lundin serves as president and CEO of Jefferson Financial, a highly regarded publisher of market analyses and producer of investment-oriented events. Under the Jefferson Financial umbrella, Brien publishes and edits Gold Newsletter, a cornerstone of precious metals advisories since 1971; he digs into not only small caps of every type but also macroeconomics and geopolitical issues that ultimately affect every resource investor.

Brien also hosts the New Orleans Investment Conference, the oldest and most respected investment event of its kind, which each year brings the giants of investing, economics and geopolitics.

Brent Cook - Exploration Insights

Brent Cook is an independent exploration analyst with over 25 years of experience in both property economics and geology evaluations.

As a seasoned geologist, Brent's knowledge spans all areas of the mining business from the conceptual stage through to detailed technical and financial modeling related to mine development and production. He has worked in over 60 countries and in virtually all geological environments, analyzing and providing commentary on proposed mine sites.  In addition to writing Exploration Insights, Brent continues to advise funds and companies.

Jordan Roy-Byrne, CMT - The Daily Gold

Jordan Roy-Byrne (AKA, "Trendsman") is the proprietor of Trendsman Research, which provides investment research to private clients and the general public. Trendsman Research authors several newsletters covering trends in stock markets, bonds, commodities, gold, and silver. Mr. Roy-Byrne, a Chartered Market Technician and member of the Market Technicals Association, is also an official contributor for the CME Group. He is particularly skilled at extracting emerging fundamental themes from his technical research.

He is also the host of The Financial Tube and the editor of TheDaily Gold and its premium newsletter. Mr. Roy-Byrne attended the University of Washington.