Though gold, in U.S. dollar terms, is still consolidating its recent gains, the Senior and mid-tear gold stocks have gone on a tear of late. Newmont (NEM.NYSE), one of the largest gold Producers on the planet, tagged multi-year highs in recent sessions (a decade long weekly chart below): The Senior royalty stocks have performed even […]
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Companies on our shortlist in the news – Defense (DEFN.V), HighGold (HIGH.V), and Skeena (SKE.V)
Even though virus-related shutdowns have hindered the pace of mineral exploration in recent weeks—some regions more than others—progress is still being made on multiple fronts. Creating shareholder value is the primary objective of the companies we follow here at Highballerstocks… virus be damned. Three of the companies on our shortlist dropped headlines last week. Two […]
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Skeena Resources (SKE.V) tables assays from its phase-one drilling campaign at Eskay Creek
Before we examine some very decent (infill) drill hole assays out of British Columbia’s Golden Triangle, here’s an excerpt from a piece I put up on Equity Guru earlier today… The Fed can’t print gold (it can’t print silver either) – Pure Gold (PGM.V) There’s rarely been a dull day in the gold (and silver) […]
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Deep value in the Highballer portfolio – Cartier (ECR), Defense (DEFN.V), and White Gold (WGO.V)
Last week I profiled what I considered one of the better values in the junior exploration arena… Strategic Metals (SMD.V) tees up Mount Hinton for high-grade gold and silver With a number of high quality gold and silver plays beginning to catch a bid in recent sessions, Strategic was an anomaly. An extensive project portfolio, […]
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Strategic Metals (SMD.V) tees up Mount Hinton for high-grade gold and silver
A good number of the junior exploration companies we follow here at Highballerstocks have claimed higher ground in recent sessions: Skeena Resources (SKE.V), HighGold Mining (HIGH.V), Coral Gold (CLH.V), Pure Gold (PGM.V)… to name a few. It would appear that gold stocks are beginning to de-couple from general equities. The following GDX chart shows a […]
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Pure Gold Mining (PGM.V) – a high-grade Red Lake development story
Pure Gold is a development and exploration story out of the High-Grade Gold Capital of the World—the Red Lake Mining Camp of northwestern Ontario. The company’s Madsen deposit, aka the PureGold Mine, is considered the highest grade development-stage project in Canada. Pure Gold (PGM.T) – (PUR.LSE) – (LRTNF.OTC) Investor presentation 359.23 million shares outstanding; $229.91M […]
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Some of the companies we follow making news in recent sessions
This is a good time to update a few of the companies I follow closely here at Highballerstocks. Most have recovered significant ground off their March 16 crash lows, some more than others. Apparently, the COVID-19 threat exists even in the remote, wide-open expanses where junior exploration companies are drilling high priority targets. A number […]
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An opportunistic look at high-quality ExplorerCos with significant cash on their books – enough to aggressively push their projects further along the development curve
Taking advantage of further price weakness in the junior exploration arena Last Monday (March 16) represented a glorious opportunity to bag high-quality gold stocks at prices that bordered on the surreal. You had to be quick though, the sell-off lasted less than one hour before buyers rushed in pushing many of the stocks I follow […]
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Updating the stocks on our list after a brutal week of trade
On Thursday, Mar. 12, the Dow fell 2,352 points—its largest single-session point drop on record. The following day, on Mar. 13, the Dow powered nearly 2000 points higher, its largest single-session point gain in history. This extreme volatility was inevitable. The longest-running bull market in history was driven by artificially low interest rates and accommodative […]
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Market volatility, stink bids, and HighGold Mining
Markets caught what-for last week as the last vestiges of greed turned into abject fear. The reason: an emergency 50 point rate cut by the Fed—one that telegraphed panic from the gatekeepers of the U.S. economy—brought about by the pressure COVID-19 is exerting on corporate profits and earnings forecasts. During the tumult, U.S ten year […]