The past two weeks have been particularly brutal for investors in the junior exploration arena. High-quality stocks are being tossed with little regard for their underlying intrinsic value. At this conjuncture, year-end tax-loss selling season looms large—it seems more outrageous this year than last. If you correctly predicted this rout, and have dry powder, some […]
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A potential Bottom in Gold + a roundup of companies on the Highballer List making headlines in recent sessions – Banyan (BYN.V), Cartier (ECR.V), Defense (DEFN.V), Forum (FMC.V), HighGold (HIGH.V), Prime (PRYM.V), Skyharbour (SKE.T), Sokoman (SIC.V), and White Gold (WGO.V)
In early October, there was evidence that an important bottom was forming in the precious metals arena. The following excerpts are from a (timely) article I put up on the Equity Guru website on October 4th—Unabated selling, dry powder, the upside of buying when you’re the only bidder in the room… (click on the following […]
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A Highballer roundup featuring Forum (FMC.V), HighGold (HIGH.V), Prime (PRYM.V), Skyharbour (SYH.V), Sokoman (SIC.V), and Defense (DEFN.V)
As the reality that inflation is not as “transitory” as the Fed would have us believe kicks in—though chairman Powell now concedes that it will likely be more “persistent” than previously thought—some are calling for violence in the gold arena. An October 22nd Bloomberg headline… Gold’s Inflation-Haven Appeal Means ‘Violent’ Run-Up May Be Ahead We’ve […]
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Updates from Defense Metals (DEFN.V), Harfang (HAR.V), Skeena (SKE.T), and a MONSTER drill hole out of the HighGold Mining (HIGH.V) camp
An October 4th roundup I published over at Equity Guru—Unabated selling, dry powder, the upside of buying when you’re the only bidder in the room…—generated a fair amount of positive feedback: The above tweet is courtesy of Blackrock Silver‘s CEO, Andrew Pollard. Blackrock is a Nevada-based explorer/developer currently active with four drill rigs in a […]
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A Highballer roundup featuring Banyan (BYN.V), HighGold (HIGH.V), Prime (PRYM.V), Defense (DEFN.V), Forum (FMC.V), and Skyharbour (SYH.V)—and a hurried heads-up on Sokoman (SIC.V)
We’re a few hours away from the conclusion of a two-day Fed meeting. Better than expected retail sales last week (the retail sector currently accounts for two-thirds of the GDP in the U.S.) might’ve turned the Fed hawkish. We’ll find out when Chairman Powell steps up to the mic. Talk of tapering its $120 billion-a-month […]
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Defense Metals (DEFN.V) announces landmark MOU with Sinosteel Corporation
First featured in these pages roughly 18 months back in the $0.15 range, it’s been a crazy ride for Defense Metals shareholders. 80.34 million shares outstanding $17.68M market cap based on its recent $0.22 close Corporate presentation After tagging a high of $0.75 earlier this year, the shares have fallen back to a level that may […]
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Inflation, Gold, Copper – Forum (FMC.V), Defense (DEFN.V) and Prime (PRYM.V) – Part 1
Recent trade in gold is showing some real conviction having taken out key resistance at $1750, a level that has held prices in check for the past month and a half. After forming a Double Bottom at key support in mid to late March, the low may be in for what some call “eight agonizing […]
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An early spring Highballer update – Defense (DEFN.V), Cartier (ECR.V), Forum (FMC.V), HighGold (HIGH.V), Kuya (KUYA.C) and Pure Gold (PGM.V)
The junior exploration arena has sprung back to life in recent sessions. Two companies on the Highballer shortlist tagged significant highs in recent sessions. Forum Energy Metals (FMC.V)… Prime Mining Corp (PRYM.V)… This episode of Highballer will bring many of the companies on our shortlist up-to-date. Defense Metals (DEFN.V) Yesterday, on March 23rd, Defense dropped an […]
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Defense Metals (DEFN.V) continues to de-risk its high-grade REE deposit in mining-friendly B.C. PLUS a Q & A with CEO Craig Taylor
Rare Earth Elements (REEs) are a major driver in the green-ride (EV) revolution. Electric motors, generators, catalytic converters, component sensors, LCD screens… REEs can even be found in the powder used to polish the windshields and mirrors. Hailed as the “vitamins of chemistry”, REEs exhibit a broad range of electronic, optical, and magnetic properties. They’re […]
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Gold, Bonds, and companies on our list making headlines – Pure Gold (PGM.V), Defense (DEFN.V), HighGold (HIGH.V), Cartier (ECR.V), Banyan (BYN.V), Forum (FMC.V), and Prime (PRYM.V)
Gold was dealt What For last week, taking out major support, trading at levels not seen in over eight months. The culprit of this recent carnage was a major sell-off in bonds pushing the yield on the US 10-year note to 1.5% (yields were a mere 0.5% only six months back). Though current yields represent […]