The pace of exploration can test one’s patience. “Why can’t they just mobilize a damn rig to the property already?” is a question I get a lot. Companies helmed by disciplined geo-types will often pull out all the stops to increase the odds of discovery success. Prospective ground is scoured by map, by air… on […]
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Cos on the Highballer shortlist pushing their flagship assets further along the curve – Harfang (HAR.V), Skeena (SKE.T), White Gold (WGO.V), and Minnova (MCI.V)
Several companies on the Highballer shortlist have been generating significant assay-related newsflow over the past week or so. Let’s get right to it. First, I should mention that I continue scouring the junior ExploreCo landscape for companies with the right combination of assets, jurisdiction, and of course…management. But it’s not an easy task—I’m not a […]
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Cos on the Highballer shortlist making headlines – Forum (FMC.V), Banyan (BYN.V), Harfang (HAR.V), Skeena (SKE.V), and HighGold (HIGH.V)
This is a brief mid-week report updating several of the Cos on our shortlist making news today (Sep. 9th). Forum Energy Metals (FMC.V)… … dropped the following headline today: Forum Identifies Nickel-Copper-Palladium Targets at Love Lake Project, Saskatchewan; Commences Field Program When I asked Forum CEO, Rick Mazur, if he’d consider optioning out his Love […]
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An eventful week for the Highballer (shortlist) portfolio – Cartier, HighGold, Pure Gold, Skeena, and Strategic
Last week was a busy one for the metals—gold and silver—and a good number of the companies that populate the Highballer (shortlist) portfolio. Gold, in USD terms, is only a hair shy of tagging all time historic highs. Of course, in Canadian dollar terms, and a host of other currencies, gold has been carving out […]
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A banner week for the Highballer shortlist – Banyan (BYN.V), Coral (CLH.V), Defense (DEFN.V), HighGold (HIGH.V), Pure Gold (PGM.V), and Skeena (SKE.V)
The Highballer shortlist generated a fair number of headlines last week. There’ll be no preamble today. Let’s get right to it. Banyan Gold (BYN.V) 134.24 million shares outstanding $34.23M market cap based on its recent close at $0.255 Between its two Yukon based projects—AurMac and Hyland—the company holds over 1.4 million ounces in the Indicated […]
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Cashed up and moving forward – Forum (FMC.V), PureGold (PGM.V), Skeena (SKE.V), and Strategic (SMD.V)
I’m getting a sense that most of the companies we follow here are determined to make up for whatever time was lost during the C-19 shutdown, prepping field crews and mobilizing drill rigs to their flagship projects, if they haven’t done so already. A number of companies on our shortlist are already active. Two—Cartier Resources […]
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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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Skeena Resources (SKE.V) aggressively pushing Eskay Creek further along the development curve
The following article was first published on Tommy Humphreys ceo.ca earlier today (Feb. 2, 2020) Eskay Creek: 1932-Today Tucked away in the Unuk and Iskut River region along the rugged north coastal mountains of big, beautiful British Columbia lies a legendary mine called Eskay Creek. A prospector named Tom Mackay was the first to recognize […]
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Precious Metals on a Tear – a Roundup of Companies Worth a Close Look Plus a Forum Energy Metals Update
Gold is on a tear, carving out fresh all-time highs as a matter of routine. Short-term (shallow) corrections aside, the metal’s momentum has been impressive, up roughly 27% since the start of the year. Where the equities are concerned, the Bigs appear to be under steady accumulation as per the GDX (chart below). Many of […]