At Jackson Hole late last week, Fed chair Jerome Powell stated that the U.S. economy would need tight monetary policy “for some time” before inflation is reined in. Translation: expect more Fed bullying tactics, which means slower growth, a weaker job market, and “some pain” for many Americans. The duration of the Fed’s aggressive rate […]
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A Midsummer Highballer Update Part 1 – Defense Metals (DEFN.V) and Teuton Resources (TUO.V)
Janet Yellen recently stated that the U.S. wants to end its dependence on China REEs and will focus instead on “friend-shoring” (diversifying their supply chains with trusted trading partners). She recently told Reuters there’s now a push for increased trade ties with the likes of South Korea “to improve the resilience of supply chains and […]
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A Highballer update for August 2, 2022 – Is It Go Time?
The last few weeks have been hectic. In the wake of last week’s .75% rate hike, gold formed a higher low on the charts. But will it stick? If the Fed’s bullying tactics towards the inflationary spiral have run their course—if they’ve exacted enough shock value via these high-handed three-quarter-point rate hikes—it could be game […]
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Catching up with Apollo Silver (APGO.V) and Forum Energy Metals (FMC.V)
To say that the market has been exacting a certain toll on the junior exploration arena would be a colossal understatement. Even the highest quality asset-rich entities are being stripped down to levels that defy logic. This current environment reminds me of the junior sector at the beginning of the previous bull run earlier this […]
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Carnage in the junior exploration arena – risk vs reward
For all the years I’ve been following the junior sector, since my mid-teens, I’m hard-pressed to trot out a meaningful list of companies that succeeded in transitioning from ‘junior explorer‘ to ‘junior producer.’ Probing our planet’s subsurface layers to generate an economic mineral resource requires a very particular set of skills. Navigating the complex permitting […]
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Defense Metals (DEFN.V) continues to methodically de-risk its Wicheeda Rare-Earth Project in mining-friendly BC
“There will come a time when Earth sheds us like dead skin, and it will be our own fault” – John Dutton, Yellowstone (one possible scenario) If we are to create a cleaner, greener, carbon-free world—to avoid the direst climate-related shocks gathering on the horizon—global greenhouse gas emissions need to drop 50% by 2030 and […]
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A Highballer Update – Goldseek (GSK.C), Banyan (BYN.V), Prime (PRYM.V) and Patriot (PMET.V)
Goldseek Resources (GSK.C) is an aggressive, tightly run exploreco with 37.68 million shares outstanding and a stock price of $0.06, which gives it a market cap of roughly $2.26M. The Company holds an extensive project pipeline in some of Canada’s most prolific gold camps: Hemlo, Urban Barry, Quevillon, Val D’Or North, and Detour. Its flagship […]
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Teuton Resources (TUO.V) – drilling is underway at Treaty Creek, Golden Triangle BC
Highballer client, Teuton Resources, received some welcome news last week from its JV partner, Tudor Gold: a fully funded 30k meter drill program is currently underway at Treaty Creek (TC) in the prolific Golden Triangle of northwestern British Columbia. This first 30k meters represents Phase-1. Tudor mobilized multiple rigs to get an early jump on the 2022 […]
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Apollo Silver (APGO.V) and Forum Energy Metals (FMC.V) – A Highballer Update
There’s been some rather extreme volatility and negative sentiment at play where global markets are concerned. With sentiment in the gutter and stocks getting hammered across the board, some market analysts believe we’re near a bottom and are trotting out the C Word – Capitulation. I suppose it makes sense in certain respects. But in […]
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Updating Apollo Silver (APGO.V) and Patriot Battery Metals (PMET.V)
The volatility rages on across all market sectors (Gold and Silver are off nearly 3% as I edit this piece). With the Fed set to deliver a half-point rate increase after their two-day meeting on the 3rd and 4th, expect that volatility to continue and perhaps ramp up even further. The next five days of […]