Rick Rule Lake Shore Gold LSG-T BUY Mar 02, 2015

A well run company which he thinks has good resources. The real problem is gold itself. Gold really depends on inflation eating the value of your paper currency. This is just not happening. He wouldn’t be surprised if gold breaks down through $1000.

Is a takeover candidate. They have increased production and lowered costs now. He is very bullish about it.

This goes beyond the commodity. It does not hinge its return strictly on whether gold goes up or down. The operational execution has been great. Eight quarters of meeting or exceeding guidance. About 180,000 ounce producer, sub-$1,000 an ounce, which is very rare for all-in costs. This is about looking for their initial resource to come out for their 144 gap zone, which he thinks could be transformational in the 1^st half of next year. That could potentially double its resource and ultimately lead to potentially replacing its current short reserve life mine, taking it beyond 6 years to maybe 10-11 years.

It has been one of the stronger stocks in the sector. It had a 50% swing in the last year. It is still up. It is probably going to run quickly.

The company has done a very good job of turning around what was a troubled operation. Has always been a fan of the Northern Ontario Achaean gold deposits, this being a classic example. He is attracted to this company. His suspicion is that the technical problems which plagued the company 3-4 years ago are a thing of the past.

It is being taken out. He thinks you will see more of this action in the sector. He would not buy today. Consider his Top Pick today in gold.

Just take the bid. Countries that need mining are often safer than countries that are perceived as lower political risk.

(A Top Pick March 3/15. Up 86.61%.) This was acquired by Tahoe (THO-T). His belief was that this was a company that was underappreciated because of the short mine life. (See Top Picks.)

(A Top Pick June 17/15. Up 57.14%.) Acquired by Tahoe (THO-T), which he continues to hold. There is potential for this to re-rate as investors look to this as an alternative to the senior gold producers that trade at 1.5-2X NAV, with little to no growth.

(A Top Pick Sept 25/16. Up 81.74%.) Acquired by Tahoe (THO-T), and he accepted the shares rather than cash.