Rick Rule
Osisko Mining Inc
OSK-T
COMMENT
May 12, 2017
Last year, these shares were absolutely on fire. This company is run by Sean Rosen, who is basically exposed to every big gold camp in Canada, and is extremely aggressive as an explorationist. If you like the Canadian exploration business, you have to own this. Understand that an extremely aggressive exploration play requires a lot of money, so this is not for the faint of heart.
The philosophy behind this company is to tie up entire districts. They know they are not acquiring the greatest ounces in the ground, but are applying the ideas that there is much more to these districts than the ounces that we see. An interesting model.
He is not involved in the space. Most gold miners don’t consistently cover their cost of capital. If you were to become interested in the gold space, his inclination would be to play it through a royalty name.
They have a good project in Quebec that's beaten expectations in grade and size. This will probably yield 250K-300K ounces, and will likely raise the money they need. This project has a million metres drilled into it in the past five years. Confidence continues to grow for this project with underground work to get samples, but can also be used later for use as a mine. This saves capital upfront. (Analysts’ price target is $4.96)
(A Top Pick Mar 03/20, Down 6%) Operate a Quebec mine which coming along, and produces 6 million high-grade ounces underground. They're targeting September for their resource update, and the feasibility study in 2022. The right people are in place. He thinks there's more exploration to come in this mine. He used to own this through a fund and wants to get back into it.
Last year, these shares were absolutely on fire. This company is run by Sean Rosen, who is basically exposed to every big gold camp in Canada, and is extremely aggressive as an explorationist. If you like the Canadian exploration business, you have to own this. Understand that an extremely aggressive exploration play requires a lot of money, so this is not for the faint of heart.