John Embry
Thistle Mining
THT-T
BUY ON WEAKNESS
Nov 18, 2003
South African Rand is overvalued putting companies in this country under pressure. Thinks it should survive. Raising money. Risk/reward is in your favour if you buy at 0.40¢.
The high price of the Rand has been a problem. The pattern that is forming indicates it may be worth another look. There are some positive divergences.
A classic opportunity if 1) gold prices go up materially and 2) the South African rand is going to start weakening. Feels they will weather the storm. Speculative.
Has had a very rough ride. Has been in a long downtrend. They have production, but are based in South Africa and the strong rand has hurt them. Interesting to nibble on. Speculative.
Had some operational difficulties and have missed some debt payments. A high cost operation in South Africa and with the Rand being strong it is a problematic stock.
A high-cost operation with some debt so they got into some financial difficulties. The Rand has hurt them. A pure speculation on higher gold prices and lower Rand.