Lundin Gold Inc. (LUG-T)

A gold developer in Ecuador. Their project is 7 million ounces, 8-9 g per ton, so a very high grade underground development. It appears that they have the backing of the government to go ahead now, and there is nothing you can find bad with the assets. Where he struggles to find value is that they are developing an asset in a country that doesn’t have much modern mining in an area that is relatively infrastructure poor. There is going to be a period where they are spending capital for 2-3 years, which tends to be a time when gold stocks don’t do much. It is 17% IRR. There are other gold developers he would be looking at, giving a better rate of return.

Ecuador is becoming more mining friendly, but he is suspicious and it seems the government is reactionary and he does not trust what they are doing. He is leery about putting his money into this country.