Highly liquid at $1-billion market cap. Generating free cash flow and one of the only royalty plays where streamers show growth, driven by a gold asset in Turkey that should come in in 2022-3. This should generate a lot of free cash flow. (no dividend, Analysts' price target: $8.02)

High-grade gold deposit in Burkino-Faso that he visited. They're down 40% YTD. They're exposed to Burkino-Faso which has security issues. Asset is great. Gold and G-F need a turn in sentiment.

He's owned this forever. They're a prospect generator model.They now have a project to explore but it's in Argentina which attracts negative sentiment. He himself is positive Argentina. He sees little financing risk and should deliver. To lessen negative sentiment, MRZ has diversified into Chile where he expects good results. 

Last November he did a site visit in Argentina and it was the biggest site visit he ever saw. The lithium sector was hot, but now there's a fear that it might be well-supplied because SQM in Chile is now allowed to produce at a much higher volume than before. The Chinese are now partnering in lithium.

A copper play in Arizona. They put acidic solution in the great to dissolve the copper then recover it. Upfront capital is low, so there's a potentially high return later. They have key permits in place to turn this project around. Their 2016 study implies a 40% return.

Active vs. Passive funds in mining Mining ETFs have taken out active funds which are seeing redemptions now. There are 18 actively managed mining funds in the U.S. and they dropped $1-billion in AUM and now sit at $8.5 billion. On the other end the 10 passive mining funds increased to $7.2 billion to $14-billion AUM. This is a turnaround, and it's playing out across the spectrum, not just mining. Investors wants the liquidity and anonymity of ETFs.

(Past top pick March 6, 2018, Up 275%) It was up even more this year, which is when he sold some shares, but has held onto most of it. He always knew it was a prospect generator and is expecting drill results by the end of 2018. Up 450% YTD.

Have a good open-pit project in the Yukon with a good production profile. You own this as a take-out target. They are doing a lot of exploration around the area to prove the upside potential and de-risk any development issues.