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Markets. In 2017 it will be a replay of 1975 and 2001 with the US dollar and gold rising over the course for the year in tandem. The US dollar strength has more to do with the weakness in other currencies and gold strength has to do with a flight to quality. In the past the dollar has eventually rolled over. Gold is closer to the beginning than to the end of a bull market. The real interest rate yield is actually negative as the purchasing power of the dollar is declining especially when you take tax into account. Interest rates have to go up. In the near term the copper price will trade lower because it is ahead of itself. Within three years it will trade higher due to supply declines. He is investing in predevelopment stage copper projects.

RISKY

You have two tier-one copper assets and a zinc deposit. Management has been serially successful. He is personally longer this stock on a cost basis than in any speculative position in his career.

WEAK BUY

They delivered tremendous value and are now fully valued. There is a pipeline of opportunity. It is more about the investor than the company, depending on the timeline the investor has.

BUY

It has always worked out for him when he worked with management. Management is serially successful. 2-5 years always works for him with this management. This should be no exception.

STRONG BUY

Primarily Canadian assets, but also active in Australia. The North American investor is more receptive to Canadian than global assets. His firm is one of the largest shareholders.

BUY

It is a prospect generator from Atlantic Canada, focused in Equador. They joint venture their projects to others. He has been a shareholder for many years.

BUY

He is a founding shareholder. He is one of the bulls. They are over budget with respect to their mineral deposit because they are ahead of schedule. Many people did not understand this budget miss was a response to opportunity. This kind of deposit delivers itself in the mining. There has been a cloud over the stock because the gold is highly dispersed and it is a tricky deposit.

BUY

He is no longer a shareholder but it is because they exceeded any level of greed he could have had. It was a tremendous success for him. He does not think it will be built this cycle. He thinks they will resolve the political issue with first nations. The stock could trade up. It may be 10 or 15 years before this mine is built, but it will offer tremendous leverage to commodity prices.

PAST TOP PICK

(Top Pick Mar 7/16, Up 23.22%) Mining equities have outperformed gold in the last year. They were way oversold. He thinks all surprises will be to the upside for at least two years.

PAST TOP PICK

(Top Pick Mar 7/16, Down 29.19%) It was a mistake. They did a good job operationally. They have a high population of small diamonds. There have been some inventory write-downs.

PAST TOP PICK

(Top Pick Mar 7/16, Up 75.81%) They were acquired. It was a hard country. People were afraid of it. The tier one assets worked in this case.

BUY

A good management team. It is a good, high quality, original mine. They had problems with the shaft and had to shut it down. He sold because he was overweight silver. It is a high quality company. It will recover well with the silver price. It is his favourite of the three.

RISKY

He likes the exploration results he has seen to date. He really likes the exploration potential. They are in Colombia. Remember that exploration is always speculative.

BUY

He was a founding shareholder. It is the highest quality of the silver equities. The government is trying to shake them down in a tax dispute, but he thinks the case is unfounded. A settlement will be viewed unfavourably by shareholders, but he thinks it is baked into the price and will not be significant.

RISKY

The bad news is more historic. The original management team did a lot of drilling. Sprott took the company over. He hopes that modern exploration technology and an aggressive drill budget will lead to success.