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We are going to know a lot about this company in the next 4 or 5 months. When Robert Friedland hits a property with the drill bit, he hits it really, really, really hard. His inclination would be to wait until you see data coming in.

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He likes the work they are doing. The fact that it is an advanced exploration project in Canada giving good results (if the results continue) it will be taken over.

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Continues to be very Long and a very strong holder. World-class Canadian allocators of capital and world-class land spread. Perfect practitioners of the joint venture business model, and great merchant bankers in the mining business. An absolute “must own” in a junior portfolio. The knocks against the company will be that they have a lot of coal revenues, as well as their leverage to potash.

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He likes the deposit and the CEO. They tried to finance them but Eagle beat them. You need to be concerned about the very recent revenue grab by the government of the Dominican Republic. It will be interesting to see how this works out. A great deposit and a great management team.

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If you have a 2-year timeframe, this should treat you well. An extremely competent, but an extremely aggressive management team. There was a recent distribution of stock which he thinks was overhanging the market. Also thinks management, in terms of their financial public relations, is split among 3 or 4 issuers rather than just focusing on this company, which has hurt the stock.

PAST TOP PICK

(A Top Pick Nov 11/16. Down 39%.) Had a great initial discovery, but subsequent drilling results have not kept pace with initial drilling results. He likes the property and the people but sold his stock.

PAST TOP PICK

(A Top Pick Nov 11/16. Up 102%.) Speculators need to understand that there is a lot of political risk. This is in a bad country, south Africa, and a horrible country, the Congo. However, they have 4 world-class deposits, wrapped around Robert Friedland, who is the most serially successful mining financier of his generation.

PAST TOP PICK

(A Top Pick Nov 11/16. Down 25%.) This had real, real problems delivering with regards to a copper circuit in Eritrea, and bought the Reservoir deposit. They paid for it with stock, and will get the benefit 4 or 5 years from now without higher cash flow. A combination of a bad miss in a copper recovery circuit and that they operate in Eritrea and that they increased their share count now, when they are going to benefit in 4 or 5 years, combined to wax the stock. He suspects that the stock will do very well over the next 6-12 months.

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A typical Sprott speculation. It is either going to really work or really not work. The discovery hole was spectacular, although an odd style of mineralization for where it was in northwestern BC. Management is very credible. Don’t use money that you can’t afford to lose some of.

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Recent additions or discoveries in the deeper part of the ore body in Foster Hill in Australia, have been nothing short of spectacular. Some of the best drill holes he has seen in his career. Management seems to understand those deposits well enough that the drilling is becoming predictive. He very much likes this.

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Management is first-class. The stock may be fully priced given where they are in the assets that they acquired. However, if you go back in time with this management, you don’t do poorly investing with them.

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There are easier ways to make money in copper than through this company. Has known this name for about 30 years. They had problems with the tailing stem in Williams Lake British Columbia. He’ll watch to see how the start up goes for Red Chris in Western BC.

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He was a founding shareholder. It treated him well. Sold his holdings because it exceeded every possible expectation he had for it in a short period of time. Good management. They are adding assets under management very quickly, and are expanding into the physical gold space. He hopes to be in competition with them in a joint venture with Tradewinds with a blockchain cleared and settled with a gold physical token.

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Believes the share price will either increase in 2018 or one of the West African consolidators will take them over. Either of those will be a nice outcome for owners of this.

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Had a wonderful discovery in Ecuador. Probably the most successful prospect generator in Ecuador. The best land position in Ecuador is owned by this company, because they were there in the tough times.