Operation miss in the last quarter was much larger than the market expected. Great range of assets though (Disclosure: He's friends with the chairman.) This range and their balance sheet will let them weather the storm if they can turn the company around. If they can't turn around in 12 months, the company will have a new stock symbol. They need to increase operations soon.
NexGen vs. Fission He owns both Fission and NexGen. They're far from infrastructure in the Athabasca Basin and would be challenged if it wasn't for their deposits being large and of quality (and next to each other). They could get built as a pair. The Fission deposit is borderline-tier one deposit, whole Nexgen's is. The quality is so high is that if they're not built in the next cycle, they will get taken over.
NexGen vs. Fission He owns both Fission and NexGen. They're far from infrastructure in the Athabasca Basin and would be challenged if it wasn't for their deposits being large and of quality (and next to each other). They could get built as a pair. The Fission deposit is borderline-tier one deposit, whole Nexgen's is. The quality is so high is that if they're not built in the next cycle, they will get taken over.
He likes their exploration results and suspects the whole sector will consolidate. Their exploration results look promising and good. It's a great place to be a goldminer, surrounded by good deposits. Problem is that managers are serial diluters, but you need money to drill/explore.
Their Burkina Faso mine (after 10 years of peace) is now faced with an Islamic insurgency, which makes this very risky. Operational results are very good to great. The managers are competent.
Very leveraged to the heavy oil scene and handcuffed by the lack of pipelines. A well-run company and victim of Canadian and American politics, American because they prefer Venezuelan heavy oil as opposed to ours.
Has three of the best assets ever in a junior mining company: South Africa (palladium), Congo (copper) and zinc. Problems are South Africa and the mining charter, and especially Congo which has a lot of political risk. But the risk is slightly offset by the political influence of a Chinese mining company operating these areas. And Ivanhoe has strong management. (Analysts’ price target is $6.94)
Great management team. They've built mines from Russia, Namibia to Chad. They're generating gobs of cash. The price was depressed because they took on debt to build their mines, but all that cash is melting that debt. (Analysts’ price target is $5.09)
A royalty and streaming company. Selling for half of what it's worth, due to them buying 30% of a Turkish mine that'll be operating in four years--but will double the stock price. (Analysts’ price target is $7.83)
They had a lousy quarter. The stock is too cheap now. A small market cap company--caveat. There's a lot of exploration upside. Their earlier quarters beat expectations. They're in the penalty box, but they will recover.
Vanadium It has legs. He doesn't like small markets because of their volatility. Long-term, there won't be vanadium shortages. If you're a trader, not an investor, you will do okay, but he's not a trader.