The resource section of the BMR Top 50 Opportunities List unveiled in early December 2015 is up a staggering 199% in 8-and-a-half months (287% annualized return) with two-thirds of the 39 picks posting triple-digit percentage gains.
This compares to a 61% advance for the Venture and a 23% climb in Gold during the same period. The TSX is up 10.4% since then, the Dow has advanced 4.0% while the NASDAQ is up slightly.
Individual category performances (comprising 50 stocks) are as follows:
PRODUCERS: Up 146%
NEAR-PRODUCERS: Up 213%
EXPLORERS: Up 190%
EXPLORER SLEEPERS UNDER A NICKEL: Up 336%
NON-RESOURCE: Up 32%
Near-Producers and Explorers showed the best gains last week. In today’s report is an updated performance review of each category through August 12, and comments on individual companies for our subscribers.
In total, 41 or 82% of the 50 picks have increased in value while 9 are down over the last 8.5 months. The average return so far for all 50 companies is an impressive 169% or 244% on an annualized basis.
Pure Gold Mining (PGM, TSX-V) tops the list with a gain of 614% followed by Kiska Metals (KSK, TSX-V) at 600%, Cordoba Minerals (CDB, TSX-V) at 592%, Lithium X Energy (LIX, TSX-V) at 428% and Brazil Resources (BRI, TSX-V) at 400%. Gold Standard Ventures (GSV, TSX-V) is charging hard, now up 388% after last week’s 90% surge on a stellar drill hole from its North Dark Star discovery at its Railroad-Pinion Project in Nevada.
Not included in the above statistics are the 43 recent additions (New Additions), companies that have been added at various times since late February – most of them since the beginning of May. Combined, this group is already up nearly 70% with Heart of Gold Camp leader Colorado Resources (CXO, TSX-V) setting the pace with a gain of 369%. The company has expanded its drill program at KSP after hitting high-grade intercepts in two-thirds of its first 30 drill holes at the Inel target including 25.7 m grading 9.2 g/t Au. Drilling has now started 2 km south of Inel at the highly prospective Khyber zone.
Other companies in the Golden Triangle’s Heart of Gold Camp have posted impressive returns over a short period. One of them is upstart Aben Resources (ABN, TSX-V) which has surged 264% after consolidating a 230 sq. km belt with near-term drilling plans. ABN has momentum and less than 20 million shares outstanding for a market cap of just $5 million. Eskay Mining (ESK, TSX-V), with an impressive large land package surrounding the past producing world class Eskay Creek mine, is up 169% after a 40% jump last week. Tudor Gold (TUD, TSX-V) has shot up 112% since Walter Storm’s deal started trading in mid-May (Tudor is now drilling Treaty Creek) while SnipGold recorded a gain of 130% on its acquisition by Seabridge Gold (SEA, TSX) in late June. Meanwhile, Skeena Resources (SKE, TSX-V) is ready to drill the margins of the past producing high-grade Snip mine and closed Friday at its rising 20-day moving average (SMA) at 16.5 cents.
BMR recently correctly predicted potential takeovers of both Dolly Varden Silver (DV, TSX-V) and Homestake Resource (HSR, TSX-V), up 244% and 86%, respectively, since we broke the story June 7 (click here) about Hecla Mining (HL, NYSE) purchasing 600 sq. km of claims in the Kitsault district (80 km SE of Heart of Gold Camp) near DV and HSR from a private group. Homestake is being acquired by Auryn Resources (AUG, TSX-V) while Dolly Varden has raised $7.2 million to become debt free and fend off a hostile takeover bid (at least for now) by Hecla.
Clean Commodities (CLE, TSX-V), formerly Athabasca Nuclear, has built a powerful Canadian clean commodity brand that includes a compelling package of recent Lithium property acquisitions as well as strategic PGE, Uranium and Diamond properties. CLE has jumped 40% over the last 8 trading sessions on increasing interest in its large Labrador Trough PGE Project surrounding what appears to be a drilling discovery-in-the-making at Northern Shield Resources‘ (NRN, TSX-V) Huckleberry Property.
Battle Mountain Gold (BMG, TSX-V), Probe Metals (PRB, TSX-V), Pilot Gold (PLG, TSX) and Savary Gold (SCA, TSX-V) were among last week’s top gainers on the Top Opportunities List. Each is advancing high-quality Gold properties.
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Jon, DVR very quiet since the last NR and meetings in St. Louis two weeks ago. What’s your take on what’s happening? I would have thought interest would have picked up again after the St. Louis meeting but not the case.
Comment by Dan1 — August 15, 2016 @ 8:41 am