According to Palisade Research, savvy investors are now buying into Uranium-oriented stocks: “As the spot price of U3O8 moves past $45/lb, the herd of the unwashed masses will follow,” it said…one of BMR’s favorites for the longer-term remains NexGen Energy (NXE, TSX-V) which announced a $20 million bought deal financing after yesterday’s close (31.25 million common shares at a price of 64 cents per share)…the offering is expected to conclude around December 9…NXE is down 6 cents at 63 cents as of 9:45 am Pacific…
In today’s Morning Musings…
1. Venture holding at strong support – updated chart…
2. Big volume day for Nemaska Lithium (NMX, TSX-V) on news – updated chart…
3. A new non-resource opportunity with favorable risk-reward ratio…
4. Exploration news from Nevada…
Crude Oil Update
Rising U.S. stockpiles continue to serve as the most visible evidence of oversupply in Oil markets…Goldman Sachs said this morning that there remained a downside risk to prices “as storage utilization continues to climb.”
Technically, the previous support at $44 is now resistance, and we’ll see if WTIC can hold the $40 level…the dotted downtrend line in blue, currently cutting through $50, is WTIC’s biggest obstacle…
Today’s Equity Markets
Asia
Asian markets were strong overnight…China’s Shanghai Composite surged 49 points or nearly 1.4% to close at 3618… China will lower lending rates for loans made under the standing lending facility (SLF), a policy tool to inject cash into the banking system, in the latest step to support the slowing economy…the overnight rate would be cut to 2.75% and the 7-day rate to 3.25%, effective tomorrow, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has confirmed…the rates are currently 4.5% and 5.5%, respectively…the fresh move to lower borrowing costs for businesses is in line with recent policy easing to support the slowing economy and as Chinese banks face a surge in troubled loans…
Japan’s Nikkei gained 211 points to close less than 200 points from the 20000 level…
Europe
European markets were solidly in the green today…
The European Central Bank (ECB) considered adding more stimulus to its struggling economy at its last policy meeting and saw “potentially worrisome” downward revisions in consumer price growth…
North America
The Dow is off slightly as of 9:45 am Pacific…in Toronto, the TSX has added 17 points while the Venture has shed 2 points to 519…finally, Walker River Resources (WRR, TSX-V) has announced it will commence a drilling program December 1 at its very prospective Lapon Canyon Project in Nevada…WRR is up half a penny at 3 cents as of 9:45 am Pacific…more in Lapon Canyon in the near future as drilling draws closer…over the weekend, we’ll have important updates for our subscribers on the Sheslay district and how a “Perfect Storm” is indeed brewing for both Garibaldi Resources (GGI, TSX-V), Doubleview Capital (DBV, TSX-V)…
Venture 4-Month Daily Chart
The Venture is bouncing along RSI(14) support at 30% (this was a strong resistance level through July and August)…technically, the Venture’s immediate challenge is to hold this RSI(14) support and Fib support at 515, and push above the declining EMA(8) which has been pressuring the Index for the last month…a solid technical case is building for a potentially powerful move starting just prior to Christmas and leading into the beginning of 2016, so now continues to be an ideal time to be accumulating high-quality issues that are well-positioned to take advantage of a recovery in this oversold market…
Nemaska Lithium Inc. (NMX, TSX-V) Update
On Tuesday, we indicated it was a good time for subscribers to think about locking in profits on Nemaska Lithium (NMX, TSX-V) which we started following a few months ago when it was trading in the mid-to-upper 20’s – keeping in mind the Fib. resistance at 46 cents and temporarily technically overbought conditions…pre-market yesterday, NMX was halted, pending news…as often happens in these situations, the stock gapped up at the open this morning (to 45 cents) but couldn’t maintain momentum…sellers then quickly stepped in and rove NMX down to a morning low of 35.5 cents (support)…as of 9:45 am Pacific, it’s off 2.5 cents at 40 cents…
Nemaska announced this morning that it has signed an MOU with Johnson Matthey Battery Materials Ltd. (JMBM) of Candiac, Quebec, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Johnson Matthey PLC…the MOU contemplates an up-front payment of CDN $12 million by JMBM in exchange for services and products of the same value from the Nemaska Lithium Phase 1 Plant and the subsequent commercial plant to be located in Shawinigan…the MOU also includes provisions for the signing of a long-term supply agreement for Lithium salts (Lithium hydroxide and Lithium carbonate) for future expected demand for JMBM’s battery material products…the Lithium salts will be produced from the commercial hydromet plant which Nemaska Lithium also intends to build in Shawinigan…the collaboration is subject to final due diligence by JMBM and completion of the required final agreements…
The overall bullish trend is expected to continue here, but not without some consolidation that could once again test the rising 50-day SMA (currently 31.5 cents) which the stock has not closed below since early July…RSI(14) finished at 80% yesterday and will have to unwind at some point, either sooner or later, though perhaps not before another challenge of Fib. resistance at 46 cents…
Aphria Inc. (APH, TSX-V)
This marijuana play has performed exceptionally well since just before the Liberal government’s election victory in October, surging from just below $1 to a high of $1.59 November 5…yesterday, the company announced a bought deal financing at $1.30 per unit to raise gross proceeds of $10 million…
After Canopy Growth (CGC, TSX-V) announced its big financing recently, the stock soon surged to the upside…this morning, Alphria headed in the opposite direction and is off 19 cents at $1.28 as of 8:30 am Pacific…Fib. support is at $1.24, so taking that into consideration, plus the bought deal at $1.30, the APH risk-reward ratio at current levels appears very attractive…
Gold Standard Ventures Corp. (GSV, TSX-V) Update
Excellent drill results – a new discovery, actually, half a kilometer north of the Dark Star deposit at the Railroad-Pinion Project in Nevada – have given Gold Standard Ventures (GSV, TSX-V) a nice lift recently…as expected, there has been strong support at the top of the downsloping channel that GSV broke out above at the beginning of this month…the stock is now trading within a Fib. resistance band between 73 and 87 cents…drilling continues and additional success could certainly propel GSV significantly higher, so this is a play to certainly keep on one’s radar screen…
GSV is off 3 pennies at 75 cents as of 9:45 am Pacific…
Jon maybe you want to look at GLH and OGI – Two good Weed stocks.
Comment by 123car — November 19, 2015 @ 10:42 am
Holly if I was not buying GGI last two days would be no volume 174k yesterday and on the bid again here @ 15cents.
Comment by 123car — November 19, 2015 @ 12:31 pm
Jon, when are assays expected for ggi? thanks
Comment by Treb — November 19, 2015 @ 12:41 pm
From the Grizzly Central Magnetics Map – The fact that GC-15-04 does not show which direction and how long the hole is yet, tells me they may still be drilling hole 4. This could mean a very long intersection and could be the thickest part of the particular anomaly. Just my thought on it. Either way results of the first 3 holes must be close.
Comment by Dan1 — November 19, 2015 @ 12:58 pm
GLH is definitely undervalued. Their financials come out soon, I think next week. The preliminary estimate says 3 mil. I read somewhere where this can be a $3 to $5 stock soon. But you know how that goes too.
PHM broke the 30 degree plane of the downward high’s. It can keep going for a while.
Comment by dave — November 19, 2015 @ 1:03 pm
Surprised they never filled the last of the order maybe there getting empty by chance.
Comment by 123car — November 19, 2015 @ 1:07 pm
Hi Dave, how did you know CXV was going up?
Thank you
Comment by jasi — November 19, 2015 @ 1:12 pm
As a rule of thumb, Treb, from the time a hole is started to when a company could get back some results from the lab, you’re looking at 6 weeks anyway…GGI started drilling around mid-October…even though there aren’t a lot of companies drilling, all labs have cut back significantly on staffing…..you can be sure they are putting pressure on the lab to get some initial #’s back ASAP…with an XRF on site, that’s obviously of some help, but of course it’s the lab #’s that count…
Comment by Jon - BMR — November 19, 2015 @ 1:22 pm
Jasi:
1. TA
2. Kinda married to PHM. When PHM moves, cxv will move shortly. When PHM corrects, CXV will shortly.
Comment by dave — November 19, 2015 @ 1:45 pm
Thanks on that Dave I sold GLH yesterday at 1.07 but if Jon could find a bottom here would like to re enter some where I picked it up last week at 77- 81 cents so happy on the trade but as I said would like to get it on a dip- OGI that one really gets going also went from 22cents to 1.42 in like two weeks and then they pulled the rug out with a PP maybe we can get a entry on that also if Jon has a min to look at them .
Comment by 123car — November 19, 2015 @ 1:49 pm
Also:
.59 is resistance for PHM – CXV broke a heavy resistance at .27 but has one more kinda heavy at .30.
They are both there you might say. If they break these tomorrow (expected to), they will make a further run. PHM could see .70 soon and CXV could see.36 soon.
Comment by dave — November 19, 2015 @ 1:51 pm
GGI – on hole 5, maybe, maybe not for stuff next week, but as Jon said, labs aren’t busy, but that means they don’t have staff either. bahhh. I think there are a # of eyes waiting for drill results, and the camp has been winterized
Comment by david — November 19, 2015 @ 2:07 pm
Jon, didn’t you have 3 segments of the interview with Regoci? Only 2 were released so I was wondering when the last one would be. Unless I misunderstood.
Comment by Dan1 — November 19, 2015 @ 2:24 pm
Thanks for the reply Jon. If that’s the case we’re looking at sometime in December. Maybe Regoci fancies himself as ol’ Saint Nick this year. I wouldn’t mind some high grade in my stocking this year. ..jus sayin.
Comment by Treb — November 19, 2015 @ 2:43 pm
Dave- do you have any updates on EQT that you can share??
Comment by Jeff — November 19, 2015 @ 2:55 pm
Core out!
Comment by Martin — November 19, 2015 @ 3:49 pm
Jeff – Not yet.
Comment by dave — November 19, 2015 @ 3:54 pm
Vein Breccia at 90 Meters
Comment by Martin — November 19, 2015 @ 4:00 pm
Looks nice, Martin, also more of that dark pyrite/magnetite unit it appears. I’d be surprised if we don’t hear again from GGI tomorrow. Regoci is on a roll and wearing a smile. This could finish the week with a bang if there’s any indication the big hole 4 step-out has hit favorable rock.
Comment by Jon - BMR — November 19, 2015 @ 4:05 pm
90 meters and 150 meters. What is GGI trying to tell us? I’d say we find out very soon – like Jon said maybe more news tomorrow. My spidey senses are saying we are in for one massive NR!
Comment by Dan1 — November 19, 2015 @ 4:13 pm
The “massive NR” will come on assays, Dan1, when they’ve officially confirmed a discovery with the lab numbers, but the next update I’m sure is going to be very interesting. Any indication that they’re onto something in hole 4, a step-out of 500 m at least, would be big.
Comment by Jon - BMR — November 19, 2015 @ 4:22 pm
This is nice Jon, stuff like this at 90 meters, 600m apart from hole 1.
Comment by Martin — November 19, 2015 @ 4:22 pm
We’re on a massive systems Dan, 4.5km long, forget it 🙂
Comment by Martin — November 19, 2015 @ 4:24 pm
We need a high res copy of the first new pic posted. Right in the middle of the yellow circled area is a glint of something….? Could it be?
Comment by Treb — November 19, 2015 @ 4:33 pm
Gold???, you ask….very possible. With the system they’re drilling into, the mineralization is likely very finely disseminated in the rock…you could literally get into multi-grams of Gold or strong copper without ever being able to detect it with the naked eye.
Comment by Jon - BMR — November 19, 2015 @ 4:41 pm
I hesitated to say so but he’s clearly pointing to whatever IS there given the extreme close up and it being circled in yellow marker. Nice…very, very nice.
Comment by Treb — November 19, 2015 @ 4:43 pm
skarnoid and breccia wil be key word on the next release.
Comment by Martin — November 19, 2015 @ 4:58 pm
Copper Skarns
Copper skarns are perhaps the worlds most abundant skarn type. They are particularly common in orogenic zones related to subduction, both in oceanic and continental settings. Major reviews of copper skarns include Einaudi et al. (1981) and Einaudi (1982a,b). Most copper skarns are associated with I-type, magnetite series, calc-alkaline, porphyritic plutons, many of which have co-genetic volcanic rocks, stockwork veining, brittle fracturing and brecciation, and intense hydrothermal alteration. These are all features indicative of a relatively shallow environment of formation. Most copper skarns form in close proximity to stock contacts with a relatively oxidized skarn mineralogy dominated by andraditic garnet. Other phases include diopsidic pyroxene, idocrase, wollastonite, actinolite, and epidote. Hematite and magnetite are common in most deposits and the presence of dolomitic wall rocks is coincident with massive magnetite lodes which may be mined on a local scale for iron. As noted by Einaudi et al. (1981), copper skarns commonly are zoned with massive garnetite near the pluton and increasing pyroxene and finally idocrase and/or wollastonite near the marble contact. In addition, garnet may be color zoned from proximal dark reddish-brown to distal green and yellow varieties. sulfide mineralogy and metal ratios may also be systematically zoned relative to the causative pluton. In general, pyrite and chalcopyrite are most abundant near the pluton with increasing chalcopyrite and finally bornite in wollastonite zones near the marble contact. In copper skarns containing monticellite (e.g. Ertsberg, Irian Jaya, Indonesia, Kyle et al., 1991; Maid of Erin, British Columbia, Meinert unpub. data) bornite-chalcocite are the dominant Cu-Fe sulfides rather than pyrite-chalcopyrite (e.g. Big Gossan, Irian Jaya, Meinert et al., 1997). The largest copper skarns are associated with mineralized porphyry copper plutons. These deposits can exceed 1 billion tons of combined porphyry and skarn ore with more than 5 million tons of copper recoverable from skarn. The mineralized plutons exhibit characteristic potassium silicate and sericitic alteration which can be correlated with prograde garnet-pyroxene and retrograde epidote-actinolite, respectively, in the skarn. Intense retrograde alteration is common in copper skarns and in some porphyry-related deposits may destroy most of the prograde garnet and pyroxene (e.g. Ely, Nevada; James, 1976).
Comment by Martin — November 19, 2015 @ 5:06 pm
I really like the fact that we’re seeing the same vein from hole three and hole four. Roughly same depths and 600m out. Just when I’m getting reading to sell my shares, GGI pumps out cores/news that keeps me from selling. Hope this one is for real :o)
Comment by Tony T — November 19, 2015 @ 5:08 pm
Nice 🙂
Comment by Martin — November 19, 2015 @ 5:10 pm
Tony don’t sell your share!
Comment by Martin — November 19, 2015 @ 5:11 pm
Tony T – why would you sell your shares?
Comment by George — November 19, 2015 @ 5:17 pm
I have been in previous plays where I have sold out prior to assays being released. You can learn a lot from a company by the way they handle a drill program and issue news. I have no plans on selling any of my shares of GGI. Really happy in the way this is shaping up and as far as risk/reward I think it is worth it to wait for assays. If assays come back positive then I am tucking this one away for either a buy out or resource estimate. Interesting days ahead.
Comment by weatheritout — November 19, 2015 @ 5:18 pm
Tony, SELL???? Now is the time to “backup the truck” and load up ahead of assay results expected soon!!!
Comment by Jeff — November 19, 2015 @ 5:20 pm
Why would I sell? I’ve been following GGI for the last two years and finally bought at 5 cents. I’ve gotten burned for being greedy in the past and seeing the selling the last few trading days, albeit on low volume, makes me a little nervous (especially with them not putting out any core photos of hole #4). BUT GGI did put out core photos tonight and I like what I see, so I will hold onto my shares and hope this puppy hits.
Comment by Tony T — November 19, 2015 @ 5:23 pm
That yellow circled core looks like a flicker of gold to me! I’m not a geologist so just a guess.
Comment by Dan1 — November 19, 2015 @ 5:23 pm
GGI: Wow they have hit again in my opinion. I really wish I could buy more. I love the way GGI is sending messages with the pics. Very exciting. This is going to bust through 0.20 and I am hoping for a good end to the week tomorrow. Cheers all.
Foz
Comment by Foz1971 — November 19, 2015 @ 5:28 pm
Jon, maybe some of your geologist friends can comment on the most recent core. Great post by Martin. The copper skarn description certainly has similarities to the core just posted by GGI.
Comment by Dan1 — November 19, 2015 @ 5:33 pm
GGI – what kind of move can we see if the assays are positive and in our favour? What market cap would be fair game?
Comment by George — November 19, 2015 @ 5:35 pm
Perhaps visible gold in the first blurry picture…chalcopyrite present which is brassy, yellow (important copper iron sulphide). really interesting. Want some assays now.
F
Comment by Foz1971 — November 19, 2015 @ 5:58 pm
Hello Jon,
As a green investor, I wonder if there is something in the past articles of BMR about the way to sell our shares after a rally or a big NR when the shares are going up like crazy….How do we know when it’s time to sell ? Maybe it could be a good topic for an article for all the followers of BMR.
If possible, I would prefer to keep this post private and not in the public comments…you could give me an answer by e-mail if you want ( [email protected] )
THank you very much
Comment by Sylvain — November 19, 2015 @ 6:05 pm
Jon
looking at the latest photos of the core, I wonder if they could make me a slab of that for my kitchen counters, now that would be nice, lol have no idea what Im seeing there…
Comment by Greg — November 19, 2015 @ 6:35 pm
So Jon, any feed back from your friends geologists, quite inpressive, 4 out of 4 so far, at least 60m of this calc-silicate(skarnoid) zone.
Comment by Martin — November 19, 2015 @ 7:08 pm
There’s no question in my mind, Martin, that they’re into a major system and in fact a new discovery for the district. One geo I did converse with tonight likes the high-temperature aspect of this system which is quite evident from previous core descriptions and photos – the one photo tonight at 150 m is another example of that, includes high-temp. calc-silicate alteration, and epidote. It just looks really solid. Could be an important connection between hole 4 and holes 1 and 3, and that would be very significant given the 500 m or so distance between 4 and 3.
One other observation – there’s something different going on here, certainly compared to the Star porphyries to the north. This is a big district, like a big bowl of stew, and each property is going to feature different parts of that stew, along with certain aspects common to all. There’s a major fault separating Grizzly Central from the Star, for example. That means different geological processes. Regoci did suggest there might be some surprises. One of those could be higher grade Gold at Grizzly Central – we’ll see. That would be very big, and the possibilities seem high given what we’ve seen so far.
Comment by Jon - BMR — November 19, 2015 @ 9:03 pm
WRR UPDATE TODAY TO DRILL AROUND DEC 1ST…IT’S TAKEN MOST OF THE YEAR TO GET HERE, SO, THE STOCK SHOULD START TO FIRM UP SOON? JON?
Comment by STEVEN1 — November 19, 2015 @ 9:37 pm
Yes, for sure, Steven1. The one advantage to the drilling starting later than expected is that hopefully a lot of that cheap PP paper from early in the year has been cleaned up. It has been frustrating waiting for this company to get going with the drilling at Lapon Canyon, but better late than never as they say. Excellent opportunity for a high-grade hit early on in drilling, given the structures there, so WRR should do well…should be a strong finish to 2015 for this stock and a great start to 2016.
Comment by Jon - BMR — November 19, 2015 @ 9:48 pm
GGI NR hole 4:
14.5m of overburden
22m of intense silica chlorite-sericite breccia
103m of finely disseminated chalcopyrite and pyrite stringers in andesitic volcanoclastic rocks consistently chlorite-sericite altered, featuring approximately 5-15% quartz veins
then unknown length (to end of hole) dark, strongly magnetic mafic unit with fine-grained pyrite along shear surfaces similar to that observed in GC-15-03 and GC-15-01.
Regoci does not tell us how long the hole is?
Comment by Tom UK — November 20, 2015 @ 3:15 am
GGI news
“After 14.5 meters of overburden, GC-15-04 immediately entered an intense silica chlorite-sericite breccia for 22 meters. This was followed by a 103-meter interval with sections of finely disseminated chalcopyrite and pyrite stringers in andesitic volcanoclastic rocks consistently chlorite-sericite altered, featuring approximately 5-15% quartz veins.”
Comment by ConcernedCitizen — November 20, 2015 @ 3:42 am
They winterized the camp!!!
Comment by tony t — November 20, 2015 @ 3:59 am
Regoci is indeed on a roll. What’s critical also about this 4th hole is that it has hit the same dark, pyrite-magnetite unit as hole 3, 600 meters to the east-northeast, and hole 1, 800 meters away…..from about 140 m right through the end of the hole…….this iron-rich unit could most certainly contain impressive gold values (plus other metals of course) given regional data…so GGI could be showing a lot of volume early on with these widely spaced holes…..the high-grade at the Golden Bear mine to the west was carried mostly in the pyrite….
Camp is now fully winterized as drill program continues…they would not be digging in here unless they knew they were onto something potentially very big.
Comment by Jon - BMR — November 20, 2015 @ 4:00 am
PE.V: anyone has confidence it will hold support at $0.50?
Comment by rgiroux — November 20, 2015 @ 6:46 am
PE – no
Comment by dave — November 20, 2015 @ 7:00 am
Dave: because of the free trading shares?
Comment by rgiroux — November 20, 2015 @ 7:08 am