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  • Ben Pirie

NIM: Successful 2024 Drill Campaign; Setting Up for 2025

What you need to know: • Nicola announced drill results from its 14-hole, 4,874m drill program at its New Craigmont Copper Project. • Hole NC-24-002 intersected 1.03% Cu over 52.9m, highlighting significant copper mineralization at this target. • We remind readers of NIM’s partner Blue Lagoon Resources which recently secured final mine permits for its Dome Mountain Gold Project. Nicola has a milling and profit-sharing agreement with Blue Lagoon. This morning, Nicola Mining Corp. (NIM:TSXV, HUS...

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SBIO: Preliminary Q4 Financials; Best Quarter in Company History

What you need to know: • Sabio reported preliminary Q4 financial results that came in ahead of our expectations on revenue and were in line on adjusted EBITDA. • Revenue of $18.0-18.2M compared to our estimate of $16.4M while adjusted EBITDA is expected to be $2.6-2.8M vs. our estimate of $2.7M. • Sabio recently announced that App Science’s household graph has reached 80M households (previously 55M). • We recently initiated coverage on SBIO, read the report here. This morning, Sabio Holdings In...

Ben Pirie
  • Ben Pirie

TOC: Gran Pilar Exploration Update

What you need to know: • Tocvan provided an update on its ongoing drill program at its Gran Pilar Gold Silver Project in Sonora, Mexico. • A total of 1,122m of core drilling across 10 drill holes have been completed at the majority controlled Main Zone. • A visual review of the core identified key structures and rock characterization. • A new target outcrop was identified 1km NE of the Main Zone. This morning, Tocvan Ventures Corp. (TOC:CSE, TCVNF:OTC), provided an update from its Gran Pila...

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BQE: Evaluating the Blue-Sky Opportunity

What you need to know: • BQE has various blue-sky opportunities ahead which we do not account for in our model. This report breaks down each opportunity to paint a picture of a bull case scenario for the Company. • This includes company maker projects, new applications and technologies, the mining bull cycle, capital allocation plans, geographic expansion, trust in management, and multiple expansion. Since BQE Water (BQE:TSXV, BTQNF:OTC) stock has stabilized over the past few months, we would l...

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  • Ben Pirie

OMG: Increasing Target Price Based on Inclusion of Gilt Creek

What you need to know: • Omai announced another batch of assay results, reporting six holes within its 13,716m 26-hole 2024 diamond drill program. • The two holes reported highlight intercepts of 4.48 g/t Au over 57.0m including 21.13 g/t Au over 10.0m and 1.10 g/t Au over 63.2m. • An updated mineral resource is planned to be released in Q2/25 with an updated PEA targeted to be announced in Q3/25. • As mentioned, the Gilt Creek deposit will be included in the PEA, as such, we have updated our ...

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  • Nicholas Cortellucci
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Oilfield Services: Still Way Too Cheap

What you need to know: • We anticipate oil prices to remain within the US$80-$90 range, which will sustain the current uptick in E&P capital expenditure and foster a strong environment for oilfield services firms. • Our peer group continues to trade at deep-value multiples; currently at 4.5x/4.0x 2024E/2025E EBITDA. • We highlight a few of our favourite small-cap names that we believe have significant upside as we move into H2/24. Following our last oilfield services thematic note (published i...

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  • Nicholas Cortellucci
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Energy Storage: The Missing Piece for the Energy Transition

What you need to know: • Due to the fluctuating levels of energy produced on an hourly basis by renewable energy sources, energy storage is required to smooth out supply and demand • The grid is becoming increasingly unstable due to its old age and extreme weather conditions, and is not set up to accommodate a net-zero system • Small and mid-cap players in the space are down over 60% since 2021, making today’s valuations a great entry point Why Do We Need Energy Storage? Intermittent Supply fro...

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Oilfield Services: Another Great Year Ahead

What you need to know: • We expect oilfield service stocks to continue to outperform in 2023 and beyond based on supportive oil price fundamentals, rising capex levels amongst E&Ps, and pricing power leading to margin expansion • Despite the sector’s strong fundamental tailwinds and the probability for a multi-year commodity supercycle, oilfield service companies are still trading at trough-level multiples Investment Thesis Supportive Oil Prices While we will not go in-depth on oil price funda...

Ben Pirie
  • Ben Pirie

Mining Monthly: January Edition

What you need to know: • Following two months of poor returns, the metals and mining market rose sharply in January as tariff uncertainties rose and the treasury yields decreased. • In January, gold was up 6%, silver was up 7%, and copper was up 7%. The equities exhibited leverage to the commodity price increases, with the GDX up 16%, GDXJ up 15%, and SILJ up 10%. • Donald Trump introduced the “Unleashing American Energy” executive order, urging agencies to review regulatory policies for oil, na...

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Mining Monthly: December Edition

What you need to know: • Following the poor performance in the mining sector after the election of Donald Trump in November, gold and precious metals continued to struggle with the mining equities particularly struggling. Despite this, gold and silver closed out the year up 27.4% and 22.2%, respectively. • Mining equities performed negatively in December with the GDX down 9.9%, GDXJ down 10.3%, SIL down 12.4%, and COPX down 10.3%. • Financings were elevated in December as companies look to cl...

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  • Ben Pirie

Mining Monthly: November Edition

What you need to know: • Following the election of Donald Trump, gold and precious metals fell sharply alongside the mining equities. Despite the shock drop, the metals began a reassuring rebound in the back half of the month. • Mining equities performed negatively with the GDX down 6.7%, GDXJ down 7.4%, SIL down 6.0%, and COPX down 2.4%. • Despite metals prices falling, there are many benefits to the mining industry under a Trump administration. • Financings were again elevated in November ...

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  • Ben Pirie

Mining Monthly: October Edition

What you need to know: • Following strong performance in September, the precious metals again posted excellent returns, with gold being up 3.2% (to ATHs) and silver being up 4.1% (reaching its highest price in 12 years). • The mining equities had mixed performance relative to the metals with the GDX up 1.3%, GDXJ up 5.7%, SIL up 10.2%, and COPX down 7.6%. • Financings picked up massively in October as generalist capital returns to the mining industry, providing much-needed capital to the juni...

Ben Pirie
  • Ben Pirie

Mining Monthly: September Edition

What you need to know: • September was a big month for the metals space as gold, silver, and copper were all up over 6%. Gold broke to new all-time-highs, peaking at $2,685/oz before closing the month at $2,661/oz (up 46% LTM). • The mining equities lagged the metals slightly but greatly outperformed broader markets with the GDX, GDXJ, SIL, and COPX up 4.8%, 8.2%, 7.9% and 11.0%, respectively. • Battery metals performed well this month and news around the lithium market gets more interesting a...

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