Rockstone Research

Rockstone is a research house specialized in the analysis and valuation of capital markets and publicly listed companies. The focus is set on exploration, development and production of resource deposits as well as marcoeconomic analysis of commodity and currency markets. Our international team of five analysts bring our German and English speaking readership a wealth of experience from the commodity markets: Stephan Bogner (mining analyst), John P. Barry (professional geologist), Chris Berry (macroeconomist), Prof. Dr. Hans Bocker (award-winning book author), and Boris Gerjovic (fundamental analyst).

Stephan Bogner
  • Stephan Bogner

NevGold: Strong Upside with Gold Resource Growth in Idaho and Nevada

Last October, Hercules Silver Corp. (TSX.V: BIG) was trading at 20 cents and announced assays of the first deep hole drilled at its Hercules Project in Idaho, confirming a major porphyry discovery by intersecting 185 m @ 0.84% copper at 246 m depth. Its share price then soared to $1 by the end of the month and in early November, Barrick Gold Corp. (the world‘s second largest gold miner) invested $23 million in a private placement at $1.10 per unit. Hercules‘ share price then rose to as high as $...

Stephan Bogner
  • Stephan Bogner

Prospera Energy‘s Remarkable Turnaround: Prospera soars from restructu...

Though still flying under the radar for many investors, Prospera Energy Inc. is proving to be a rising star in the oil and gas industry. The restructured company is making waves with its strategic approach to oil production and significant achievements under the leadership team. With a current market capitalization of $38 million and 2022 year-end reserve value of $72 million, Prospera is focusing on optimizing production and expanding its portfolio which positions the company as a promising pla...

Stephan Bogner
  • Stephan Bogner

Copper Fever To Heat Up Exploration - From Canada To Chile: Interra‘s ...

The threshold of $15,000 USD per ton seems to be the magic number for copper prices to inventivize new mine developments as supply is not keeping up with the strong demand growth. Back in 2021, Goldman Sachs said that copper is “on a necessary path to $15,000“ and “the most probable path for copper price from here – that both avoids depletion risk and as well as a sharp surplus swing – is to trend into the mid-teens by mid-decade“. Last month, billionaire mining magnate Robert Friedland reiterat...

Stephan Bogner
  • Stephan Bogner

Is this North America‘s Next District-Scale Lithium Discovery?

Recently, Discovery Lithium Inc. has made a landmark acquisition in northern Québec. The district-scale properties cover 1,643 km2 of pristine ground with the highest percentile lithium samples in lake bottom sediments as identified in Québec‘s government database. The data indicate higher lithium concentrations and better distribution well beyond the James Bay Lithium District further south in Québec, where Patriot Battery Metals Inc. made North America‘s largest lithium pegmatite discovery at ...

Stephan Bogner
  • Stephan Bogner

Wächter des Cyberspace: Wie sich jeder gegen Cyberkriminalität wehren ...

In den letzten Jahren hat die digitale Welt einen dramatischen und alarmierenden Anstieg von Cyberangriffen und Datenschutzverletzungen erlebt. Die Ausbreitung dieser Angriffe und Datenpannen hat Regierungen, Unternehmen und Privatpersonen gleichermaßen erschüttert. Da die Weltbevölkerung immer stärker vernetzt und von der digitalen Technologie abhängig ist, war der Bedarf an robusten Sicherheitsprodukten noch nie so groß wie heute. Regierungen, Unternehmen und Privatpersonen müssen proaktive Ma...

Der Niedergang der EU

​Während das Magazin TIME unsere Kanzlerin, Angela Merkel, vor kurzem noch als "Person des Jahres" in den Himmel lob (siehe Artikel hier), so gibt es in den breiten Medien erstaunlich schwachen Gegenwind über Ihre politischen Maßnahmen bzw. "nicht-Maßnahmen". An dieser Stelle möchte ich eine gänzlich andere Meinung vorstellen, nämlich die von Boris Gerjovic aus Maribor in Slowenien. Sein Artikel "Der Niedergang der EU" wurde ins Deutsche übersetzt und ist untenstehend wiedergegeben. 

The Downturn of the EU

​After his first research paper for Rockstone, "The Truth About the Impact of Interest Rates on the Price of Gold", mag. Boris Gerjovic's second article takes a look at the European migrant crisis and the Euro. 

Stephan Bogner
  • Stephan Bogner

The Tech Company That The Cannabis Industry Has Been Waiting For

Interview with Edward Klaeger IV, CEO of Fiberlab Inc. According to an interview with Edward Klaeger, the supply of separated cannabinoids in bulk quantities is the market‘s bottleneck: “The problem with the medical and pharmaceutical markets in the cannabinoid industry: There is no bulk separation of cannabinoids to mass produce a prescription – and that’s where Fiberlab comes in.“ “The economies of scale is what sets Fiberlab technology apart and then the fact that we can create bulk isolat...

Stephan Bogner
  • Stephan Bogner

Das Technologie-Unternehmen, auf das die Cannabis-Industrie gewartet h...

Das Interview wurde am 20. April 2018 in Zürich, Schweiz, aufgezeichnet und fand zwischen Stephan Bogner von Rockstone Research und Edward Klaeger IV, CEO von Fiberlab Inc., statt. 

Oh grosser König Salman, gepriesen seien deine Mega-Ölkavernen

2. Teil vom Artikel â€œJuppsaudi und juppsauda - neuer König im Lande von Allah” von Prof. Dr. Hans J. Bocker. 

Q&A Session About Commerce Resources Corp. and the Rare Earth Market

​Following my latest article “Shedding Light onto the REE Playing Field”, there were some questions that my newsletter subscribers asked me to address.I have attempted to be a positive force in this sector by, as much as possible, levelling the playing field by explaining the rare earth element (REE) space and its particularities with a series of focused articles. As in all commodity spaces, some projects and management teams are good, and some projects and management teams are not. Throu...

Fragen und Antworten über Commerce Resources Corp. und dem Markt für...

​Nach meinem Artikel “Beleuchtung des Spielfelds der Seltenen Erden” gab es einige Fragen meiner Newsletter-Abonnenten. Ich habe versucht, eine positive Kraft in diesem Sektor zu sein, indem das “Spielfeld” so gut wie möglich ins richtige Licht gerückt wird – und zwar mit einer Serie an fokussierten Artikel, die darauf abzielten, den Markt für Seltenen Erden (“REEs”), einschliesslich seinen Eigenarten, zu erklären. Wie in allen Rohstoffklassen sind manche Projekte und Managem...

Stephan Bogner
  • Stephan Bogner

NevGold: Strong Upside with Gold Resource Growth in Idaho and Nevada

Last October, Hercules Silver Corp. (TSX.V: BIG) was trading at 20 cents and announced assays of the first deep hole drilled at its Hercules Project in Idaho, confirming a major porphyry discovery by intersecting 185 m @ 0.84% copper at 246 m depth. Its share price then soared to $1 by the end of the month and in early November, Barrick Gold Corp. (the world‘s second largest gold miner) invested $23 million in a private placement at $1.10 per unit. Hercules‘ share price then rose to as high as $...

Stephan Bogner
  • Stephan Bogner

Prospera Energy‘s Remarkable Turnaround: Prospera soars from restructu...

Though still flying under the radar for many investors, Prospera Energy Inc. is proving to be a rising star in the oil and gas industry. The restructured company is making waves with its strategic approach to oil production and significant achievements under the leadership team. With a current market capitalization of $38 million and 2022 year-end reserve value of $72 million, Prospera is focusing on optimizing production and expanding its portfolio which positions the company as a promising pla...

Stephan Bogner
  • Stephan Bogner

Copper Fever To Heat Up Exploration - From Canada To Chile: Interra‘s ...

The threshold of $15,000 USD per ton seems to be the magic number for copper prices to inventivize new mine developments as supply is not keeping up with the strong demand growth. Back in 2021, Goldman Sachs said that copper is “on a necessary path to $15,000“ and “the most probable path for copper price from here – that both avoids depletion risk and as well as a sharp surplus swing – is to trend into the mid-teens by mid-decade“. Last month, billionaire mining magnate Robert Friedland reiterat...

Stephan Bogner
  • Stephan Bogner

Is this North America‘s Next District-Scale Lithium Discovery?

Recently, Discovery Lithium Inc. has made a landmark acquisition in northern Québec. The district-scale properties cover 1,643 km2 of pristine ground with the highest percentile lithium samples in lake bottom sediments as identified in Québec‘s government database. The data indicate higher lithium concentrations and better distribution well beyond the James Bay Lithium District further south in Québec, where Patriot Battery Metals Inc. made North America‘s largest lithium pegmatite discovery at ...

Stephan Bogner
  • Stephan Bogner

Wächter des Cyberspace: Wie sich jeder gegen Cyberkriminalität wehren ...

In den letzten Jahren hat die digitale Welt einen dramatischen und alarmierenden Anstieg von Cyberangriffen und Datenschutzverletzungen erlebt. Die Ausbreitung dieser Angriffe und Datenpannen hat Regierungen, Unternehmen und Privatpersonen gleichermaßen erschüttert. Da die Weltbevölkerung immer stärker vernetzt und von der digitalen Technologie abhängig ist, war der Bedarf an robusten Sicherheitsprodukten noch nie so groß wie heute. Regierungen, Unternehmen und Privatpersonen müssen proaktive Ma...

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