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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
OMG: More Assays, More Success + Gilt Creek Inclusion
What you need to know: • Omai announced its 2nd batch of assay results from the ongoing 10,000m drill program. 17 diamond drill holes have been completed totalling 8,460m and a third drill is being added to the program. • Assays from six holes were reported today, mostly continuing to target previously untested gap zones, yielding strong gold mineralization in the majority of holes. • We believe with three drill rigs and the sizeable budget (compared to the last few years), Omai should be abl...
- Ben Pirie
- Nicholas Cortellucci
- CFA
Q3/24 Recap: All Our Research in One Place!
Quarterly Coverage Update As we enter the final quarter of the year, we are excited to release our quarterly recap report to update our readers on all the research content we have published in the last three months. This quarter included substantial momentum across several sectors, with strong performance from the companies we cover. Omai Gold Mines (+55%) led the way, followed by Allegiant Gold (+27%), Moon River Moly (+11%), and BQE Water (+10%). This quarter has been our most active yet, ma...
- 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...
- Ben Pirie
OMG: High-Grade Assays Begin to Roll-In
What you need to know: • Omai announced the first batch of assay result from the ongoing 10,000m drill program. 10 diamond drill holes have been completed totalling 3,732m and a second drill came online in late August. • Assays from 7 holes were reported today, mostly in previously untested gap zones, yielding strong gold mineralization in the majority of holes. • It is important to note that if these gap zones are converted from waste to ore (added to the resource), the economics of an update...
- Ben Pirie
Mining Monthly: August Edition
What you need to know: • August was a mixed month for all metals, including the mining equities. • Gold continues to outperform other metals, up 2.3% on the month and up a staggering 29% over the last year. Mining equities performed in line with broader markets, following significant outperformance in July, read our July report here. • Battery metals suffered again this month, and the waiting game continues. • M&A was slow in August but we expect things to ramp up as we enter the fall given the...
- Ben Pirie
Mining Monthly: July Edition
What you need to know: • July was the second consecutive negative month for all 17 metals in our coverage except for gold, however, mining equities largely outperformed. • As anticipated in our last Mining Monthly, the June sell-off marked a great buying opportunity in the metals equities. • We are excited by the continued outperformance in the mining sector compared to broader markets as we believe this will begin attracting generalist investors to the space. • We notice an interesting trend in...
- Ben Pirie
OMG: Exploration Update – Fully Funded Through 2025
What you need to know: • The Company provided an exploration update on the Omai Gold Project with development goals laid out in this release. • Since our last note, Omai raised $13M in a private placement which closed on June 20th and sets the Company up for the next two years of project development. • On July 2nd, Omai commenced a 10,000m drill program with the goal of expanding the overall mine plan (by way of resource growth) and began many of the baseline studies required for permitting and...
- Ben Pirie
Mining Monthly: June Edition
What you need to know: • Following back-to-back positive months and new all-time highs, gold closed down slightly in June, while the gold equities sold off more dramatically. • Silver fell more sharply than gold (down 9%) following the strong outperformance in May (up 14%), and silver equities followed suit. • Copper also dropped significantly in June, down 9% to $4.4/lb while the copper equities outperformed the metal slightly, down 7%. • After two months of several all-time highs for gold an...
- Ben Pirie
- Nicholas Cortellucci
- CFA
Q2/24 Recap: All Our Research in One Place!
As we conclude Q2/24, we are excited to release our inaugural quarterly recap report to update our readers on all the research content we have published in the last three months. This period has been marked by dynamic performance across various sectors, with notable highlights in the companies we cover. The best performers from our coverage universe include, ADF Group (+74%), Trigon Metals (+39%), BQE Water (+29%), and Dynacor Group (+12%). The overall coverage demonstrated significant resilie...
- Ben Pirie
Mining Monthly: May Edition
What you need to know: • May was silver’s time to shine, hitting 12-year highs up 13.7% on the month, significantly outperforming gold and other metals. The silver equities also followed suit, up 13.4%. • Gold and copper posted smaller gains, despite both metals setting all-time highs mid-month, closing up 0.2% and 1.7%, respectively. • We continue to be highly bullish on the metals and mining sector as the continued outperformance of broader markets will attract more and more generalist invest...
- Ben Pirie
Mining Monthly: April Edition
What you need to know: • Following a big breakout in March, gold pressed on hitting new all-time highs, however, lost steam and fell towards the end of the month up just 2% in April. Silver outperformed gold, being up 5% on the month. • Copper held its big gains from early in the month, up 13% to $4.6/lb. However, copper equities lagged, being up only 8%. • We continue to see substantial M&A activity in the sector and have consolidated some transactions as of late in Figure 1. We view M&A as a...
- Ben Pirie
OMG: Highly Economic PEA on the Wenot Open Pit
What you need to know: • Omai announced its initial PEA on the Wenot Open Pit, reporting a highly profitable, low capex project, with substantial upside. • The PEA reported a low AISC of US$1,009/oz, IRR of 19.8%, and an after-tax NPV5% of US$556M (at US$1,950/oz Au). • The average annual production is expected to be 142Koz over a 13-year mine life, mining an average grade of 1.51 g/t Au at 92.5% recovery. • We are increasing our target price from $0.30/share to $0.40/share. This morning, O...
- Ben Pirie
Mining Monthly: March Edition
What you need to know: • Following a long period of consolidation, gold broke out in March, hitting record highs, and continuing to push higher as we enter April. • Silver and copper also had strong months up 10% and 4%, respectively. • More notably, we are finally seeing the equities outperform their underlying metal price with the GDX, SIL, and COPX up 22.7%, 21.1% and 19.4%, respectively, significantly outperforming broader markets. • With precious metals taking the limelight, the rest of the...
- Ben Pirie
OMG: Substantial Resource Update; Advancing to PEA
What you need to know: • Omai announced a substantial MRE, increasing its Wenot indicated and inferred resources by 10% and 45% respectively. Resource grades also increased significantly (10% indicated, 16% inferred). • Today’s Resource Update highlights the Company’s ability to cost- effectively increase the resource while producing what we believe should be a much more economical open-pit resource (578 Koz Au was added to the open-pit resource in this update) • OMG plans to release a Prelimin...
- Ben Pirie
Mining Monthly: January Edition
What you need to know: • Gold held flat in January following a big monthly gain of 13% and reaching all-time highs in December, while mining equities lagged. • Besides gold, other precious metals, commodities, and battery metals had a mixed month, while uranium’s strong performance accelerated, up 16% in January and hitting its highest price in more than 16 years. • We attended a busy Vancouver Resource Investment Conference in January. Find our top picks from the conference here. Following a...
- Ben Pirie
Mining Monthly: December Edition
What you need to know: • Gold continued to rise in December, gaining 1.3% on the month and closed out 2023 up 13% to $2,062/oz. Notably, gold hit an all-time high, reaching $2,135/oz, rising above the previous record of $2,072 in August 2020. • Besides gold, other precious metals and commodities had a mixed month, while battery metals continued to underperform. • The mining equities slightly underperformed broader markets as capital flowed into the TSX & S&P500 on the back of a more defined Fe...
- Ben Pirie
OMG: Completes 2023 Drill Campaign with Solid Results
What you need to know: • Today’s results highlight the existence of other high-grade gold targets nearby the existing resources which could be important in providing low-cost high-grade mill feed in the early years of an operation. • OMG plans to release an updated Mineral Resource Estimate over the coming weeks, which will be followed by a Preliminary Economic Assessment in H1/24. • We released an updated interview with CEO Elaine Ellingham, watch here. This morning, Omai Gold Mines Corp. (OM...
- Ben Pirie
Mining Monthly: November Edition
What you need to know: • Precious metal prices were up modestly in November, following strong performance in October. The mining equities outperformed the metals and broader markets as capital seems to have finally started to flow back into the sector. Other commodities also had a solid month. • Gold closed the month above $2,000/oz for the first time in its history. • The lithium price continues to struggle in the wake of a slowing in the adoption rate of electric vehicles amid high interest ...
- Ben Pirie
OMG: More Strong Drill Results; MRE Expected This Quarter
What you need to know: • Today’s results continue to show strong mineralization with good grades in the West Wenot target area, an area that will be important for resource growth in the upcoming MRE. • The best intercept was Hole-067 which intersected 5.89 g/t Au over 12.0m (70 g x m), immediately west of the historic pit. • The Company has completed 16 drill holes, totalling 6,131m. Two holes have yet to be reported. • OMG plans to release an updated resource estimate this quarter. This mornin...
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