Note how upon breaking the support level it retested it before breaking through and staying fairly true to the channel.
Thursday, August 29, 2013
GDXJ
I don't normally watch the GDXJ because its performed pretty poorly. That being said, I've started watching a few of the indexes and ETFs more closely as we near the "bottom". I created a simple trading channel during the end of June to watch the action for GDXJ... has been pretty true since then, with a minor break in early July (note it briefly played the role of the resistance). I have a feeling that after this third attack, which broke on low volume, the next movement will likely be dictated by golds ability to stay above $1400 then any technical trading.
Note how upon breaking the support level it retested it before breaking through and staying fairly true to the channel.
Note how upon breaking the support level it retested it before breaking through and staying fairly true to the channel.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Sabina Trading
Like I've said over a million times, favorite stock to trade.I have been doing some minor trading, buying at $1 and selling at around $1.40. This worked well the first two times as the chart seemed pretty simple to read. Generally I'll trade that if a stock breaks a R level on its 3rd attack by more than 3.5% I'll go in long. Volume is hard to judge...sometimes I feel that its the only thing that means anything and other times I feel that it means nothing.
That being said, at $1.42 it bounced back below the $1.40 line. Yesterday, it fell a good 15%....but then again so did almost ever gold/mining stock worth owning even with gold up around $20 to break the $1400 mark.
So, here we are today, up 4.6 percent so far. I'll be watching to see how this behaves closely.
UPDATE: Closed down, like a good deal of the gold stocks, at $1.26 today. As an aside....always nice to watch the senseless dumping that goes on near the end of the day with the GDXJ. I really would have thought that with gold breaking strongly through the $1400 mark we would have seen a big lift in the juniors. That being said, the majors usually turn before the juniors.
Saturday, August 24, 2013
The Wacky World of The Canadian Junior Resource Market-crap
Every now and then, you get a story that makes you laugh a little....
Anyways, anyone who has read this blog before (so...no one) would have read a write up i did on Sphere Resources a while back. A penny stock company trading on the NEX with some could be interesting properties. Here's a quick read http://juniorcanadianresource.blogspot.com/2012/08/sphere-resources.html
Well....In case you haven't been following, which I'm sure you haven't, they announced in April that they will be pursuing a $10 million private placement through secured debt offering. They don't have a lot to offer, but thats what they are doing non-the less.
With about a fifth of that amount in accounts payable, 4 months until they loose their ability to earn in interest on their pokerflats/ziggurat properties, and the horrible market conditions right now...its hard to imagine that this will close.
That being said....Imagine my surprise yesterday when I checked on it before closing and saw a huge amount of volume compared to normal....just over 10 mill shares traded before closing. I thought that maybe somebody got wind that the financing had closed, but nope....
turns out the guy from Investors stock guide dot com was on BNN and mentioned them and how they have their fingers on all the right properties. http://watch.bnn.ca/#clip990025
Disclaimer: I have about 20,000 shares in sphere I picked up from trading it when they first announced the financing, and then the 3 subsequent updates that always created more volume.Flipping pennies....flipping pennies...
UPDATE: Out of curiosity, I emailed management the other day asking how they plan on paying basic fees with less than 10k in the bank. I was told that management has been paying for fees out of pocket, and that it is seen on the balance statement with accounts payable to related parties. Cuts the liabilities by quite a bit. Exchanged a couple of emails with the CEO in regards to the Poker Flats property. Nice guy.
Anyways, anyone who has read this blog before (so...no one) would have read a write up i did on Sphere Resources a while back. A penny stock company trading on the NEX with some could be interesting properties. Here's a quick read http://juniorcanadianresource.blogspot.com/2012/08/sphere-resources.html
Well....In case you haven't been following, which I'm sure you haven't, they announced in April that they will be pursuing a $10 million private placement through secured debt offering. They don't have a lot to offer, but thats what they are doing non-the less.
With about a fifth of that amount in accounts payable, 4 months until they loose their ability to earn in interest on their pokerflats/ziggurat properties, and the horrible market conditions right now...its hard to imagine that this will close.
That being said....Imagine my surprise yesterday when I checked on it before closing and saw a huge amount of volume compared to normal....just over 10 mill shares traded before closing. I thought that maybe somebody got wind that the financing had closed, but nope....
turns out the guy from Investors stock guide dot com was on BNN and mentioned them and how they have their fingers on all the right properties. http://watch.bnn.ca/#clip990025
Disclaimer: I have about 20,000 shares in sphere I picked up from trading it when they first announced the financing, and then the 3 subsequent updates that always created more volume.Flipping pennies....flipping pennies...
UPDATE: Out of curiosity, I emailed management the other day asking how they plan on paying basic fees with less than 10k in the bank. I was told that management has been paying for fees out of pocket, and that it is seen on the balance statement with accounts payable to related parties. Cuts the liabilities by quite a bit. Exchanged a couple of emails with the CEO in regards to the Poker Flats property. Nice guy.
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Trading SBB
Once buzzing around $8 at its high, my favorite northern Canadian project is in the dumps (as far as sp is concerned). That being said, there seems to be a number of individuals trading this thing quite successfully. The latest zone of resistance seems to be around the $1.40 range, with a weak support level at $1.
I saw it move up, and close, at that level yesterday and watched this morning, and sure enough bounced off that level by a good 4%. This is the third attack at this level so we will see in the coming days how it plays out.Interestingly enough, the historical charts don't show any major buying at this level, even going back 4 years (note: highest volume in the last 4 years has been at 4 dollars)
I saw it move up, and close, at that level yesterday and watched this morning, and sure enough bounced off that level by a good 4%. This is the third attack at this level so we will see in the coming days how it plays out.Interestingly enough, the historical charts don't show any major buying at this level, even going back 4 years (note: highest volume in the last 4 years has been at 4 dollars)
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Things shaping up for Mahdia
Well, if you read my last post about Mahdia Gold you know what I think of Alan Zaakir. Well...today he resigned (canned).
So now we have Andre Duchane at the helm and the old boys group which was headed by Zaakir is no longer safe. I look forward to seeing exactly who they bring in to replace Zaakir as the Executive Chairman.
I can't help but suspect that this was a forced move. Mike Wekerle bailed the company out with $1,000,000 to pay the Guyana Government, the amount which Zaakir had given himself as salary. The project could be sound, but the money behind it likely got tired of the games being played by this man. Overall, a good move for shareholders, Curious to see who they bring in next.
EDIT: ship hasn't turned it course. Some average alluvial gold production but no financing....
So now we have Andre Duchane at the helm and the old boys group which was headed by Zaakir is no longer safe. I look forward to seeing exactly who they bring in to replace Zaakir as the Executive Chairman.
I can't help but suspect that this was a forced move. Mike Wekerle bailed the company out with $1,000,000 to pay the Guyana Government, the amount which Zaakir had given himself as salary. The project could be sound, but the money behind it likely got tired of the games being played by this man. Overall, a good move for shareholders, Curious to see who they bring in next.
EDIT: ship hasn't turned it course. Some average alluvial gold production but no financing....
Monday, May 6, 2013
Received my CXB proxy form
Should I really have been surprised when I read that it has been recommended that shareholders vote yes on a proposed share consolidation.
I get a kick every time I read a recommendation like this, as if it will somehow bennefit the share holders.
Now, granted, CXB has ~190 million shares. In case no one has been through this before let me explain to you what typically happens.
Typically, when a company announces a proposed rollback, sp goes down. Not horrendously, but down none the less. Why? Well, because people who believe that there is a good chance the reverse split will occur realize, or have learned, that the stock price, almost always (especially in the junior exploraco industry), ends up going back down to the same, or near the same price, as it was before the roll back. So, out of fear of just winding up with less shares at the same price, they sell their shares, even if its at a large loss, and buy back the same position after the post-rollback havoc has been wreaked upon the share price (or they just walk away asking why they didn't liquidate sooner).
In a worst case scenario, the rollback actually gets shareholder approval and so ensures what it described above.
Long story short, a reverse rollback essentially leaves you with less amount of the same priced shares. Now, your shares may have more value in the sense that there is less of them around and any large, panic buying inducing, news will likely see the stock go up to higher levels than it would have otherwise...but, of course, you have less shares.
Rollbacks are notorius in this industry because many companies don't seem to do anything other than sell stock, and when their shares drop so low that there is little interest in buying them (because they haven't done anything to create interest) management decides that a higher share price will increase share buying. Now, that doesn't really help the investor who is down on his investment, but certainly does help management. This was a game played for years on the VSX, and has continued on the TSX-V.
All this being said, I don't want to make it sound like Calibre Mining is one of those companies. I really do not believe they are. They have a nice story, that just seems to be getting cheaper like all other junior stories right now. As per a recent news release, B2Gold is to spend 6 million in exploration work on their Primavera property for an additional 19% stake in the property (which, after earn in would be a total of 70%). 6 million in exploration in this market is something to champion. I think CXB themselves are running low on cash (a little over 1 mill in the bank as per last financials) and may be sweating a bit when the idea of management fees, exploration costs for other properties, and listing fees/working capital comes up (yes...in that order of course).
With good news on the horizon, minimal cash, other promising looking projects, and 190 million shares outstanding I could almost think about considering to vote yes....but I won't. Nothing like asking the shareholders to take another one for the team. How about increasing shareholder value before asking us to agree to decrease it.
I get a kick every time I read a recommendation like this, as if it will somehow bennefit the share holders.
Now, granted, CXB has ~190 million shares. In case no one has been through this before let me explain to you what typically happens.
Typically, when a company announces a proposed rollback, sp goes down. Not horrendously, but down none the less. Why? Well, because people who believe that there is a good chance the reverse split will occur realize, or have learned, that the stock price, almost always (especially in the junior exploraco industry), ends up going back down to the same, or near the same price, as it was before the roll back. So, out of fear of just winding up with less shares at the same price, they sell their shares, even if its at a large loss, and buy back the same position after the post-rollback havoc has been wreaked upon the share price (or they just walk away asking why they didn't liquidate sooner).
In a worst case scenario, the rollback actually gets shareholder approval and so ensures what it described above.
Long story short, a reverse rollback essentially leaves you with less amount of the same priced shares. Now, your shares may have more value in the sense that there is less of them around and any large, panic buying inducing, news will likely see the stock go up to higher levels than it would have otherwise...but, of course, you have less shares.
Rollbacks are notorius in this industry because many companies don't seem to do anything other than sell stock, and when their shares drop so low that there is little interest in buying them (because they haven't done anything to create interest) management decides that a higher share price will increase share buying. Now, that doesn't really help the investor who is down on his investment, but certainly does help management. This was a game played for years on the VSX, and has continued on the TSX-V.
All this being said, I don't want to make it sound like Calibre Mining is one of those companies. I really do not believe they are. They have a nice story, that just seems to be getting cheaper like all other junior stories right now. As per a recent news release, B2Gold is to spend 6 million in exploration work on their Primavera property for an additional 19% stake in the property (which, after earn in would be a total of 70%). 6 million in exploration in this market is something to champion. I think CXB themselves are running low on cash (a little over 1 mill in the bank as per last financials) and may be sweating a bit when the idea of management fees, exploration costs for other properties, and listing fees/working capital comes up (yes...in that order of course).
With good news on the horizon, minimal cash, other promising looking projects, and 190 million shares outstanding I could almost think about considering to vote yes....but I won't. Nothing like asking the shareholders to take another one for the team. How about increasing shareholder value before asking us to agree to decrease it.
Friday, May 3, 2013
Victoria Gold
There are a number of plays which I have been looking at entering but I have been waiting for the bottom in this junior down cycle. I was very sure that we were months away from the bottom, and I was gearing up to pull the trigger. The recent fall (attacks) in the price of (paper) gold has sent me crawling back to my perch, far away, as I observe the happenings for a bit longer.
Its in these bottoms, whenever I can best perceive them, that I will go into a play on the fundamentals, going long over a greater period of time than normally characterizes my trading style.
Anyways, one of the companies I have been looking at for a while is Victoria gold and their Eagle Gold project. Victoria Gold, trading on the V under the symbol VIT has been trading in the 17-20 cent range lately with 340 million shares out and a market cap of about 60 million.
The Good
Their Eagle Gold project contains quite an amount of gold which includes a reserve of 2.3 million (all falling under the probable category) oz Au at 0.78g/t, 4.8 million indicated at 0.68 g/t, and 1.5 million inferred at 0.60 g/t.
In regards to the reserve, the CAPEX will be roughly $400 mill with life of mine sustaining costs at $133 mill. According to the reports, it would be an open pit mine which would move 29,500 tpd ore and produce roughly 200,000 oz Au per year at $542/oz, with the highest grades/yields coming from the first 3 years of the mine. The mine is proposed to open in 2014/15 with a life of 9 years. Processing costs are projected at around $12/t ore.
All in all not bad. Although the company has some money, somewhere around 40 million last I checked, they will need to raise much more cash to get it rolling. That being said, they are quite far along in their permitting processing with a feasibility study, first nations agreement, and an environmental assessment that has been approved by the Yukon government. They currently need to finish up with their construction permits and then construction of the mine. As well, they are still needing their quartz mining permit.
At .17 cents it has seemed like a undervaluation to me, and apparently to Kinross as well as they own 16% of Victorias shares. Sure the project is a bit low in the grade department, but majors like these kind of plays as take over candidates, where all the dirty work is done. I will be waiting to see if they can turn some of that 6 million inferred ounces into the indicated category as well.
Aside from the general market conditions, Yukon plays seem to receive further devaluation. The area fell out of favor a couple years ago and has never regained its form. That being said, the Yukon is my favored territory in Canada for miners. The first nations groups are more sophisticated in a bussiness sense then say those in Nunavut, as they have been through it before, and there are not the land claim battles going on the same extent as they are in the NWT.
The Concerning
Well...They need to raise a lot of money. It this sector and market condition that large number seems even larger. As well, I would imagine that large dilution will come of this, very high dilution. I recall reading that they were planning on selling gold forward. Not sure if it was just a presentation suggestion/food for thought but it seems that the general market sentiment is fairly bearish on the POG. At this point in time, gold is trading at 1470/oz and their 43-101 report was done based on a 1325/oz price.
Generally, that is fine when gold was trading at 1650/oz, but at nearly $200/oz less on a low grade project a $145 buffer zone just does not give the same comfort as, say, a $325 buffer zone. I actually felt they should have used a lower POG for their technical report. Some of the other projects I have been looking at were using $1250. We all saw how gold can fall in the course of a day.
So...as per full disclosure....What am I going to do? I plan on picking up some shares in the 17-20 cent range, but not a large position. Will add if I see something I like in regards to the POG and VITs ability to finance their project.
Its in these bottoms, whenever I can best perceive them, that I will go into a play on the fundamentals, going long over a greater period of time than normally characterizes my trading style.
Anyways, one of the companies I have been looking at for a while is Victoria gold and their Eagle Gold project. Victoria Gold, trading on the V under the symbol VIT has been trading in the 17-20 cent range lately with 340 million shares out and a market cap of about 60 million.
The Good
Their Eagle Gold project contains quite an amount of gold which includes a reserve of 2.3 million (all falling under the probable category) oz Au at 0.78g/t, 4.8 million indicated at 0.68 g/t, and 1.5 million inferred at 0.60 g/t.
In regards to the reserve, the CAPEX will be roughly $400 mill with life of mine sustaining costs at $133 mill. According to the reports, it would be an open pit mine which would move 29,500 tpd ore and produce roughly 200,000 oz Au per year at $542/oz, with the highest grades/yields coming from the first 3 years of the mine. The mine is proposed to open in 2014/15 with a life of 9 years. Processing costs are projected at around $12/t ore.
All in all not bad. Although the company has some money, somewhere around 40 million last I checked, they will need to raise much more cash to get it rolling. That being said, they are quite far along in their permitting processing with a feasibility study, first nations agreement, and an environmental assessment that has been approved by the Yukon government. They currently need to finish up with their construction permits and then construction of the mine. As well, they are still needing their quartz mining permit.
At .17 cents it has seemed like a undervaluation to me, and apparently to Kinross as well as they own 16% of Victorias shares. Sure the project is a bit low in the grade department, but majors like these kind of plays as take over candidates, where all the dirty work is done. I will be waiting to see if they can turn some of that 6 million inferred ounces into the indicated category as well.
Aside from the general market conditions, Yukon plays seem to receive further devaluation. The area fell out of favor a couple years ago and has never regained its form. That being said, the Yukon is my favored territory in Canada for miners. The first nations groups are more sophisticated in a bussiness sense then say those in Nunavut, as they have been through it before, and there are not the land claim battles going on the same extent as they are in the NWT.
The Concerning
Well...They need to raise a lot of money. It this sector and market condition that large number seems even larger. As well, I would imagine that large dilution will come of this, very high dilution. I recall reading that they were planning on selling gold forward. Not sure if it was just a presentation suggestion/food for thought but it seems that the general market sentiment is fairly bearish on the POG. At this point in time, gold is trading at 1470/oz and their 43-101 report was done based on a 1325/oz price.
Generally, that is fine when gold was trading at 1650/oz, but at nearly $200/oz less on a low grade project a $145 buffer zone just does not give the same comfort as, say, a $325 buffer zone. I actually felt they should have used a lower POG for their technical report. Some of the other projects I have been looking at were using $1250. We all saw how gold can fall in the course of a day.
So...as per full disclosure....What am I going to do? I plan on picking up some shares in the 17-20 cent range, but not a large position. Will add if I see something I like in regards to the POG and VITs ability to finance their project.
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