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LOR I do not own at this time any small cap mining stocks, no banks (in my trading accounts) and all energy positons are hedged with covered calls.
as for Noront it closed today at $3.39 and has been trading for around 3.50 recently. I heard of this company and they did have some projects, though never invested.
this stock did not do much of anything, until late summer (fall of 2007) when they annouced great drill results from Double eagle. it very quickly climbed and hit a high of 7.05 (high 7.05 low .29).
they hit a number of holes with high amounts of copper and nickel. they also and (media, and others) started to talk about another voisey bay.
I actually still have (have to find it ) the annual report of diamond fields before they hit voisey bay, barely mentioned....that was a fun story.
they have other projects but probably Double Eagle will move the stock down or up.
here are some questions I would have, not just of this company but any jr. mining stock/company.
1. how much cash do they have on hand?
2. what is their burn rate? basically how much do they plan to spend this year, or how long will the cash last. keep costs...low.
3. the volume is dropping, now the markets have been brutal (Toronto down 7.5% and SP down 9.2%) however hate when a jr. is trading 1.8/1.9 million compared to an average of 3 million. like to see a return to higher or average volume.
4. they have sold some large portions of share to Pinetree, how much is owned by insitutions.
5. now believe they hired JP Morgan, what is new there, believe the company would like a joint venture for Double eagle, or a partner to earn it.... would seem much harder to get, I mean many of the base metal stocks in Canada are getting killed and going lower HBM, FNX, Teck (light show), and many large internationals are going lower.
harder to get a partner in this environment, (companies are very carefull with their money.)
6. the drilling on the project, pencil, the holes are great but they need to find more, this is not a mine yet.
as for great upside not sure, the compnay has 118+ million shares out and a current market cap of 401 million.
at $7 you have a 826 million market cap, I would not pay that unles I knew for sure without a doubt that Double eagle was a mine. and a highly profitable one at that.....
pluses potential in a couple of projects and well, well promoted.
LOR worth watching, one more point on most of these discussion boards there are very few short sellers. most everyone on them have already drunken the koolaid.
that does not mean that there is not knowledgeable people who live and breathe this stock, hobby or a passion on these plays, develop.
however often very rarely an alteranate view, or people willing to hear it...... knew one short seller who use to short penny mining stocks, would just state facts and people would attack...was not even that hostile in his posts.
it is worth a look but would be willing to pay more once they have more drilling results.
note: the number of stocks on sale are great, will post this weekend or soon but some are looking cheap.... have been watching...no need to catch a falling knife....and do not care if I get the lowest price.
thanks
selkirk
LOR I do not own at this time any small cap mining stocks, no banks (in my trading accounts) and all energy positons are hedged with covered calls.
as for Noront it closed today at $3.39 and has been trading for around 3.50 recently. I heard of this company and they did have some projects, though never invested.
this stock did not do much of anything, until late summer (fall of 2007) when they annouced great drill results from Double eagle. it very quickly climbed and hit a high of 7.05 (high 7.05 low .29).
they hit a number of holes with high amounts of copper and nickel. they also and (media, and others) started to talk about another voisey bay.
I actually still have (have to find it ) the annual report of diamond fields before they hit voisey bay, barely mentioned....that was a fun story.
they have other projects but probably Double Eagle will move the stock down or up.
here are some questions I would have, not just of this company but any jr. mining stock/company.
1. how much cash do they have on hand?
2. what is their burn rate? basically how much do they plan to spend this year, or how long will the cash last. keep costs...low.
3. the volume is dropping, now the markets have been brutal (Toronto down 7.5% and SP down 9.2%) however hate when a jr. is trading 1.8/1.9 million compared to an average of 3 million. like to see a return to higher or average volume.
4. they have sold some large portions of share to Pinetree, how much is owned by insitutions.
5. now believe they hired JP Morgan, what is new there, believe the company would like a joint venture for Double eagle, or a partner to earn it.... would seem much harder to get, I mean many of the base metal stocks in Canada are getting killed and going lower HBM, FNX, Teck (light show), and many large internationals are going lower.
harder to get a partner in this environment, (companies are very carefull with their money.)
6. the drilling on the project, pencil, the holes are great but they need to find more, this is not a mine yet.
as for great upside not sure, the compnay has 118+ million shares out and a current market cap of 401 million.
at $7 you have a 826 million market cap, I would not pay that unles I knew for sure without a doubt that Double eagle was a mine. and a highly profitable one at that.....
pluses potential in a couple of projects and well, well promoted.
LOR worth watching, one more point on most of these discussion boards there are very few short sellers. most everyone on them have already drunken the koolaid.
that does not mean that there is not knowledgeable people who live and breathe this stock, hobby or a passion on these plays, develop.
however often very rarely an alteranate view, or people willing to hear it...... knew one short seller who use to short penny mining stocks, would just state facts and people would attack...was not even that hostile in his posts.
it is worth a look but would be willing to pay more once they have more drilling results.
note: the number of stocks on sale are great, will post this weekend or soon but some are looking cheap.... have been watching...no need to catch a falling knife....and do not care if I get the lowest price.
thanks
selkirk