Benzinga
Published Apr 12, 2024 19:04
Updated Apr 12, 2024 20:10
Aftermath Silver's Michael Williams Is Back
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Source: Michael Ballanger 04/05/2024
Michael Ballanger of GGM Advisory Inc. takes a look at the current state of copper and silver, sharing some top stock picks. He also details his excitement that Michael Williams of Aftermath Silver is back in the game.
As all subscribers know, I selected copper as the premier investment opportunity in the metals arena in 2023 based on its role not only critical to the Electrification Movement but also to global growth, particularly in emerging markets.
Copper has traded in the $3.13-3.90 range for most of the past two years, with the lows occurring in 2022, shortly after the Fed embarked upon monetary tightening in July of that year. Recently, however, the compelling fundamentals brought about by the looming structural supply deficit propelled copper to new recovery highs above $4.00 and as of today, sits at a new high for the breakout at $4.194/lb.
h2 Top Copper Picks/h2 Selected as my top pick in the blue-chip arena for conservative growth, Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (NYSE: FCX) has been a stellar performer, up over 30% since I first introduced it to subscribers at $38.Along with FCX, I have been accumulating a basket of junior copper and copper-gold exploration issues that include Fitzroy Minerals Inc. (OTC: FTZFF) and American Eagle Gold Corp. (OTC: AMEGF) both of whose share prices have performed admirably in recent weeks.
Back in February, I sent another Special Situation Report on Colossus Resources Corp. (OTC: COLUF), whose Chilean copper-gold porphyry fit perfectly into the copper basket.
h2 Aftermath Silver/h2 In July 2019, I was approached by a longstanding colleague, Michael Williams, about the possibility of getting involved with his Aftermath Silver Ltd. (OTC: AAGFF) project, whose Chilean silver projects appeared attractive at the time.I participated along with a number of colleagues in a CA$0.08 unit financing that included a half-warrant at CA$0.12. Needless to say, that placement was a highly-lucrative investment for all parties as by January 2020, the shares were trading at CA$0.50 only to be bludgeoned down to CA$0.08 during the COVID crash in March 2020.
However, by January 2021, the shares had traded as high as CA$1.70 on average daily volumes exceeding 200,000 shares per day, with Eric Sprott taking down 19.9% of the issued capital.
My history with Michael Williams actually goes back to 2009 and his Yukon gold exploration company – Underworld Resources – which made the exciting Golden Saddle discovery only to be sold to Kinross Gold Corp. for CA$139 million (CAD $2.69 per share) in March 2010.
Williams has a habit of making investors money — and a lot of it — albeit the August 2020-March 2024 bear market turned many seasoned junior mining operators into "yesterday's heroes" as investor interest shied away from the space.
These are "early days" for the copper-gold bull, and Michael has been gracious enough to allocate a portion of the "Friends and Family" unit offering at CA$0.09 with a half-warrant at CA$0.135 exercisable for a two-year period. This offering is reminiscent of the Aftermath deal in 2019, as I see the tailwind of a massive copper-gold bull market that provided Michael Williams with the same ammunition that he had in 2020 when silver took off.
I will not provide commentary on the projects, but I will re-print a portion of the corporate deck that deals with the highlights:
A strong portfolio of copper-gold exploration and development assets in Chile and Mexico:
Illapel Project - Brownfield copper project in Choapa province, Chile
Larson is known around mining circles as an exceedingly discerning geologist who shows great skepticism for most grassroots mining prospects. That Larson is a bull on Illapel provides a very strong tailwind for Michael Williams to perform his Aftermath-style magic.
As you can see, the stock price has been orphaned to the purgatory of bear market doldrums for most of the past two years, with the peak at CA$0.19 in mid-2023.
The offering is not a large one as the major funding is planned for next month. If you recall the modus operandi for Aftermath, it was only six weeks after Williams closed the "Friends and Family" offering in 2019 that he raised CA$3.3 million at CA$0.20.
I am taking a position in Vortex Minerals Inc. by way of this offering because I have had great success investing alongside Michael Williams. As they say in our business, "Go with the jockey, not the horse."
Copper and gold in 2024!
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