Many investors in 2008 were forced to sell and
many junior companies never recovered from the financial crisis.
Many investors think of the «small cap group» as the place to look for aggressive investments, such
as junior companies that will develop into seniors and make huge gains for investors.
As investors continue to see returns, executives
of junior companies will focus on telling their stories once again.
We do not issue shares unless we are satisfied that the result will be to your advantage in terms of gold ownership per share, unlike
other junior companies.
If there is a role for
junior companies in this business, it is in identifying reserves and developing new technology for extracting oilsands and licensing that technology (see Laricina Energy, Osum Oil Sands, Petrobank Energy and Resources, E-T Energy).
The Canadian Mining Eye tracks Canadian mining sector performance of 100 TSX and TSXV mid-tier and
junior companies with market capitalizations at the end, broadly falling between CDN $ 1.6 b and CDN $ 47m.
Likely Connacher will go the way of Opti Canada, UTS Energy and Synenco Energy,
junior companies ultimately not up to the task of operating even portions of oilsands projects.
Unlike other battered sectors within the mining industry,
where junior companies are struggling to survive, Patersons Securities analyst Matthew Trivett said investors were finding value in smaller gold stocks.
The Gecko Investor Group (GIG) is a closed group of paying subscribers that will from time to time get access to private placements (PP's) in
Canadian junior companies, just like the ones mentioned above.
I already owned shares of RGA for Hovde, and in 2005 wanted to expand the position by buying some of the cheaper and
more junior company Scottish Re.
That's leading some executives to approach their boards about succession plans, but
many junior companies have yet to broach the subject and plan to draw on their own resources.
It's a really difficult market and particularly challenging
for junior companies and those in the exploration side,» said Burshtein.
Can
a junior company develop and operate a commercial oilsands project on its own?
After Endeavour Mining acquired True Gold Mining last April,
the junior company's executive team in Vancouver found itself out of a job.
You become an orphan and
the junior companies in particular have been completely orphaned.
So how are you going to find anything if you don't fund
the junior companies?
So the industry laid people off, consolidated, shrunk and many
junior companies have been wiped out.
Junior companies have uncertain assets and reserves; they also suffer from higher production costs and weaker balance sheets than their bigger competitors.
First, we look for
the junior companies that own the projects a larger company would want to buy.
• The western sedimentary basin is well - developed so major companies seek opportunities elsewhere; this creates new opportunities for lawyers to work with
junior companies as they look to raise capital to conduct oil and gas exploration and development activities in the western sedimentary basin.