All Quiet on the Western Front Until Chairman Powell Speaks

Source: Michael Ballanger 08/21/2024

While Michael Ballanger of GGM Advisory Inc. awaits Chairman Powell’s speech on Friday, he shares one stock he believes is a Buy.

USD Index futures are rallying modestly (+0.49%), with bond yields flat. Gold (+0.01%), silver (+0.58%), copper (+0.031%), and crude oil (+0.30%) are all slightly higher.

Stock index futures are up (+0.09-0.19%), but risk barometer Bitcoin is down $1,228 (-2.03%) to $59,389.

Eight trading days left in the month of August as the summer doldrums are soon to be in the rear-view mirror. Fortunately, my basket of juniors is holding up well for the most part.

While I cannot go into detail, I believe there might be something brewing that could finally change the fortunes (and share price) of Getchell Gold Corp. (GTCH:CSE; GGLDF:OTCQB), whose Fondaway Canyon resource of 2,059,900 ounces gold (Au) has been largely ignored for most of gold’s $600/oz. rise since last October.

I continue to see the resource calculation revised upward next month when the PEA is released, along with a breakdown of the metallurgy, which includes recovery rates applicable to the resource. Without any step-out drilling to depth or along strike, I see a slight increase to 2.3-2.5 million ounces valued at a minimum of $50 per ounce. In the past, I have always used $100-200/ounce for Nevada gold deposits, but until we get into the mania associated with true gold bull markets, I will set a benchmark at $50/ounce.

On that basis, the valuation for Fondaway should be in the $115-125 million range. Using the capital structure taken from the March/2024 corporate presentation (see below) of 185.6 million shares issued, I arrive at a figure of $0.62-0.67 (CA$0.84-0.91) per share.

This is not the number I use as a target price, but it is a number applicable in the event that the mid-tier producers start hunting down ore bodies in a favorable jurisdiction like Nevada in order to bolster their balance sheets.

That is exactly what I expect now that the gold and silver M&A cycle has begun in earnest, evidenced by the Gold Fields Inc. 60% premium offered for Osisko Mining on August 16.

With gold now ascending away from the psychological barrier at $2,500, there is going to be a price point where the senior and mid-tier gold producers start to panic and begin bidding for deposits.

As soon as their share prices start scraping the stratosphere (as we saw in the 2002-2011 bull), they will begin to use their inflated shares as currency and go on a buying binge.

Getchell Gold is perfectly positioned to take advantage of such a development, and while I own shares as low as CA$0.10 and as high as CA$0.45, a sale of the Fondaway asset for $125 million would provide a rate of return upon exit that I would readily accept.

Getchell Gold is a Buy.

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( Companies Mentioned: GTCH:CSE; GGLDF:OTCQB, )

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