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The thing that has me very optimistic is the fact that Dundee invested $3M to get a $1B interest in the Green Giant, and once we are on the TSX we will see Dundee and Thompson and their hundreds of brokers, market makers making good on this investment.
It is impossible to beat the market makers on the OTC unless you have something that just blows their shorting power out of the water. We didn't - we almost did, but we didn't. TSX listing will become the lead listing and the OTC and Frankfurt markets will follow due to arbitraging. This financing and the $17M two years ago were all Canadian institutions and they will have a lot of power to move this stock up on the TSX.
My call on when? .... End of March TSX listing, followed by even more good news from the past drilling, add to that the chemical lab results that will prove this is acid leachable (giving an all-in cost of under $3/lb). By end of April I would expect no less than $2 per share for ENGZ.
I have been saving cash for the pullback to low 30's which I think we will see this week coming up. Why? Because the big boys wanna play.
JP II
The stock depression has already happened when we were pulled down to 30 cents which is where the financing is being done. I know because I was up for placing some of it myself. The financing is done, they are just waiting for the paperwork to be completed. I think we'll see a news item on it this week and TSX listing announced next week. This is the best time to pick up some more before it goes to $1 which I am confident it will once on the TSX.
Vertical farming is getting some good coverage these days. Finally the world will see vertical farming is not SciFi…
Time Magazine says Valcent’s Vertical Farming Technology one of the Top 50 Best Innovations of 2009: http://bit.ly/5zDIqh
“I can’t think of any technology that addresses more urgent issues than Valcent’s vertical farming system”, says Robert F Kennedy Jr http://bit.ly/cPb00g
Reuters Video features Valcent’s VertiCrop vertical farming system: http://bit.ly/a9p47W
New pdf presentation of Valcent’s VertiCrop vertical farming solution – locally grown crops that are healthier for you: http://bit.ly/cqBglv
MAP of infrastructure being put in by our friendly coal mining neighbors: http://www.energizerresources.com/news/index.php?&content_id=86&mode=popup
This is going to be one of the biggest resource stories of 2010 and we're all going to get rich from it. Patience will pay on URST.
Oops... http://www.energizerresources.com
try that instead.
Also, check out the vanadium story here: http://bit.ly/21CJtt
Vanadium is going to be HUGE very soon in battery technologies. The game changer for vanadium deposits is (as of today) Energizer Resources (URST on the OTCBB) formerly Uranium Star Corp. They just announced initial drill results that blow everyone else away.
http://www/energizerresources.com
Only if it's vanadium you are interested in.
Funny you should use the term "explode" Turns out that's why vanadium is going to take over where lithium can't deliver. Lithium batteries literally explode while vanadium does not. Ever feel the heat coming out of your lap top. Imagine a lithium battery the size of a room for power storage. It would melt the ground it sits on. Vanadium does not explode.
But the stock for Energizer Resources...... BOOM!
They also now have a new Twitter account @EnergizerResInc so if you were following their tweets you have to now follow the new one.
Really this is too good a buy opp to believe. If only I had some more $$$$ to get in again under 50cents. Santa... Santa....?
By the looks of the market it couldn't be more under the radar if it were a stealth fighter jet. Shhhhhhh don't tell anyone we've just proven a multi-billion dollar deposit. Shhhhhhh
Energizer Resources Inc. is going to make us rich, but when? Do you think they will do a corporate update explaining these results for the average layperson? Would be a good idea. With holidays coming they better act fast.
Not only do we now have the TSX approval we have great drill results. What a week! The stock will have no choice but to move up ... but when?
OVER 1% V2O5!!! These are amazing results. What's up with the stock not moving? They waited too late in the day to get it out. Maybe they will re-release it tomorrow am? They should. But regardless of the market reaction we are now sitting on a multi-billion dollar deposit and the reality will out.
To all the nay-sayers... bye bye. or should I say buy buy.
This is great news. So next Wednesday URST will announce TSX listing. Why is a Toronto listing so good for this company? I heard marketmakers can't play around with us as much once listed on TSX.
Watch this interview of inventor of the vanadium redox battery. It sheds some light on why these things are not already everywhere and why they soon will be: http://bit.ly/4Bhidc
Globe & Mail Newspaper Article on Vanadium this morning...
Vanadium may prove to be an element of surprise
Nestled between titanium and chromium on the periodic table of the elements lies a little known metal that could make investors a lot of money if the stars continue to align.
The element is vanadium, which you've probably never heard of, even though it surrounds you. It strengthens the steel in your office building, hardens the tools used to build that tower and, perhaps, will play a big role in the electrification of the automobile you may one day drive to get to work.
Vanadium has long been used in steel and that represents the vast majority of demand for the metal. Demand for steel is on the upswing. Averaging out the demand forecasts I've seen pegs growth at between 5 and 6 per cent starting around next year if the recovery is intact.
That's good news for vanadium. Better news is that China and Japan are raising standards for rebar strength, meaning more vanadium demand over and above what comes from higher steel demand.
There's no market quote for vanadium; like iron ore, it's traded by contract between producers - of which there are relatively few - and consumers.
Indications are that the price per tonne was about $50 (U.S.) in mid-2005. It blasted to more than $80 in early 2008 then collapsed like everything else. Today, a tonne changes hands for about $30. It's probably heading higher. But how much?
To answer you have to ask yourself how much you believe in electric cars. It appears that they will be one of the policy answers to greening the planet. I suspect that mandating tougher greenhouse gas regulations is also part of the plan to expand the economies of the world.
It's not a fad, in other words.
If electric cars are to catch on - and I mean purely electric ones, not hybrids - the auto industry has to solve the battery problem. Batteries have improved but are still slow to charge and provide limited driving distance compared with a tank of gas.
Lithium was a big breakthrough but it also has drawbacks as used now. Some battery makers are experimenting with adding vanadium into the battery ingredient. Using vanadium, in theory, adds power among other things. It's more expensive than some alternatives but the performance appears to compensate for the added cost.
There are, in fact, strong signs that vanadium is about to make its grand debut in battery technology. China's BYD, which is backed by Warren Buffett, is among the leading-edge battery makers looking at vanadium and is building a plant in the vanadium-producing region of China.
Subaru, meanwhile, has a prototype, the G4e, which will use a lithium-vanadium-phosphate battery. It has twice the range of a prior prototype.
Finally, there's the prospect for what's known as vanadium reduction-oxidation batteries, also known as redox batteries. This is a very promising existing technology that works at the grid level and allows for the storage of a lot of power, which can be drawn for long periods of time. They're ideal, among other things, for wind and solar farms, which produce power when it's not necessarily needed.
Although usually mined as a byproduct, vanadium is pretty rare; there are few quality deposits in the world. That suggests that if demand rises, prices could move up quickly too, making deposits economical in a hurry.
So how to profit if this argument makes sense to you? There are no big pure play producers. But there are smaller companies trying to develop their plays.
One is Apella Resources, which I know a little because they've hired me to do some valuation work for them. Apella says it has a lock on pretty much all of the decent vanadium resources in North America. It certainly appears to have a lot of it underground, and all in safe jurisdictions. Management is solid and aligned. If vanadium really takes off - that is, if everything falls into place perfectly - there will likely be a bidding war for this one some day.
Uranium Star has a big play in Madagascar and, as the name implies, other interests besides vanadium, including some in Canada. The CEO came from Sherritt International and Inco before that.
Another is Syno Vanadium. I know nothing about its management but the properties are in China and the plan is consolidation.
These are all speculations, obviously. There's no knowing for sure if and, as important, when vanadium demand might take off. The upside is potentially huge but the risks are not to be trifled with.
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This article is by Fabrice Taylor (ftaylor@globeandmail.com)
Fabrice Taylor writes The Globe and Mail's widely followed Vox column, which covers capital markets and investments. He started his journalism career at The Globe in 1995, moving to the Toronto Star as assistant business editor in 1997 and returning to The Globe in 2000 as a columnist. He obtained his Chartered Financial Analyst's designation in 2003. He has worked in both the brokerage and investment management industries and is now adviser to family offices. In 2003, he and four colleagues won a citation of merit at the National Newspaper Awards for a series on income trusts.
Source: Globe & Mail Report on Business
These are the guys who's lithium report started the whole lithium rally. Now they are betting heavy on vanadium. This will be great for URST since we have the world's largest low-cost vanadium deposit.
Byron Capital Markets Issues Vanadium Report - "Vanadium : The Supercharger"
Electric Metals Inc EMI.A
11/16/2009 8:45:45 AM
TORONTO, ONTARIO, Nov 16, 2009 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX News Network) --
Byron Capital Markets, a division of Byron Securities Limited, is pleased to announce the release of its introductory report on Vanadium and the Vanadium Industry. The report, prepared by Dr. Jon Hykawy, gives a comprehensive overview of the global Vanadium industry with insight in to the various sources and applications of this strategic metal, including its increasing use in energy storage applications. It also details Vanadium supply and demand fundamentals, and speaks to the economics of Vanadium usage in alloys and its usage in batteries versus the employment of other substitute metals.
This report further exemplifies Byron Capital Markets' continuing commitment to research and, in particular, its ongoing efforts in the Electric Metals space.
Contacts: Byron Capital Markets Robert J.B. Orviss, CFA (647) 426-1668
SOURCE: Byron Capital Markets
Copyright 2009 Marketwire, Inc., All rights reserved.
There are no pps requirements. But I think bringing Julie Harrs on as President was a TSX requirement. Often they require a seasoned/experienced mining executive to take the helm. With all respect to Kirk McKinnon, he's a newby to mining while Julie is probably one of the top women in mining, if not top person in mining negotiations in Canada. She single-handedly negotiated the Sherritt buyout of Dynatec ( http://www.lexpert.ca/deal.php?id=3788 )
As Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Sherritt in May 2006 succeeding her initial appointment as Vice President, General Counsel of Sherritt in April 2006. Prior to joining Sherritt, Ms. Lee Harrs was most recently Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of Inco Limited from March 2000 to January 2005, and prior to that, she was a lawyer with Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP.
You couldn't ask for a better person in charge of your investment.
Got to love the Chinglish. This is a prime example of the many many vanadium batteries that can be developed now that the patents which were holding back development of the vanadium redox battery have expired. I truly believe we are at the front of very fast revolution in batteries. The right place to be when investing - we don't have to wait long before this catches on. Uranium Star has the best vanadium deposit in the world and so I'm in for the long haul.
Sorry Stock43 but that report is outdated information. It is now widely known that lithium batteries can never scale up to work as load-leveling storage for utilities - they would require so much cooling the explosion/fire risk is high. Same with cars.
If you dig a bit deeper you will find that vanadium is on the verge of revolutionizing both these sectors. It is scalable, non-toxic, non-explosive, instantly chargeable/rechargeable, doesn't loss change over time, the list goes on.
Follow @VanadiumJoe on Twitter to stay on top of the most current info on vanadium battery technology. Or just go through the extensive presentations on www.uraniumstar.com
Yes. Things have changed - for the better. The price is no longer 50cents (which David Bond thought a steal back then), and they have reinterpreted the geology to now include a doubling of the vein deposit due to E-W fold, and huge/strong gold geochem anomalies way off the central vein, so it seems their is mineralization throughout the property.
It's all in their report (http://www.solteramining.com/images/stories/pdf/EL_TORNO_GOLD_PROJECT_REPORT_2009.pdf)
I think they have raised some funds. But I called their office number 888-768-5552 and they said they can not discuss that subject, yet. If they start the gold production outlined in their recent release then this stock will move very fast into the 20s. I mean today closed with a 25cent offer, so there is nothing holding this stock back. IMHO
Is it true that the TSX listing will stop the market makers from playing this stock down they way they have been? I mean, these last few news releases reflect a very real increase in implicit value of this company, yet level II shows two big market makers always stomping any move down: ARCA and FANC are the enemy. Reality is on our side.
I think we might tomorrow. I'm calling 80cents by the weekend. this is huge news. I am so glad I've been able to accumulate all along.
Top geologists run Soltera: Dr. Montanari & Dr. Ashworth have worked for everyone from BHP to Asarco (US), Golden Star (UK), ENI Group (Italy) and Normabec (Canada).
Dr. Montanari is the author of a textbook on economic geology, "Metals & Industrial Minerals: Economic & Metalogenic Parameters", which has been adopted by several major Italian universities.
The problem is their CFO failed them by missing filing deadlines three times, then the bottom fell out of the world of finance and they couldn't raise funds to do the filings so the late filings became very late filings which landed them at 5cents and on the bottom of the Pinks.
All they need to raise is something like $200,000 to get the filings all up to date, get the stock back on the OTCBB and get some gold out, all by year's end. THIS IS THE PERFTECT TIME TO GRAB SOME OF THIS STOCK.
Well, if you play real conservative and just go by the 2M oz Au that Penoles and Puma (majors after 3km's of drilling) calculated was on the limited section of the main vein, and you go with the $200/oz cost to get to market (it's all unassociated surface gold), then you have $800/oz x 2M = $1.6B Divide that by 67M shares = $24 pps. This doesn't take into account the alluvial gold they now plan to pull out by year's end, the huge and strong geochem anomalies still to investigate, nor the 50Mt of 1% Cu at Eureka.
People... Soltera is soon to be a gold producer. This is priced where it is only because they ran out of money and fell behind on their filings, then onto the Pinks, then Caveat Emptor. They can clean all that up within months if they can get some $$$$.
They waited too long for exploration financing in a world that pulled it all off the table, so now they are looking to finance immediate gold production.
Once they start pulling out gold and announcing gpt values and investigate those anomalies further... this thing should be worth a lot more than the calculation above.
A whole week without news. They must have something coming this week. They should be announcing the drill program soon, or even better the TSX listing. I think we are up for a huge week this week - after Yom Kipper, of course.
If you check out the photos on the Soltera website under Projects menu, there are amazing shots of the rainbow mountains on the way up there, and the ancient workings which actually look like an Inca pyramid. Everyone should go through the photos they give a better idea of how real this project is and how ready this stock is to make a move. IMHO
Look. Proof is in the pudding. When they show gold being produced from their property they will get the attention they deserve. It must be frustrating to be sitting on minimum of 10 million ounces of free (unassociated, easy to extract) and near-surface gold, and yet be in a world that right now won't give you a dime to invest in exploration. SHOW THEM THE GOLD! Then watch this story change. IMHO
This was a great day of trading. Looks like something is up. This stock has been dormant since the world collapsed last year and now... the pheonix rising? Would like to think so. I've been a shareholder over a year.
I read that El Torno Report. They have gold alright. It's worth reading over.
Wow! 61 now and it's still early in the day. Great write up on Int'l Mining. That kind of independent editorial from an industry portal is great to get. Hell, and I really going to chase this thing higher? Hmmmm.......
Exactly. Today is perfect trading. I got another 10,000 at 55cents and 10,000 at 57 just now. I think this thing will be at 75 cents by week's end.
what did? I am on their email list and I got nothing!!
Exactly... Vanadium has huge growth projection in the short-term (steel), mid-term (2nd generation Li-ion car batteries a la Subaru's G4e), and long-term (Vanadium Redox Batteries). So even if one thinks Vanadium batteries are a long shot, no one can argue against the steel argument: more steel in the next 20 years than in the whole history of steel use.
If we get through 43 we'll get to low 50's.
FYI: If any of you guys & gals Twitter you'll want to follow @UraniumStar and @VanadiumJoe. URST tweets get their releases and other corp updates to your iPhone/Blackberries as soon as the news breaks. VanadiumJoe has great info and links related to Vanadium. He's also a SH in URST so he re-tweets their news.
This is a great resource: http://www.stockta.com/cgi-bin/analysis.pl?symb=URST&num1=7&cobrand=&mode=stock
It shows we have a strong resistance level at 43 which we've been hitting our heads on for two weeks now. We also now have a strong res. at 38. But if we can plow through those two then we could see the low 50's very quickly. Let's all pull on the rope at the same time and ... make some money together!! Is that legal to say?
You are right.. Vanadium is anticipated to have short-, mid- and long-range growing market conditions: It's the burgeoning steel market of the developing world that is right upon us guaranteeing a growing market/price for Vanadium. Mid-range is the use of Vanadium in Li-ion batteries to increase their power output and lifespan. Vanadium Redox Batteries (VRBs) helping solar & wind farms become major components of the power grid is a very promising and huge market down the road, but not any day soon.
I actually called up Prudent Energy and talked with their top scientist. Prudent owns the patents to the VRB batteries (first generation any way) and I asked him WHY so few Vanadium Redox Battery installations out there? His answer.... the market is not ready YET. A solar farm or wind farm manages today to sell power no prob. It's only when the national power grid is getting more than 20% from these sources that they will have to deal with storage for when the wind don't blow. So there is no financial incentive today to put in VRBs. Enter OBAMA, enter a larger vision of the next generation power grid, and you have a sleeping giant ready to make early believers very very rich... the Green Giant in Madagascar! Anyone with thoughts on this please let's get the conversation going. This is important stuff and we may be the first bunch of investors to really grasp the full potential.
My bad.... the quarterly reports they need to file are for 2009, not 2008. They already filed the 2008 Annual Report - the biggest step towards getting re-listed on OTC.
Soltera is in the process of filing the 3 quarterly reports in 2008 in order to get current with the SEC. Once they do they can apply to get off the Pink Sheets since they were pushed down to the Pinks on Oct 2, 2008 and they only have to be there for a minimum of 12 months. I talked with the company on Friday (anyone can call them directly) and they are on schedule to do all that AND are working on getting funds together to start pulling gold out of the ground as soon as November. This is a sleeper ready to come back from its coma. Timing is perfect with gold over $1000 and the worst of the recession behind us.