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http://zap.intergate.ca/electroporation.htm read this..I think we only know the tip of the iceburg..
Have you noticed at the 4:pm close,big blocks being filled. To fill so many, they must be a "at the market " purchase.This is really a bulish move,and it has been going on for weeks,on and off.Some ones' got a plan in motion
If this goes down 7 more cents ,im selling..
What! what! where have all the cheer leaders gone?
Please let me know when your going to PUMP this one again in advance..
Just in potential is worth a minimum of 2.00 and merit alone. Not only that but it's the way the vaccine is delivered that is also exciting. Nothing has changed from when this was .55 and now its .95..I'll tell you what has changed, PEOPLE HAVE RECOGNISED IT'S POTENTIAL ,and bought accordingly..just my thoughts. ps that's called a profit,and just starters. Long,
Who else is developing H7N9 flu virus with, 100% of the vaccinated animals cured
clasic!
LETS SEE SOME price MOVEMENT,Awards are great,lets see the money!!
thats enough for me!!
What do YOU think about this..When you go through the filings of all these companies, you see the same name cropping up over and over again - the one of Ken Liebscher. He is the CEO of NGRC and TGRO (TGRO had some dealings with BHWX in the past) as well as a Consultant for UPCO. As we mentioned Mr. Liebscher was also once the CEO of NHUR themselves. But he is gone now. NHUR's CEO is currently Mr. Fortunato Villamagna, so what are the chances of all this being nothing but a misunderstanding? Could all these things be just a matter of negligence of behalf of the people maintaining the companies' websites?
Technically yes, there is that option, but let's take one other fact into consideration. When we read through Mr. Villamagna's biography we can see that he was once the President and CEO of a company called Utec, Inc. A quick research reveals that they were a publicly traded entity and their ticker symbol was UTEI. We even managed to find complaints from people receiving SPAM emails about them. Right now UTEI is not an active ticker, however. In 2010 they decided to change their name to... Tiger Oil and Energy Inc. When the name was changed, Ken Liebscher became the CEO of TGRO. Shortly after that, Mr. Villamagna took the helm of NHUR and the two people effectively switched their positions.
In our mind there is absolutely no doubt that there is a connection between Mr. Villamagna, Mr. Liebscher and the companies that they control. This is a cause for concern in its own right, but when you have a huge paid pump like the one for NHUR involved, things look even more scary. That's why we reckon that the risks are quite high and considering them is absolutely crucial before making any investment decisions that might prove costly.
You had better read this too! http://www.hotstocked.com/article/55572/northumberland-resources-inc-otcmkts-nhur-taking.html
Be careful..ALL the same pumpers.. read my earlier post, I did and got out..did not like what I read..
READ t all!!The connections between the three companies begin to grow stronger when you look for some more information on their websites and you find that the domains owned by NHUR, NHUR message board, NGRC and TGRO were registered by one and the same entity - NC Inc. MANITO GROUP . Coincidence? We think not.
And there's yet another thing to worry about. As we mentioned in our previous article, there is quite a massive pump job running for NHUR at the moment. An entity called PubCapital Inc paid Billionaire Stocks as much as $3 million for an awareness campaign. Currently, the stock is touted only through the emails and by some absurdly optimistic users around the message boards, but we reckon that with a budget this big, we might see either a hard-mailer campaign, or a special website dedicated to pumping the ticker to kingdom come. We'll be keeping an eye on developments around NHUR, but in the meantime, you should make sure to consider all the facts above and perform the necessary due diligence before making any quick decisions.
Here is why I sold this morning..read down !NHUR_contact1.pngBut let's get back to NHUR and see what they have. If you are a frequent reader of our articles, you will probably know that we like to check on the companies' offices and see where they perform their operations from. Sure enough, we did the same thing with NHUR and we found that some of the suites located in the nice building quoted as NHUR's HQ (in the SEC filings, at least) are also offered as virtual offices. That's not the only address associated with NHUR, though. For some reason the contact page of their website displays 7230 Indian Creek Lane, Ste 201 Las Vegas, Nevada 89149 as the corporate HQ. This address, down to the number of the suite, is also quoted as the principal offices of National Graphite Corp (OTCMKTS:NGRC) and Tiger Oil and Energy Inc (OTCMKTS:TGRO).
The connections between the three companies begin to grow stronger when you look for some more information on their websites and you find that the domains owned by NHUR, NHUR message board, NGRC and TGRO were registered by one and the same entity - NC Inc. MANITO GROUP . Coincidence? We think not.
And there's yet another thing to worry about. As we mentioned in our previous article, there is quite a massive pump job running for NHUR at the moment. An entity called PubCapital Inc paid Billionaire Stocks as much as $3 million for an awareness campaign. Currently, the stock is touted only through the emails and by some absurdly optimistic users around the message boards, but we reckon that with a budget this big, we might see either a hard-mailer campaign, or a special website dedicated to pumping the ticker to kingdom come. We'll be keeping an eye on developments around NHUR, but in the meantime, you should make sure to consider all the facts above and perform the necessary due diligence before making any quick decisions.
Here is why I sold this morning..NHUR_contact1.pngBut let's get back to NHUR and see what they have. If you are a frequent reader of our articles, you will probably know that we like to check on the companies' offices and see where they perform their operations from. Sure enough, we did the same thing with NHUR and we found that some of the suites located in the nice building quoted as NHUR's HQ (in the SEC filings, at least) are also offered as virtual offices. That's not the only address associated with NHUR, though. For some reason the contact page of their website displays 7230 Indian Creek Lane, Ste 201 Las Vegas, Nevada 89149 as the corporate HQ. This address, down to the number of the suite, is also quoted as the principal offices of National Graphite Corp (OTCMKTS:NGRC) and Tiger Oil and Energy Inc (OTCMKTS:TGRO).
The connections between the three companies begin to grow stronger when you look for some more information on their websites and you find that the domains owned by NHUR, NHUR message board, NGRC and TGRO were registered by one and the same entity - NC Inc. MANITO GROUP . Coincidence? We think not.
And there's yet another thing to worry about. As we mentioned in our previous article, there is quite a massive pump job running for NHUR at the moment. An entity called PubCapital Inc paid Billionaire Stocks as much as $3 million for an awareness campaign. Currently, the stock is touted only through the emails and by some absurdly optimistic users around the message boards, but we reckon that with a budget this big, we might see either a hard-mailer campaign, or a special website dedicated to pumping the ticker to kingdom come. We'll be keeping an eye on developments around NHUR, but in the meantime, you should make sure to consider all the facts above and perform the necessary due diligence before making any quick decisions.
What happened here?
Must read.Sir Wilson has a degree in Economics from the University of Papua New Guinea. He is a Senior Fellow of the Corporate Directors Association of Australia, an Honorary Fellow of the PNG Institute of Banking and Business Management Inc., and a Member of the Papua New Guinea Institute of Directors Inc. He was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in June 2000 and awarded a Knighthood in June 2009 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Isikeli ("Keli") Taureka was most recently the head of Chevron Corporation's Geothermal & Power Operations (GPO). Prior to his assignment with GPO, Mr. Taureka was the President of ChevronTexaco China Energy Company with responsibility for Chevron's oil and gas upstream activities in China. Earlier at Chevron, Mr. Taureka served in a variety of executive positions, including General Manager/Country Manager for Chevron New Guinea Limited, where he was responsible for oil operations in Papua New Guinea and Western Australia.
Before joining Chevron, Mr. Taureka was recruited by the then-Prime Minister Sir Rabbie Namaliu to manage the state-owned Post and Telecommunication Corp., a position to which he was re-appointed under the succeeding Prime Minister, Sir Julius Chan. Earlier, Mr. Taureka worked at the Bank of South Pacific Limited (BSP) as Deputy Managing Director of the joint venture, Resources Investment Finance Limited.
Mr. Taureka has a degree in Economics from the University of Papua New Guinea and is a citizen of Papua New Guinea.
Must read.Sir Wilson has a degree in Economics from the University of Papua New Guinea. He is a Senior Fellow of the Corporate Directors Association of Australia, an Honorary Fellow of the PNG Institute of Banking and Business Management Inc., and a Member of the Papua New Guinea Institute of Directors Inc. He was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in June 2000 and awarded a Knighthood in June 2009 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Isikeli ("Keli") Taureka was most recently the head of Chevron Corporation's Geothermal & Power Operations (GPO). Prior to his assignment with GPO, Mr. Taureka was the President of ChevronTexaco China Energy Company with responsibility for Chevron's oil and gas upstream activities in China. Earlier at Chevron, Mr. Taureka served in a variety of executive positions, including General Manager/Country Manager for Chevron New Guinea Limited, where he was responsible for oil operations in Papua New Guinea and Western Australia.
Before joining Chevron, Mr. Taureka was recruited by the then-Prime Minister Sir Rabbie Namaliu to manage the state-owned Post and Telecommunication Corp., a position to which he was re-appointed under the succeeding Prime Minister, Sir Julius Chan. Earlier, Mr. Taureka worked at the Bank of South Pacific Limited (BSP) as Deputy Managing Director of the joint venture, Resources Investment Finance Limited.
Mr. Taureka has a degree in Economics from the University of Papua New Guinea and is a citizen of Papua New Guinea.
Environmental impact study is the lynch pin..that's it..
That's why your getting it for .17 cents..On the other side of the impact study ,you would have to pay a premium.In essence your paying with time, instead of cash. So your buying a discount..
Ya, It's for new people,I should have dated it old news is sometimes hard to find..G..
China is restricting its sale..Read..
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Why Are Graphite Shares Soaring?
Published February 25, 2013 by Alan Goddard
Above: Billionaire investor Warren Buffett made a quick $285m buying and selling silver. Some experts think graphite could be next.
2013 Stock to Watch: National Graphite Corp. (NGRC)
In 2012 shares of low-priced graphite companies unabashedly exploded in price.
Have you heard of Montezuma Mining? They’re a small, diversified outfit with an interest in graphite. From its low to its high, Montezuma exploded from 2 cents to 36 cents a share.
Such a gain is uncommon but not unheard of – Especially in the high-risk, high-reward mining industry.
But what is unheard of is many companies (all in the same industry) making equally…
Eye-Popping Share Price Movements
Ever heard of Graphite One Resources? No? It went from 7 cents a share to 36 cents. Any $7,500 invested turns into $38,571! (Up 5.1 times)
What about Buxton Resources. They did even better… From 3 cents a share to 34 cents. $7,500 turns into $84,999 (Up 11 times)
In fact, I bet you haven’t heard of any of them:
•UP 9.4 times – Graftech International – $2.85 to $26.00. $7,500 turns into $68,421
•UP 21 times – Zoltek – $2.20 to $46.00. $7,500 turns into $159,818
•UP 17 times – Montezuma Mining – 2 cents to 36 cents. $7,500 turns into $135,000
•UP 6.4 times – SGL Carbon – $7.25 to $47.00. $7,500 turns into $48,620
•UP 7.4 times – China Carbon Graphite Group – 44 cents to $3.25. $7,500 turns into $55,397
•UP 4.1 times – Northern Graphite – 80 cents to $3.30. $7,500 turns into $30,750
Like popcorn kernels on the kitchen stove, these low-priced graphite miners have one by one exploded in price. I have constructed a proprietary index of junior mining companies involved in graphite exploration – Click the chart for a closer look.
Above: my custom index of graphite stocks.
I’m less interested in the macro reasons why graphite is rocketing in price. As a bottom-up investor I’m interested in…
Which Graphite Company Will Be Next
To Go 10-For-1 On Investors’ Money?
As regular readers of my column know, every year I name a “stock to watch”. A company I believe will handedly outperform the market in the next 12 months. And if you haven’t guessed already, this year I’ll be picking a graphite stock! (I admit; graphite has been something of an obsession for me in the past three months!)
Before I tell you which graphite stock I believe will be next to soar – Let me quickly recap why everything to do with graphite is booming.
You’ see the reason graphite stocks are soaring is because the price of graphite has rocketed in recent years. And many experts think this is just the beginning of what could be a huge graphite boom.
Obviously as the price of graphite rises, the value of companies who own graphite properties also rises in lock-step.
A Quick Lesson in Economics:
When you’re analyzing the price of a commodity it all comes down to supply and demand.
Think about it this way; why are waterfront homes so expensive? Because supply is restricted naturally and demand is high for obvious reasons.
This combination of high demand and low supply leads to a very high price level.
When analyzing commodities the logic is exactly the same. Analysts look at current and expected demand and they look at current and expected supply.
The Supply/Demand Imbalance in Graphite…
First let’s take a look at supply.
Put simply, the supply of graphite is being forcibly restricted by China.
China already controls 69% of Graphite production. In the past they’ve been willing to export the graphite they didn’t need.
But recently China has stopped exporting their graphite and instead started BUYING up all the graphite they can.
China knows they’ll need a lot of graphite to supply their industrializing economy and see control of this vital resource as a strategic advantage.
The International Resource Journal recently revealed the Chinese stranglehold that will drive prices higher: “You’ll see the Chinese authorities continue to tighten the rein around graphite and keep more of it for their own uses.”
Reuters says China can’t be trusted to share graphite: They state, “Prices rose last year in part because of concerns that China, which controls 70% of global supply, will choke off exports as it did with rare earth metals.”
The Street says governments are getting nervous—as they should: They write, “Government bodies are taking notice of just how crucial secure supplies of graphite are.”
China is Forcibly Restricting Supply
And what about demand?
Demand is already towering above available supply. This is clearly shown in the rise in price of Graphite over the past decade. (Remember, when demand is greater than supply the price rises).
Graphite has already risen in price from $500 to $3,000! But unlike Gold, demand is widely expected to continue rising.
Experts believe green initiatives like li-ion batteries, fuel cells, solar energy, semi-conductors and nuclear energy could use more graphite than all current uses combined.
That’s not to mention graphite is a key component in many of the now top selling products in the world: smart phones (think apple, android, blackberry), tablet computers (think ipad, kindle), electric & hybrid vehicles (think tesla motors, toyota prius).
So here’s the situation: Demand is expected to double or more and supply is being purposefully held down by China.
What Will Happen?
I believe the only thing that can happen is the price of graphite will rocket. I’m not alone in that belief – and it’s no big secret. Pretty much everyone on Wall Street knows the price of graphite can only go one way.
The problem is finding a low-priced mining company with large exposure to graphite pricing. Note the key word here “low-priced” – As detailed at the top of this article most mining stocks with exposure to graphite have already soared in price.
So Which Graphite Stock Will Be Next?
I did a lot of research. I spent countless nights searching for an undiscovered mining company with exposure to graphite.
Not only that, I wanted to find a company with the highest quality mining property. With my background in resources I was able to analyze the geological data behind each graphite property.
After much digging, sifting, sorting and analyzing I came across a small Nevada based company called National Graphite (NGRC). What interested me at National Graphite was their Chedic Voltaire graphite property just outside of Carson City, Nevada.
I'm actually making money here.who would have thunk!
WE SHOULD BE OUT OF HERE!!Whats better than 100%?
Lite-man..With the adventf China limiting it's exports,I think it will be felt more and more as we go folward..beats 1/2% in the bank..
NOW you know why the Quite unusual buying on a friday and NOT the selling that usually leaves "clean hands till Mondays' trading ..
Note what is said in the last sentence..
LONDON, March 11 (Reuters) - Antibiotic resistance poses a catastrophic threat to medicine and could mean patients having minor surgery risk dying from infections that can no longer be treated, Britain's top health official said on Monday.
Sally Davies, the chief medical officer for England, said global action is needed to fight antibiotic, or antimicrobial, resistance and fill a drug "discovery void" by researching and developing new medicines to treat emerging, mutating infections.
Only a handful of new antibiotics have been developed and brought to market in the past few decades, and it is a race against time to find more, as bacterial infections increasingly evolve into "superbugs" resistant to existing drugs.
"Antimicrobial resistance poses a catastrophic threat. If we don't act now, any one of us could go into hospital in 20 years for minor surgery and die because of an ordinary infection that can't be treated by antibiotics," Davies told reporters as she published a report on infectious disease.
"And routine operations like hip replacements or organ transplants could be deadly because of the risk of infection."
One of the best known superbugs, MRSA, is alone estimated to kill around 19,000 people every year in the United States - far more than HIV and AIDS - and a similar number in Europe.
And others are spreading. Cases of totally drug resistant tuberculosis have appeared in recent years and a new wave of "super superbugs" with a mutation called NDM 1, which first emerged in India, has now turned up all over the world, from Britain to New Zealand.
Last year the WHO said untreatable superbug strains of gonorrhea were spreading across the world. Less
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Laura Piddock, a professor of microbiology at Birmingham University and director of the campaign group Antibiotic Action, welcomed Davies' efforts to raise awareness of the problem.
"There are an increasing number of infections for which there are virtually no therapeutic options, and we desperately need new discovery, research and development," she said.
Davies called on governments and organisations across the world, including the World Health Organisation and the G8, to take the threat seriously and work to encourage more innovation and investment into the development of antibiotics.
"Over the past two decades there has been a discovery void around antibiotics, meaning diseases have evolved faster than the drugs to treat them," she said.
Davies called for more cooperation between the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries to preserve the existing arsenal of antibiotics, and more focus on developing new ones.
Increasing surveillance to keep track of drug-resistant superbugs, prescribing fewer antibiotics and making sure they are only prescribed when needed, and ensuring better hygiene to keep infections to a minimum were equally important, she said.
Nigel Brown, president of the Society for General Microbiology, agreed the issues demanded urgent action and said its members would work hard to better understand infectious diseases, reduce transmission of antibiotic resistance, and help develop new antibiotics.
"The techniques of microbiology and new developments such as synthetic biology will be crucial in achieving this," he said. (Editing by Jason Webb)
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Very interesting article on the future of ..http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article39419.html
OMG 386,000 shown as one block at 4pm exactly..I have tic by tic and thats what it indicated.Someone had their finger in the trigger..
Where did this one go?Yippy (YIPI) Partners With Yahoo! (YHOO) for Education
FORT MYERS, FL--(Marketwire - Aug 4, 2011) - Yippy, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: YIPI) (www.yippy.com) ("Yippy" or the "Company"), providers of the world's fastest, family friendly educational search engine and web portal, reports that it is leveraging Yahoo! Search BOSS (NASDAQ: YHOO) to enable innovations in Search. The combination of Yahoo! Search BOSS with Yippy's active proprietary filtering processes will provide a powerful research environment for the K-12 market place.
"We have had the pleasure of working directly with Yahoo! Search BOSS product management through the process and feel we are taking the correct steps to further strengthen Yippy's product offerings in the educational and family-friendly search businesses," said Marc Bigelow, Chief Executive Officer, Yippy, Inc. "Our recent release of Yippy Gen2 and our new mobile site are potential game changers for education, the family PC and conservative minded smart phone users. Yahoo! Search BOSS will be our primary xml source for search which shall include Yippy's active filtered search engine with expanded capabilities including News, Images and Maps from Yahoo as well."
BOSS (Build your Own Search Service) is Yahoo!'s open search and data services platform. The goal of BOSS is simple: to foster innovation in the search industry. Developers, start-ups, and large Internet companies can use BOSS to build web-scale search products that utilize Yahoo! Search technology and data.
Yippy (YIPI) Partners With Yahoo! (YHOO) for Education
FORT MYERS, FL--(Marketwire - Aug 4, 2011) - Yippy, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: YIPI) (www.yippy.com) ("Yippy" or the "Company"), providers of the world's fastest, family friendly educational search engine and web portal, reports that it is leveraging Yahoo! Search BOSS (NASDAQ: YHOO) to enable innovations in Search. The combination of Yahoo! Search BOSS with Yippy's active proprietary filtering processes will provide a powerful research environment for the K-12 market place.
"We have had the pleasure of working directly with Yahoo! Search BOSS product management through the process and feel we are taking the correct steps to further strengthen Yippy's product offerings in the educational and family-friendly search businesses," said Marc Bigelow, Chief Executive Officer, Yippy, Inc. "Our recent release of Yippy Gen2 and our new mobile site are potential game changers for education, the family PC and conservative minded smart phone users. Yahoo! Search BOSS will be our primary xml source for search which shall include Yippy's active filtered search engine with expanded capabilities including News, Images and Maps from Yahoo as well."
BOSS (Build your Own Search Service) is Yahoo!'s open search and data services platform. The goal of BOSS is simple: to foster innovation in the search industry. Developers, start-ups, and large Internet companies can use BOSS to build web-scale search products that utilize Yahoo! Search technology and data.
A explanation of the true science
The Inovio Advantage
That's where Inovio comes in. The firm has two big advantages in the market.
The first is their synthetic vaccines. To date, none has received FDA approval for sale. But they have shown great results so far in several tests.
"So far we've vaccinated over 500 people for different trials over almost 1,500 times and there has been no signaling of safety concerns from any of these procedures," Kim explained. "It's been an extremely safe procedure and technology."
"And I'll tell you why," Kim said, "these are snippets of synthetic DNA that we can engineer. It's pure DNA formulated in pure water. So we use no chemicals, no additives, and no preservatives."
That brings up Kim's second competitive advantage -- a unique and patented delivery system. It's called electroporation.
In laymen's terms electroporation works like this: the patient receives the synthetic vaccine via an injection. But here's the "secret sauce" -- as the shot is given, the patient also receives a short electric pulse.
This burst of electricity causes cell membranes to open briefly to accept the DNA rather than try to fight it as a foreign substance. In turn, those cells produce antigens that tell the immune system to fight the targeted disease.
In fact, using these competitive advantages, Kim has set his sights far beyond the market for flu shots. Along with fighting the spread of malaria, Inovio's unique approach is being tested on HIV, cervical cancer, leukemia, and hepatitis.
Needless to say, that's a lot of science on the drawing board for a company whose stock trades at just about $0.65 a share.
Of course, it goes without saying that investing in any early-stage biotech firm is risky. These stocks rise and fall based on the results of clinical trials, decisions by the FDA and the need to raise more funds to continue research.
So, there's no guarantee Kim's company will continue its recent 30% run.
But I do predict the future belongs to synthetic vaccines being test
Thanks ramm7 777
I don't think I would sell,this could pop any time and be left behime easily..
Put simply,
The supply of graphite is being forcibly restricted by China.
China already controls 69% of Graphite production. In the past they’ve been willing to export the graphite they didn’t need.
But recently China has stopped exporting their graphite and instead started BUYING up all the graphite they can.
China knows they’ll need a lot of graphite to supply their industrializing economy and see control of this vital resource as a strategic advantage.
The International Resource Journal recently revealed the Chinese stranglehold that will drive prices higher: “You’ll see the Chinese authorities continue to tighten the rein around graphite and keep more of it for their own uses.”
Reuters says China can’t be trusted to share graphite: They state, “Prices rose last year in part because of concerns that China, which controls 70% of global supply, will choke off exports as it did with rare earth metals.”
Even the chart says so..I'm in at .21 big..
Read further down about China's restricting The sale
Published February 25, 2013 by Alan Goddard
2013 Stock to Watch: National Graphite Corp. (NGRC)
In 2012 shares of low-priced graphite companies unabashedly exploded in price.
Have you heard of Montezuma Mining? They’re a small, diversified outfit with an interest in graphite. From its low to its high, Montezuma exploded from 2 cents to 36 cents a share.
Such a gain is uncommon but not unheard of – Especially in the high-risk, high-reward mining industry.
But what is unheard of is many companies (all in the same industry) making equally…
Eye-Popping Share Price Movements
Ever heard of Graphite One Resources? No? It went from 7 cents a share to 36 cents. Any $7,500 invested turns into $38,571! (Up 5.1 times)
What about Buxton Resources. They did even better… From 3 cents a share to 34 cents. $7,500 turns into $84,999 (Up 11 times)
In fact, I bet you haven’t heard of any of them:
•UP 9.4 times – Graftech International – $2.85 to $26.00. $7,500 turns into $68,421
•UP 21 times – Zoltek – $2.20 to $46.00. $7,500 turns into $159,818
•UP 17 times – Montezuma Mining – 2 cents to 36 cents. $7,500 turns into $135,000
•UP 6.4 times – SGL Carbon – $7.25 to $47.00. $7,500 turns into $48,620
•UP 7.4 times – China Carbon Graphite Group – 44 cents to $3.25. $7,500 turns into $55,397
•UP 4.1 times – Northern Graphite – 80 cents to $3.30. $7,500 turns into $30,750
Like popcorn kernels on the kitchen stove, these low-priced graphite miners have one by one exploded in price. I have constructed a proprietary index of junior mining companies involved in graphite exploration – Click the chart for a closer look.
Above: my custom index of graphite stocks.
I’m less interested in the macro reasons why graphite is rocketing in price. As a bottom-up investor I’m interested in…
The Supply/Demand Imbalance in Graphite…
First let’s take a look at supply.
Put simply, the supply of graphite is being forcibly restricted by China.
China already controls 69% of Graphite production. In the past they’ve been willing to export the graphite they didn’t need.
But recently China has stopped exporting their graphite and instead started BUYING up all the graphite they can.
China knows they’ll need a lot of graphite to supply their industrializing economy and see control of this vital resource as a strategic advantage.
The International Resource Journal recently revealed the Chinese stranglehold that will drive prices higher: “You’ll see the Chinese authorities continue to tighten the rein around graphite and keep more of it for their own uses.”
Reuters says China can’t be trusted to share graphite: They state, “Prices rose last year in part because of concerns that China, which controls 70% of global supply, will choke off exports as it did with rare earth metals.”
The Street says governments are getting nervous—as they should: They write, “Government bodies are taking notice of just how crucial secure supplies of graphite are.”
China is Forcibly Restricting Supply
And what about demand?
Demand is already towering above available supply. This is clearly shown in the rise in price of Graphite over the past decade. (Remember, when demand is greater than supply the price rises).
Graphite has already risen in price from $500 to $3,000! But unlike Gold, demand is widely expected to continue rising.
Experts believe green initiatives like li-ion batteries, fuel cells, solar energy, semi-conductors and nuclear energy could use more graphite than all current uses combined.
That’s not to mention graphite is a key component in many of the now top selling products in the world: smart phones (think apple, android, blackberry), tablet computers (think ipad, kindle), electric & hybrid vehicles (think tesla motors, toyota prius).
So here’s the situation: Demand is expected to double or more and supply is being purposefully held down by China.
What Will Happen?
I believe the only thing that can happen is the price of graphite will rocket. I’m not alone in that belief – and it’s no big secret. Pretty much everyone on Wall Street knows the price of graphite can only go one way.
The problem is finding a low-priced mining company with large exposure to graphite pricing. Note the key word here “low-priced” – As detailed at the top of this article most mining stocks with exposure to graphite have already soared in price.
So Which Graphite Stock Will Be Next?
I did a lot of research. I spent countless nights searching for an undiscovered mining company with exposure to graphite.
Not only that, I wanted to find a company with the highest quality mining property. With my background in resources I was able to analyze the geological data behind each graphite property.
After much digging, sifting, sorting and analyzing I came across a small Nevada based company called National Graphite (NGRC). What interested me at National Graphite was their Chedic Voltaire graphite property just outside of Carson City, Nevada.
Warning: This Might Bore You
For the resource bugs and trained geologists amongst you; here’s what I found:
The Chedic Graphite mineralized zone has a strike length exceeding 3,000 feet and has a width that ranges from 30 to 75 feet. The self-potential geophysical survey has delineated a continuous enriched graphite structure from the mine workings to Exploration Pit #2 located about 2,200 feet west of the Chedic Mine open cut.
The graphite enriched zone varies from 30 to 75 feet in width, a strike length of 3000 feet and has the potential to exceed 1,000 feet in depth based on the vertical dimension of the metavolcanic pendant. Based on the above assumptions the Chedic Graphite enriched structure has the potential to contain over one million tons of graphite mineralization.
Did you miss it?
“[National Graphite’s Property] has the potential to contain over one million tons of graphite”
I didn’t miss it. That fact hit me like a Mack truck.
Not only is National Graphite trading at less than 20 cents per share (at time of writing). This undiscovered gem also owns one of the most impressive graphite properties I have ever seen.
As if it couldn’t get any better… The Chedic Volatire property is located just 4 miles west from Carson City. Which means infrastructure and road access is not problem. This graphite property is also located in Nevada which happens to be one of the most mining friendly states in America.
Could National Graphite be the next Montezuma Mining? China Carbon Graphite Group? Or Northern Graphite?
I’m not sure, but I am confident enough to make National Graphite (symbol: NGRC); a burgeoning mining company from Nevada my 2013 Stock to Watch.
Your move, Buffett.
14 Responses to Why Are Graphite Shares Soaring?
Jeff newman February 25, 2013 at 12:37 pm
Hello warren. the reason graphite stocks are soaring or holding steady is simple. towns, cities, countryside are not going to live in the dark. this is all about orgin/ manufacture. also as i learned on the tv to contract or even replenish let say an amusement park you are still going to need graphite and this will not last forever. the clock is ticking, the future will be bright. build.
I'm gona buy on the dips!!!