Replies to post #57102 on Niocorp Developments Ltd (NB)

[AlwaysOptimistic]

...if you’re looking for exposure to companies that are positioned to profit from rising demand for scandium or niobium, it would be better to consider companies such as NioCorp (TSX: NB) or (OTC: NIOBF)

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"Clean TeQ Holdings Limited (CTEQF) shareholders collected big gains from a company that looked set to cash in on rising demand for cleaner energy sources.

As governments around the world pledged to tackle pollution concerns through various measures in 2017, such as increasing incentives for the uptake of electric vehicles, the hopeful miner of key battery making ingredients watched its share price skyrocket.

In early 2015, Clean TeQ’s shares were trading for about 6 cents but had climbed above $1.38 towards the end of 2017, representing a gain of more than 2,550% over that period.

Clean TeQ’s shares have since tumbled and are now going for about '.138 cents'.

What happened?

The simple answer is: not much.

There have been reports of cost blowouts or complications with offtake agreements but essentially it appears that Clean TeQ has proved it is a company whose share price is highly susceptible to the whims of the news cycle.

"Clean TeQ said its mission was to produce metals that “are highly geared to disruptive changes in technologies and markets, particularly in global energy and transport”.

The company said it was focused on nickel and cobalt, key battery making ingredients, and planned to build one of the biggest cobalt mines in the world.

But Clean TeQ’s shares have been trading for more than 11 years with the company yet to turn a profit.

Clean TeQ reported a loss exceeding $12 million for FY17 which followed the company’s loss of about $6.5 million for FY16.

It’s difficult to tell when, or if, Clean Teq will start turning a profit and allow investors a clearer picture by which to evaluate the company with a market cap of around $460 million."

As such, if you’re looking for exposure to companies that are positioned to profit from rising demand for scandium or niobium, it would be better to consider companies such as NioCorp (TSX: NB) or (OTC: NIOBF)

[PutzMueler]

It’s a good thing Fidelity knows all the taxation rules, because they can definitely write off their 1000% loss with Clean Teq and not worry about it.

Perhaps that’s the reason they bought Clean Teq in the first place. A tax write off.

[PutzMueler]

If your dates are correct then Fidelity got their 59 million shares for approx $76 million which is more than half of the current CLQ market cap, but only 1/10 of the current CLQ share count.

I’m sure they are extremely happy about that.

And what about all those useless warrants they wound up with?

Quite frankly I don’t think you are very credible using this logic

[TO Double D]

I’m glad you brought up Fidelity. They’re in quite a bit of hot water for dumping money into companies like Clean Teq that you’ve continued to push on this board. Clean Teq is a massive failure and I expect some heads will be rolling soon. The market cap of Clean Teq has plummeted from $800 million to just $100 million in one year.

“participants have incurred more than $100 million per year in losses compared to the average 401(k) plan due to high fund fees and poor performance.”

https://www.investmentnews.com/article/20181011/FREE/181019976/fidelity-sued-again-for-401-k-plan-mismanagement