Casey says join smart people and buy White Knight
2005-08-17 16:34 ET - In the News
Douglas Casey, writing in the Aug. 1, 2005, edition of his International Speculator, says White Knight Resources Ltd. is a buy at $1.30. The U.S. letter writer, who in the current issue finds pointers to wise investing from Niccolo Machiavelli in 1532, says the White Knight story has taken some strange turns in the last year, from tussles with regulators to strong surges based on nothing but speculation. Mr. Casey says White Knight is a property play. The company owns 16 properties encompassing about 55,000 acres, of which 14 are on the Cortez trend. The current land position is currently the second largest landholding on the trend, where White Knight has been exploring for Carlin-type deposits since 1993. Rob McEwen of Goldcorp Inc. fame likes the story so much he recently bought 1.6 million shares at an average price of $1.26, bringing his total holdings to 17.1 per cent of the company, on a partially diluted basis. "When smart people think well of a play, I pay attention," Mr. Casey says. Despite moving up almost threefold since hitting a low in May, 2005, the amount of drilling either under way, or that will soon be, gives investors the potential for the stock to move much higher soon, he says.