Byron King: There’s a Buying Opportunity in Beaten-down Juniors

It’s no secret that 2018 was a difficult year for the resource space, with companies both large and small suffering share price drops.

Byron King, editor of Rickards’ Gold Speculator at Agora Financial, sees the silver lining in last year’s beating. Speaking at the recent Vancouver Resource Investment Conference, he explained that many of the stocks he covers have emerged this year as better companies.

“Everybody has a plan, and they’re all moving forward and executing crisply. And I’m very pleased with the results that I’ve seen in companies,” he said. “Their share price might be down from a year ago in many cases, but they’re better companies … these companies have done better over the last year.”

He added, “unfair [treatment] in one context means buying opportunity in another context.”

When asked to name a company he believes was able to weather the storm successfully, he pointed to Yukon-focused Victoria Gold (TSXV:VIT). “They have taken [their] project from an exploration play through early stage development … they raised their own money, they’re building their own mine,” he said.

“They’re going to be stacking ore by July 1 of 2019. They’re going to be pouring gold bars by the end of the year,” King continued. “That’s an example of a junior that has just driven right through that curve — the exploration euphoria, the development doldrums. And now here they are … right at the bottom of that trough on the way up to being a producer where they get rerated.”

Listen to the interview above for more insight from King on the gold space, including the tie up between Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEM) and Goldcorp (TSX:G,NYSE:GG). You can also click here to view our full playlist from the conference on YouTube.

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Securities Disclosure: I, Charlotte McLeod, hold no direct investment interest in any company mentioned in this article.

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