Investment Q&A

Q: I saw this comment today.

We expect that its royalty interest will be upheld in international arbitration. Although not imminent, this royalty which accounts for 22 per cent of its net asset value represents excellent upside optionality once Franco Nevada and operator First Quantum Minerals has its day in court.

What are your thoughts on:
1) Has the market basically written off this royalty stream in FNV's stock price at this point?
2) Great buy at this point given bonus upside down the road when things hopefully resolve and they recover something.
3) Would you sell WPM to buy FNV given this? Though WPM has higher potential returns given its silver exposure i think.

Q: Hi 5i,
I hold above stocks 2%, 1.5% and less than 0,5% of fortitude. Thinking of selling Fortitude to add to my now decreased position in FNV. Which do you think has more upside? If even, given recent FNV decline and lower risk, I might go for more FNV as I am becoming more conservative. I am OK to take some higher risk given Fortitude is a small position.
Your thoughts please on FNV and Fortitude and suggested strategy.
Thank you.

Q: FOM

Has good backing Prem Watsa. FFH Ontario Teachers. and FNV Where is property situated. How good is property. Is it in Flinn Flon area of MANITOBA

Is it a BUY ? RAK

Q: I still have my small position in Lucara Diamonds and it still a diaster. CEO was replaced a couple of months ago and the former CEO came back. Under the former CEO Lucara made an agreement with an Antwerp gem polisher (HB)where they would send there large special diamons, which the Karowe mine in Botswara often find, to HB for polsihing and cutting. Lucara would then get cash flow from the finished products, (potentially higher margin and more steady cash flow). Well the new CEO wants to end that agreement. The open pit mine is still profitable but the development of the under ground mine has hit snags (namely water filtration in the raised shafts) and the finish date has been pushed back another year. What 5i could help me with is a better understanding of the outlook for diamond prices. Every where I look for on outlook on diamond pricing requires a subscription and my position is simply too small to warrant paying a subscription. In the end, should I just dump this dud or hang on a while longer (It is in a TFSA so no tax benefit.)?

Q: As the FED has signaled up to 3 rate cuts in 2024 do you recommend having 5% exposure to gold stocks? If so, would companies KGC, GOLD, or OR be ones to add to a portfolio? Thanks!

Q: Can you comment on EDR, OSK, LGO, I noticed these 3 stocks have not gone up lately while other silver, gold and materials stocks have risen. What is their cash positions and cash flow? Do any of the 3 need financing soon? Thanks, and deduct whatever credits you feel is appropriate.

Q: Can you give an update on TLO? It has been on a steady decline for the past year. Could you speculate on the reasons for the fall? They have had some recent positive news. You had previously mentioned it had some big backers, so I wonder if those backers are still holding. Wondering if it is time to cut this loose or wait for a rebound when central banks cut rates.

Q: I wanted some gold exposure in my TFSA-Any thoughts on GLCC.CA
Also what does the group think of buying CDR'S
Thankyou

Q: What are the best stocks to look at now for exposure to copper?

Q: Hi 5i Team - Argonaut Gold has announced that it has just completed a Follow-on-Equity Offering of CAD $80 million. Is this a positive for the company or is the further dilution a reason to sell and move on to something else. There are already over a billion shares, and I am assuming this is before the recent offering. Do you think the market has already priced in this further dilution. Also what does 'Follow-on-Equity' mean.
Thanks.

Q: I can't find any news to account for the almost 20% rise in share price today. Can you see or have you heard anything?

Q: The financing deal announced Dec 11 was sour news???

Q: Given the upcoming green technologies, what might be the most promising Canadian copper companies to invest in for medium term growth?

Q: Hi 5i
Assuming Panama FM referendum passes on Dec 17 where do you see company and share price going from here?....what would you expect the fair share price to be, currently at $9.90? Is there any value at all to capture here? Does the company go bankrupt?

Thx
jim

Q: I'm trying to understand why HURA has outperformed URA by almost 20% this year. Holdings like Cameco and the Sprott Physical Uranium Trust Fund that have moved alot seem to have relatively similar weightings in both funds. NAK Kazatomprom AO - GDR hasn't had as strong returns YTD and is actually overweighted in HURA vs. URA. I don't think the USD-CAD has had any major impacts on the returns this year. What am I missing?

Also I think Cameco has had exceptional returns in 2023 far outpacing the ETF, do you think the others will catch up over time?

Q: I have two questions. Gold value is now above $2000 US and AEM does not seem to correlate the price of gold, is there a reason for that? I have heard about Cohere (https://cohere.com/), a language AI company based in Toronto, their list of investors is quite impressive (NVDA, SalesForce, Oracle, etc,). Do you think this company could be listed on the TSX in the near future? Thank you

Q: REEMF This is about Rare Element Resources. I'm trying to understand why a company would price a future rights offering to shareholders (as of the close of the business day on Dec. 15) so far below the current stock price. The rights offering allows shareholders to buy 1.4 shares at 12 cents for each share they hold as of record date Dec. 15. The stock price has fallen by 50% in the last 5 days, that is, from about 45 cents to 20 cents. Can you shed some light on this? Thanks.

Q: Is it not unusual -and risky for the investor- that a royalty firm (FNV) get more than 20% of their revenues from a single company (FM)?
I guess we have to do our homework and not rely on reputation only. Merci.

Q: What do you think of this ETF to play the gold run up or have I missed the boat?
Is this tied to the price of gold? Would you expect the price of gold to increase as the interest rates decrease?
Thanks
Jeff

Q: Your opinion and outlook please