EPZ: San Luis Is Bonanza Grade

MATT BADIALI, Stansberry & Associates Investment Research (03/29/2010)
"Esperanza Silver. . .is another tightly held company, with just 52 million shares out, 59 million fully diluted. Most of the extra shares are warrants from a recent fundraising.

In February, the company raised $5 million by issuing 4 million new shares and another 4 million warrants, which are essentially options to buy more shares. The warrants are good for two years at a share price of $1.75. If shares trade for $2.20 for more than 20 straight days, the company can buy out the warrants in a 20-day period. The current share price is about 35% less than the warrant's strike price, so we're in good shape buying now.

Esperanza. . .already discovered two potential mines in San Luis and at its other project, Cerro Jumil in Mexico.

San Luis is a 'bonanza grade' (incredibly high-grade) system. The resource contains two-thirds of an ounce of gold and 18 ounces of silver in every ton of rock. That means the rock is worth, at today's prices, around $1,050 per metric ton. There's just shy of half a million metric tons so far. . .That's so rich, you and I could mine this rock for a profit.

The discovery at San Luis is just a tiny fraction of the lease area, which is the size of Manhattan. As the companies explored further, they've found some new prospects. I expect San Luis will give up some more discoveries over the next few years."

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