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  • Americas Bullion Royalty Corp., formerly Golden Predator Corp.
  • Athabasca Uranium Inc.
  • Bannerman Resources Ltd.
  • Kaminak Gold Corp.
  • Lithium Americas Corp.
  • Majescor Resources Inc.
  • Mega Uranium Ltd.
  • Primary Petroleum
  • Puget Ventures Inc.
  • Ryan Gold Corp.
  • Seafield Resources Ltd.
  • Stans Energy Corp.
  • Taku Gold Corp.
  • Ur-Energy Inc.
  • Zecotek Photonics Inc.

Steve Palmer

AlphaNorth Asset Management
http://www.alphanorthasset.com

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Steve Palmer is a founding partner, president and chief investment officer of AlphaNorth Asset Management and currently manages the AlphaNorth Partners Fund, AlphaNorth Growth Fund and AlphaNorth Flow-Through LPs. Prior to founding AlphaNorth in 2007, Palmer was employed as vice president at one of the world's largest financial institutions, where he managed equity assets of approximately CA$350M. Palmer managed a pooled fund, which focused on Canadian small-capitalization companies, from its inception to August 2007, achieving returns that were ranked No. 1 in performance by a major fund ranking service in its small-cap, pooled-fund category. He also managed a large-cap fund, which ranked in the first quartile of performance among other Canadian equity pooled funds. Palmer earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Western Ontario and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.



Recent Interviews

Don't Be a Retail Lemming—Buy at the Bottom: Steve Palmer (4/11/13) A short-term investor's trash is a long-term investor's ticket to returns, and with resource stocks hitting all-time lows during a time of robust commodity prices, now is the time to snap up promising energy companies, Steve Palmer asserts. As a founder of AlphaNorth Asset Management, one of Canada's market-leading investment firms, Palmer has a practiced eye for spotting winners in a troubled market. He shares his picks in this interview with The Energy Report.

Gold in 2013: Fund Managers Reveal Reasons for Optimism (1/21/13) The Gold Report's first-ever survey of fund managers who invest heavily in junior gold mining stocks reveals cautious optimism on the sector's performance in 2013. The historical performance of gold in the year following a U.S. presidential election, the devaluing of the U.S. dollar and current low valuations for gold miners all bode well for an upturn this year, but some doubts remain. Learn how professional investors decide which companies are worth investing millions of dollars in this year.

Small-Cap Energy Stocks Have Hit Bottom: Steve Palmer (7/24/12) Don't panic, because things can't get much worse. Instead, hold your cards and scout out buying opportunities. This is the strategy Steve Palmer employs at AlphaNorth Asset Management, a small-cap powerhouse with a track record of solid returns. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Palmer gives a quick-and-dirty assessment of resource markets and explains why he now favors energy stocks over precious metals in the current environment.

Recent Quotes

"URE has secured contracts significantly above current spot prices and above long-term prices." (4/11/13) Ur-Energy Inc. - The Energy Report Interview with Steve Palmer More >

"UAX is one of the better small caps and could find an economic deposit in Canada." (7/24/12) Athabasca Uranium Inc. - The Energy Report Interview with Steve Palmer More >

"ZMS has several paths to success, each of which could add several hundred million dollars in value to the company." (4/26/12) Zecotek Photonics Inc. - The Life Sciences Report Interview with Steven Palmer More >

"ZMS has multiple initiatives, each of which could be worth several hundred million dollars for the company." (4/3/12) Zecotek Photonics Inc. - Steve Palmer for CanTech Letter More >

"MGA is cheap, with a defined deposit in a good jurisdiction." (10/18/11) Mega Uranium Ltd. - The Energy Report Interview with Steve Palmer More >

"UAX is in the right neighborhood with a lot of high-grade uranium." (10/18/11) Athabasca Uranium Inc. - The Energy Report Interview with Steve Palmer More >

"BAN is in takeover talks." (10/18/11) Bannerman Resources Ltd. - The Energy Report Interview with Steve Palmer More >

"SFF has a strong potential to add to its resource." (10/17/11) Seafield Resources Ltd. - The Gold Report Interview with Steve Palmer More >