First Mining Finance Corp / FF.t
There's a new IPO coming to Canada in the totally bombed out sector that is junior mining.
UPDATED CHARTS
TLG vs. FF, OIII, ATC etc ... from 2.19.20: w/ATC 1yr: 6mo: 10d / LAST $0.98 / FF-0.405= R2.42X
FF.t / First Mining Finance ... weekly : 2-yrs : 6-mos / 10-d
Ratio: FF.t -to GDXJ
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The man behind the deal is Keith Neumeyer.
For those of you that don't know Keith, he built First Majestic Silver (TSX:FR) and took it from penny stock status to $25 a share (in the heady days of 2010-11) with a 3 billion plus dollar market cap. It is now one of North America's leading silver producers and even in today's beaten up silver market it remains profitable with a market cap of around C$900m and a share price of $7.50. Keith was previously behind First Quantum Minerals (TSX:FM), which followed a similarly enormous trajectory to become one of the world's biggest copper producers. His record in mining is pretty much second to none.
Also involved are many of the other key personnel from First Majestic, such as Ramon Davila and Raul Diaz.
The strategy of the company is, simply, to tap into their huge knowledge base and use it to acquire as many quality mining assets as possible (Americas only) while they are going for a song (we're currently seeing the lowest valuations in 20 years), spend as little as possible on them (watch them 'incubate' I believe is the word) and wait for the time that the mining capital markets stabilise at which point they hope to have a pucker portfolio of assets on their hands.
Revenue will eventually come from re-sales, JVs, royalties and streaming structures.
They already have 18 properties at various stages of development (gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc) and have raised C$2.7m. The company will IPO in Canada via an RTO next month and plans to raise another C$5-10m (at 50c) in the process. A C$10m raise would mean 80m shares outstanding an an approximate market cap of C$40m. Management will own about 10% and First Majestic shareholders 25-30%.
The success of First Mining Finance depends on the metals markets, of course, but the ideal situation would be for them to remain depressed for another while so that assets can be picked up for zilch and for things to then pick up, as surely they one day will. I don't know what the market reaction to the stock will be, of course, but I suggest this is one to hold for three to five years.
Anyway, if you are interested in finding out more or in taking part in the IPO, please let me know and I'll send over forms. If you want to speak to Keith, I'll try and arrange that too. frizzers at gmail dot com.
(I'm investing fwiw)
Here's the Powerpoint.
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LINKS
FF Website :: https://www.firstminingfinance.com/
Presentation, Nov.2017 :: https://www.firstminingfinance.com/_resources/Nov_2_Presentation.pdf