RE: What's the story (morning glory)?10 Mar 2026 14:02
Kingfisher, I'll cover the main points from my perspective, I am sure others will fill in the details. Firstly, the MRE for Pepas is highly unusual, most other companies would never release such a small MRE and the small size of it has fooled the market which has incorrectly respnded with aggressive selling. The reason is clear, no other companies have such a small economical deposit (high grade from surface) just sitting on a hill that requires minimal CAPEX. Most companies would just keep drilling and expand that maiden MRE before releasing it to the market. OMI has a different and correct strategy, to move forward at pace to monetise Pepas, the first step of which is the MRE.
Secondly, many investors here are in from before Pepas was even found, and that is because of the historical drilling at Apta and the prospectivity of the surrounding Anza region. Here are some holes from Apta which OMI is beginning to drill again:
MAP048: 14m @ 40.37g/t = 565 g/t.m.
MAP038: 40m @ 14.09g/t = 564 g/t.m.
MAP079: 24m @ 17.4 g/t = 418 g/t.m.
These are world class holes, no other junior of under $100m has holes like this, on top of near term monetization of a high-grade open pit.
Once Brad starts releasing holes from Apta the market will be in shock because it has sold OMI as if Pepas is all it has. I could go on, the Anza holdings have now doubled as part of the MMA JV exit, some very very nice looking targets there. I always look for juniors that have projects in a known mineralised area, Anza had Burritica not far to the North, and El Pantano is surrounded by operational mines.