RE: MONEY ARTICLE HZM6 Jun 2020 10:45
Horizonte Minerals Research Note
Horizonte Minerals (LSE:HZM)
01 June, 2020
@TheMoneySponge
Market Cap: £45M (£17M cash)Key HighlightsLeading Nickel investment opportunityTwo tier 1 nickel projects in close proximity forming a ‘nickel district’3m tonnes combined contained nickel valued at $42bn in the ground (@$14k Ni)One of the largest undeveloped nickel inventory outside of the majors. With both projects developed Horizonte would be the 8th largest nickel producer globallyAraguaia project DFS complete, fully permitted and in financing stageVermelho project PFS complete targeting premium class1 nickel EV sectorOrion $25m royalty agreement on Araguaia secured 2019First production from Araguaia targeted 2022Nickel: It just makes good cents !
Anyone who has followed me on twitter will know that I have a big interest in the junior resources space, particularly smaller cap early stage mining companies.
I've been invested in and followed the Horizonte story for a number of years now and it's been a somewhat rocky ride thus far!
One thing I’ll say though, it's been like that due to the bumpiness of the market for junior resource stocks in general and is absolutely no reflection upon the company.
In fact the company has just gone on about their business quietly and what we see now emerging is potentially one of the next globally significant nickel producing companies. Yep!
As covered in some of my other research notes such as the one on Armadale Capital who are progressing their world class graphite project, I’m very selective in the junior resources companies that I’ll invest in and for good reason.
Personally, I have to tick boxes such as management: who is running the company and managing my investment? What is the quality of the assets, are they really as good as the company says or is it just good marketing? What is the macro back-drop for the resource, not just now but importantly going forwards? I want my investment to grow and I'm aggressive with the returns that I want and I'll be patient if I think the rewards are significant.
I'm prepared to do the leg-work and if I’m writing a research note on the company you can be sure I've ticked all my boxes.
Anyway enough rabbiting, let's talk a bit more about Horizonte then...
About Horizonte
Before I start, I suggest you visit the Horizonte Website at some point as you can glean more info about the company and its projects there. It’s one of the best junior resource websites I have seen with clear info on the projects and company.
So, the company led by CEO Jeremy Martin have been progressing their two tier 1 nickel projects both of which they acquired pretty much at the ‘bottom’ of the market. By the bottom I mean while nickel has been trading at multi-year lows. I’ll touch upon the nickel market briefly a bit later on.
I've had the pleasure of chatting to Jeremy and his team on a number of occasions either by phone or at events. As I've