RE: Crumbs14 Jun 2022 15:31
BSG I obviously cant speak for how ARCM will perform against every share in the market so I'll ignore the 'quicker buck to be made elsewhere' comment.
However that said, your above statement in conjunction with your initial comment that 'A possible seven years of drilling has put a lot of PI's off. So that's a decade before anything mined?' seems a bit of a strange view of investing.
Your comments suggest that companies like ARCM and other similar stage junior exploration stocks are not attractive to PIs as they are explorers and not producers (miners). That IMO is a very inaccurate perspective.
They are indeed higher risk investments but are attractive as they offer greater potential capital rewards if invested pre discovery rather than post discovery or production.
Broadly speaking in terms of stock value for a junior exploration company the stage ARCM are at (especially now the exploration spend will be on steroids) i.e. the pre discovery to discovery phase is probably the most rewarding.
This view isn't just mine if you use the Lassonde Curve as a supporting example of the phases of potential share value to investors and which is very widely accepted.
To put this further into perspective if you had to compare the AA / ARCM deal with another in recent times I'd argue its very similar to the GGP deal early 2019. Actually I believe the terms of ARCMs deal are better overall (IMO) with the upfront cash and capital spend commitments, but are very similar in nature.
The share price reaction of GGP was very similarly to what ARCMs has done i.e. limited initially but then the drill turned and you can see what happened to the GGP share price during the speculative pre discovery to discovery phase. I'm sure you've probably heard of and even seen the SP chart for GGP from deal early 2019 to the end of 2020.
The short of it though is that the real stock value gains are to be made at this stage rather than post discovery when you head into feasibility, development and commissioning and actual mining. The later stages may offer potential lower risk but certainly not potential higher returns.
If you then consider the general nature of the risks of a junior explorer and factor in who ARCM have partnered with, the terms of the partnership (free carry, upfront cash and massive exploration spend commitment) plus the potential of the assets themselves I personally dont think there are many if any other junior explorers with the same potential at this time.
Anyway Im more than happy to hold my position here. To let the share price drift around for the time being and to wait for the drill to turn.
ATB