Mining Stocks

While sometimes risky, mining stocks can also be strong performers when commodity prices move up. However, due to the volatility of these stocks, Pat McKeough recommends that they only form a modest part of a well-balanced portfolio.

Canadian penny mining stocks are some of the riskiest stocks you can buy. These companies are trying to find mineral deposits that mine at a profit and such a find are exceedingly rare. Because of this, it’s even more important to look for investment quality in penny mines.

For example, we automatically rule out investing in penny mines that promote themselves too aggressively or do so misleadingly. The mine-finding effort is more likely to succeed if the managers focus on finding a mine rather than hyping their stock.

Junior mining stocks are usually smaller companies that typically take on riskier mining projects. However, if a junior mining stock is successful at finding and mining, it can mean huge returns for investors.

No matter what type of mining stocks, or other stocks you invest in, TSI Network recommends following our three-part Successful Investor strategy:

  1. Invest mainly in well-established, mostly dividend-paying companies;
  2. Spread your money out across most if not all of the five main economic sectors (Manufacturing & Industry; Resources & Commodities; Consumer; Finance; and Utilities);
  3. Downplay or avoid stocks in the broker/media limelight.

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NEWMONT MINING $38.20 (New York symbol NEM; Shares outstanding: 533.3 million; Market cap: $20.5 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 1.5%; www.newmont.com) continues to open new mines and expand existing properties. At the same time, it has sold some of its less-profitable mines....
YAMANA GOLD $4.34 (Toronto symbol YRI; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (416-815- 0220; www. yamana.com; Shares outstanding: 1.0 billion; Market cap: $3.9 billion; Dividend yield: 0.6%) operates six gold mines, in Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile and Argentina....
MAJOR DRILLING $6.90 (Toronto symbol MDI; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (1-866-264-3986; www.majordrilling. com; Shares outstanding: 80.3 million; Market cap: $534.0 million; No dividends paid) is a large contract driller that mainly serves the mining industry.

The company believes that mining companies continue to deplete the world’s more easily accessible mineral reserves....
NUTRIEN LTD. $59 (Toronto symbol NTR; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 643.8 million; Market cap: $38.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.7; Dividend yield: 3.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.nutrien.com) is the new firm formed by the merger of Agrium (old symbol AGU) and rival fertilizer producer Potash Corp....
TECK RESOURCES LTD. $35 (Toronto symbol TECK.B; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 577.7 million; Market cap: $20.2 billion; Price-to sales ratio: 1.6; Dividend yield: 0.6%; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; www.teck.com) is a leading producer of metallurgical coal, a key ingredient in steel making....
HECLA MINING $4.36 (New York symbol HL; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (208-769-4100; www.hecla-mining.com; Shares o/s: 399.0 million; Market cap: $1.7 billion; Dividend yield: 0.2%) explores for, mines and processes both silver and gold in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

In the three months ended December 31, 2017, the company’s silver output fell 24.9%, to 2.9 million ounces from 4.0 million....
AMERIGO RESOURCES $1.14 (Toronto symbol ARG; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (604-681-2802; www. amerigoresources.com; Shares outstanding: 176.3 million; Market cap: $201.0 million; No dividends paid) processes copper and molybdenum from the waste rock of the El Teniente mine in Chile....
NEWMONT MINING $37.84 (New York symbol NEM; Shares outstanding: 533.3 million; Market cap: $20.2 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 0.8%; www.newmont. com) is poised to become the world’s biggest gold producer. The company aims to produce 4.9 million to 5.4 million ounces in 2018....
ALAMOS GOLD $8.17 (Toronto symbol AGI; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (604-681-2802; www.alamosgold. com; Shares outstanding: 266.3 million; Market cap: $3.2 billion; Dividend yield: 0.3%) owns the Mulatos and El Chanate mines in Mexico, and the Young-Davidson mine in northern Ontario.

The company also has a number of development projects in Turkey, the U.S., Mexico and Canada....
CAMECO CORP. $13.31 (Toronto symbol CCO; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (306-956- 6200; www.cameco.com; Shares outstanding: 395.8 million; Market cap: $5.3 billion; Dividend yield 0.7%) is now up almost 40% since late October 2017. That’s when Kazakhstan said it would drop uranium production at its state-owned Kazatomprom mine to 80% of its 2016 level for a period of three years.

That move—combined with Cameco’s suspension of production at its own McArthur River mine in Saskatchewan—has boosted uranium prices to around $26.50 U.S....