Sector Expert: Gwen Preston

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Gwen Preston is the Resource Maven. Her independent letter chronicles her thoughts, buys, and sells in the world of mineral exploration, development, and mining. Gwen has a strong network of contacts, almost 15 years of site visits and due diligence under her belt, a solid grasp of macroeconomics and how they shape metals price moves, and a track record of finding opportunity and managing risk in the metals and mining sector. Click HERE to sign up for a free trial subscription.

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Recent Interviews

Low Risk, High Reward: The Best Way to Profit When Gold Goes Higher (8/31/20)
Low Risk, High Reward

Troilus, HighGold, and Revival Gold are drilling great discoveries and offer significant low-risk upside through splashy drill results, growing resources, and initial mine plans, writes Resource Maven Gwen Preston.

Genesis Metals: Discovery Group Icons John Robins and Jim Paterson Taking a New Look at Chevrier (2/29/20)
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In this Critical Investor guest post, Resource Maven Gwen Preston discusses developments with the company and its Quebec project.

Explorer Set to Drill on 'Standout' Target in the Golden Triangle (8/20/19)
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Resource Maven Gwen Preston describes how leadership and a promising project in British Columbia translates to a compelling option for investors.

Recent Quotes

"OCG released some nice drill results from Santa Ana's La Ivana."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (3/31/21)
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"The UrbanGold Minerals deal bolsters TLG's takeout potential."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (3/24/21)
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"Drilling will recommence at LGD's Black Pine in early May."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (3/24/21)
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"The latest round of assays extended TLG's Southwest zone by 25%."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (3/17/21)
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"EMPR announced a $12M bought-deal financing that it upsized to $15M."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (3/17/21)
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"UEC is building a strategic uranium stockpile right now."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (3/17/21)
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"GENM's Marathon FS shows a $1.07B after-tax NPV6% and a 29.7% IRR."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (3/10/21)
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"TLG's Southwest is showing signs of growing into a large resource."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (2/24/21)
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"Four rigs are set to start turning on LGD's Black Pine in April."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (2/24/21)
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"GENM plans drilling to test for a high-grade feeder zone at Marathon."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (2/24/21)
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"The factors I initially liked about TLG remain solidly in place."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (2/10/21)
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"OCG announced a $6M public offering that was upsized to $8M."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (2/10/21)
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"ELY remained busy throughout 2019 and 2020; that work continues."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (2/10/21)
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"UEC has moved to build momentum on its permitted south Texas assets."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (1/27/21)
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"First drill results from SCOT's Domino were high-grade gold assays."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (1/27/21)
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"Every one of the 30 holes RVG drilled at Haidee hit mineralization."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (1/27/21)
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"OCG is expanding its search for more shoots to test at Santa Ana."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (1/27/21)
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"TLG's project [is] well on its way to producing again and, at some point, its location in uber-safe Quebec argues for a takeout at higher prices."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (1/13/21)
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"OCG's El Dorado target produced another high-grade intersection."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (1/13/21)
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"San Juan is the first blind shoot OCG has encountered at Santa Ana."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (1/6/21)
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"GENM's W Horizon drill program concluded with the best assays."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (1/6/21)
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"I can see TLG's stock gaining again nicely with gold in H1/21."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (12/23/20)
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"Lots of targets saw testing in SCOT's 2020 drill program."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (12/23/20)
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"OCG has had a 100% success rate in finding high-grade shoots."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (12/23/20)
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"LGD has worked hard in the background to monetize noncore assets."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (12/23/20)
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"I think there's lots of high-grade gold to be found at GPG's Herbert."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (12/23/20)
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"Sampling at TLG's Testard included 82 g/t Au and 1,060 g/t Ag."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (12/15/20)
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"Drills at SCOT's Blueberry zone are outlining a new trend."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (12/15/20)
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"OCG tagged into high grade at a fourth vein target at Santa Ana."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (12/15/20)
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"GPG's highlight hole would almost surely add to the Herbert resource."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (12/15/20)
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"LGD is advancing Black Pine to be built (and therefore to be bought)."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (12/2/20)
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"GPG's second batch of assays from Herbert were good results."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (11/25/20)
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"RVG's Beartrack-Arnett PEA frames 72 Koz/year gold production."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (11/18/20)
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"OCG's Roberto Tovar and La Ivana remain open for expansion."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (11/18/20)
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"New results extend HIGH's JT deposit area along strike and downplunge."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (11/18/20)
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"LGD is growing the count of oxide gold ounces at Black Pine."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (11/11/20)
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"GPG's 8,500m program at Herbert is now in the books."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (11/11/20)
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"TLG agreed to buy back the 2.5% NSR royalty on the Troilus project."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (11/11/20)
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"GENM's hole 541 at Marathon cut three intervals with significant grades."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (11/4/20)
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"MAG and Fresnillo produced their first silver and gold at Juanicipio!"

— Gwen Preston, Maven Metals (10/31/20)
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"The highlight sample from TLG's Testard was bonanza grade for sure."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (10/22/20)
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"RVG completed 4,900m of drilling on Beartrack-Arnett's Haidee target."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (10/22/20)
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"OCG's Megapozo is besting La Ivana in grade and average thickness."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (10/22/20)
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"HIGH's hole 96 cut 20.1m of 11.5 g/t Au, 4 g/t Ag and 3.1% Zn."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (10/22/20)
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"TLG announced some good samples from the Goldfield zone."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (10/14/20)
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"ELY has three producing royalties and eight to come online by 2023."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (10/14/20)
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"SCOT's O zone hole 27 returned 2.5m of 109.4 g/t Au and 32.4 g/t Ag."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (10/7/20)
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"TLG's large property has yielded a new target via sampling."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (9/30/20)
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"We got more intercepts of mineable grade gold from LGD's Black Pine."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (9/30/20)
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"TLG is embarking on a new infill and expansion drill program."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (9/23/20)
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"HIGH started drilling again at its projects in Ontario's Timmins."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (9/23/20)
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"RVG is now turning three drill rigs at Beartrack-Arnett."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (9/16/20)
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"The Megapozo target at OCG's Santa Ana is a great high-grade shoot."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (9/16/20)
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"Simplicity and scale matter with LGD's Black Pine; both are apparent."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (9/16/20)
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"HIGH's Johnson Tract is a standout for its incredibly high grades."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (9/9/20)
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"TLG's Troilus will attract some kind of buyout in this bull market."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (9/3/20)
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"MAG's world-class silver asset is on the cusp of production."

— Gwen Preston, Maven Metals (9/2/20)
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"GPG reported visual gold in two holes cut between veins at Herbert."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (8/26/20)
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"GENM's updated recoveries should materially impact project economics."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (8/26/20)
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"It's good to note that SCOT's accelerated warrant exercise is over."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (8/19/20)
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"It's great to see RVG using its new cash to double down on exploration."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (8/19/20)
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"TLG's ongoing exploration at Troilus continues to provide blue sky."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (8/12/20)
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"Targets at SCOT's Scottie offer potential for grade and scale."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (8/12/20)
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"The MT survey has identified a key target at GENM's Marathon."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (8/12/20)
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"Three new zones at LGD's Black Pine may add up to one large zone."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (8/5/20)
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"Drilling at HIGH's JT means now is a good time to position yourself."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (8/5/20)
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"Most of the new resource ounces at TLG's Troilus are open pittable."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (7/29/20)
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"LGD's D-3 zone at Black Pine continues to impress, with hole 152 delivering a thick zone of mineable-grade oxide mineralization."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (7/29/20)
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"TLG also plans to explore the Lac Allonge region of its property."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (7/23/20)
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"HIGH drill program expansion includes mobilization of a third rig."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (7/23/20)
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"ELY hasn't wasted any time deploying its cash influx."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (7/23/20)
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"OCG's Santa Ana hosts a vein system of at least 14 km in length."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (7/15/20)
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"HIGH effectively tripled the Munro-Croesus property boundary."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (7/15/20)
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"LGD should keep generating news for Black Pine for the rest of 2020."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (7/15/20)
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"HIGH's bought-deal financing was upsized almost immediately to $12M."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (7/8/20)
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"Anticipation is building now that HIGH is drilling at JT again."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (7/2/20)
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"SCOT is now in the field on its projects in the Golden Triangle."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (6/24/20)
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"LGD boosted its 28,000m RC drill program at Black Pine to 46,000m."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (6/24/20)
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"I continue to like LGD for its potential for oxide gold with scale."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (6/17/20)
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"OCG's financing was fully subscribed; this was an insane raise."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (6/3/20)
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"TLG announced a bought-deal financing yesterday that was quickly upsized from $15M to $22M. . .with this deal, the company has lots of cash now to power ahead."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (6/3/20)
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"HIGH's hole MC20-33 in Munro-Croesus was certainly splashy."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (5/27/20)
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"TLG's Southwest continues to deliver intriguing results for Troilus."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (5/27/20)
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"ELY will now raise $15M instead of $10M with an overallotment option."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (5/13/20)
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"HIGH released a resource estimate for its Johnson Tract project."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (5/6/20)
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"SCOT's $2M private placement was quickly upsized to $3.5M."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (5/6/20)
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"The financing for ELY will raise $10M by issuing 12.5M units at $0.80."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (5/6/20)
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"LGD will stand out as this gold bull market picks up."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (5/6/20)
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"MAG continues to be the go-to name for a silver development story."

— Gwen Preston, Maven Metals (5/1/20)
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"TLG's 189 is a great hole for Southwest and for Troilus as a whole."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (4/22/20)
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"EFR can start or significantly boost production in a short time frame."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (4/22/20)
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"TLG's Southwest zone is really turning into something good."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (4/19/20)
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"LGD is on the short list of must have stocks today."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (4/19/20)
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"GBR has the best discovery in years; it will get bought."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (4/19/20)
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"GENM's Marathon stands out for its scale and advanced status."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (3/18/20)
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"In a node to COVID-19, HIGH suspended its Timmins drill program."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (3/18/20)
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"MAG is at a great entry point for those who like silver."

— Gwen Preston, Maven Metals (3/2/20)
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"HIGH's start of drilling on its three Timmins projects is good news."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (2/26/20)
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"TLG will be an outperformer in the gold space this year."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (2/19/20)
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"GBR's Dixie is the most exciting gold discovery I've been a party to."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (2/19/20)
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"OCG is valued at only $7M, but its portfolio has very good potential."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (2/12/20)
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"HIGH's Difficult Creek could offer some significant scale of its own."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (2/12/20)
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"GBR's spinout of royalty interest in Dixie is a clever move."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (2/5/20)
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"ELY announced deals that add two important assets to its portfolio."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (2/5/20)
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"Assays suggest more ounces may be on the way from TLG's Southwest."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (1/29/20)
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"GENM announced a financing that will see it raise $8M."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (1/22/20)
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"HIGH has three really interesting high-grade Ontario gold projects."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (1/22/20)
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"TLG now has 3.6 Moz gold in open-pittable resources at Troilus."

— Gwen Preston, The Maven Letter (1/22/20)
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