Western Copper and Gold Corp WRN

Meet VIII Team

[EvenSteven27]

VIII appears to be led by Nicolas Katsiyianis, a Canadian from Montreal Quebec. 
He is 49 years of age. 
He played professional ice-hockey for one season with the now defunct Delaware Federals in the FHL. 
He graduated from Concordia University, BComm, Finance 
and the University of Miami, Herbert Business School. 
He has previously worked for Canaccord Genuity, CIBC World Markets, and Canaccord Capital U.S. Markets. 
He began working for Dundee (Eight Capital) in 2015. In 2017, Katsiyianis spear-headed a buy out and name change of the Capital markets division of Dundee Capital. The new name was Eight Capital. 
Nicolas now lives in Florida where he runs Natbank or the National Bank of Canada. Nicolas's underlings do most of the bullwork at Eight Capital although he is still the boss. 
Natbank arranges real estate purchases, second homes for rich/elite Canadians who want to buy property in Florida. 

Metals Division : 

1. Ralph Politi 

already discussed 

2.  Puneet Singh

Previously worked at BMO Capital Markets 

Uranium, Precious Metals, Battery Metals 

Appears to know Tara Christie, Michael Vitton, Jason Attew 

3. Felix Shafigullin 

Previously worked for BMO Capital Markets 

Tends to keep low compared to the other cats. 

Appears to be moderately connected with Ranj Pillai, Ellis Martin, Jason Attew, Rick Rule, Tara Christie, Mathieu Savard 

Unwritten Investing Strategy as Apparent from Past Trends 

Silently accumulates at relatively low prices. 
No news, no nothing... just accumulates without saying anything. 
Then when the stock has reached a three, five, ten, or even higher bagger stage for them, they promote. They start releasing news that it is a recommended "Buy" with a two bagger or three bagger target price for buy out. And you know what? It probably is, and many investors will be happy to get a two or three bagger. But it will be much bigger for Eight Capital. 

If you don't believe me, look what Eight Capital did with NextGen, Fision, or any of their other investments. From silent/accumulation phase to news stage a typical project will be between a 5 to 10, and then will double one more time before complete dispersion stage. These guys are very, very smart.

[EvenSteven27]

Double checked. My bagger figures were a little high. But strategy is the same. NexGen was silently being scooped up around $4/share. Did not release news and "buy" recommendation until over $10/share less than a year later. Similar to Fision. Fision was silently being acquired at .60/share. Did not release news and "buy" recommendation until it hit $1.25/share. By the time

[Sooner]

Hey STeve - some question. How would the 8 capital buying right now be any different than Cormark , HC Wainwright, Fidelity, etc and why do you believe it's such a great sign with them relative to what was done back when the above firms were buying?  Haven't researched it much but i'm sure you have details behind this since you appear to have done much DD on 8 capital. 

[EvenSteven27]

Great question, Sooner.  I believe a part of the answer is contained here:  " We take the view, in terms of differentiation, by I think having a focus on three key things: Number one is to have more robust valuation estimates versus our competitors, meaning more accurate. I think secondly, we tend to have a differentiated view on valuation methodology. And then thirdly, given the

[EvenSteven27]

I accidentally hit the post button before finishing my comment. Eight Capital derisks more and jumps in later than some of the others. More guaranteed, but less of a gamble than their competitors. Not the earlybird huge profits. But by the time Eight Capital enters, their projects do jump. Look at their history. These are not earlybird investors. They always scoop up about a year before a breakout

[MetalMinded]

Great research Steve!