J Taylor says buy PEM
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Weekly Hotline Message (Now in our 27th Year) June 5, 2009
Buy Recommendation
Premium Exploration Inc.
Business: Exploration and development of
precious metals mining projects in Idaho,
Montana, and Mexico
Traded TSX-V: PEM
Pink Sheets: PMMEF
Price 6/5/09: US$0.165
Shares Outstanding: 46. 8 Million
Approx. Current Cash Position: $1 Million
Current Market Cap: $8 million
NI-43-101 Gold Resource: 531,890 Oz.
Progress Rating: "C"
Telephone: 604-682-0243
Web Site: www.premiumexploration.com
Premium was first recommended in these pages at $0.24 back in July 2008, when it had 35.8 million
shares outstanding and a market cap of $41 million. At its current price of about US$0.17, it has a market
cap of around US$5 million.
Although the company was focusing much of its efforts last year on some attractive silver and gold
exploration targets in Mexico, what has always attracted your editor to this company is its gold property
interests in Idaho. When I first added Premium Exploration to my list in July 2008, I said that in my view
this stock had "10-bagger potential written all over it for a host of reasons, starting with its most
advanced properties in Idaho, namely, the Buffalo Gulch Property and the Petsite/Friday projects, both
of which are advanced-stage projects located in the Idaho Gold Belt. Yet, advanced and promising
geologically as they are, the company’s primary focus is in Mexico, not Idaho or Montana where
Premium holds one of the most promising platinum group metals prospects in the world outside of South
Africa."
So why did I sell out at a loss last year if I thought it had "10 bagger potential"? The reason was because
following the credit market seize-up last fall, the prospects of Premium getting funding to put this
excellent prospect into production was next to zero.
Times do change. Times have changed. That is not to say that we are out of the woods yet with respect to
the credit and equity markets. As regular readers of this letter know, I am very worried that we may face
another major equity and credit market decline before the end of this year. That said, I have also noted
consistently how that kind of environment is the best possible environment for gold mining companies
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that have viable projects if not producing mines. By all accounts, Premium Exploration has two viable
gold properties in its Buffalo Gulch Property and Petsite/Friday projects with enormous exploration
potential between those two advanced-stage gold deposits.
Because of time considerations (your editor is getting ready to visit the Cambridge House investment
show in Vancouver), I’m cutting and pasting much of what I wrote last year with respect to the potential
of these two Idaho properties. Things are basically the same except it now seems likely that the company
is closer to achieving the kind of financing it needs to move its Idaho Project forward.
The Petsite/Friday Project has an NI 43-101 inferred resource of 531,890 ounces of gold. There have
been 192 drill holes on 100-ft. centers drilled here, so there is already a substantial amount of data backing
up those ounces, and it is our understanding that a limited amount of additional drilling is all that would
be required to boost that into the Measured and Indicated category. Indeed the potential to boost that
resource with additional drilling to 1
million ounces or more appears reasonably
good.
Moving to the north, Buffalo Gulch was
being readied for production as an open-pit
heap-leach project by Bema Gold during
the 1980s. There is at present a historical,
non 43-101 resource of approximately
100,000 ounces here. Management has
talked publicly about fast-tracking this
project toward production along the lines
previously outlined by Bema Gold. That
would include approximately 25,000 to
35,000 ounces of gold per year. Based on
prior feasibility work by Bema, it is
estimated that current costs of production
would now be around $450 to $500 per
ounce, and capital costs to get the project
into production are estimated at $8 million.
We want to warn you that given the
rapidity at which prices are rising these
days, cost estimates, especially those that
have not arisen from a full-fledged
feasibility study, should be taken with a
grain of salt; but we would also hasten to
add that as prices rise, gold will likely not
be capped at its current price of $930
either. The thinking is that production
could begin as early as 2010 on this
property, though considering our
experience in the mining industry, we
know it will most likely take longer. That’s
just the way this business is.
We want to point out that the Petsite/Friday and the Buffalo Gulch projects are both located along what is
known as the Orogrande Shear Zone (OSZ) within the Idaho Gold Belt shown on the map above.
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Between these two projects are approximately 18 kilometers of strike length. Some 13 old gold
mines along this geological structure have operated in the past. However, no one has ever
systematically sought to drill out these targets, which are structurally defined as a schist shear zone.
Premium intends to drill it out. In fact, on June 5, Premium announced it has staked an additional 110 lode
mining claims that cover the area between the Buffalo Gulch joint venture property and the Friday/Petsite
Property. Not only are these claims considered lower-grade open-pit oxide gold targets, there is also
reason to believe they are prospective for discovering higher-grade underground mineralization. For
example, one drill hole put down by prior operators intersected 9.9 grams of gold per tonne over 21.3
meters, which contained a 1.5-meter intersection of 74.85 grams per ton.
It is important to note that Premium has picked up a significant amount of mine project data related to the
two advanced-stage gold projects and also a significant amount of exploration data from the likes of
Glamis Gold, Bema Gold, Cyprus-Amax Minerals, Canden Capital Corp., and Idaho Consolidated Metals
Corp. The historic drill results from past exploration of the southern extension of the OSZ have identified
a discrete high-grade gold zone that appears to run alongside, or as part of, the Orogrande Shear Zone.
Also, the historic geophysical and geochemical surveys taken on the northern extension of the OSZ
indicate the possibility that this discrete high-grade gold zone may extend along the entire length of the
OSZ and that the OSZ is a possible mineralizing conduit along its entire 28-kilometer strike length. A map
of the historic Idaho Gold Belt may be viewed on-line.
The purpose of Premium’s drill plan is to determine if the high-grade gold values encountered in historical
drilling at Friday/Petsite persist along the entire 28-kilometer strike length of the OSZ. Management plans
to drill test the southern zone of the OSZ at Friday/Petsite. The proposed drilling at this zone includes 15
drill holes totaling approximately 3,700 meters on the Friday Property. This drilling is designed to
intersect the OSZ and delineate mineralization down dip and along strike from gold mineralization
encountered in past drilling. Needless to say, if significant high-grade intercepts are pulled akin to the 74-
gram gold intersection noted above, and if high-grade mineralization is proven to demonstrate good
continuity, exploration on the project alone could set this stock surging much, much higher.
We should mention that Premium considers itself an exploration company and not a producer. In fact it is
employing the project generator model to a great extent. As such, with respect to its Idaho properties, we
anticipate a joint venture with an operating company will be forthcoming soon. That will free up Premium
to use its exploration expertise to explore and develop that huge prospective 18 kilometer ground between
the Petsite and Buffalo Gulch deposits.
Management
Del Steiner, President, CEO & Director - Mr. Steiner began his career in the junior exploration and
mining sector in 1980 as an attorney and consultant. He has an extensive environmental law background
relating to the resource sector. Mr. Steiner was formerly President, CEO and Director of Beartooth
Platinum Corporation.
Grant T. Smith, C.A., Chief Financial Officer - Mr. Smith’s background includes experience in both
operating and exploration mining companies throughout North and South America. He brings audit
experience from two of Vancouver’s highly respected audit and accounting firms and has audit experience
in mining companies with reporting for TSX, TSX Venture and AMEX. His management background
extends over 20 years and includes a diverse variety of operations and organizations.
Lisa Maxwell, Corporate Secretary - Ms. Maxwell has worked as a Consultant in Corporate
Communications and Marketing on an international basis for the past eleven years. Her experience
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includes public consultation for large-scale projects, the development and implementation of websites,
media and marketing plans for small to mid-size companies.
Barney Green Lee Portillo, VP Mining Development-Mexico & Director - Mr. Portillo is a licensed
Mineral Surveyor Consultant and has worked in the Mexican mining industry for 25 years as a Landman
and Survey Engineer. He has worked with the Mexican Federal Government (Federal Mining Bureau) and
has experience in mining, labour employment and property law with additional expertise in topography
and surveying techniques. Mr. Portillo has project management experience and has worked with several
major mining companies such as Barrick Gold, Glamis Gold and Kimber Resources.
Outside Directors –
Salvador Huerta - Mr. Huerta has significant international business and financial expertise in joint
ventures and mergers and acquisitions. He has been the Controller for Mexican Operations with Aurcana
Corporation (TSX-V:AUN) since 2007. He completed his university degree as a Certified Public
Accountant in Mexico and has several professional post graduate courses from the Harvard Business
School, the University of Hawaii and IPADE (Harvard Business campus in Mexico). Prior to his current
position, he was Deputy President and CFO of companies in Mexico such as Timex, HJ Heinz, ALFA
Group and Sanluis Rassini.
Robert Komarechka - Mr. Komarechka is a professional geologist and certified gemologist and is
currently president of Bedrock Research Corp., a firm which offers consulting services to the mineral
exploration industry. Mr. Komarechka has been involved in a wide variety of commodities in his
exploration work, including: gold, base metals, platinum group metals, diamonds and industrial minerals.
His experience has included property evaluation and selection, supervision of claim staking activities,
airborne and ground geophysical programs, geological mapping, geochemical surveys, diamond drill
programs, bulk sampling, aboriginal native right studies, mine management, assessment submissions and
NI43-101 report submissions.
Advisors
Mr. J. Peter Davies - Mr. J. Peter Davies is currently a minerals consultant based in California and has
over 40 years of extensive worldwide experience in precious metals exploration and extraction. In his
capacity as a minerals consultant, Mr. Davies has worked with Durango Capital Corp., Andean American
Gold Corp., Frontier Pacific Mining Corporation, Eldorado Gold Corporation, the World Bank, the United
Nations and the U.S. State Department. Prior to becoming a minerals consultant, he worked as the
Manager of Minerals Development for Getty Mining Corporation and Chief Mining Engineer for Bechtel
Corporation. Mr. Davies holds a B.Sc. in Mining Engineering from the Royal School of Mines, University
of London and is a member of the Canadian Institute of Mining, the American Institute of Mining
Engineers and the Professional Engineers Association of British Columbia.
Mr. Robert Coale - Mr. Robert Coale is a consulting metallurgical/processing engineer in Southern
California. He is currently president of Patriot Gold Corporation and Giant Oil and Gas Corporation and is
a technical advisor to American Goldfields Corporation. Mr. Coale has been an officer, director, and
technical advisory to numerous junior exploration companies and mineral production companies including
Yuma Copper Corp., Francisco Gold Corporation, and Phelps Dodge. He has also served as Chief
Metallurgist with Getty Mining Corporation and Project Metallurgist with AMAX, Inc., A.G. McKee,
Inc., Kennecott Copper, Corp., and Bougainville Copper Pty., Ltd. The mineral resource projects he has
worked on are in diversified locations worldwide. Mr. Coale holds graduate degrees from the Colorado
School of Mines, University of Witwatersrand, and the University of Minnesota. He is a registered
professional engineer in California.
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SUMMARY & CONCLUSION
We consider Premium Exploration to be priced at a fraction of its value on the basis of its Idaho
properties. It also has some attractive properties in Mexico and a platinum group prospect in the U.S. as
well. However, management is now focusing its efforts on Idaho, which in my view is highly desirable,
given its near-term production prospects and its world-class exploration potential.
In recommending this stock again, we run the risk of another credit market seize-up, which of course is
more or less a risk for all junior mining firms. However, those companies that have gold resources in the
ground and prospects for mining those profitably should be in a much better position than companies
earlier on in the exploration and development process. One major difference we perceive from last year’s
credit seize-up is that this year, gold mining economics have improved as the real price of gold has
gained. In other words, gold mining profit margins have risen even as prospects for most other industries
have been in decline. Therefore, it is our view that companies with projects like the Idaho properties
discussed above and especially those that have funding lined up, should be in a much stronger position to
survive the storm and then ultimately to thrive, much as gold miners did during the Great Depression,
when the real price of gold rose dramatically higher.
Our target here is at least a double before the end of the year and our expectation is that, if funding is
forthcoming to rev up operations toward production, we should see these shares do much better than that.
Keep in mind this is an incredibly low priced company, given the advanced stage of its projects. We
realize we are leaving gaps in this story at this time. For example, what kind of joint venture interest
might be acceptable to Premium? We should have answers to those questions soon, but based on our
discussions with the company and given its current extremely low market cap, we think that is not a major
consideration at this time. As always, for the sake of portfolio diversification, we recommend you not
allocate more than 5% of your portfolio to this or any other one stock.
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