RE:RE:RE:weak hands? jknf,
SIC would be my second choice if I had to pick another NFLD gold company right now, but I think NFG is worth the price premium:
Last I checked, SIC has 2 rigs, a 20,000m drill program, and is drilling in one target area.
I believe NFG has 8 rigs in operation (at least that's what they said they will have up and running in their PR dated January 6), a 200,000m drill program, and has had great drill results in two target areas (Keats and Lotto).
If you compare SIC's holes to NFG's holes to date, I think you'll find NFG's holes to be superior when you examine the grade / length combination of the holes.
Now, SIC has not advanced their Moosehead project as far along as NFG has their Queensway project, so we'll see going forward.
SIC does look like a good value, but my bet is that NFG will prove to have by far the best property among all companies in the area and will be the one with the lowest AISC and largest resource if/when a mine is built, thus the one that will be most desired by potential mid-tier to large producing gold companies.
I believe LAB is by far the most speculative of the three with 1 rig and a 10,000m drill program. I think they've only drilled one hole to date producing "promising" quartz veining and sulphide mineralization but no gold.
Of course, these are all junior exploration companies, so nothing is for certain.