EPISODE · May 19, 2022 · 46 MIN
Pro Mining Investors David Lotan & Michael Gentile Share Insights, Tips & Advice (45-min roundtable)
from Mining Stock Education · host Bill Powers
Strategic resource investor David Lotan and Michael Gentile share mining stock insights, tips and advice from their decades of experience investing in resource companies. Have a listen to this 45-minute roundtable discussion hosted by Bill Powers and Brian Leni of JuniorStockReview.com. David Lotan is the President of LHI an investment company focused on natural resource opportunities. In his previous career David was the founder and CEO of the structured finance operations of Polar Capital – a Canadian merchant bank and alternative asset manager, acted as a portfolio manager for the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and was a risk management consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers focused on commodities and rates. He is a Chartered Accountant and CPA and also the non-executive chairman of Aurion Resources. Michael Gentile has 20 years of Investment Management experience and has spent the last 3 years being an active strategic investor in the metals and mining sector. He takes an active role in transforming and reinvigorating high potential exploration companies through 19.99 percent ownership stakes, board appointments or strategic advisory roles. In August 2021 Michael became a founding partner and senior PM at Bastion Asset Management (BAM). Bastion offers fundamental bottom up long short equity strategies to institutional and high net worth investors. Michael is currently a strategic advisor to Arizona Metals (AMC) and a director for Northern Superior Resources (SUP), Roscan Gold (ROS), Solstice Gold (SGC) and Radisson Mining (RDS). He holds a CFA and graduated with great distinction from the John Molson School of Business (Concordia University) in 2003. 0:00 Introduction 0:39 Assessing a Jr miner training at a discount to value 6:00 Why Dave & Michael inject supportive and catalytic capital into junior miners 10:39 Look at the track record of “strategic resource investor” 11:59 Current market psychology and flow of funds 15:46 Some juniors trading at cash in the bank 16:51 Would you invest in a privateCo now? 20:35 Assessing jurisdictional risk 24:25 Mining is getting more difficult in all jurisdictions 27:04 Selling at the right price 31:57 Price targets of analysts useful? 33:27 Seeing through your own inherent bias 38:20 Strategy to minimize the role emotions play in speculating 42:47 Learn from your mistakes Sign up for our free newsletter and receive interview transcripts, stock profiles and investment ideas: http://eepurl.com/cHxJ39 The content found on MiningStockEducation.com is for informational purposes only and is not to be considered personal legal or investment advice or a recommendation to buy or sell securities or any other product. It is based on opinions, SEC filings, current events, press releases and interviews but is not infallible. It may contain errors and MiningStockEducation.com offers no inferred or explicit warranty as to the accuracy of the information presented.
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Strategic resource investor David Lotan and Michael Gentile share mining stock insights, tips and advice from their decades of experience investing in resource companies. Have a listen to this 45-minute roundtable discussion hosted by Bill Powers and Brian Leni of JuniorStockReview.com. David Lotan is the President of LHI an investment company focused on natural resource opportunities. In his previous career David was the founder and CEO of the structured finance operations of Polar Capital – a Canadian merchant bank and alternative asset manager, acted as a portfolio manager for the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and was a risk management consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers focused on commodities and rates. He is a Chartered Accountant and CPA and also the non-executive chairman of Aurion Resources. Michael Gentile has 20 years of Investment Management experience and has spent the last 3 years being an active strategic investor in the metals and mining sector. He takes an active role in transforming and reinvigorating high potential exploration companies through 19.99 percent ownership stakes, board appointments or strategic advisory roles. In August 2021 Michael became a founding partner and senior PM at Bastion Asset Management (BAM). Bastion offers fundamental bottom up long short equity strategies to institutional and high net worth investors. Michael is currently a strategic advisor to Arizona Metals (AMC) and a director for Northern Superior Resources (SUP), Roscan Gold (ROS), Solstice Gold (SGC) and Radisson Mining (RDS). He holds a CFA and graduated with great distinction from the John Molson School of Business (Concordia University) in 2003. 0:00 Introduction 0:39 Assessing a Jr miner training at a discount to value 6:00 Why Dave & Michael inject supportive and catalytic capital into junior miners 10:39 Look at the track record of “strategic resource investor” 11:59 Current market psychology and flow of funds 15:46 Some juniors trading at cash in the bank 16:51 Would you invest in a privateCo now? 20:35 Assessing jurisdictional risk 24:25 Mining is getting more difficult in all jurisdictions 27:04 Selling at the right price 31:57 Price targets of analysts useful? 33:27 Seeing through your own inherent bias 38:20 Strategy to minimize the role emotions play in speculating 42:47 Learn from your mistakes Sign up for our free newsletter and receive interview transcripts, stock profiles and investment ideas: http://eepurl.com/cHxJ39 The content found on MiningStockEducation.com is for informational purposes only and is not to be considered personal legal or investment advice or a recommendation to buy or sell securities or any other product. It is based on opinions, SEC filings, current events, press releases and interviews but is not infallible. It may contain errors and MiningStockEducation.com offers no inferred or explicit warranty as to the accuracy of the information presented.
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