.@RupertResources Bucking the Trend of the #Gold Stocks $RUP

 

Rupert Resources $RUP had a strong advance yesterday—and this in a severe downmarket in precious metals stocks. 

The shares closed at CAD 5.41 (+$ 0.43 or 8.6%). 

Look at the performance of Rupert Resources versus GDX, the largest gold miners ETF. It has been outperforming gold stocks by milestones and the MACD (lower chart) indicates it will start to outperform further.

The excitement is all about the fantastic Ikkari gold discovery in Area 1.  There is no news, but the company releases drill results from the Ikkari gold discovery in Northern Finland, about every 3 weeks.  We should thus be expecting further drill results in the next week or so. 

The old Pahtavaara mine, currently on care & maintenance, around 20-25 km east of the gold discovery. The other picture is from the drilling site.

Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM) operates 50 km to the northwest the Kittilä gold mine, the largest gold mine in Europe, with an estimated annual production of 200'000 ounces per year. AEM owns about 15% of the shares of Rupert Resources.

Cormark Securities published yesterday a report on Rupert Resources. The full report can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HUMloKlUZ8O9sSkLIeudk96upJ6nv8rT/view?usp=drivesdk. 

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The Long High Grade Hits Continue! @RupertResources $RUP Drills 4.2g/t #Gold Over 167m & 3.6g/t Gold Over 65.3m at #Ikkari Discovery Finland

 

Rupert Resources Ltd (TSX-V: RUP) is the 100% owner of the Pahtavaara project in Northern Finland.

The latest set of fantastic results stem from four further holes from the Ikkari discovery in Area 1 (please see figure 1 in the news release), including two new holes from the eastern end of the currently identified 550m of strike.  They include headline intercepts of 4.2g/t gold over 167m (including 8.9g/t over 22m) and 3.6g/t over 65m.  These are the best exploration results from Area 1 so far, even better than those issued on 14^th September 2020. 

Importantly, these results demonstrate the significant grade potential of Ikkari, with higher grade zones developing within a broad mineralised envelope.  And a higher average grade would of course increase any resource estimate, that the company intends to issue next year.  

Currently, if one makes assumptions on strike (550m), width (100m), and depth (300m), one would get to approx. 48Mt of ore.  At an estimated average grade of between 2.0g/t to 2.5g/t, this would imply a possible resource of between 3.1 Moz. and 3.8 Moz.  However, these sort of assumptions are really only as good as the last hole drilled.  Ultimately, the key statement in all of Rupert's news releases thus far is that the Ikkari mineralisation remains open in all directions and that three diamond rigs continue an aggressive drill programme.  There is therefore plenty of upside with regards to resource potential.  

The company is spending CAD 1.5 million per month, most of that on drilling, and has over CAD 30 million in the treasury.  Also, a large part of the outstanding warrants and options are in-the-money and therefore represent a further source of funding over the next 18 months.  In other words, if you want shares, you'll have to go into the open market...

Three rigs are now turning at Ikkari with assays from 17 holes pending.

Please also see the second attachment.  This is slide number 5 from the company's updated investor presentation.  It shows the top 30 gold drilling intercepts in Europe since 2019.  It is interesting to note, that over 75% of these top 30 intercepts come from projects in Finland, and that the majority of the top 10 intercepts were produced by Rupert Resources.  Today's fantastic results from Ikkari rank at the No. 2 position of the chart.  

For the full presentation, please consult: https://rupertresources.com/presentations/

The news release is below.