Mike Fagan,
Editor
Feb. 28, 2025
In recent weeks, we’ve been talking a lot about the numerous benefits of investing via private placement.
But we haven’t spent much time discussing one of the main benefits of this method of wealth-building: warrants.
For investors venturing into the high-risk, high-reward world of small-cap mining stocks, warrants are like striking a rich vein of gold before the rest of the market even knows it’s there.
These financial instruments, often attached to private placements, provide a powerful tool for maximizing upside potential while mitigating downside risk — a rare combination in the volatile resource sector.
At their core, warrants function like long-term call options, granting investors the right — but NOT the obligation — to purchase additional shares at a fixed price for a set period of time.
That means if a mining company’s stock price surges due to a major discovery, production ramp-up, or skyrocketing commodity prices, investors can lock in shares at a significant discount to the prevailing market price.
It’s basically leverage without the margin call; a built-in turbocharger to amplify gains when the bet pays off.
For those backing early-stage mining plays, where capital is the lifeblood of exploration and development, warrants serve as a second bite at the apple.
Small-cap miners often trade at suppressed valuations before they hit a major discovery hole, prove out a resource, or move toward production. If a well-placed investment starts to gain traction, warrants enable the participant to double down on their winning position at a fraction of the risk.
Moreover, warrants enhance the overall return profile of a private placement.
Even if the initial share purchase remains flat or only sees modest gains, a major rally in the underlying stock later on can turn those warrants into a veritable goldmine — oftentimes providing exponential returns.
And let’s not forget the fact that mining cycles are notoriously volatile. Hence, holding warrants provides investors with enhanced flexibility in the timing of their warrant exercise to attain maximum profitability.
Here’s a concrete example driving those points home.
A while back, we financed a small uranium company called URZ Energy. We bought shares via private placement at the equivalent of C$0.60 apiece. Each of those shares came with a half warrant to buy additional shares at C$1.60 anytime within the subsequent 18 months.
So if you bought 50,000 shares, you got 25,000 warrants.
Here’s how that paid off.
URZ was quickly taken out by Azarga Uranium in an all-share deal. Then, Azarga was taken out by enCore Energy. Next, enCore shot all the way to C$6.50. Hence, those 50,000 shares purchased at C$0.60 for an initial investment of C$30,000 rose to C$325,000. A true tenbagger.
Plus, those 25,000 warrants — exercisable at C$1.60 for C$40,000 — rose to a value of C$162,500.
Naturally, not every private placement deal works out this way. But that’s the ultimate goal… and we’ve found that, for those who participate regularly, these types of epic winners far outweigh the occasional losers.
In short, warrants can be viewed as the secret weapon of smart resource investors — an opportunity to turn a strategic investment into a portfolio-defining windfall.
So whether you’re chasing the next junior exploration success story or backing a near-term producer, having warrants in your arsenal is like holding a claim to future riches without the additional risk.
And in the highly volatile resource sector… that’s a rare and beautiful thing!
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Yours in profits,
Mike Fagan
Editor, Daily Profit Cycle