Mining Investor Guides

Practical, evergreen guides for reading mining-company disclosures — written from the perspective of an investor, not a geologist.

How to read a mining drill result

6 min read

What '12.5 m @ 4.2 g/t Au' actually tells you — and what it leaves out. A practical decoder for the headline numbers in a junior miner's exploration press release.

What insider buying actually signals in mining stocks

5 min read

Cluster buys, executive ranks, open-market vs option exercises — how to separate a strong conviction signal from noise.

Reading the warrant overhang on a mining junior

5 min read

Warrants from past financings can dilute a junior 10–30% if exercised. Here's how to read the overhang and what it means for the share price.

Spotting flow-through tax-loss season in mining juniors

4 min read

Flow-through financings cluster in Q4 each year, and the resulting selling pressure creates a recognizable pattern. Here's what to watch for — and what it doesn't mean about the underlying companies.