With Royalties and Modeling in Hand, Guyana Stares Down All-Time Highs

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Monday, November 6, 2017

For technical traders, Guyana Goldstrike Inc. (TSX-Venture:GYA) (OTC:GYNAF) made two important moves in October.  For fundamental traders, the company had two significant developments.  Cumulatively, the impact has been a strong movement in share price, climbing from a low of 17 cents early in the month to as high as 34 cents.  To start the first full week of November, shares continue to show strength, touching 34 cents to get within sight of the all-time high at 35 cents set on May 2.

Technically, the stock price broke (and held) over its 50-day moving average on October 12, subsequently continuing the climb to eclipse the 200-day moving average two weeks later, moves technicians view as bullish.  With the surge in price per share, the 50 DMA is now rising towards the 200 DMA, holding a trajectory that likely will result in a bullish “golden cross,” a component of analysis where a shorter moving average rises over a longer one, emblematic of positive sentiment in the chart.

Fundamentally, the Vancouver-based company received the 3D modeling of legacy drill data at its Marudi Gold Project in Guyana, South America.  The visual was created by the experts at Minelt Consulting.  The video, on display on Guyana Goldstrike’s home page, provides some color to the substantial historical work completed at Marudi by previous operators, including Noranda, Sutton Resources and Vanessa Ventures. 

In aggregate, there have been 141 diamond drill holes completed totaling 42,000 meters of drilling.  This gives the company a large data set to define upcoming drill targets in relatively concentrated areas of the project that by-large remains mostly unexplored.  The 3D modeling focuses on 90 drill holes at Marudi North and Mazoa Hill, the two main mineralized zones at Marudi.

The data from these areas indicate that gold mineralization remains open in multiple directions, making them ideal targets for more exploration and development.  Guyana Goldstrike chief executive Peter Berdusco said in a statement announcing the 3D modeling that the company is now in a position to fast track a new mineral resource estimate, a move that would give the company “a clear advantage when compared to many other exploration-stage juniors.”

Another area where it’s arguable that Guyana Goldstrike has an advantage over similar-size peers is that the company generates revenue from its property already.  This is accomplished through a cooperative agreement with artisanal miners, granting them access to alluvial areas at Marudi under the oversight of the Romanex Guyana Exploration, the company’s operating Guyanese subsidiary.

In the six months ended September 30, 2017, the small-scale alluvial miners recovered about 618.2 ounces of gold from creeks, edges, new channels and tailings piles at the property.  Per the agreement, Romanex receives 10 percent of the gross gold ounces for allowing the miners access.  As such, Romanex received 61.82 ounces of gold that assayed 97 percent purity.

In August, 30.57 ounces were sold in the form of fines to the Guyana Gold Board for $1,269.30 per ounce, followed by the sale of 31.25 ounces at $1,275.00 per ounce in October.  After smelting expense and giving the Guyana government a 5 percent royalty, the company netted $72,173.00 from the sales.

In the prior six months, gold sales brought in $106,490 to the company.  Management said that the lower sales in the recent period was due to an unusually long rainy season that slowed gold production.  Still, it’s easy money that can be used to offset development expenses at the highly prospective gold project.  And it’s part of a business model that Guyana Goldstrike is efficiently executing on, a fact that investors seem to be recognizing and embracing over the last month.

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