Today, palladium – not gold – is the hottest precious metal in the world.
Despite a record-setting year for palladium prices in 2019, the metal continued its move upwards in the first full trading week of 2020. Palladium has managed to close at or near all-time highs every day thus far in 2020. It closed trading on Friday at $2,118 per ounce.
The 3 year chart for palladium is truly something, especially considering the lacklustre performance of many commodities during the same time period…
3 Year Chart for Palladium Prices
In early November, when the metal still traded around $1,800 per ounce, we examined the supply deficit facing the palladium market and explained why it might be poised to trade higher in a Weekly Intelligence Newsletter titled “Catalytic Converters Drive Palladium Bull Market.” Below is a chart showing the price action in palladium since our report on November 10th.
60 Day Chart for Palladium Prices
In the aforementioned Weekly Intelligence Newsletter, we included one of our Pinnacle Productions, titled “The Largest Undeveloped Palladium Deposit in North America.”
The video showcased our client, Generation Mining (GENM: CSE). We published this video on November 7th, a day when the company last traded at CAD$0.23 per share. On the following Monday, Generation Mining’s shares traded between CAD$0.225 and CAD$0.25. This past week, Generation Mining’s shares hit a high of CAD$0.46 – an increase of 100% in roughly 2 months. The company’s shares closed Friday at CAD$0.45.
Generation Mining – 6 Month Chart
Since January 3rd, Generation Mining has been one of the most liquid junior mining stocks in Canada, trading more than 10 million shares in the past 5 trading days.
Why Are Palladium Prices at New All-Time Highs?
The price of palladium appears to have benefited from growing geopolitical tensions around the world, given its quasi safe-haven metal status. However, the main reason for palladium’s rise is the fact that the metal is currently facing a global supply shortage – a shortage that is only being further exacerbated by increased demand for palladium in products such as catalytic converters.
In fact, upwards of 80% of all palladium ends up in catalytic converters. As the name suggests, these devices convert about 90% of the hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen dioxide in automobile emissions into less harmful nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and water vapor.
In Catalytic Converters Drive Palladium Bull Market, we go on to explain,
“But it’s not just cars that use catalytic converters. According to Chemistry LibreTexts,
‘Catalytic converters can also be found in generators, buses, trucks, and trains—almost everything with an internal combustion engine has a form of catalytic converter attached to its exhaust system.’
With millions of new vehicles hitting the road in China and India every year, and governments around the world beginning to embrace more stringent pollution regulations, palladium is needed now more than ever before…
The majority of palladium (nearly 80%) is produced in just two countries: South Africa and Russia. What’s more, the metal is in a massive supply deficit.
Saida Litosh at GFMS, Refinitiv, was quoted by Reuters saying,
‘The roughly 10 million ounce a year palladium market will have a deficit of 1.8 million ounces in 2019; and 1.9 million ounces next.’
These are massive deficits for a relatively small market of 10 million ounces.”
Mining is All About Timing Cycles
When it comes to success in the mining and exploration sector, it often comes down to timing.
Generation Mining released an updated Preliminary Economic Assessment on their flagship Marathon Palladium Project on January 6th, 2020, a day that saw palladium hit yet another all-time high. Palladium has hit subsequent all-time highs since then.
Historical Prices for Palladium in USD between December 30, 2019, and January 9, 2020:
The subtitle of Generation Mining’s January 6th press release reads: “After-Tax IRR of 30%, NPV C$871M, Payback 2.5 years – Base Case.”
Here are some of the details:
Source: Generation Mining’s press release from January 6, 2020
Generation Mining Management Comments on PEA
Jamie Levy, President and CEO of Generation Mining, commented,
“This study supports at a PEA level of confidence the Company’s opinion that a low-cost operation is possible at the Marathon Deposit. The Project has a very robust after-tax IRR of 30% and after-tax Net Present Value approaching $900 million, with a pay-back of 2.5 years in a mining-friendly jurisdiction. The PEA doesn’t include potential feed from two additional deposits with NI 43-101 Mineral Resource Estimates located on the property which will require additional study.”
Executive Chairman of Generation Mining Kerry Knoll added,
“. . . this [the Marathon Palladium Project] is a project whose time has come. As governments world-wide continue to mandate a higher palladium load for environmental reasons in most automobiles and little new mine capacity being scheduled to come on stream, Generation Mining plans to fast-track a Feasibility Study and permitting, and expects 2020 to be a pivotal year in the Company’s growth.”
Click here to read the company’s full press release and to review more comprehensive information about its Preliminary Economic Assessment for the Marathon Palladium Project.
We spoke with Jamie and Kerry at the company’s Marathon Palladium Project in the fall of 2019. You can watch the video from that trip below:
Click here for further information on Generation Mining’s Marathon Palladium Project.
Wrapping Up
Timing can be everything in the mining sector. And although the company has significant work ahead, and no doubt there will be challenges, we’re pleased to have introduced Generation Mining roughly two months before its updated PEA and recent share price appreciation.
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