Not all resource stocks are laggards in this falling commodity price environment. Many companies are still operating profitably within the space, with some actually improving upon its financials. The resource juniors on our list today have actually increased revenues and net incomes by a wide margin over the preceding year.
Klondex Mines Ltd. (TSX: KDX) – $3.40
Gold
Klondex Mines Ltd. (Klondex) is a Canada-based exploration company focused on gold and silver exploration, development and production in north central Nevada, from its two gold and silver projects: the Fire Creek project (Fire Creek) and the Midas mine and milling facility (Midas). Klondex owns and operates the Fire Creek Project in north central Nevada, a low-sulphidation, epithermal vein deposit in the Northern Nevada Rift. Midas is a low-sulphidation, epithermal vein underground gold and silver mine located in Nevada between Elko and Reno. The milling facility has a capacity to mill around 1,200 tons per day (tpd).
- Market Cap: $438,721,372
- Revenues (LTM): $166,318,440
- Revenue Growth (Y/Y): 6232.2%
- Income Growth (Y/Y): 297.9%
Trevali Mining Corp. (TSX: TV) – $0.90
Diversified Mining
Trevali Mining Corporation is a Canada-based natural resource company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and production from mineral properties. The Company holds four properties in Canada and an interest in one property in Peru with an option on a second Peruvian property. The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary Trevali Peru S.A.C., operates the Santander underground mine and metallurgical plant located in Peru. The Company is producing zinc and lead-silver concentrates. In Canada, the Company owns through its wholly owned subsidiaries, the Caribou mine and mill, the Halfmile mine and the Stratmat polymetallic deposit all located in northern New Brunswick.
- Market Cap: $287,180,107
- Revenues (LTM): $95,982,000
- Revenue Growth (Y/Y): 298.1%
- Income Growth (Y/Y): 23.3%
Asian Mineral Resources Ltd. (TSXV: ASN) – $0.05
Specialty Mining & Metals
Asian Mineral Resources Limited is a Canada-based company engaged in the exploration and development of mineral property interests and extraction and processing of nickel mineral deposits. It operates the Ban Phuc Nickel Project, located 160 km north-west of Hanoi in the Son La Province. The project comprises a massive sulphide vein (MSV) underground mining operation and a simple floatation processing operation. It produces over 6,400 tons of nickel and 3,200 tons of copper per annum contained in concentrate, plus a cobalt by-product.
- Market Cap: $39,243,092
- Revenues (LTM): $94,319,600
- Revenue Growth (Y/Y): 285.1%
- Income Growth (Y/Y): 154.6%
Nevsun Resources Ltd. (TSX: NSU) – $4.76
Gold
Nevsun Resources Ltd. (Nevsun) is engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and operation of mineral property interests. The Company’s principal mining operation is the Bisha Mine and the Company’s principal mineral property is the Bisha property, which is owned by Bisha Mining Share Company (BMSC). Bisha is a volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposit located 150 kilometers west of Asmara, Eritrea, East Africa. The Bisha mine hosts a gold, copper and zinc deposit and the overall Bisha district includes satellite VMS deposits known as Harena, Northwest and Hambok.
- Market Cap: $956,853,045
- Revenues (LTM): $655,927,407
- Revenue Growth (Y/Y): 231.3%
- Income Growth (Y/Y): 430.3%
Silver Standard Resources Inc. (TSX: SSO) – $7.82
Non-Gold Precious Metals & Minerals
Silver Standard Resources Inc. is a resource company focused on the operation, acquisition, exploration and development of precious metal resource properties located in the Americas. As of February 18, 2015, the Company had two producing mines and a portfolio of silver resource dominant projects located throughout the Americas. The Company is primarily focused on silver production from the Pirquitas mine in Argentina, and gold production from the Marigold mine in Nevada, the United States.
- Market Cap: $625,237,074
- Revenues (LTM): $441,757,670
- Revenue Growth (Y/Y): 161.4%
- Income Growth (Y/Y): 54.3%
