Assessing the Future of Public Junior Mining Companies

August 6, 2014

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Benjamin discusses the future of public junior mining companies. Opining that this has been an awful summer for juniors (the third summer in a row that has been horrible), he poses the question of whether there is a rational risk/reward for juniors. While Benjamin may seem optimistic, investors are still weary. Benjamin thinks that, despite the pessimism, public juniors are here to stay though they may change to survive. Companies dying off and a different type of relationship existing between majors and juniors are examples of changes he can see happening. Even with these, however, Benjamin sees it as a more toned-down industry in place of the flamboyant highs of the market of the late aughts.

Benjamin Cox

Managing Director of Oreninc Prior to founding Oreninc, Mr. Cox served as a senior analyst at the D.E. Shaw Group and as a consultant with the GLG Group, where he worked directly with 15 Wall Street teams in the mining deal space. Currently, he holds the position of Chief Executive Officer of Roche Bay plc, an iron ore mining company with leases in Nunavut, Canada. Mr. Cox is also the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Aston Bay Holdings Ltd. (TSX-V:BAY), a copper and zinc company with properties in Nunavut, Canada. Mr. Cox has researched and developed business, financial, and shipping models for every major global iron ore project. He is also an expert on mining industry market dynamics and metals, with a focus on raw materials including base metals, iron ore, platinum group metals, and industrial materials such as potash and lithium. Mr. Cox holds a B.S. from Brandeis University and an M.B.A. in Finance from Portland State University.

Assessing the Future of Public Junior Mining Companies

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