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Avrupa Minerals Ltd. (AVU:TSX.V; AVPMF:OTC; 8AM:FSE) is a polymetallic exploration company with a range of projects spanning Europe. It is looking for both base and precious metals in a diversity of locations across Europe. Its focus is on copper, zinc, and gold, which are all expected to be in strong demand for years to come.

It is common knowledge that a severe shortfall is bearing down on the copper market, and both copper and zinc are crucial metals for the energy transition. Meanwhile, gold also has a wide and growing range of industrial uses and will be in increasing demand as a store of value in the face of debt and currency crises. It is likely to regain its central role as a solid backing for money as the current fiat system "comes off the rails." So, demand for all of the metals that the company is exploring looks set to soar.

Now, we will proceed to overview the company using a range of slides from the company's investor deck before moving on to examine its stock charts, on which it will quickly become apparent why the company's stock is so attractive here.

The first slide shows the locations of the company's projects across Europe. As we can see, they range from Finland to Kosovo to Portugal.

Early-stage exploration is, of course, a risky business, and while critics may argue that they can see that, given that the company's stock has fallen from a high of almost CA$2.40 in 2011 to the current meager 3 cents, we are not here to dwell on the past but rather to look to the future, and when we look at the stock charts for the company, we will see the clear evidence of accumulation that portends a new bull market so the risk mitigation strategies that the company has in place shown on the following slide are appropriate and should lead to success, especially given the brightening outlook for the metals that has already been alluded to.

This next slide summarizes the company's projects.

This slide gives details of the ongoing copper-gold and zinc exploration in Finland.

This slide shows the location of the Finnish projects.

This one provides a summary of the operations in Finland.

This slide gives details of the exploration in the Iberian Pyrite Belt in Portugal.

The prolific Iberian Pyrite Belt stretches from Seville in southern Spain westwards across the south of Portugal.

The location of and a description of the company's properties in the Iberian Pyrite Belt are provided in the following slide.

This slide gives details of exploration in Kosovo.

Avrupa's plans for the Kosovo properties are set out here.

Now, we will review the stock charts for Avrupa Minerals, on which it is clear that the case for buying it here is simple and strong.

Starting with the very long-term chart going back about 16 years so that it shows the entire history of the stock, we see that it has been in a long bear market since it peaked at about CA$2.80 back in 2008, which ended late in 2022, although it is difficult to see that the bear market is over on this chart. Before leaving this chart, note the big volume buildup since the late 2022 low, which has driven volume indicators strongly higher, which is a bullish sign.

Zooming out via a 5-year chart "opens out" the recent base pattern, enabling us to see much more clearly what has been going on. Here, we see that a fine Double Bottom has formed from mid-late 2022 with a floor at a very low price of about 2 cents.

The duration of this base pattern has allowed time for a considerable quantity of stock to rotate from weaker to stronger hands and for the falling 200-day moving average to catch up to the price and flatten out.

On the 3-year chart, we can examine the base pattern in more detail. There are several positive points to observe. The first is the robust upside volume in recent months, which is a sign of position-taking by those who believe better times lie ahead for the company, and the positive implications of this are reinforced by the strength of both volume indicators shown, not just over the past few months but for a year or two.

Lastly, the price and its moving averages are bunching in a potent manner, with the averages swinging into a more bullish alignment. The second low of the Double Bottom looks complete, and these technical indications strongly suggest that the price will advance out of the base pattern before much longer.

The conclusion is that Avrupa Minerals has very little downside here and big upside potential. Thus, it is viewed as having an unusually favorable risk/reward ratio and is thus rated an immediate Strong Buy.

On September 5, the company closed a fully subscribed private placement in which 10 million units, each comprised of one share at CA$0.035 and one warrant at CA$0.10, were sold, raising $350,000.

Avrupa Minerals' website.

Avrupa Minerals Ltd. (AVU:TSX.V; AVPMF:OTC; 8AM:FSE) closed for trading at CA$0.03, US$0.014 on September 11, 2024.