Is This Copper Stock Headed Higher?
Contributed Opinion

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The U.S. dollar index is up again today (+0.19%), which has the 10-yr. yield up (+0.99%), and the 30- yr. unchanged, which is not a surprise given how much front-running there was going into the FOMC interest rate decision.

What was a big surprise was yesterday's massive move in stocks, especially after the tepid response of bonds and the dollar on Wednesday. Despite the rally of the past few days, I will continue to look for lower prices by the end of the month and into mid-October.

Gold (+0.70%)and silver are (-0.10%) mixed with copper (+0.06%) up but oil (-0.66%) down. Risk barometer Bitcoin is down 0.26% to $62,956.

I indicated yesterday that Fitzroy Minerals Inc. (FTZ:TSX.V; FTZFF:OTCQB) would be moving higher once the financing closed. I expect it later today, but the bulls are not wasting time waiting for the news release as it has just printed CA$0.21 and looks to be headed into the CA$0.30-CA$0.40 range in anticipation of the big drill program at Buen Retiro. 

With both copper and gold ripping the cover off the golf ball, an iron-oxide-copper-gold ("IOCG") project with both scale and grade and the potential for Candelaria-style economics, I cannot think of a junior more perfectly suited to the global metals markets. The "no-landing" (i.e., "no recession") narrative speaks favorably for industrial metal copper, while the easing of credit conditions will move real interest rates toward a negative slope, which is a breeding ground for the gold bugs. One thing is certain: cutting the Fed Funds rate by 50 basis points with 4% unemployment and 3% GDP growth certainly has the "inflationists" up in arms, which would explain the up move in bond yields and the pop in gold.

I took a large position in the FTZ/FTZFF financing, which is my largest junior resource position. Management has done a superb job in fortifying the company with three high-value copper-gold projects in Chile and one highly-prospective gold project in Patagonia.

Most important in today's challenging junior resource landscape is their ability to raise money and market their story. Knowing them as I do, these two attributes will be ramped up as we move toward year-end, increasing valuation and liquidity, which are vital in building a mining company.

Buy FTZ/FTZFF.