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Dear Fellow Investor,
I'm about to tell you about what may be the most exciting "new" junior mining company to emerge in many years.
• It combines the talents of some of the most successful and respected geologists around today....
• Its initial focus will be on an area called the "Golden Triangle" — that may well be the most well-endowed gold frontier in the world....
• And their plan, which is about to be introduced to the biggest names in the industry, seems likely to create one of the biggest success stories of 2018.
The company is tiny Sojourn Exploration (SOJ.V). By reading this, you're among the first investors to learn of it and their remarkable plan.
Consider this: The company's market cap is only C$2.1 million. The share price as I write is no higher than the price of every financing in its history. The insiders didn't pay a cent more.
You simply can't get in any earlier than this.
And now you're going to discover why I'm so excited about what's coming up for Sojourn....
This Is Personal.
Long story short, Sojourn just announced a remarkable deal that will completely revamp the company, bringing in one of the world's top junior exploration teams to run the company and positioning it to become "the pre-eminent North American project generator."
Knowing what I do about the people and projects behind the new team, I think they've got a great shot at meeting those lofty goals.
As a bit of background, I was finally able to add Sojourn to our list of recommended companies in our last issue of Gold Newsletter, after I stepped off the board to remove any insider-related conflicts. (I'm still a very large shareholder, so please keep that conflict of interest in mind.)
I had co-founded Sojourn at the top of the last market cycle with a few colleagues in the industry, and as a shell company we had set about looking for a project of merit.
It took longer than we thought, with the deep, multi-year bear market making the task that much harder.
Then, about a year ago, I was talking with my long-time friend and Millrock Resources CEO Greg Beischer, when I learned that his company's portfolio of high-potential properties in the Golden Triangle of British Columbia were still available.
Rather than joint venturing those properties piecemeal, I suggested to Greg, why not option them to Sojourn in exchange for a big equity position?
Fast forward, and the deal was finalized in late summer, with Sojourn completing a C$1.1 million financing as part of the deal. With what little time was left in the exploration season in the Golden Triangle, the company was able to do some surface work on the two projects it had acquired rights to.
In particular, at the Willoughby project, geologists followed up on historic drilling that had cut extremely high-grade gold over extensive intersections.
That historic work included 20.5 meters of 24.99 g/t gold and 184.22 g/t silver...11.7 meters of 40.11 g/t gold and 109.71 g/t silver...and 13.0 meters of 13.37 g/t gold and 63.43 g/t silver.
Those results are far better than some of last season's market darlings were able to get out of their Golden Triangle discoveries!
But it got better: Sojourn's work in late summer was able to identify new zones of mineralization at Willoughby, including indications of massive sulfide mineralization within limestone, which could indicate the potential for larger-scale mineralization.
And that brings us to the latest news — which completely transforms the company.
Signing Up The Dream Team
You see, although Sojourn had acquired some outstanding properties from Millrock, it still needed a capable management and geological team to carry them forward.
In a stroke of great fortune, a highly experienced and successful private company, Seven Devils Exploration, was also looking for a public vehicle for them to take on, bringing their portfolio of quality projects in the Golden Triangle and throughout British Columbia.
Bottom line, Sojourn, Millrock and Seven Devils just announced a three-way deal that more than triples Sojourn's property portfolio...and brings in a management and technical team that is the equal of any in the world.
I've met most of the new team from Seven Devils coming onboard to run Sojourn, and I can tell you that I think they're going to set the market afire with their story. Here's the roster of world-class experts now taking the helm...
• Tyler Ruks: A young geology Ph.D. who will take on the role of CEO, Ruks has successfully led both private and public junior exploration companies, including the acquisition of West Cirque Resources by one of Robert Friedland's companies and a number of joint ventures with some of today's largest mining outfits, including Freeport McMoRan, ITOCHU and Antofagasta.
I've met Tyler and couldn't be more impressed with how he presents his plans for Sojourn going forward.
• Jeff Kyba: The former B.C. Geological Survey District Geologist for northern B.C. for five years, Kyba had open-door access to every mineral discovery in the Golden Triangle. His goal over five years in this position was to determine what factors were common among these discoveries, in a region known for world-class VMS, porphyry and epithermal deposits.
What tied all of these discoveries together? One very common characteristic among many of them, Kyba found, was a contact between the Triassic Stuhini and Jurassic Hazelton Group rocks.
That sounds very technical (and it is), but once Kyba and his associates mapped out these contacts throughout the Golden Triangle, using a red line on their maps to delineate the contact, the picture became powerfully clear: Many world-class discoveries shared this feature.
In fact, it became known as the "Kyba Red Line," and you'll see it featured in the presentations of any exploration company in the region that's fortunate enough to have it present on their targets.
To reiterate: Jeff Kyba had open access to every major discovery in the region, and is the geologist who mapped out the key characteristic that likely connects them all. In my mind, there is literally no one better to help guide a company's exploration in this fertile region.
And he will be the Vice President Exploration for Sojourn.
• David Broughton: A veritable legend in the mining industry, as evidenced by his close professional relationship over the years with Robert Friedland, Broughton was co-leader of the Ivanhoe Mines Kamoa exploration team that was the 2015 recipient of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada's (PDAC) prestigious Thayer Lindsley Award for International Mineral Discovery. Broughton was also honored in 2016 as co-recipient of AME BC's 2016 Colin Spence Award for Excellence in Mineral Exploration for the discovery of the Flatreef deposit.
Let me put it this way: Whenever I've mentioned that Broughton will be an active member of the Sojourn technical advisory team, knowledgeable investors are amazed that a junior has been able to attract his talents.
• Nigel Luckman: Coming onboard as the COO, Luckman served in the same role in building the aforementioned success at West Cirque Resources. He also was instrumental in developing Pembrook Mining (a private company which I'm also a shareholder in) in building a tremendous portfolio of mining assets through North and South America.
• JoAnne Nelson: A renowned Cordilleran geology expert, Nelson is a former British Columbia Geological Survey geologist and yet another AME award winner joining the Sojourn technical advisory board. She worked with Jeff Kyba on the interpretation of the "Red Line."
• John Bradford: A seasoned exploration professional and mine finder who is also joining as an active technical advisor, Bradford has experience in senior roles with many highly respected operating groups, including West Cirque, Kaizen Discovery, Pembrook Mining and Lake Shore Gold. In addition, Bradford and Luckman were key players in the Blackwater-Davidson discovery, which was sold to New Gold for approximately $500 million a few years back.
And More...
Every investor who's had success in the junior mining sector will tell you that management is the key criteria.
On that score, there isn't an exploration company around today that can boast of a better team than the "new" Sojourn.
But that's not to take away from their newly expanded property portfolio. I've reviewed every property coming into the company in detail. I can tell you that it features an exciting pipeline of copper-gold projects, including one of the largest land positions in BC's Golden Triangle.
There isn't enough space in this message to go through each property...and in fact, this opportunity is so early that a full corporate presentation is not yet available.
Suffice to say that Sojourn is now poised to become the dominant force in BC mineral exploration, especially with the Cordilleran geology authorities Jeff Kyba and JoAnne Nelson on board.
Getting In On The Ground Floor
I can't stress this enough: Sojourn is now trading around the same level as every previous financing in the company.
The insiders bought at these levels.
If you're looking for an early stage opportunity, this is it. You simply can't get in any lower.
...And by buying now, you'll be joining some of the most capable and respected exploration geologists on the planet...
...A team that will use the prospect generator business model to advance a compelling portfolio of projects throughout the Golden Triangle and greater British Columbia...
...And which is trading at a fraction of the values that other Golden Triangle explorers are now commanding.
As you can tell, I'm excited about the potential for Sojourn going forward. Obviously, my very large shareholding — the result of participation in every financing opportunity in this company's history — adds to my excitement.
It also adds to my considerable conflict of interest, so please do take this into account.
But with all that this new version of Sojourn has to offer, combined with its tight share structure, I've confidently renewed its recommendation as a buy in Gold Newsletter and am happy that I can share this pick with our Golden Opportunities readers.
All the best,
Brien Lundin
Editor, Gold Newsletter
CEO, the New Orleans Investment Conference
Sojourn Exploration
SOJ (Toronto Venture Exchange)
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