Potash Stock Soars 260% YTD / Promising Drill Results from Gold and Polymetallic Juniors
Published: 5/26/2025
Author: FRC Analysts
We review the performance of our Top Picks, including a potash junior, whose shares rose 56% last month. Additionally, we highlight promising drill results from gold and polymetallic juniors under coverage.
highlights
- Gain insights into companies under coverage that experienced significant developments last week, along with our analysts' commentary and actionable takeaways.
- FRC top picks and standout performers from the past week
Aton Resources Inc. (ANLBF, AAN.V)
PR Title: Reports more high-grade hits from ongoing drilling at the Abu Marawat gold-silver-copper-zinc project in Egypt
Analyst Opinion: Positive – Drill results from 21 holes returned significant high-grade polymetallic grades at shallow depths. Key intercepts include 15.4 m of 9.50 g/t AuEq, 17.3 m of 6.72 g/t, 13.9 m of 4.59 g/t, and 16.5 m of 3.44 g/t. Aton is advancing multiple gold projects in Egypt, with NI 43-101 compliant resources totaling 0.83 Moz AuEq across two projects (Hamama and Abu Marawat). The company is also continuing work on a Preliminary Feasibility Study (PFS) for the Hamama West deposit.
Grid Metals Corp. (GRDM.V, MSMGF)
PR Title: Additional drill results from the Mayville copper-nickel project in Manitoba
Analyst Opinion: Positive – Drill results from the remaining 19 holes confirmed a 2 km long mineralized trend, indicaing resource expansion potential. Key intercepts include 70.8 m of 0.85% CuEq, 8.9 m of 0.90%, and 6.5 m of 1.07%. Additionally, geophysical survey results have identified multiple targets. The Mayville deposit, which is part of the advanced stage MM project, hosts an open-pittable, copper-dominant deposit. The other advanced-stage deposit, Makwa, is currently under an option and joint venture agreement funded by Teck Resources (TSX: TECK).
Canadian Critical Minerals Inc. (CCMI.V)
PR Title: Generated US$144k in revenue from the Bull River Mine (B.C.) in April 2025; permit application updates
Analyst Opinion: Positive – Since early 2024, CCMI has been generating revenue through stockpile extraction at its Bull River copper-gold project in B.C. By April 2025, CCMI has shipped 7,895 tonnes, generating US$2.2M in revenue. Stockpile extraction will likely continue for another 10-12 months, potentially yielding another 8,000-9,000 tonnes, generating US$2.0-$2.5M in revenue. Management intends to submit permit applications to restart production by Q1-2026.
FRC Top Picks
The following table shows last month’s top five performers among our Top Picks. The top performer, Millennial Potash Corp. (TSXV: MLP), was up 56%, following promising drill results. MLP is advancing a potash project in Gabon, West Africa.
* Past performance is not indicative of future performance (as of May 26, 2025)
Our top picks have outperformed the benchmark (TSXV) in five out of six time periods listed below.
Our complete list of top picks (updated weekly) can be viewed here: https://www.researchfrc.com/top-picks
Performance by Sector
1. Since the earliest initiating date of companies in the list of Top Picks (as of May 26, 2025)
2. Green (blue) indicates FRC's picks outperformed (underperformed) the benchmark.
3. Past performance is not indicative of future performance.
