According to Palisade Research, savvy investors are now buying into Uranium-oriented stocks: “As the spot price of U3O8 moves past $45/lb, the herd of the unwashed masses will follow,” it said…one of BMR’s favorites for the longer-term remains NexGen Energy (NXE, TSX-V) which announced a $20 million bought deal financing after yesterday’s close (31.25 million common shares at a price of 64 cents per share)…the offering is expected to conclude around December 9NXE is down 6 cents at 63 cents as of 9:45 am Pacific

u3o8 Price Chart

In today’s Morning Musings

1.  Venture holding at strong support – updated chart…

2.  Big volume day for Nemaska Lithium (NMX, TSX-V) on news – updated chart…

3.  A new non-resource opportunity with favorable risk-reward ratio…

4.  Exploration news from Nevada…

Crude Oil Update

Rising U.S. stockpiles continue to serve as the most visible evidence of oversupply in Oil markets…Goldman Sachs said this morning that there remained a downside risk to prices “as storage utilization continues to climb.”

Technically, the previous support at $44 is now resistance, and we’ll see if WTIC can hold the $40 level…the dotted downtrend line in blue, currently cutting through $50, is WTIC’s biggest obstacle…

WTIC Nov 19

Today’s Equity Markets

Asia

Asian markets were strong overnight…China’s Shanghai Composite surged 49 points or nearly 1.4% to close at 3618… China will lower lending rates for loans made under the standing lending facility (SLF), a policy tool to inject cash into the banking system, in the latest step to support the slowing economy…the overnight rate would be cut to 2.75% and the 7-day rate to 3.25%, effective tomorrow, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has confirmed…the rates are currently 4.5% and 5.5%, respectively…the fresh move to lower borrowing costs for businesses is in line with recent policy easing to support the slowing economy and as Chinese banks face a surge in troubled loans…

Japan’s Nikkei gained 211 points to close less than 200 points from the 20000 level…

Europe

European markets were solidly in the green today…

The European Central Bank (ECB) considered adding more stimulus to its struggling economy at its last policy meeting and saw “potentially worrisome” downward revisions in consumer price growth…

North America

The Dow is off slightly as of 9:45 am Pacific…in Toronto, the TSX has added 17 points while the Venture has shed 2 points to 519…finally, Walker River Resources (WRR, TSX-V) has announced it will commence a drilling program December 1 at its very prospective Lapon Canyon Project in Nevada…WRR is up half a penny at 3 cents as of 9:45 am Pacific…more in Lapon Canyon in the near future as drilling draws closer…over the weekend, we’ll have important updates for our subscribers on the Sheslay district and how a “Perfect Storm” is indeed brewing for both Garibaldi Resources (GGI, TSX-V), Doubleview Capital (DBV, TSX-V)…

Venture 4-Month Daily Chart

The Venture is bouncing along RSI(14) support at 30% (this was a strong resistance level through July and August)…technically, the Venture’s immediate challenge is to hold this RSI(14) support and Fib support at 515, and push above the declining EMA(8) which has been pressuring the Index for the last month…a solid technical case is building for a potentially powerful move starting just prior to Christmas and leading into the beginning of 2016, so now continues to be an ideal time to be accumulating high-quality issues that are well-positioned to take advantage of a recovery in this oversold market…

Venture Nov 19

Nemaska Lithium Inc. (NMX, TSX-V) Update

On Tuesday, we indicated it was a good time for subscribers to think about locking in profits on Nemaska Lithium (NMX, TSX-V) which we started following a few months ago when it was trading in the mid-to-upper 20’s – keeping in mind the Fib. resistance at 46 cents and temporarily technically overbought conditions…pre-market yesterday, NMX was halted, pending news…as often happens in these situations, the stock gapped up at the open this morning (to 45 cents) but couldn’t maintain momentum…sellers then quickly stepped in and rove NMX down to a morning low of 35.5 cents (support)…as of 9:45 am Pacific, it’s off 2.5 cents at 40 cents…

Nemaska announced this morning that it has signed an MOU with Johnson Matthey Battery Materials Ltd. (JMBM) of Candiac, Quebec, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Johnson Matthey PLC…the MOU contemplates an up-front payment of CDN $12 million by JMBM in exchange for services and products of the same value from the Nemaska Lithium Phase 1 Plant and the subsequent commercial plant to be located in Shawinigan…the MOU also includes provisions for the signing of a long-term supply agreement for Lithium salts (Lithium hydroxide and Lithium carbonate) for future expected demand for JMBM’s battery material products…the Lithium salts will be produced from the commercial hydromet plant which Nemaska Lithium also intends to build in Shawinigan…the collaboration is subject to final due diligence by JMBM and completion of the required final agreements…

The overall bullish trend is expected to continue here, but not without some consolidation that could once again test the rising 50-day SMA (currently 31.5 cents) which the stock has not closed below since early July…RSI(14) finished at 80% yesterday and will have to unwind at some point, either sooner or later, though perhaps not before another challenge of Fib. resistance at 46 cents…

NMX Nov 19

Aphria Inc. (APH, TSX-V)

This marijuana play has performed exceptionally well since just before the Liberal government’s election victory in October, surging from just below $1 to a high of $1.59 November 5…yesterday, the company announced a bought deal financing at $1.30 per unit to raise gross proceeds of $10 million

After Canopy Growth (CGC, TSX-V) announced its big financing recently, the stock soon surged to the upside…this morning, Alphria headed in the opposite direction and is off 19 cents at $1.28 as of 8:30 am Pacific…Fib. support is at $1.24, so taking that into consideration, plus the bought deal at $1.30, the APH risk-reward ratio at current levels appears very attractive…

APH Nov 19

Gold Standard Ventures Corp. (GSV, TSX-V) Update 

Excellent drill results – a new discovery, actually, half a kilometer north of the Dark Star deposit at the Railroad-Pinion Project in Nevada – have given Gold Standard Ventures (GSV, TSX-V) a nice lift recently…as expected, there has been strong support at the top of the downsloping channel that GSV broke out above at the beginning of this month…the stock is now trading within a Fib. resistance band between 73 and 87 cents…drilling continues and additional success could certainly propel GSV significantly higher, so this is a play to certainly keep on one’s radar screen…

GSV is off 3 pennies at 75 cents as of 9:45 am Pacific

GSV Nov 19