Jun. 8 at 3:12 AM
$SMOFF One junior gold developer worth watching is Sonoro Gold (
$SMOFF /
$SGO.V), which is awaiting final Mexican government permitting for its Cerro Caliche gold project in Sonora, is one junior gold developer worth watching. The permitting decision remains one of the company's most important near-term catalysts.
The disconnect between valuation and project economics is what makes SMOFF attractive at the current price of
$0.16. Sonoro's updated 2026 PEA outlined an after-tax Net Present Value of approximately US
$224 million and a 50% Internal Rate of Return (IRR) using a very conservative US
$3,500 gold price assumption, with initial capex estimated at about US
$83 million. The PEA anticipates a 10-year open-pit heap leach operation producing roughly 459,000 gold-equivalent ounces over the mine life. There is no way that the recent drilling program announced could be included should additional mineralization be discovered.
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