Hydrograph Finally Collapsing Following Kevin Bambrough Promises of U.S. Army Contracts
On March 13th, with Hydrograph Clean Power (CSE: HG) at $8.12 per share, NIA published an alert entitled, 'Hydrograph’s $50B Dream vs $1.5M Reality' (click here to read).
NIA highlighted how HG had peaked two days earlier at an all-time high of $11.34 per share with a market cap of CAD$2.87 billion despite spending only $1.5 million on R&D in six years on developing their Hyperion graphene technology.
Social media influencer Kevin Bambrough, who is believed to be one of HG's largest shareholders, had tweeted the previous night, "All we need to do is focus on the catalysts, contracts, US Army, DOE, more military, drones, ballistics, Air Force, industrial partners, consumer goods, Nasdaq, gas plant deal and then replicating the Texas gas plant deal in the EU and UK… For me 5000 tonnes and $50B cap is a low bar. Very low bar."
As NIA predicted: none of these promises have come true.
The "EPA approval" that HG received in February just means their graphene particles, when handled properly, are unlikely to kill people. NIA explained in a February 25th alert (click here to read) how back in April 1998, Turbodyne Technologies (TRBD) received "EPA approval" certifying their Turbopac as an acceptable solution to reduce emissions of diesel buses under the EPA's Urban Bus Retrofit/Rebuild Program. This caused TRBD's market cap to soar to US$700 million in July 1998, before losing 99.42% of its value by July 2002.
President Trump has selected Titan Mining (TSX: TI), which NIA suggested last year at $0.84 per share, to produce Purified Micronized Graphite and Coated Spherical Purified Graphite on U.S. Army bases for defense, energy, and industrial applications. The U.S. Army has many use cases for Purified Micronized Graphite and Coated Spherical Purified Graphite but doesn't have any applications for graphene. If the U.S. Army decides they need graphene in the future… the highly purified graphite that Titan will be producing on U.S. Army bases is perfect for converting into graphene without any need to use Hydrograph's unproven technology.
NIA said on March 13th, "Instead of speculative technologies with minimal development spending, investors should focus on proven small-cap companies already serving major industries. One example is Trio-Tech International (TRT), a well-established semiconductor services company working closely with many of the world’s largest chipmakers including AMD, Infineon, and NXP Semiconductor."
Since NIA's March 13th alert, Trio-Tech International (TRT) has gained by 67.42% vs. Hydrograph Clean Power (CSE: HG) declining by 45.81%.
Temas Resources (CSE: TMAS) has a much better chance of successfully commercializing its patented Regenerative Chloride Leach (RCL) technology than Hydrograph Clean Power (CSE: HG) has of commercializing Hyperion… and Temas has a market cap of approximately 1/88th of Hydrograph. Approximately 22% of global gold resources are trapped in refractory ore, which is difficult to process because the gold is locked tightly within sulfide minerals or tied up with carbonaceous material. The only way companies can currently achieve high recoveries from refractory ore is by using energy-intensive pretreatments like Pressure Oxidation (POX).
Privately held Revel Ridge is one of British Columbia's largest high-grade polymetallic gold–silver projects (3.0Moz @ 6.4g/t AuEq) and will be testing Temas' patented RCL technology this summer as a potential way to replace Pressure Oxidation (POX) and achieve high recoveries of gold, silver, zinc, and lead in a cost-effective, less energy-intensive way.
IperionX (IPX), which is a company similar to TMAS in that it has both titanium resources and patented technologies, is currently worth approximately US$1 billion.
Past performance is not an indicator of future returns. NIA is not an investment advisor and does not provide investment advice. Always do your own research and make your own investment decisions. NIA has received compensation from TMAS of US$75,000 cash for a six-month marketing contract. This message is for informational and educational purposes only and does not provide investment advice.