{"id":10467,"date":"2026-09-25T17:03:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T21:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/?p=10467"},"modified":"2026-09-25T17:35:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T21:35:25","slug":"awcm-gains-another-7-percent-market-cap-still-only-6-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/articles\/awcm-gains-another-7-percent-market-cap-still-only-6-million\/","title":{"rendered":"AWCM Gains Another 6.98% to $0.23, Market Cap Still Only US$6.17 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ameriwest Critical Metals (CSE: AWCM) gained another 6.98%<\/span><\/strong> today to $0.23 per share<\/strong>, following yesterday's gain of 2.38%<\/strong><\/span>, the previous day's gain of 5%<\/strong><\/span>, and last week's gain of 23.33%<\/strong><\/span>. AWCM's market cap<\/strong> here is still only US$6.17 million<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n

\"Ameriwest<\/p>\n\n

Even though Kinross Gold (KGC)<\/strong> is having huge problems<\/strong><\/span> at Round Mountain<\/strong>, which NIA has been predicting for many months<\/strong><\/span>, saying they are running out<\/strong><\/span> of gold<\/strong><\/span>… with only low-grade<\/span> resources<\/strong> left at Round Mountain… and we believe KGC<\/strong> will have no<\/span> choice<\/strong> but to acquire<\/span> Viva Gold (TSXV: VAU)<\/strong> at a massive<\/strong><\/span> premium<\/strong><\/span>… we 100% trust<\/span> Kinross Gold's judgment<\/strong> from the 1990s when they determined AWCM's Bornite Project<\/strong> had such high<\/strong><\/span> copper grades<\/strong><\/span> it was worth petitioning<\/strong><\/span> to the Oregon Supreme Court<\/strong> and the U.S. Supreme Court<\/strong> (which both turned down the opportunity to hear the case) for the right to get a water discharge permit<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n\n

Kinross Copper<\/strong> had all other Federal and State permits<\/strong><\/span> to develop<\/span> Bornite<\/strong> and was missing<\/strong><\/span> only a water discharge permit<\/strong><\/span>. Oregon's DEQ conducted tests<\/span><\/strong> and concluded that the proposed water discharge<\/strong><\/span> would not violate<\/strong><\/span> applicable water-quality standards<\/strong><\/span>. Still, the Three Basin Rule<\/strong> prohibited<\/span> new<\/span> water discharges<\/span><\/strong> into the North Santiam River Subbasin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n

On December 2, 2025, the Three Basin Rule<\/strong> was changed click here to see<\/strong><\/a> to allow DEQ<\/strong> to issue new<\/span> water quality permits<\/span><\/strong> that allow facilities to discharge to these basins.<\/p>\n\n

The historical non-NI 43-101 resource estimate<\/strong> for Bornite showed 3.2 million short tons (equal to ~2.90 Mt) averaging 2.2% copper<\/span>, plus 0.017 oz\/t gold<\/span> and 0.54 oz\/t silver<\/span><\/strong>. That represented roughly 138.5 million lb copper<\/strong><\/span>, 54,000 oz gold<\/strong><\/span>, and 1.7 million oz silver<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n\n

This is what Kinross Copper<\/strong> was estimating<\/strong><\/span> when NI 43-101 standards<\/strong> didn't<\/strong><\/span> exist. AWCM<\/strong> is working now to establish<\/strong><\/span> a maiden<\/strong><\/span> NI 43-101 resource estimate<\/strong> for Bornite.<\/p>\n\n

Power Metallic Mines (TSXV: PNPN)<\/strong>, which gained by 775.56%<\/strong><\/span> following NIA's suggestion at $0.225 per share<\/strong> to hit a high<\/strong><\/span> of $1.97 per share<\/strong>, recently issued one of the highest-grade<\/span> maiden resource estimates<\/strong> for any North American copper project<\/span><\/strong> in 2026:<\/p>\n\n

PNPN's maiden<\/span> NI 43-101 compliant resource estimate<\/strong> for the Lion Zone<\/strong> shows an indicated 4.145 Mt averaging 1.68% copper<\/span>, 2.61 g\/t palladium, 0.85 g\/t platinum, 0.49 g\/t gold<\/span>, 12.21 g\/t silver<\/span>, 0.10% nickel, and 0.005% cobalt<\/strong>. This represents roughly 153.07 million lb copper<\/strong><\/span>, 348,000 oz palladium<\/strong>, 114,000 oz platinum<\/strong>, 64,000 oz gold<\/strong><\/span>, 1.627 million oz silver<\/strong><\/span>, 8.99 million lb nickel<\/strong>, and 430,000 lb cobalt<\/strong>. It also shows an inferred 0.601 Mt averaging 1.84% copper<\/span>, 2.86 g\/t palladium, 0.59 g\/t platinum, 0.41 g\/t gold<\/span>, 12.47 g\/t silver<\/span>, 0.13% nickel, and 0.0065% cobalt<\/strong>. This represents roughly 24.43 million lb copper<\/span>, 55,000 oz palladium, 11,000 oz platinum, 8,000 oz gold<\/span>, 241,000 oz silver<\/span>, 1.67 million lb nickel, and 90,000 lb cobalt<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n

PNPN's Lion Zone<\/strong> has total contained maiden NI 43-101 compliant resources<\/strong> (indicated and inferred) of roughly 177.50 million lb copper<\/span>, 403,000 oz palladium, 125,000 oz platinum, 72,000 oz gold<\/span>, 1.868 million oz silver<\/span>, 10.66 million lb nickel, and 520,000 lb cobalt<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n

PNPN<\/strong> has a current market cap<\/strong> at $1.19 per share<\/strong> of US$224.35 million<\/strong><\/span> vs. AWCM's current market cap<\/strong> at $0.23 per share<\/strong> of US$6.17 million<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n\t\n

\n \"Power\n<\/p>\n\n

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’s President has purchased 240,000 shares of AWCM in a private placement and owns 240,000 AWCM warrants to buy more shares. NIA is receiving compensation from AWCM of US$100,000 cash for a twelve-month marketing contract. NIA previously received compensation from PNPN of US$50,000 cash for a six-month marketing contract which has since expired. NIA\u2019s President has purchased 100,000 shares of VAU in the open market and can buy or sell shares at any time. This message is for informational and educational purposes only and does not provide investment advice.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ameriwest Critical Metals (CSE: AWCM) gained another 6.98% today to $0.23 per share, following yesterday's gain of 2.38%, the previous day's gain of 5%, and last week's gain of 23.33%. AWCM's market cap here is still only US$6.17 million. Even though Kinross Gold (KGC) is having huge problems at Round Mountain, which NIA has been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10470,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[301,48,9,58,34,17,150],"class_list":["post-10467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","tag-awcm","tag-copper","tag-gold","tag-kgc","tag-pnpn","tag-silver","tag-vau"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10467"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10471,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10467\/revisions\/10471"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}