{"id":4678,"date":"2025-10-24T22:29:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T02:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/?p=4678"},"modified":"2025-10-24T22:29:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T02:29:36","slug":"viva-gold-best-18-million-market-cap-company-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/articles\/viva-gold-best-18-million-market-cap-company-in-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Viva Gold (TSXV: VAU) the Best US$18.2M Market Cap Company in History?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">Is <strong>Viva Gold (TSXV: VAU)<\/strong> the best <strong><span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">US$18.2 million<\/span> market cap<\/strong> company to ever exist in world history?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">We would argue <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>yes<\/strong><\/span> but <strong>Trio-Tech International (TRT)<\/strong> at its current price of <strong>$7.21 per share<\/strong> at a market cap of <strong><span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">US$31.138 million<\/span><\/strong> is the <strong><span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">best overall<\/span> investment<\/strong> we have ever seen in our careers.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/triotech721-1024x411.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/triotech721-1024x411.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/triotech721-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/triotech721-768x308.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/triotech721-1536x617.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/triotech721.jpg 1743w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>TRT<\/strong> has <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>$19.5 million<\/strong><\/span> in <strong>cash+deposits<\/strong> and their <strong>&quot;Customer A&quot; AMD <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">gained by 7.63%<\/span><\/strong> today to a <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>new all-time high<\/strong><\/span> of <strong>$252.92 per share<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">On June 17th, six weeks before our suggestion of <strong>Viva Gold (TSXV: VAU)<\/strong>&nbsp;the stock was <strong>$0.20 per share<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>GDX<\/strong> and <strong>GDXJ<\/strong> are both <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>up by 36%<\/strong><\/span> since June 17th so in an absolute <strong><span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\">worst-case<\/span> scenario<\/strong>&#8230; <strong>Viva<\/strong> will hit <strong>$0.27 per share<\/strong> in the weeks ahead.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/vivagoldbestcompany-1024x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/vivagoldbestcompany-1024x413.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/vivagoldbestcompany-300x121.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/vivagoldbestcompany-768x309.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/vivagoldbestcompany-1536x619.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/vivagoldbestcompany.jpg 1745w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">The question is&#8230; will <strong>VAU<\/strong> and <strong>TRT <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">gain as much<\/span><\/strong> as the <strong><span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">highest quality high-grade<\/span> <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\">gold stocks<\/span><\/strong>: <strong>Total Metals (TSXV: TT)<\/strong> which is likely to <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>close on its acquisition<\/strong><\/span> of <strong>High Lake<\/strong> and <strong>West Hawk Lake<\/strong> next week and <strong>North Peak Resources (TSXV: NPR)<\/strong> the <strong><span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">#1 highest quality high-grade<\/span> <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\">gold play<\/span><\/strong> in all of Nevada?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">Both <strong>TT<\/strong> and <strong>NPR<\/strong> are <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>early-stage<\/strong><\/span> companies they are the ones making <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>acquisitions<\/strong><\/span>, so they <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\"><strong>won&#39;t<\/strong><\/span> get <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>acquired<\/strong><\/span> at a <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>triple digit <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>premium<\/strong><\/span> like <strong>Viva Gold (TSXV: VAU)<\/strong> most likely will unless they can <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>prove<\/strong><\/span> themselves first.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">So, they have <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\"><strong>higher risk<\/strong><\/span> but instead of <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>triple digit gains<\/strong><\/span> you have potential for <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>quadruple digit gains<\/strong><\/span> if drilling goes well.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>NPR<\/strong> has potential to <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>discover high-grade <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\"><strong>gold<\/strong><\/span> across <strong>four separate targets<\/strong> on its property before year-end. <strong>NPR <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\">doesn&#39;t<\/span><\/strong> need to get <strong><span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">bought out<\/span><\/strong> it just needs some of these <strong>drill holes<\/strong> to <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>intercept high-grade <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\"><strong>gold<\/strong><\/span> at the <strong>Prospect Mountain Mine Complex<\/strong> <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>directly adjacent to the north<\/strong><\/span> of <strong>McEwen Inc (MUX)&#39;s&nbsp;Windfall deposit<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">Two days ago, <strong>McEwen<\/strong> <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>reported<\/strong><\/span> its latest drilling results from <strong>Windfall<\/strong>:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;<strong>New Key Results From Windfall Drilling<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n\t<li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">Drill hole <em>WF039<\/em> intersected new near-surface oxide mineralization (Figures 2 &amp; 3):<\/span><\/span>\n\n\t<ul type=\"circle\">\n\t\t<li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>2.43 gpt gold<\/strong> over <strong>74.7 meters<\/strong>, including<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\t\t<li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>12.79 gpt gold <\/strong>over <strong>7.6 meters<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">Other strong near-surface oxide results include (Figure 2):<\/span><\/span>\n\t<ul type=\"circle\">\n\t\t<li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>4.57 gpt gold <\/strong>over <strong>12.2 meters <\/strong><em>(<\/em>drill hole<em> WF042)<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\t\t<li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>1.70 gpt gold <\/strong>over <strong>64.0 meters <\/strong><em>(<\/em>drill hole<em> WF037)<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\t\t<li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>1.01 gpt gold <\/strong>over <strong>89.9 meters <\/strong><em>(<\/em>drill hole <em>WF045)<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\t\t<li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>0.77 gpt gold <\/strong>over <strong>36.6 meters <\/strong><em>(<\/em>drill hole<em> WF044)<\/em><strong>&quot;<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">Imagine if <strong>North Peak Resources (TSXV: NPR)<\/strong> makes similar <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>discoveries<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>directly north<\/strong><\/span> of <strong>MUX<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"533\" height=\"791\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/nprdrillingrightnowprospectmountain.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/nprdrillingrightnowprospectmountain.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/nprdrillingrightnowprospectmountain-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><em>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&rsquo;s President has purchased 100,000 shares of VAU and may buy more shares or sell his shares at any time. NIA has received compensation from TT of US$100,000 cash for a twelve-month marketing contract. NIA&rsquo;s President has purchased 60,000 shares of NPR in the open market and intends to buy more. NIA has received compensation from NPR of US$50,000 cash for a six-month marketing contract and previously received US$50,000 for a prior term. This message is meant for informational and educational purposes only.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is Viva Gold (TSXV: VAU) the best US$18.2 million market cap company to ever exist in world history? We would argue yes but Trio-Tech International (TRT) at its current price of $7.21 per share at a market cap of US$31.138 million is the best overall investment we have ever seen in our careers. 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