{"id":7483,"date":"2026-03-24T10:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T14:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/?p=7483"},"modified":"2026-06-20T03:15:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T07:15:39","slug":"current-valuations-2008-financial-crisis-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/articles\/current-valuations-2008-financial-crisis-levels\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Valuations = 2008 Financial Crisis Levels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Gold exploration stocks are currently trading at 2008 Financial Crisis valuations. 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$0.86<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"nia-divider\"><\/div>\n\n  <!-- \u2500\u2500 LAHONTAN GOLD \u2500\u2500 -->\n  <div class=\"nia-card\">\n    <p class=\"nia-card-title\">Lahontan Gold <span>(TSXV: LG)<\/span><\/p>\n    <table class=\"nia-stats\">\n      <thead>\n        <tr>\n          <th><\/th>\n          <th>NIA Suggestion<span class=\"green\">July 30th<\/span><\/th>\n          <th>2026 High<span class=\"orange\">Mar 10th<\/span><\/th>\n          <th>Yesterday&#8217;s<span class=\"blue\">Close<\/span><\/th>\n        <\/tr>\n      <\/thead>\n      <tbody>\n        <tr class=\"odd\">\n          <td class=\"row-label\">Share Price<\/td>\n          <td class=\"price c-green\">$0.10<\/td>\n          <td class=\"price c-orange\">$0.52<\/td>\n          <td class=\"price c-blue\">$0.34<\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr class=\"even\">\n          <td class=\"row-label\">Market Cap<\/td>\n          <td class=\"mcap\">US$20.68M<\/td>\n          <td class=\"mcap\">US$139.85M<\/td>\n          <td class=\"mcap\">US$99.96M<\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr class=\"odd\">\n          <td class=\"row-label\">Per Oz (M+I+I)<\/td>\n          <td class=\"mcap\">US$10.60<\/td>\n          <td class=\"mcap\">US$71.72<\/td>\n          <td class=\"mcap\">US$51.26<\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr class=\"even\">\n          <td class=\"row-label\">% of Gold Price<\/td>\n          <td class=\"pct c-green\">0.3187%<small>@ $3,326\/oz<\/small><\/td>\n          <td class=\"pct c-orange\">1.3806%<small>@ $5,195\/oz<\/small><\/td>\n          <td class=\"pct c-blue\">1.1762%<small>@ $4,358\/oz<\/small><\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n      <\/tbody>\n    <\/table>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"nia-gain\">\n    <div class=\"nia-gain-inner\">\n      <span class=\"gain-label\">Peak Gain from NIA Suggestion: <\/span>\n      <span class=\"gain-pct\">+420.0%<\/span>\n      <span class=\"gain-sub\">$0.10 &rarr; $0.52<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"nia-divider\"><\/div>\n\n  <!-- \u2500\u2500 VIVA GOLD \u2500\u2500 -->\n  <div class=\"nia-card\">\n    <p class=\"nia-card-title\">Viva Gold <span>(TSXV: VAU)<\/span><\/p>\n    <table class=\"nia-stats\">\n      <thead>\n        <tr>\n          <th><\/th>\n          <th>NIA Suggestion<span class=\"green\">Aug 7th<\/span><\/th>\n          <th>2026 High<span class=\"orange\">Jan 13th<\/span><\/th>\n          <th>Yesterday&#8217;s<span class=\"blue\">Close<\/span><\/th>\n        <\/tr>\n      <\/thead>\n      <tbody>\n        <tr class=\"odd\">\n          <td class=\"row-label\">Share Price<\/td>\n          <td class=\"price c-green\">$0.085<\/td>\n          <td class=\"price c-orange\">$0.21<\/td>\n          <td class=\"price c-blue\">$0.13<\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr class=\"even\">\n          <td class=\"row-label\">Market Cap<\/td>\n          <td class=\"mcap\">US$9M<\/td>\n          <td class=\"mcap\">US$25.99M<\/td>\n          <td class=\"mcap\">US$16.3M<\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr class=\"odd\">\n          <td class=\"row-label\">Per Oz (M+I+I)<\/td>\n          <td class=\"mcap\">US$15.33<\/td>\n          <td class=\"mcap\">US$44.28<\/td>\n          <td class=\"mcap\">US$27.77<\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr class=\"even\">\n          <td class=\"row-label\">% of Gold Price<\/td>\n          <td class=\"pct c-green\">0.455%<small>@ $3,369\/oz<\/small><\/td>\n          <td class=\"pct c-orange\">0.9655%<small>@ $4,586\/oz<\/small><\/td>\n          <td class=\"pct c-blue\">0.6374%<small>@ $4,358\/oz<\/small><\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n      <\/tbody>\n    <\/table>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"nia-gain\" style=\"padding-bottom: 28px;\">\n    <div class=\"nia-gain-inner\">\n      <span class=\"gain-label\">Peak Gain from NIA Suggestion: <\/span>\n      <span class=\"gain-pct\">+147.1%<\/span>\n      <span class=\"gain-sub\">$0.085 &rarr; $0.21<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- \u2500\u2500 RESEARCH \/ CHART SECTION \u2500\u2500 -->\n  <div class=\"nia-research\">\n    <p class=\"r-label\">NIA Research &mdash; Sep 23rd<\/p>\n    <h2>The Most Important Chart of 2025:<br><span>Historical Enterprise Value Benchmarks<\/span><\/h2>\n\n    <div class=\"nia-chart-box\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n        src=\"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/niamostimportantchart.jpg\"\n        alt=\"NIA's Most Important Chart of 2025 - TSX Venture Gold Exploration Enterprise Value Historical Benchmarks\"\n      \/>\n      <p class=\"chart-caption\">NIA&#8217;s Most Important Chart of 2025 &bull; Published September 23rd<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"nia-timeline\">\n\n      <div class=\"nia-tc green\">\n        <p class=\"tc-era\">2002&ndash;2007 &bull; TSX Venture Bull Market Peak<\/p>\n        <p class=\"tc-body\">North American gold exploration &amp; development companies peaked at a median enterprise value per oz of gold resources equal to <strong style=\"color:#fff;\">10.02% of the gold price.<\/strong><\/p>\n        <p class=\"tc-note\">At today&#8217;s <strong style=\"color:#f5a623;\">$4,358\/oz gold<\/strong> = equivalent of <strong class=\"c-green\" style=\"font-size:14px;\">US$436.67\/oz<\/strong><\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"nia-tc red\">\n        <p class=\"tc-era\">2008 &bull; Global Financial Crisis Crash<\/p>\n        <p class=\"tc-body\">Crashed to a median enterprise value per oz of gold resources equal to <strong style=\"color:#fff;\">0.93% of the gold price.<\/strong><\/p>\n        <p class=\"tc-note\">At today&#8217;s <strong style=\"color:#f5a623;\">$4,358\/oz gold<\/strong> = equivalent of <strong style=\"color:#f44336;font-size:14px;\">US$40.53\/oz<\/strong><\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"nia-tc blue\">\n        <p class=\"tc-era\">2009&ndash;2011 &bull; Recovery<\/p>\n        <p class=\"tc-body\">Rebounded to a median enterprise value per oz of gold resources equal to <strong style=\"color:#fff;\">7.82% of the gold price.<\/strong><\/p>\n        <p class=\"tc-note\">At today&#8217;s <strong style=\"color:#f5a623;\">$4,358\/oz gold<\/strong> = equivalent of <strong class=\"c-blue\" style=\"font-size:14px;\">US$340.79\/oz<\/strong><\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"nia-tc orange\">\n        <p class=\"tc-era\">25-Year Long-Term Median<\/p>\n        <p class=\"tc-body\">Almost every company remains below the long-term 25-year median enterprise value per oz equal to <strong style=\"color:#fff;\">2.77% of the gold price.<\/strong><\/p>\n        <p class=\"tc-note\">At today&#8217;s <strong style=\"color:#f5a623;\">$4,358\/oz gold<\/strong> = equivalent of <strong class=\"c-orange\" style=\"font-size:14px;\">US$120.72\/oz<\/strong><\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- \u2500\u2500 CRISIS BANNER \u2500\u2500 -->\n  <div class=\"nia-crisis\">\n    <div class=\"nia-crisis-inner\">\n      <p class=\"cw-label\">&#9888; Market Warning<\/p>\n      <p class=\"cw-body\">Current valuations for North American gold exploration &amp; development companies are equivalent to <span>2008 Financial Crisis levels!<\/span><\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- \u2500\u2500 CRYPTO CONTEXT \u2500\u2500 -->\n  <div class=\"nia-context\">\n    <p class=\"ctx-label\">Why Are Valuations So Low?<\/p>\n    <p class=\"ctx-body\">\n      Following NIA&#8217;s <strong style=\"color:#fff;\">May 2016 suggestion of Bitcoin at $530<\/strong> and <strong style=\"color:#fff;\">March 2017 suggestion of Ethereum at $18.50<\/strong>, investors began to recklessly invest into every newly printed altcoin, meme coin, and worst of all&hellip; <strong style=\"color:#f44336;\">NFTs pushed by con artists like Gary Vee.<\/strong> With every &ldquo;social media influencer&rdquo; and &ldquo;YouTuber&rdquo; creating their own NFT rug pull &mdash; like the <em>NELK Boys Full Send Metacard<\/em> and <em>Logan Paul&rsquo;s Crypto Zoo<\/em> &mdash; capital got diverted away from TSX Venture listed gold exploration &amp; development companies. Investors were <strong style=\"color:#fff;\">100% convinced they would discover the next Bitcoin or Ethereum<\/strong>, causing gold exploration &amp; development stocks to become <strong style=\"color:#f44336;\">the most hated in the entire market.<\/strong>\n    <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- \u2500\u2500 HELIOSTAR ACQUISITION \u2500\u2500 -->\n  <div class=\"nia-acq\">\n    <p class=\"acq-label\">&#128680; Breaking Acquisition Alert<\/p>\n    <h2>Heliostar <span>(TSXV: HSTR)<\/span> Acquires<br>Goldstrike Project, Utah<\/h2>\n\n    <div class=\"nia-price-badge\">\n      <p class=\"pb-label\">Heliostar (TSXV: HSTR) &bull; Current Price<\/p>\n      <p class=\"pb-price\">$1.96<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <table class=\"nia-res-table\">\n      <tr>\n        <td>\n          <p class=\"res-label\">Indicated Resource<\/p>\n          <p class=\"res-val\">975,000 oz <span>grading 0.46 g\/t<\/span><\/p>\n        <\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n      <tr>\n        <td>\n          <p class=\"res-label\">Inferred Resource<\/p>\n          <p class=\"res-val\">90,000 oz <span>grading 0.31 g\/t<\/span><\/p>\n        <\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n      <tr>\n        <td>\n          <p class=\"res-label\">Total Acquisition Price<\/p>\n          <p class=\"res-val green\">US$72.5M<\/p>\n        <\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n      <tr>\n        <td>\n          <p class=\"res-label\">Price Per Oz<\/p>\n          <p class=\"res-val green\">US$68.08 <span>= 1.54% of gold price<\/span><\/p>\n        <\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n    <\/table>\n\n    <div class=\"nia-steal\">\n      <p class=\"steal-head\">&#9733; THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE STEAL! &#9733;<\/p>\n      <p class=\"steal-body\"><strong style=\"color:#fff;\">Never again<\/strong> in the future will it be possible to acquire North American gold development projects at a valuation of only <strong style=\"color:#4caf50;\">US$68.08\/oz of gold resources.<\/strong> This is absolute insanity!<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"nia-antimony\">\n      <p class=\"ant-label\">&#128142; Hidden Gem &mdash; Antimony Upside<\/p>\n      <p class=\"ant-body\">Perhaps the most exciting thing about Heliostar&rsquo;s Goldstrike acquisition is that it contains an <strong style=\"color:#fff;\">undrilled antimony prospect<\/strong> with rocks on the surface containing <strong style=\"color:#9c27b0;\">high-grade antimony!<\/strong><\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- \u2500\u2500 NEVGOLD \u2500\u2500 -->\n  <div class=\"nia-nev\">\n    <p class=\"nev-label\">NIA #1 Favorite Commodity &bull; Antimony<\/p>\n    <h2>NevGold <span>(TSXV: NAU)<\/span><\/h2>\n\n    <div class=\"nia-price-badge purple\">\n      <p class=\"pb-label\">NevGold (TSXV: NAU) &bull; Current Price<\/p>\n      <p class=\"pb-price\">$1.15<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"nia-nev-box\">\n      <p class=\"nev-body\">NevGold is <strong style=\"color:#fff;\">about to establish its maiden antimony resource<\/strong> at <strong style=\"color:#9c27b0;\">Limo Butte in Nevada<\/strong> &mdash; making it only the <strong style=\"color:#fff;\">second company<\/strong> to establish a current U.S. antimony resource.<\/p>\n      <div class=\"nia-nev-inner\">\n        <p class=\"nev-who\">Current U.S. Antimony Resource Holder<\/p>\n        <p class=\"nev-company\">Perpetua Resources (TSX: PPTA)<\/p>\n        <p class=\"nev-mcap\">CAD$4.29 Billion <span>market cap<\/span><\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"nia-nev-cta\">\n      <p><span>NevGold<\/span> is about to become only the <span>second company<\/span> to establish a current U.S. antimony resource after PPTA!<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- \u2500\u2500 DISCLAIMER \u2500\u2500 -->\n  <div class=\"nia-disc\">\n    <p class=\"disc-label\">Important Disclosures &amp; Disclaimer<\/p>\n    <p class=\"disc-body\">\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 has received compensation from FF of US$100,000 cash for a twelve-month marketing contract and previously received US$50,000 cash for a six-month marketing contract which has since expired. NIA has received compensation from LG of US$50,000 cash for a six-month marketing contract. NIA&rsquo;s President has purchased 200,000 shares of LG in the open market and intends to buy more shares. NIA&rsquo;s President has purchased 100,000 shares of VAU and can buy or sell shares at any time. NIA has received compensation from HSTR of US$30,000 cash for a three-month marketing contract and previously received US$30,000 cash for a three-month marketing contract which has since expired. NIA has received compensation from NAU of US$100,000 cash for a twelve-month marketing contract. This message is for informational and educational purposes only and does not provide investment advice.\n    <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gold exploration stocks are currently trading at 2008 Financial Crisis valuations. Exclusive must-read NIA report! 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