{"id":764,"date":"2025-05-19T10:33:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T14:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/?p=764"},"modified":"2025-05-19T10:46:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T14:46:43","slug":"johnson-tract-and-san-luis-most-important-high-grade-polymetallic-gold-projects-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/articles\/johnson-tract-and-san-luis-most-important-high-grade-polymetallic-gold-projects-worldwide\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnson Tract and San Luis: Most Important High-Grade Polymetallic Gold Projects Worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>Contango ORE (CTGO)&#39;s Johnson Tract<\/strong> is the <strong><span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">most important<\/span> <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">high-grade<\/span> <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">polymetallic<\/span> <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\">gold project<\/span><\/strong> in North America and <strong>Highlander Silver (TSX: HSLV)&#39;s San Luis<\/strong> is the <strong><span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">most important<\/span> <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">high-grade<\/span> <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">polymetallic<\/span> <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\">gold project<\/span><\/strong> in South America.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">There is absolutely no doubt about it&#8230; <strong>CTGO&#39;s Johnson Tract<\/strong> and <strong>HSLV&#39;s San Luis<\/strong> are the <strong><span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">two most exciting<\/span> mineral exploration projects<\/strong> in the world today, and <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\"><strong>nothing<\/strong><\/span> else comes close!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>HSLV<\/strong> closed last week at <strong>$2.29 per share<\/strong> and has already <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>gained by 63.57%<\/strong><\/span> since NIA&#39;s February 12th suggestion at <strong>$1.40 per share<\/strong>! <strong style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">HSLV<\/strong> and <strong style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">CTGO<\/strong> were two of the only <span style=\"color: rgb(241, 196, 15);\"><strong>gold companies <\/strong><\/span>to <span style=\"color: rgb(39, 174, 96);\"><strong>rise<\/strong><\/span> last week in a <span style=\"color: rgb(231, 76, 60);\"><strong>down<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(241, 196, 15);\"><strong> gold market<\/strong><\/span>! This morning, <span style=\"color: rgb(241, 196, 15);\"><strong>gold<\/strong><\/span> is beginning to <span style=\"color: rgb(39, 174, 96);\"><strong>breakout big<\/strong><\/span>&nbsp;(the TSX is closed for a Canadian holiday but U.S. markets are open).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">If <strong>CTGO<\/strong> closes today above its <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>200-day moving average<\/strong><\/span> of <strong>$14.93 per share<\/strong> it could see <strong>$30+ per share<\/strong> in the weeks ahead.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"409\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ctgo200dma-1024x409.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ctgo200dma-1024x409.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ctgo200dma-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ctgo200dma-768x307.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ctgo200dma-1536x614.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ctgo200dma.jpg 1744w\" sizes=\"auto, (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>CTGO<\/strong> <strong><span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">generated<\/span> free cash flow per share<\/strong> of <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>$2.36<\/strong><\/span> in <strong>1Q 2025<\/strong> alone giving it the <strong><span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">#1 highest<\/span> free cash flow per share<\/strong> out of all <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>publicly traded <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\"><strong>gold companies<\/strong><\/span>!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"544\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/contangoorectgofreecashflowcomparison.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/contangoorectgofreecashflowcomparison.jpg 544w, https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/contangoorectgofreecashflowcomparison-281x300.jpg 281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>CTGO&#39;s <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">30% owned<\/span> Manh Choh<\/strong> is one of the <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>world&#39;s<\/strong><\/span> <strong><span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">highest grade operating <\/span><span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\">open pit gold mines<\/span><\/strong>. Production <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>launched<\/strong><\/span> on July 8, 2024, and its <strong>operating performance<\/strong> has been <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>surpassing<\/strong><\/span> our highest expectations!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">Using its <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>massive cash flow<\/strong><\/span> from <strong>Manh Choh<\/strong>, <strong>CTGO<\/strong> will soon bring the <strong><span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">fully permitted<\/span> Lucky Shot Gold Project<\/strong> into production, which <strong>historically <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">produced<\/span> <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\">252,000 oz<\/span><\/strong> at average grades of <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\"><strong>40 g\/t<\/strong><\/span>. <strong>CTGO&#39;s current indicated resource<\/strong> at <strong>Lucky Shot<\/strong> is nearly <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\"><strong>110,000 oz<\/strong><\/span> at <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\"><strong>14.5 g\/t<\/strong><\/span> and <strong>CTGO<\/strong> intends to <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>expand<\/strong><\/span> the resource to <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\"><strong>400,000-500,000 oz<\/strong><\/span> prior to <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>launching production<\/strong><\/span>!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>CTGO&#39;s Johnson Tract<\/strong> is likely to be the only <strong>Alaska mineral project<\/strong> to <strong><span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">receive<\/span> FAST-41 <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">priority<\/span> permitting<\/strong> in the future. <strong>Johnson Tract<\/strong> has an <strong>indicated resource<\/strong> of <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\"><strong>1.05 million oz<\/strong><\/span> grading <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\"><strong>9.4 g\/t AuEq<\/strong><\/span> (<strong>JT Deposit<\/strong>) and this <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\"><strong>doesn&#39;t<\/strong><\/span> include the <strong><span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">newly discovered high-grade<\/span> Ellis Zone <\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"638\" height=\"825\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/johnsontractanomalies.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/johnsontractanomalies.jpg 638w, https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/johnsontractanomalies-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>CTGO<\/strong> has a total <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>mineralized trend<\/strong><\/span> at <strong>Johnson Tract<\/strong> of <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>12km<\/strong><\/span> including both <strong>epithermal deposits<\/strong> and <strong>VMS deposits<\/strong>, and most of it is <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\"><strong>unexplored<\/strong><\/span>! There could be <strong><span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">many <\/span><span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">new<\/span> JT Deposit<\/strong> and <strong>Ellis Zone <\/strong><span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>high-grade <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>polymetallic<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong> discoveries<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>ready to be made<\/strong><\/span> by <strong>CTGO<\/strong> in the months and years ahead!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\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 has received compensation from CTGO of US$30,000 cash for a three-month marketing contract. NIA&rsquo;s President has purchased 125,000 shares of HSLV and can buy or sell shares at any time. This message is meant for informational and educational purposes only and does not provide investment advice.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contango ORE (CTGO)&#39;s Johnson Tract is the most important high-grade polymetallic gold project in North America and Highlander Silver (TSX: HSLV)&#39;s San Luis is the most important high-grade polymetallic gold project in South America. There is absolutely no doubt about it&#8230; CTGO&#39;s Johnson Tract and HSLV&#39;s San Luis are the two most exciting mineral exploration [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":765,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[47,9,16,17],"class_list":["post-764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","tag-ctgo","tag-gold","tag-hslv","tag-silver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764","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=764"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":770,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764\/revisions\/770"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}