{"id":8730,"date":"2026-06-03T12:07:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T16:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/?p=8730"},"modified":"2026-06-03T12:13:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T16:13:25","slug":"why-exactly-is-iren-worth-24-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/articles\/why-exactly-is-iren-worth-24-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Exactly Is IREN Worth $24 Billion?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"font-family:Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:1.6; color:#222; max-width:740px; margin:0 auto;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 14px;\">NIA&#39;s President spoke to management of both <strong>Max Power Mining (CSE: MAXX)<\/strong> and <strong>QI Materials (CSE: QIMC)<\/strong> last year and both seem positioned to lead the <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>natural hydrogen<\/strong><\/span> space. <strong>IREN Ltd. (IREN)<\/strong> a <strong><span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\">failed<\/span> Bitcoin miner<\/strong> is worth <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>$24 billion<\/strong><\/span> for what exactly&#8230; it has <strong>long-term contracts<\/strong> with <strong>utilities<\/strong>&nbsp;for electricity but <strong><span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">produces<\/span> <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\">no<\/span> energy<\/strong> whatsoever. Both <strong>MAXX<\/strong> and <strong>QIMC<\/strong> have potential to <strong><span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">surpass<\/span> IREN<\/strong>&nbsp;in market cap because they plan to <strong><span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">produce<\/span> energy<\/strong> from <strong><span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">natural hydrogen<\/span><\/strong> to <strong><span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">power<\/span> AI datacenters<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 14px;\">We decided after speaking to both companies we liked <strong>QIMC<\/strong> better, but at the moment <strong>MAXX<\/strong> is doing better mainly because they got money from <strong>Eric Sprott<\/strong> who just like <strong>NIA&#39;s President<\/strong> always <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>holds<\/strong><\/span> every <strong>stock<\/strong> for the <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>long-term<\/strong><\/span>. When <strong>QIMC<\/strong> raised money at <strong>$0.90 per share<\/strong> in a <strong>LIFE offering<\/strong> it <strong><span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">added additional<\/span> <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\">resistance<\/span><\/strong> to the market, but these investors bought their shares at <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>80% above<\/strong><\/span> the current price of <strong>$0.50<\/strong> so you have to believe <strong>QIMC<\/strong> is going through a <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>bottoming process<\/strong><\/span> similar to <strong>DroneShield (ASX: DRO)<\/strong> in late-2024\/early-2025 and will begin a <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>second run<\/strong><\/span> immediately after the last remaining seller is <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\"><strong>exhausted<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 14px;\">There have been <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>huge developments<\/strong><\/span> in recent weeks in the <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>natural hydrogen<\/strong><\/span> space where scientists now believe it <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>naturally <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>regenerates<\/strong><\/span> itself underground forever. One example is at the bottom of the <strong>Kidd Creek Mine<\/strong>&#8230; where it was recently announced that <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>natural hydrogen<\/strong><\/span> has been <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>continuously<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong> producing<\/strong><\/span> at the bottom of the mine <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\"><strong>non-stop<\/strong><\/span> for years enough to power 400 homes: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/a-vast-source-of-natural-hydrogen-is-hiding-in-ancient-canadian-rocks\"><strong>click here<\/strong><\/a> to read!<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 14px;\"><em><span style=\"font-size:8px;\">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 QIMC of US$50,000 cash for a six-month marketing contract and previously received US$50,000 cash for a six-month marketing contract which has since expired. This message is meant for informational and educational purposes only and does not provide investment advice.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NIA&#39;s President spoke to management of both Max Power Mining (CSE: MAXX) and QI Materials (CSE: QIMC) last year and both seem positioned to lead the natural hydrogen space. IREN Ltd. (IREN) a failed Bitcoin miner is worth $24 billion for what exactly&#8230; it has long-term contracts with utilities&nbsp;for electricity but produces no energy whatsoever. 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