{"id":923,"date":"2025-05-26T22:04:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T02:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/?p=923"},"modified":"2025-05-26T22:25:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T02:25:15","slug":"ctgo-hidden-asset-5m-onyx-shares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/articles\/ctgo-hidden-asset-5m-onyx-shares\/","title":{"rendered":"CTGO\u2019s Hidden Asset? 5M ONYX Shares \u2014 Now Up 381% in 2Q 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">Prior to <strong>Contango ORE (CTGO) <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">acquiring<\/span> HighGold<\/strong> last year for <strong>Johnson Tract<\/strong>, one of the <strong><span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">world&#39;s<\/span> <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">highest-grade<\/span> <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">polymetallic <\/span>deposits<\/strong>, <strong>HighGold&#39;s <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\">lesser<\/span> <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">quality<\/span> <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">assets<\/span><\/strong> were <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>spun-off<\/strong><\/span> into a <strong><span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">new publicly traded<\/span> company <\/strong>called<strong> Onyx Gold (TSXV: ONYX)<\/strong>. <strong>HighGold <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">kept<\/span> 5 million ONYX shares<\/strong> <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>post spin-off<\/strong><\/span> and <strong>CTGO <\/strong>by<strong> <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">acquiring<\/span> HighGold <\/strong>for <strong><span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">world-renowned<\/span> Johnson Tract <\/strong>also<strong> <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">received<\/span> <\/strong>these<strong> 5 million ONYX shares<\/strong>. As of March 31st, <strong>CTGO&#39;s 5 million ONYX shares<\/strong> at <strong>CAD$0.275<\/strong> were worth only <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>CAD$1.2M<\/strong><\/span> or <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>USD$0.834M<\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">In recent weeks, <strong>ONYX<\/strong> has <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>gained by 381.48%<\/strong><\/span> to a current price of <strong>$1.30 per share<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>CTGO&#39;s 5 million ONYX shares<\/strong> are now worth a <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>very significant<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>CAD$6.5M<\/strong><\/span> or <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>USD$4.74M<\/strong><\/span>!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">We&#39;re not sure why exactly <strong>ONYX <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">gained by 381.48%<\/span><\/strong>, but in all likelihood the <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>majority<\/strong><\/span> of <strong>TSX Venture listed <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\">gold exploration<\/span> &amp; <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\">development<\/span> companies<\/strong> will <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>gain by 300%+<\/strong><\/span> between now and year-end. Our <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>goal<\/strong><\/span> is to <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>discover<\/strong><\/span> and <strong><span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">suggest<\/span><\/strong> the <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\"><strong>gold explorers<\/strong><\/span> with the best chance of <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>gaining by 1,000%+<\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">So far, <strong><span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\">almost no<\/span> retail investors <\/strong>have <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>invested<\/strong><\/span> into <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\"><strong>gold stocks<\/strong><\/span>. Almost <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>all investment dollars<\/strong><\/span> <strong><span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">entering<\/span> <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\">gold stocks<\/span><\/strong> this year have come from <strong>hedge funds<\/strong> like <strong>John Paulson&#39;s Paulson &amp; Co<\/strong> which just <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>acquired<\/strong><\/span> a <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>40% stake<\/strong><\/span> in <strong>Donlin<\/strong> for <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>US$800 million <\/strong><\/span>valuing the <strong>Donlin <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\">gold project<\/span><\/strong> at <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>$2 billion<\/strong><\/span>. <strong>Donlin<\/strong> was previously <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>discovered<\/strong><\/span> by <strong>CTGO CEO Rick Van Nieuwenhuys<\/strong>. We like <strong>CTGO&#39;s Johnson Tract<\/strong> <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>a lot more<\/strong><\/span> than <strong>Donlin <\/strong>due to its <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>high grades<\/strong><\/span>, <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\"><strong>low capex<\/strong><\/span>, and <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>clear path<\/strong><\/span> to <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>permitting<\/strong><\/span> with <strong>CTGO&#39;s <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">innovative one-of-a-kind<\/span> Direct Shipping Ore (DSO)<\/strong> model, which <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\"><strong>eliminates<\/strong><\/span> the need to <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>build<\/strong><\/span> a <strong>mill<\/strong> or <strong>tailings facility<\/strong>.<\/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 JT deposit<\/strong> <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>hosts<\/strong><\/span> an <strong>Indicated Resource<\/strong> of <strong>3.489 Mt grading <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\">9.39 g\/t gold equivalent <\/span><\/strong>comprised of <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\"><strong>5.33 g\/t gold<\/strong><\/span>, <span style=\"color:#4e5f70;\"><strong>6.0 g\/t silver<\/strong><\/span>, <span style=\"color:#d35400;\"><strong>0.56% copper<\/strong><\/span>, <strong>0.67% lead <\/strong>and <strong>5.21% zinc<\/strong>. It is <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>conveniently located close to tidewater<\/strong><\/span> which presents a <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>unique opportunity<\/strong><\/span> for <strong>CTGO<\/strong> to <strong><span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">directly ship<\/span> ore <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">mined<\/span><\/strong> at <strong>JT<\/strong> by <strong>barge<\/strong> to an <strong><span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">existing<\/span> mill facility<\/strong>.<\/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. 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>Prior to Contango ORE (CTGO) acquiring HighGold last year for Johnson Tract, one of the world&#39;s highest-grade polymetallic deposits, HighGold&#39;s lesser quality assets were spun-off into a new publicly traded company called Onyx Gold (TSXV: ONYX). HighGold kept 5 million ONYX shares post spin-off and CTGO by acquiring HighGold for world-renowned Johnson Tract also received [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":924,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[48,47,9,49,80,17,24],"class_list":["post-923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","tag-copper","tag-ctgo","tag-gold","tag-lead","tag-onyx","tag-silver","tag-zinc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923","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=923"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":929,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923\/revisions\/929"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}