{"id":9764,"date":"2026-08-04T15:18:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T19:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/?p=9764"},"modified":"2026-08-04T15:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T19:18:07","slug":"new-nia-gold-stock-suggestion-xali-gold-tsxv-xgc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/articles\/new-nia-gold-stock-suggestion-xali-gold-tsxv-xgc\/","title":{"rendered":"New NIA Gold Stock Suggestion: Xali Gold (TSXV: XGC)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"max-width:650px; margin:0 auto; padding:0 10px; box-sizing:border-box; font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:1.6; color:#333333; -webkit-text-size-adjust:100%; -ms-text-size-adjust:100%; mso-line-height-rule:exactly; display:block;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 14px;\"><span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\"><strong>Gold<\/strong><\/span> is <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>breaking out<\/strong><\/span> today, <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>up $28<\/strong><\/span>&nbsp;to <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\"><strong>$4,082 per oz<\/strong><\/span>, and NIA is excited to announce a <strong><span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">brand-new<\/span> <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\">gold stock suggestion<\/span><\/strong>: <strong>Xali Gold (TSXV: XGC)<\/strong>, currently trading for <strong>$0.24 per share<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 14px;\"><strong>Xali Gold (TSXV: XGC)<\/strong> recently <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>acquired<\/strong><\/span> the <strong>Pico Machay <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\">Gold Project<\/span><\/strong> in Peru from <strong>Pan American Silver (PAAS)<\/strong>, a <strong><span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">$19 billion<\/span> market cap<\/strong> company.<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 14px;\">The <strong>Pico Machay <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\">Gold Project<\/span><\/strong> is located in a <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>well-established mining district<\/strong><\/span> in the eastern part of the Western Cordillera of the Andes. Located within the Santa Ana District (Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica Department), <strong>Pico Machay<\/strong> sits on the <strong><span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">prolific<\/span> Southern Peru Epithermal <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\">Gold<\/span>&#8211;<span style=\"color:#4e5f70;\">Silver<\/span> Belt<\/strong>. This is the <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>same trend<\/strong><\/span> as <strong>J. David Lowell&#39;s Pierina <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">discovery<\/span><\/strong>, which led to his <strong>Arequipa Resources<\/strong> being <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>acquired<\/strong><\/span> by <strong>Barrick<\/strong> in 1996 for over <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>$1 billion<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 14px;\">Also on the <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>same trend<\/strong><\/span> as <strong>Pico Machay<\/strong> and <strong>Pierina<\/strong> is <strong>Newmont&#39;s Yanacocha<\/strong>, which was <strong>South America&#39;s <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">#1 largest-producing<\/span> <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\">gold mine<\/span><\/strong> as recently as 2017 and the <strong><span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">world&#39;s<\/span> <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">#4 largest-producing<\/span> <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\">gold mine<\/span><\/strong> as recently as 2014. <strong>Yanacocha<\/strong> is <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\"><strong>running out<\/strong><\/span> of <strong>ore<\/strong>, with <strong><span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\">gold<\/span> <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">production<\/span><\/strong> <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\"><strong>declining dramatically<\/strong><\/span> in recent years.<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 14px;\"><strong>Peru <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\">desperately<\/span> needs to bring <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">new<\/span> <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\">gold mines<\/span> into <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">production<\/span> to <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">save<\/span> its mining industry, and XGC&#39;s Pico Machay is one of Peru&#39;s <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">most advanced<\/span> <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\">gold projects<\/span> that could potentially enter <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">production<\/span> in the <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">near term<\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 14px; text-align:center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Map showing the location of the Pico Machay Gold Project in Peru\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/perumap.jpg\" style=\"display:block; width:100%; max-width:600px; height:auto; margin:0 auto; border:0;\" width=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 14px;\">NIA previously discussed <strong>J. David Lowell&#39;s Pierina <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">discovery<\/span><\/strong> in February 2025 when it <strong><span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">suggested<\/span> Highlander Silver (TSX: HSLV)<\/strong> at <strong>$1.40 per share<\/strong>. <strong>HSLV<\/strong> had recently <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>acquired<\/strong><\/span> the <strong>San Luis Project<\/strong>, located <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>directly adjacent<\/strong><\/span> to <strong>Pierina<\/strong>. Similar to <strong>Xali Gold (TSXV: XGC) <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">acquiring<\/span> Pico Machay<\/strong> from <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>$19 billion<\/strong><\/span> market cap <strong>Pan American Silver (PAAS)<\/strong>, <strong>HSLV<\/strong> had <strong><span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">acquired<\/span> San Luis<\/strong> from <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>$5.67 billion<\/strong><\/span> market cap <strong>SSR Mining (SSRM)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 14px;\">One year after NIA&#39;s suggestion of <strong>Highlander Silver (TSX: HSLV)<\/strong>, <strong>NIA&#39;s President <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">co-hosted<\/span><\/strong> the <strong>Hispanic Prosperity Gala<\/strong> at <strong>Mar-a-Lago<\/strong>, where he told countless new people about the company&#8230; and within weeks, <strong>HSLV<\/strong> rose to a <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>new all-time high<\/strong><\/span> of <strong>$10.50 per share<\/strong> for a <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>gain of 650%<\/strong><\/span> from NIA&#39;s suggestion price!<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 14px; text-align:center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Highlander Silver share price gains following NIA's suggestion\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/massivemoves.jpeg\" style=\"display:block; width:100%; max-width:600px; height:auto; margin:0 auto; border:0;\" width=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 14px;\">After <strong>Barrick<\/strong> took <strong>Pierina<\/strong> into <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>production<\/strong><\/span>, it became the <strong><span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">world&#39;s<\/span> <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\">#1 lowest-cost<\/span> <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\">gold mine<\/span><\/strong>, with <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>cash<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\"><strong>costs<\/strong><\/span> of only <strong>$40-$48 per oz<\/strong> during its peak years of 2000 and 2001. Similarly, <strong>XGC&#39;s Pico Machay<\/strong> is expected to be <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>developed<\/strong><\/span> as a <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\"><strong>low-cost<\/strong><\/span> <strong>heap-leach mine<\/strong> with a <strong><span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\">low<\/span> strip ratio<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 14px;\">In 2009, <strong>Aquiline Resources<\/strong> made a <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>formal<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>positive production<\/strong><\/span> <strong>decision<\/strong> for <strong>XGC&#39;s <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">newly acquired<\/span> Pico Machay<\/strong>. Their <strong>engineering studies<\/strong> projected <strong>Pico Machay<\/strong> to be a <strong><span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\">low-cost<\/span> <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\">gold<\/span> <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">producer<\/span><\/strong>, and the mine was expected to be <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>highly profitable<\/strong><\/span> at only <strong>$700 per oz<\/strong> <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\"><strong>gold<\/strong><\/span>. Shortly after this decision, <strong>Aquiline Resources<\/strong> was <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>acquired<\/strong><\/span> by <strong>Pan American Silver (PAAS)<\/strong> for <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>$626 million<\/strong><\/span> before it could build the mine.<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 14px;\"><strong>Pico Machay<\/strong> has <strong>historical M&amp;I <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\">gold resources<\/span><\/strong> of <strong>264,600 oz<\/strong> grading <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\"><strong>0.78 g\/t<\/strong><\/span> and <strong>historical inferred <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\">gold resources<\/span><\/strong> of <strong>446,000 oz<\/strong> grading <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\"><strong>0.58 g\/t<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 14px;\"><strong>The historical resource is contained within a drilled area measuring 800m by 350m but is <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">part of a much larger alteration footprint<\/span> measuring approximately 4.1km by 1.3km.<\/strong> This means <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>only 5% of the broader system<\/strong><\/span> has been <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>tested<\/strong><\/span>. <strong><span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\">Gold<\/span> anomalies<\/strong> have been identified <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\"><strong>outside<\/strong><\/span> the <strong>historical resource area<\/strong> but have <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\"><strong>not yet<\/strong><\/span> been <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>tested<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 14px;\"><strong>XGC<\/strong> recently <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>collected<\/strong><\/span> <strong>119 surface samples<\/strong> from within the <strong>historical resource area<\/strong> and its <strong>surrounding exploration targets<\/strong>. <strong>67 of the 119 surface samples<\/strong> <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>returned<\/strong><\/span> values of <strong><span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">above<\/span> <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\">0.50 g\/t gold<\/span><\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 14px; text-align:center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pico Machay surface samples and exploration targets\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/surfacesamplesandexplorationtargets.jpg\" style=\"display:block; width:100%; max-width:600px; height:auto; margin:0 auto; border:0;\" width=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 14px;\"><strong>XGC<\/strong> has <strong><span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">identified<\/span> nine <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\">undrilled<\/span> exploration <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">targets<\/span><\/strong> surrounding the known <strong>mineralized body<\/strong>. <strong>XGC<\/strong> only needs to <strong><span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">drill<\/span> 2,000m<\/strong> to <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>verify<\/strong><\/span> the historical resource. The company has laid out <strong>20 drill platforms<\/strong> for the <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>new<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>exploration targets<\/strong><\/span>, where it plans to complete <strong>20,000m<\/strong> of future drilling to <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>expand<\/strong><\/span> the resource.<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 14px;\"><strong>Pico Machay<\/strong> is located in a <strong>mining-friendly district<\/strong> with <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\"><strong>low risk<\/strong><\/span> of facing any <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\"><strong>severe social roadblocks<\/strong><\/span> that have paused other Peruvian mining projects. In fact, <strong>XGC<\/strong> has <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>strong<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>support<\/strong><\/span> from the <strong>local community<\/strong>. Last month, the company <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>announced an agreement<\/strong><\/span> with <strong>Comunidad Campesina de Salcca Santa Ana<\/strong> to carry out the drilling, exploration, and environmental studies necessary for the development of <strong>Pico Machay<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 14px; text-align:center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Xali Gold community agreement for the Pico Machay Gold Project\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/communityagreement.jpg\" style=\"display:block; width:100%; max-width:600px; height:auto; margin:0 auto; border:0;\" width=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><em><span style=\"font-size:8px; line-height:1.3;\">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 is receiving compensation from XGC of US$75,000 cash for a six-month marketing contract. NIA&#39;s President has purchased 125,000 shares of HSLV and can buy or sell shares at any time. This message is for informational and educational purposes only and does not provide investment advice.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gold is breaking out today, up $28&nbsp;to $4,082 per oz, and NIA is excited to announce a brand-new gold stock suggestion: Xali Gold (TSXV: XGC), currently trading for $0.24 per share. Xali Gold (TSXV: XGC) recently acquired the Pico Machay Gold Project in Peru from Pan American Silver (PAAS), a $19 billion market cap company. 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