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Some serious trades on both nyse and tsx, 15 million shares trading.. this from eight capital who see thing like I do...


Eight Capital states: NexGen Remains our Top Pick; Takeout Clock Could Start Once NXE is Fully Financed in 2024: 2023 was a banner year for NexGen as it secured its provincial EA approval, showed investors are ready to finance the project before full permit receipts through raising US$110M in debentures, and noted that it had US$1B (entirety of upfront capex) in interest on the debt side to finance Rook 1. We anticipate that 2024 will also be a milestone-heavy year.

We believe it will get federal approvals sometime in H1/24. Post-federal
approvals, we’d expect NXE to look to secure financing for Rook I. A fully
financed NXE may be the M&A trigger for an existing producer and we expect the stock to benefit from this speculation in 2024. It makes the most logical sense for Cameco to make a bid as it would be even further in control of global supply with the project in its portfolio. Less talked about, however, as a possible takeout candidate is BHP (BHP-A, Not Rated). BHP is familiar with uranium through its Olympic Dam mine (~6% of global supply) in Australia but it’s also recently invested in building out the Jansen potash project in Saskatchewan. The uranium experience and commitment to Saskatchewan show that Rook I could also fit very well inside BHP’s diversified mining portfolio. Whether or not a takeout bid develops, we expect NexGen to continue to run in 2024 as investors look for quality investment choices in the space.