79 - Mining Promises Venture Style Return
Mining offers venture-style returns, with early investors already seeing 5x gains before full-scale operations. This episode explores why mining is attracting strategic capital and how it mirrors startup investing.
Mining Promises Venture Style Return
Investing in mining might not seem like the obvious choice for those used to the fast-paced world of startups, but the two industries share a striking similarity—high risk, high reward. In venture capital, most startups fail, but the successful ones deliver exponential returns. The same principle applies to mining.
Why Mining is the VC of Natural Resources
Most mining ventures don’t make it to full-scale production. But for those that do, the returns can be massive. Here’s how:
1. Asymmetric Returns – Just like startups, mining projects have the potential for 50x or even 100x returns when they succeed.
2. Early-Stage Gains – Investors who enter before drilling starts can see rapid paper gains, similar to early-stage VC funding rounds.
3. Real-World Example – In Zambia, the latest copper discovery was valued at $150 million before drilling began, giving early investors a 5x return before production even started.
4. Global Demand – Just as startups disrupt industries, mining fuels the technologies of the future—EVs, AI, and clean energy all rely on critical minerals.
Savvy investors are already seeing the opportunity. Is it time to look beyond traditional asset classes?
Listen to this episode of Pattern Cognition to understand how mining could be your next high-growth investment.
Highlights:
00:00 Introduction: Why Investors Are Eyeing Mining
00:09 Mining vs. Startups: Parallel Returns
00:16 High Stakes, High Rewards: Success Stories
00:28 Early Wins: The Copper Discovery in Zambia
00:37 Conclusion: Mining as the New Venture Capital
Links:
Website: https://www.sidmofya.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sidmofya/
Transcript:
Five reasons why savvy investors are looking at mining. Reason number four, mining promises, venture style returns, and they're already happening. What do mining and startups have in common? It's parallel returns. Most mines fail just like most startups fail. But the ones that re that succeed return five 50 XA hundred x even more coupled metal's.
Latest copper discovery in Zambia was ude at 150 million. Even before drilling started early investors saw a five x paper return before full scale operations. Sound familiar? It's just like DC investing, but underground.