Silver Crown Royalties on Gentile backing: project pipeline notes for mine planners
Reviewed by Tom Sullivan
First reported on MINING.com
30 Second Briefing
Silver Crown Royalties (Cboe: SCRI) hit an all-time high after Michael Gentile invested C$3 million, buying 424,500 units at C$7 each, with the stock jumping over 25% intraday to C$10.74 and valuing the company at about C$38.6 million. Gentile, co-founder of Bastion Asset Management and already the largest shareholder in more than 25 junior miners, will also act as strategic advisor, signalling stronger access to equity capital. Proceeds will target accretive silver royalties on assets including PPX Mining’s Igor mine in Peru, Pilar Gold’s PGDM in Brazil and EDM Resources’ Scotia mine in Canada, amid silver prices above $89/oz.
Technical Brief
- Each of the 424,500 units includes one common share plus one share purchase warrant, adding leverage.
- Gentile’s C$3 million placement was priced at C$7 per unit, implying immediate in‑the‑money exposure.
- Intraday trading saw SCRI open at C$8.51 and peak at C$10.74 before easing to ~C$10.20.
- Midday valuation of C$38.6 million gives a rough market-implied multiple on Silver Crown’s five current royalties.
- Silver Crown’s royalty portfolio spans PPX’s Igor (Peru), Pilar Gold’s PGDM (Brazil) and EDM’s Scotia mine (Canada).
- Silver price moved to just above $89/oz, up nearly 12% year‑to‑date, improving royalty project economics.
- Gentile already advises several mining companies, suggesting potential deal flow for additional silver‑linked royalty paper.
Our Take
With silver now near US$89/oz in our database, a C$38.6 million royalty vehicle like Silver Crown Royalties is highly leveraged to further price moves, which can quickly re-rate the NPV of its interests over assets such as PPX Mining’s Igor mine and EDM Resources’ Scotia mine.
Gentile’s position as the largest shareholder in more than 25 junior miners gives Silver Crown Royalties unusual access to deal flow across Latin America and Canada, which can matter more than balance-sheet size when competing for new royalties on projects like Canada Nickel’s Crawford project.
Among recent silver-tagged pieces in our coverage, most vehicles are single-asset developers rather than multi-asset royalty holders, so a five-property royalty portfolio focused on Peru, Brazil and Canada offers investors a different risk profile to the typical junior silver equity story.
Prepared by collating external sources, AI-assisted tools, and Geomechanics.io’s proprietary mining database, then reviewed for technical accuracy & edited by our geotechnical team.
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