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Jeff Clark’s 5 Best Mining Stock Picks Right Now

VRIC Media Jul 15, 2026

Summary

Jeff Clark invests in four junior mining stages — pre-discovery, pre-resource, resource builder and pre-producer — and avoids developers and producers.

Each of his five picks has given back January gains, and he argues those pullbacks make the entry points attractive right now.

Turning resources into reserves cuts project risk and makes a company more attractive to senior buyers, even when the resource barely grows.

His five: A2 Gold, Pacifica Silver, Stallion Uranium, Sun Peak Metals in Saudi Arabia, and Getty Copper, which he ranks lowest risk.

Pre-discovery stories can take three to six drill programs, and he warns a compelling geophysical footprint does not guarantee another deposit.

Key points on Mayfair Gold

  • The interviewer cites Mayfair Gold, which he says has roughly a 3 million ounce resource and a 1 million ounce reserve.
  • It is used to frame the resource-builder stage, where the open question is whether the balance converts to reserves, a step the guest says de-risks the asset for a producer or acquirer.

Key points on Snowline Gold Corp

  • The guest cites Snowline Gold as the proof case for his highest-risk category, saying the position was up as much as 45 times.
  • He files it as a pre-discovery example, a category he says offers the highest potential reward but only works if the company makes a discovery.

Jeff Clark's takeaways

  • Top takeaway Clark sets out a four-stage framework for junior mining investing — pre-discovery, pre-resource, resource builder and pre-producer — and says all of his money goes into those four categories, including the window from construction decision to first pour, where he cites research showing a 90% chance of a 90% gain.
  • He does not invest in developers or producers, except for producers that were explorers first before they built and started producing metal.
  • His test for a resource builder is growth rather than incremental additions: he wants a company going from roughly a million ounces to double or triple that, and he notes that many of them instead convert resource to reserve, which de-risks the asset for a producer or acquirer even when the resource itself barely grows.
  • He says he favours names that moved sharply in January and then gave back a lot of those gains, arguing that the pullback makes the entry point attractive, which is why he selected these five.
  • He is personally overweight all five picks he presents — A2 Gold, Pacifica Silver, Stallion Uranium, Sun Peak Metals and Getty Copper — while ranking Getty the lowest risk because a discovery is already in hand and the two pre-discovery names the highest.

Eric Sprott's takeaways

  • Top takeaway The guest says Eric Sprott has invested in A2 Gold, one of the five picks he presents.