Topic: How To Invest

Q: Thank you for your sage advice. Could you please provide me with your analysis of these two businesses: Power Metal Corp. and Protect Home Medical Corp. Thanks.

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A: Power Metal Corp., $0.41, symbol PWM on the Toronto Venture Exchange (Shares outstanding: 102.9 million; Market cap: $42.0 million; www.powermetalscorp.com), is a Canadian mineral explorer with a focus on lithium and other high-growth specialty metals and minerals. It aims to take advantage of what it sees as opportunities in the lithium battery and clean-technology industries. Power Metal has moved up sharply lately from a low of $0.10 a share in mid-March, likely on the company’s announcement that it plans to shift its exploratory focus from lithium to cesium. The lithium market has been in a downturn, but the company also views cesium as an extremely valuable mineral with a range of expanding uses. Cesium is a silvery-gold-coloured, soft metal. It is one of only five metals that are liquid at or near room temperature. It’s also a very rare element, mostly found in scarce pegmatite rocks. Pegmatites are “extreme” igneous rocks that form during the final stage of magma’s crystallization. They…