Dutton Associates today updated its coverage of AZCO Mining (AZMN.OB) maintaining a rating of “Strong Speculative Buy” and a target price at $3.00.
Dutton reiterated its investment thesis and rating for Azco Mining Inc.
AZMN continues to execute on a number of its near-term objectives and has good potential to accomplish a number of milestones through the end of the year.
As of February of this year, the Company caught up on its financial reporting, filing a 10KSB and two 10QSBs. In March of 2007 the Company resumed trading on the OTCBB.
While Dutton looked on the filing statements and trading on the OTC as positive developments, the stock came under pressure from shareholders reducing their holdings and driving the stock price down to current levels.
The Company has completed a number of actions that have allowed it to capitalize on opportunities discussed in our introductory report. A seemingly small but important step was moving its headquarters from Phoenix, Arizona to Albuquerque, New Mexico, which significantly closes the distance between management and its key projects, the Ortiz gold deposit 30 miles north of Albuquerque, and the Summit silver-gold project and Lordsburg in southeast Arizona.
In addition, the Company has improved the management team with the addition of Dr. John E. (Jack) Frost to the Azco board. Dr. Frost is well known in the industry, having established Exxon Minerals’ worldwide exploration programs.
The most important accomplishment was completion of a positive pre-feasibility study by Chapman, Wood and Griswold on the Company’s Summit deposit in southwestern New Mexico.
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