Hunting for Value in Mining Stocks Amid Soaring Metals Prices | Freddy Brick | Muddy Waters Capital

Precious metal and base metal prices have soared as have many mining stocks, but despite this, Freddy Brick, partner at Muddy Waters Capital says that the industry feels closer to left for dead than euphoric. He explains why that setup and the consistency of the mispricing in the sector brought them to launch a fund with the help of mining expert Darren McLean allowing them to take concentrated investments in the assets they think the market is overlooking while running lower net exposure. He also discusses how they think about hedging in the sector, why they take a bottom-up approach to portfolio construction, and how they approach short and long activism in the sector. Follow Muddy Waters on X: https://x.com/muddywatersre Follow Max on X: https://x.com/maxwiethe Follow Other People’s Money on: Apple Podcast https://bit.ly/4e7QJ1M Spotify https://bit.ly/3Yhaazi YouTube https://bit.ly/3C63VXR X https://x.com/opmpod Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:28 Approach to Portfolio Construction 07:56 Fraud Report Origin 09:35 Block Models Explained 15:27 Why Juniors Are Distressed 21:19 Finding Mispriced Projects 25:12 Venture Like Investing 28:25 Promoters and Capital Raising 33:43 Sentiment and Cycles 38:28 M&A Wave Ahead 43:27 Trading Vol and Hedging 46:57 Long Activism Approach 50:23 Scaling the Strategy 55:10 When Alpha Shows Up