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Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Contango ORE, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→Contango ORE, Inc. looks over-valued against its niche peers and is dormant on financing cadence.
Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the extractive sector profile.
Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.
No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.
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Contango ORE, Inc. is one of 701 Mining & Resources companies tracked from HOUSTON. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 73% of sector peers), and in the upper tier by modeled valuation est..
Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.
As reported in public records reported — not modeled.
Solid bars are reported offering amounts reported; hatched bars are the modeled post-money valuation est. — both on one shared scale so you can read raise-vs-worth at each round directly. Use the toggles to overlay data labels and the niche-peer / market average value lines.
The line shows cumulative reported funding over the period; + labels show new capital added between points when there is room. Toggle on-bar figures, plus the niche-peer and market averages, to read this company against its cohort. Benchmarks are modeled medians.
Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 33%.
Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series A — a $4.0M–$15M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the extractive sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.
Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.
Benchmarked against 701 companies in Mining & Resources. Each bar is a median (the middle company, not an average — outliers don't skew it). Two yardsticks: real money raised (reported on Form D) and modeled value (our estimate est.). These are whole-sector medians across all stages, except the per-stage row.
Raised more than 73% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 88% of peers (estimate).
A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series A) that last raised in the same ~3-year era, ranked by modeled value est. (not money raised). This is the exact set the analyst read compares against, so a like-for-like cohort is what makes "over/under-valued" meaningful. This company ranks #12 of 40.
| Company | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | vs peer med. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 360 Mining, Inc. | Series A | $12.8M | $43.7M | 5.25× |
| Arizona Sonoran Copper Co Inc. | Series A | $11.1M | $35.5M | 4.28× |
| Reunion Gold Corp | Series A | $19.8M | $34.8M | 4.19× |
| American Strategic Metals Corp. | Series A | $11.4M | $34.4M | 4.14× |
| MERIT Mining Ohio, LLC | Series A | $10.0M | $33.9M | 4.08× |
| Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd | Series A | $23.2M | $31.0M | 3.73× |
| Monetary Metals Bond II, LLC | Series A | $8.5M | $29.2M | 3.52× |
| Liberty Gold Corp. /CAN | Series A | $10.5M | $27.1M | 3.26× |
| Silver Tiger Metals Inc. | Series A | $7.6M | $25.1M | 3.02× |
| Filo Mining Corp. | Series A | $7.5M | $24.2M | 2.91× |
| Allied Gold Corp | Series A | $6.9M | $21.8M | 2.62× |
| Contango ORE, Inc. this company | Series A | $5.7M | $19.3M | 2.33× |
Stage is inferred from round size est., not reported on the filing — a round's dollar size maps to a bucket: Pre-Seed <$1.0M · Seed $1.0M–$4.0M · Series A $4.0M–$15M · Series B $15M–$40M · Series C $40M–$100M · Series D+ $100M–$400M · Growth/Late >$400M.
| Stage | Amount · real | Announced | Post-money · est | Value · est | Conf. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series A | $5.7M | 2022-12-09 | $25.8M | $19.3M | 90% |
Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.
Predictive signals are modeled est. from this company's own cadence and step-up, plus sector benchmarks — directional, not advice. Peer set and a CSV export live in your analyst workspace.
Officers, directors and promoters named in this company's public recordsreported — the people who run it (not its investors). "Also runs" counts come from name-matching across all records, so verify before acting.
| Person | Role | Also runs | Tied since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse | — | 5 other | 2022-12 |
| Brad Juneau | — | — | 2022-12 |
| Curtis J. Freeman | — | — | 2022-12 |
| Joseph S. Compofelice | — | — | 2022-12 |
| Leah Gaines | — | — | 2022-12 |
| Richard A. Shortz | — | — | 2022-12 |
Contango ORE, Inc. is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.
Nearest neighbours across the whole database — matched on sector, stage and capital scale, and on shared operators (officers or directors named at both companies in public filings). A discovery shortlist, not a valuation cohort — verify before acting, the same way modeled figures are directional.
| Company | Sector | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trilogy Metals Inc. | Mining & Resources | Series A | $10.7M | $10.6M | network1 shared operator · same sector · same stage |
| Halo Exploration Ltd. | Mining & Resources | Series A | $5.7M | $25.0M | same sector · same stage |
| Greenheart Gold Inc. | Mining & Resources | Series A | $5.8M | $16.4M | same sector · same stage |
| Cerro Mining Corp. | Mining & Resources | Series A | $5.9M | $23.5M | same sector · same stage |
| Blue Moon Metals Inc. | Mining & Resources | Series A | $5.5M | $15.1M | same sector · same stage |
| Blue Copper Resources Corp. | Mining & Resources | Series A | $5.9M | $13.2M | same sector · same stage |
| GRP Minerals Corp | Mining & Resources | Series A | $5.4M | $3.9M | same sector · same stage |
| AEX Gold Inc. | Mining & Resources | Series A | $6.0M | $26.1M | same sector · same stage |
Matched by meaning, not labels — a local language model reads each company's name, sector and description and ranks the closest in that learned space. This catches look-alikes that cross sector boundaries; the structured list above explains its matches, this one trusts the text. Directional, like every modeled signal here.
| Company | Sector | Stage | Value · est | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacton Gold Inc. | Mining & Resources | Pre-Seed | $1.1M | 83% |
| Orex Minerals Inc | Mining & Resources | Seed | $1.6M | 82% |
| Copper Giant Resources Corp. | Mining & Resources | Pre-Seed | $1.4M | 82% |
| Treasury Metals Inc | Mining & Resources | Pre-Seed | $705K | 82% |
| Kutcho Copper Corp. | Mining & Resources | Pre-Seed | $537K | 82% |
| Coeur Mining, Inc. | Mining & Resources | Series B | $100.5M | 82% |
| Goldsource Mines Inc. | Mining & Resources | Series A | $869K | 82% |
| Parallel Mining Corp. | Mining & Resources | Pre-Seed | $1.1M | 81% |
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