Nick Hodge,
Publisher
Feb. 24, 2026
I ordered another weatherproof file storage box from Amazon this week.
Whenever I do a private placement in a junior mining company, it gets its own hanging tab folder — handwritten label across the top.
Each box holds about 50 to 60 companies, depending on how thick the subscription documents are.
The box costs $30.
What goes inside can be worth millions.
I just bought my third.
Last week, I participated in my 128th private placement.
The 129th should hit my desk any day now. (Details here.)
My net worth seems to grow with every new folder.
The Senior Way to Invest in Juniors
If you’ve ever wondered how the “smart money” invests in this sector, it’s not by chasing green candles on your brokerage app.
It’s through private placements.
A private placement is when a company sells stock directly to a select group of investors instead of to the public market.
You come in early. You get a discount. You often get warrants.
And you fund the catalysts before the crowd shows up.
That’s how Patriot Battery Metals (now PMET Resources) went from $0.16 to over $17.
That single placement — with full warrants at $0.25 — turned a $20,000 investment into more than $2.2 million on the common shares alone… and $4.45 million if you exercised the warrants.
We’ve got the receipts. Our subscribers do too.
And that wasn’t a one-off.
The Open Portfolio
You don’t have to take my word for it.
Here’s the full open portfolio for Private Placement Intel — every live deal since 2024, not cherry-picked highlights.
The average open gain across the portfolio?
357.4%.
That includes everything.
Winners, of which there are several in the 400% to 850% range.
Warrants, with significant in-money-value.
And losers, of which there is one. (VTEN doesn’t count because it’s halted and will go much higher when trading commences.)
A few examples:
- Kingsmen Resources — Financed at $0.25 with full warrants. Shares hit $1.59. Up 536%.
- Daura Gold — Financed at $0.06 with full warrants. Shares at $0.36. Up 500%.
- North Shore Uranium — Financed at $0.05. Shares at $0.25. Up 400%.
- Q2 Metals — Multiple rounds. One up 1,772%.
- Patriot Battery Metals — 3,450% on the common. Warrants up over 2,000%.
And we’re not dabbling in Reg D crowdfunding junk or private deals that never list.
These are:
- TSX
- TSXV
- CSE
- Or clear paths to going public
We avoid deals where you can’t get liquidity.
Because you can’t profit if you can’t sell.
Why This Works
Three reasons:
- Timing - We come in before the company is on stage pitching at conferences. Before the drill results. Before the rerate.
- Pricing - Private placements can legally be priced at a discount to market. If a stock is trading under $0.50, it can be issued at up to a 25% discount. You start ahead.
- Warrants - Warrants are leverage without obligation. If the stock doesn’t work, you let them expire. If it does, you exercise them deep in the money. That’s how $0.25 warrants become the real wealth builder when a stock trades at $15.
This is how Ross Beaty invests. It’s how Rick Rule invests.
It’s how the whales build positions.
My mission has been simple: Bring these private placement deals to serious retail investors who qualify.
Not For Everyone
Private placements are exempt securities.
You need to be an accredited investor via either income or net worth thresholds.
There’s a four-month hold period. There’s paperwork. There’s a legend to remove.
If that sounds cumbersome, this isn’t for you.
If making 400%, 600%, 1,000% returns in early-stage bull markets sounds interesting, signing a couple of forms is a small price to pay.
You might also need a file box or two.
Why We Keep It Small
We run this through Private Placement Intel.
We cap membership at 250 people.
Not as a gimmick. But because if we get too big, we can’t get meaningful allocations into $5–$30 million market cap companies raising $1–$5 million.
Right now, we’re around 200 members.
When a new financing comes together — like the one landing this week — we offer access to that tight group.
No brokers pushing product. No finders fees. No options.
Gerardo and I invest alongside our members. Same price. Same warrants.
The 129th Placement
The next file folder is about to be labeled.
It has a low valuation, strong management, clear catalysts, and tight structure.
Exactly the kind of deal that belongs in these boxes.
If you want to see the full details when they become available, you can review the order page here and secure your spot in Private Placement Intel.
There are only 250 memberships available.
If you qualify and you’re serious about building real wealth in this bull market, this is the senior way to do it.
You can decide whether you want to fill pockets and folders alongside us.
Call it like you see it,
Nick Hodge
Publisher, Daily Profit Cycle