Pierre Lassonde of Prime Mining Corp. (CVE:PRYM) Just Spent CA$2.0m On Shares

Prime Mining Corp. (CVE:PRYM) shareholders (or potential shareholders) will be happy to see that insider Pierre Lassonde recently bought a whopping CA$2.0m worth of stock, at a price of CA$4.03. There's no denying a buy of that magnitude suggests conviction in a brighter future, although we do note that proportionally it only increased their holding by 5.2%.

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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At Prime Mining

Notably, that recent purchase by insider Pierre Lassonde was not the only time they bought Prime Mining shares this year. Earlier in the year, they paid CA$2.95 per share in a CA$2.3m purchase. Although we like to see insider buying, we note that this large purchase was at significantly below the recent price of CA$4.32. Because it occurred at a lower valuation, it doesn't tell us much about whether insiders might find today's price attractive.

Prime Mining insiders may have bought shares in the last year, but they didn't sell any. You can see the insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year depicted in the chart below. If you click on the chart, you can see all the individual transactions, including the share price, individual, and the date!

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Insider Ownership of Prime Mining

Another way to test the alignment between the leaders of a company and other shareholders is to look at how many shares they own. I reckon it's a good sign if insiders own a significant number of shares in the company. Insiders own 20% of Prime Mining shares, worth about CA$78m. While this is a strong but not outstanding level of insider ownership, it's enough to indicate some alignment between management and smaller shareholders.

What Might The Insider Transactions At Prime Mining Tell Us?

The recent insider purchases are heartening. We also take confidence from the longer term picture of insider transactions. But on the other hand, the company made a loss during the last year, which makes us a little cautious. Insiders likely see value in Prime Mining shares, given these transactions (along with notable insider ownership of the company). In addition to knowing about insider transactions going on, it's beneficial to identify the risks facing Prime Mining. Every company has risks, and we've spotted 2 warning signs for Prime Mining you should know about.

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For the purposes of this article, insiders are those individuals who report their transactions to the relevant regulatory body. We currently account for open market transactions and private dispositions, but not derivative transactions.

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