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Salazar Resources Limited

SRL.V
Other Precious Metals · Basic Materials
Price
C$0.39
-0.01 (-2.50%)
Market Cap
C$103.2M
Exchange
Toronto Stock Exchange Ventures
Winston Score
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No score yet — nothing to grade.
This is a pre-revenue company — it has no sales yet, just exploration or development costs. There’s no operating business to grade on profitability, margins or cash flow, so the Winston Score stays blank until it starts booking revenue.

Share count rising — dilution

+54.9% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 145.7M (2021) → 225.7M (2025)

§Winston Score History

The full picture

Salazar Resources is a mining exploration company focused on finding and developing gold and copper deposits in Ecuador. The company searches for valuable minerals underground, then works to prove there's enough metal to justify building a mine. It is one of the more active junior exploration companies operating in Ecuador, a country with significant untapped mineral potential.

Salazar generates little to no revenue currently, as it is still in the exploration and development stage. The company funds its work primarily by raising money from investors through share offerings. With a market cap around $100 million, it remains a small-cap explorer whose value depends heavily on drilling results and the ability to advance projects toward production. The key growth driver is successfully proving up large mineral deposits that could attract a major mining partner or lead to mine construction, but the main risk is that exploration is inherently uncertain and the company may need to keep raising capital to continue operations.

Growth Profile

When traditional metrics don't capture the full picture, these are the signals growth stock investors use instead.

Revenue Growth

Revenue data limited

EPS Growth

+39.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong earnings growth

R&D Spend

C$0/ year

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

19.8%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

5+ years

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

C$14M cash & investments at current burn rate

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
N/A
Data not available
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
N/A
Data not available
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-10.5%
Weak — -10.5% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
N/A
Data not available
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
7/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
N/A
Data not available

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.07
Conservative — low debt load (0.07)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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