Desert Gold Ventures

DAU.V

Industrial Materials · Basic Materials

Price

C$0.11

+0.00 (+0.00%)

Market Cap

C$39.7M

Exchange

Toronto Stock Exchange Ventures

Winston Score

–

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Share count rising — dilution

+86.8% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 138.2M (2021) → 258.1M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Desert Gold Ventures is a small Canadian mineral exploration company focused on finding and developing gold deposits in West Africa. Its main asset is a large land package in the Senegal-Mali Shear Zone in Mali, one of the most gold-rich geological corridors in Africa. The company does not yet mine or sell gold — it is in the exploration stage, meaning it drills and tests the ground to see how much gold might be there.

Desert Gold makes no revenue right now. It funds its work by raising money from investors, which is typical for early-stage mining exploration companies. Because it has no producing mines, it has no profit margins, and its negative return on invested capital reflects ongoing spending with no income. The company's future depends almost entirely on whether it can prove a large enough gold deposit to attract a major mining partner or buyer — a process that carries significant geological, financial, and political risk given its operations in Mali.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

Revenue data limited

EPS Growth

+33.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

4.0%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Runway

~3 months

$444,266 cash & investments

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

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Desert Gold Ventures has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

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Quality

Gross Margin

N/A

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Data not available

Operating Margin

N/A

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Data not available

ROCE

-201.7%

Weak — -201.7% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY

N/A

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Data not available

EPS YoY

N/A

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Data not available

EPS Consistency

4/8 quarters

Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

N/A

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Data not available

FCF Margin

N/A

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Data not available

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.05

Conservative — low debt load (0.05)

Interest Cover

N/A

Data not available

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

—

Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful

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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