This Month's Tiny Gems - April 2014

FX Energy, Inc. (FXEN)

Headquartered in Salt Lake City, FX Energy is an independent oil and gas company focused on Poland, where the company aims to take advantage of underexplored hydrocarbon producing areas by leveraging its large land position, strong technical team, and number of attractive gas prospects. The company’s Polish operations are headquartered in Warsaw. FX Energy also has “modest” oil production and oilfield service activities located in the United States.

Sandstorm Gold Ltd. (SAND)

Sandstorm Gold finances gold mining projects through an arrangement called “gold streaming,” in which Sandstorm makes an upfront payment to a mining partner that needs capital to build their mine, refinance their obligations, complete an acquisition, or for various other reasons. In exchange, Sandstorm receives a contract which stipulates the purchase of a certain percentage of the gold produced from the mine, for the life of the mine, at a fixed per unit cost.

Verastem, Inc. (VSTM)

Verastem is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing drugs to treat cancer by the targeted killing of cancer stem cells, an underlying cause of tumor recurrence and metastasis, and thereby reducing the initiation of new tumors. The company is developing small molecule inhibitors of signaling pathways that are critical to cancer stem cell survival and proliferation – its current programs are: FAK, PI3K/mTOR, and Wnt.

Zogenix, Inc. (ZGNX)

Zogenix is developing and commercializing products for the treatment of central nervous system disorders and pain with a focus on innovative solutions for unmet medical needs. Established in 2006, Zogenix’s overarching goal is to offer patients safe and effective treatments and to provide them with education on appropriate use of each product.