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RE: Hopeful Thread - LongNautilus - 01-27-2026
Thank you again Sycamore. As Steelrat has said a couple of times: we basically own a lottery ticket at this point. I always go back to thinking about who has been buying NUSMF over the past 6 years. I asked Google Gemini: Why would an investor buy a stock on the Expert Market OTC?
Response:
Buying a stock on the **Expert Market** is the investing equivalent of buying a "mystery box" at an auction. It is a specific tier of the OTC (Over-the-Counter) market reserved for companies that do not meet the basic transparency requirements to be quoted publicly.
Since a 2021 SEC rule change (Rule 15c2-11), retail investors are generally **prohibited from buying** these stocks through standard brokers. However, institutional and "accredited" investors still trade there. Here is why they do it.
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## 1. The "Deep Value" Hunt
Many stocks land on the Expert Market because they are "dark"—meaning they have stopped filing financial reports. While most of these companies are failing, a small percentage are actually profitable businesses that simply don't want to pay the high legal and auditing fees associated with being public.
* **The Play:** An investor might realize a company has valuable real estate, patents, or a steady cash flow that the market has "forgotten" because the stock is no longer visible to the public.
* **The Goal:** Buy at a massive discount (cents on the dollar) and wait for the company to catch up on filings and "up-list" back to the Pink Sheets or OTCQB, where the price often skyrockets once retail investors can buy in again.
## 2. Special Situations & Liquidations
Investors often use the Expert Market to play **bankruptcies** or **corporate restructurings**.
* When a company goes through Chapter 11, its old shares often move to the Expert Market.
* "Vulture" investors buy these shares on the off-chance that the restructuring leaves some value for the old equity holders, or they use the shares to gain a seat at the table during liquidation proceedings.
## 3. Arbitrage and Niche Assets
The Expert Market contains a strange mix of "orphaned" securities, including:
* **Foreign Ordinaries:** Stocks of legitimate foreign companies that don't bother with U.S. reporting standards.
* **Preferred Shares:** Old dividend-paying shares that still yield cash but have no active public quote.
* **Arbitrage:** Because quotes are not public, price discrepancies between different broker-dealers can be huge. Sophisticated traders with access to "level 2" data can profit from these spreads.
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### The OTC Hierarchy
The Expert Market is the lowest rung of the OTC ladder. Understanding where it sits helps explain why it is so restrictive:
| Market Tier | Transparency Level | Accessibility |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **OTCQX** | **High:** Audited financials, strict oversight. | Open to all investors. |
| **OTCQB** | **Medium:** "Venture" market for growth firms. | Open to all investors. |
| **Pink Sheets** | **Variable:** Can be "Current" or "Limited." | Mostly open to retail. |
| **Expert Market** | **None:** No public financial info available. | **Professionals/Institutions only.** |
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### Why can't I buy it?
If you are a regular retail investor, your broker (Fidelity, Schwab, E*Trade, etc.) will likely only let you **sell** an Expert Market stock you already own. They will not let you "open" a new position. This is because the SEC wants to protect individuals from "pump-and-dump" schemes involving companies that provide zero financial data.
> **Warning:** Trading on the Expert Market is extremely illiquid. Even if you find a "diamond in the rough," you might find it impossible to sell your shares later because there are no buyers.
**Would you like me to look up the current requirements to become an "Accredited Investor" so you can see what it takes to access these restricted markets?**
RE: Hopeful Thread - LongNautilus - 01-27-2026
Deep sea mining is the next geopolitical frontline – and the Pacific is in the crosshairs
https://islandtimes.org/deep-sea-mining-is-the-next-geopolitical-frontline-and-the-pacific-is-in-the-crosshairs/
RE: Hopeful Thread - JJameson - 01-28-2026
My Nautilus stock is up over 8900%. It is valued at $0.009 per share with a $4,450 value.
What's going on????
RE: Hopeful Thread - JJameson - 01-28-2026
(01-28-2026, 05:48 AM)JJameson Wrote:(01-28-2026, 04:53 AM)JJameson Wrote: My Nautilus stock is up over 8900%. It is valued at $0.009 per share with a $4,450 value.
What's going on????
I called my broker. Apparently, someone purchased 63,000 shares of Nautilus stock for $0.009 each.
Is this an indication that more people will try to buy on the expert market? Does Nautilus have something that DMSF couldn't claim for some reason? Perhaps a contract to mine in a specific area?
RE: Hopeful Thread - HLV - 01-28-2026
My account shows up about 800000%.....hell yeah!!
RE: Hopeful Thread - LongNautilus - 01-28-2026
(01-28-2026, 06:55 AM)HLV Wrote: My account shows up about 800000%.....hell yeah!!
Up 899,900.00% today - that's got to be a record for us!! Hahaha too funny. Nobody is seabed mining without paying a royalty to Nautilus Minerals. Nautilus owns all of the needed patents - this is part of the reason why I think TMC & Nautilus are linked.
https://g.co/finance/NUSMF:OTCMKTS
RE: Hopeful Thread - steelrat - 01-28-2026
My depot shows a value of 802,75 EUR
Seriously, what's going on?
RE: Hopeful Thread - Bille2271 - 01-28-2026
Looks like it pays to stay and be patient. I wrote to PWH and ripped them for felicitating the bankruptcy of Nautilus Minerals. I felt it was done by the backing of the principals who loaded Nautilus money during the last few months of the boat build. I never got a response probably because it was a rather heated email. Hopefully good things coming to us in the future.
RE: Hopeful Thread - KingKongFong - 01-28-2026
I have no idea whether we still have any skin in the game, but Ill admit it was nice to see a a few thousand dollars of unrealized value under my NUSMF position.
Also, it looks like Mawarid updated there website and they have a ton of new graphics on Solwara....
https://mawaridmining.com/what-we-do/png-solwara/
RE: Hopeful Thread - LongNautilus - 01-30-2026
Why would any sophisticated / accredited investor spend $700 to buy this dog at a 899,999.00% mark up??? Now the NUSMF shell is worth 6.2 million (on paper). It is nice to see though...