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November 20th, 2025 | 07:25 CET

Horror prices for Plug Power and D-Wave! High-grade results for gold gem Kobo Resources!

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Kobo Resources is increasingly becoming a potential hot takeover candidate in the gold sector. The explorer can once again report high-grade gold discoveries. Will a neighbor soon make a move? In contrast, Plug Power shareholders are fleeing. The hydrogen stock has already lost more than 30% in the current week alone. Will the share price horror continue? D-Wave has also lost around 50% of its value within a few weeks. The quantum high-flyer is currently reporting on its technology to reduce the energy hunger of the AI boom. Can this bring about a turnaround?

time to read: 3 minutes | Author: Fabian Lorenz
ISIN: PLUG POWER INC. DL-_01 | US72919P2020 , D-WAVE QUANTUM INC | US26740W1099 , KOBO RESOURCES INC | CA49990B1040

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    For more than twenty years, the Cologne native has been intensively involved with the stock market, both professionally and privately. He is particularly passionate about national and international small and micro caps.

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    Kobo Resources: Another high-grade gold discovery

    With the consolidation of the gold price, Kobo Resources' stock has also lost significant value in recent weeks, which presents an exciting opportunity to buy in. The explorer is increasingly becoming a gold gem with takeover potential. Another high-grade gold discovery has been reported.

    Kobo is currently advancing two projects in Côte d'Ivoire. The West African country is one of the most stable on the continent. The government is focusing on international mining partnerships and attracting more and more gold companies.

    High-grade results were recently reported for the Kotobi Gold project. In an initial exploration program covering an area of 301.8 km², Kobo identified four distinct anomalies with gold grades well above 500 ppb locally and peak values of up to 1,420 ppb Au. The Kotobi project is located in the central east of Côte d'Ivoire and rests on folded volcanic, sedimentary, and metasedimentary units.

    The region is located in the Dimbokro-Abengourou Belt, a structurally favorable zone of the West African Craton where numerous economic gold deposits have already been identified.

    Exploration of the Kossou Gold Project is already at a more advanced stage. It is located only about 40 km from the capital, Yamoussoukro, in the Birimian Belt. An extensive drill program is currently underway for the resource estimate. To date, drilling has outlined promising gold deposits near surface and at depth with grades of up to 17.30 g/t Au. Kobo is confident that the growing gold system with significant potential will continue. Important for shareholders: The Kossou project is located just a few kilometers from a producing mine owned by Perseus Mining. If the resource estimate is convincing, Kobo would be a very hot takeover candidate.

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    Plug Power: Stock slips

    While Kobo Resources shareholders can rejoice over high-grade gold discoveries, Plug Power is currently in a hangover mood. This week alone, the former hydrogen high-flyer's stock has lost over 30% of its value. The stock is currently trading at EUR 1.45. In October, it was still at EUR 4 when Plug Power was suddenly counted among the winners of the AI energy boom. That euphoria is over.

    The reason for the current price disaster: the Company urgently needs capital, which means that existing shareholders will be heavily diluted. The hydrogen specialist has placed a convertible bond with a volume of USD 375 million (with an option of up to USD 400 million) and a term until 2033. The interest rate is a hefty 6.75%. The convertible bonds can be converted at an initial conversion price of around USD 3 per share (333.3333 shares per USD 1,000 par value). The share price reflects what Plug shareholders think of the transaction.

    D-Wave: New energy for the stock?

    D-Wave's stock has also been under pressure recently, albeit not as severely as Plug. However, the quantum stock has also halved from its October high of around EUR 40. Perhaps participation in the SC25 supercomputing conference in St. Louis will provide new impetus.

    D-Wave will be presenting its progress in hybrid solutions there until tomorrow. The presentation will cover the integration of its quantum processors (QPUs) into modern HPC environments, specific industrial customer applications, and early quantum AI use cases. The aim is to show how quantum and classical computers – QPUs, GPUs, and CPUs – can be combined into scalable, energy-efficient overall systems that are already delivering measurable benefits in complex optimization and simulation tasks.

    Against the backdrop of skyrocketing energy costs due to AI workloads, D-Wave plans to position its technology as a potential "green accelerator" for data centers. D-Wave manager Murray Thom explains how the new Advantage2 quantum annealer can solve some real-world issues faster, better, and with less energy than classical AI systems.

    The slump at Plug Power is tempting to get in on. However, investors should bear in mind that the Company is far from having a profitable business model. The high-grade gold discoveries and increasing takeover speculation are arguments in favor of buying Kobo Resources shares. D-Wave remains a basic investment in the quantum sector, but is also likely to remain highly volatile.

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    Fabian Lorenz

    Fabian Lorenz

    For more than twenty years, the Cologne native has been intensively involved with the stock market, both professionally and privately. He is particularly passionate about national and international small and micro caps.

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