[144] Idaho Strategic Resources, Inc. SEC Filing
Idaho Strategic Resources, Inc. (IDR) filed a Form 144 reporting a proposed sale of 87,470 common shares through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC on the NYSE, with an aggregate market value of $2,651,691.58 and an approximate sale date of 09/23/2025. The filer reports these shares were privately acquired from the issuer on 01/29/2014 and paid for in cash. The filing also discloses two recent sales by the same person totaling 150,000 shares for gross proceeds of $2,643,000.00 on 07/10/2025 and 08/19/2025. The notice includes the seller's certification that no undisclosed material adverse information is known.
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- Insider sale size: Proposed sale of 87,470 shares worth $2,651,691.58, following earlier sales of 150,000 shares this year.
- No Rule 10b5-1 disclosure: Filing does not state whether sales are under a pre-established trading plan, leaving motive unclear.
Insights
TL;DR: Insider proposes to sell 87,470 shares valued at $2.65M; recent sales total 150,000 shares, indicating ongoing dispositions.
The filing shows a non-routine insider disposition: the 87,470-share notice at an aggregate market value of $2,651,691.58 is sizable relative to typical microcap free floats and follows two sales this year totaling 150,000 shares for $2,643,000. The shares were originally acquired in a private issuance in 2014 and paid in cash, so these are not newly created shares. For investors, repeated insider sales can signal liquidity needs or portfolio rebalancing rather than company-specific bad news; the filing itself contains no disclosure of adverse developments.
TL;DR: Multiple insider sales in a short period raise governance and signaling concerns for shareholders.
From a governance perspective, the sequence of transactions—100,000 shares on 07/10/2025, 50,000 on 08/19/2025, and a planned 87,470 on 09/23/2025—represents meaningful insider liquidity events. While the filer affirms lack of undisclosed material information, clustered sales by an insider may prompt questions about insider alignment with long-term shareholders and warrants monitoring of subsequent filings or disclosures. The filing does not provide explanations such as trading plans under Rule 10b5-1, which would mitigate interpretive uncertainty.