CFTN Jumps 24% on Near-Zero Short Interest

Clifton Mining Company posted a sharp one-day price jump this week, closing at $0.20 on April 28 — a 24% gain on the day and up 21% over the past month. The move is the standout feature for a micro-cap OTC name with almost no short selling activity to complicate the picture.

Short interest is effectively negligible here. The most recent ORTEX estimate, dated mid-February, put shares short at around 23,000 — a fraction of a percent of the float at just 0.04%. The official FINRA fortnightly figure is even smaller, at 400 shares short as of March 31. There is no short-side pressure in this stock. The lending market reflects that: availability shows nothing is being borrowed, with zero shares currently on loan against the pool. Cost to borrow has eased from double-digit levels seen in late 2025 to around 5.9% in the most recent reading, though that data is now over two months old. The short angle is simply not relevant to this story.

The broader picture is thin, as befits an OTC micro-cap with no sector classification and no market cap on record. Institutional ownership is minimal — Appleton Partners holds 25,000 shares, roughly 0.05% of the company, unchanged as of December 2025. There are no analysts covering the stock, no earnings estimates, and no options market to read for sentiment. The ORTEX short score of 28 is middling and stale, last updated in February.

What the earnings history does offer is a pattern of sharp reactions. The January 7 filing triggered a 3.6% one-day move and a 14.9% five-day gain. The November 2025 event produced a 10% move in both the one-day and five-day windows. Clifton filed what appears to be another earnings-related event on April 29 — the outcome of that release will be the next meaningful data point for the stock.

The week's price action is the only live signal available. Without analyst coverage, institutional depth, or a functioning short market, the stock's near-term path is shaped almost entirely by whatever the April 29 filing contained and the thin trading that follows it on the OTC market.