Pursuit Minerals (ASX:PUR) share price rockets 22% higher today. Here’s why

This year, one of the best performers on the ASX market has been the Pursuit Minerals Ltd (ASX: PUR) share price.

The company’s shares have risen more than 290% year-to-date and an astonishing 2,800% in the past 12 months. This means for every $1,000 invested this time last year, it would now be worth $28,000.

That puts the comparative share price gains of market darling Afterpay Ltd (ASX: APT), for example (up 785% over 12 months), into a whole different light.

So, with no news coming out of Pursuit Minerals today, we take a closer look at what could be driving its gains.

What’s pushing the Pursuit Minerals share price higher?

There are a couple of possible catalysts that could be elevating the Pursuit Minerals share price….