Genuine Question10 Mar 2021 07:38
First off, this is NOT an attempt at a deramp - I (along with my parents) are seriously considering investing here. I'm Cornish born and my parents live a few miles from Crofty. I spent a lot of youth on walks at Botallack and often go for walks on great flat lode - Botallack is one of my favourite places to visit when I go back. This would be a sentimental investment for us (which in itself is generally a bad idea) as it'd be great to see an age old industry re-starting. My Dad is a keen enthusiast and loves the history of old mining in Cornwall.
The thing that's stopping us at this point is progress... While the company has plenty of reports indicating some good quality seams, pumps are installed at Crofty etc and the signing of the mining rights - there doesn't seem to have been any significant progress for the last couple of years. Any mine draining (either Crofty or others to gain access to any seams identified) will take years. I understand this is a project in it's infancy, but £8 million is unlikely to go far to get this project up and running.
The reports from Nov 2020 look promising - with further drills planned. Cornwall still has plenty of Tin/Copper as yet unmined and modern techniques make getting it out more viable (especially with the increased price and other metals available).
So the question is, at this point in time - what are the upsides here (from the current SP) and what are the realistic timescales to getting there. The risks are obviously understood, for me (personally) this is massively hard to keep out of at the moment - but that's for sentimental reasons.
Genuine questions and I'm genuinely interested to hear peoples views.
Thanks in advance