RE: Ernest Giles30 May 2023 22:42
Hi Sandgrounded
Answer to your questions I don’t believe Newmont are at all interested in Ernest Giles at this present moment.
They have enough projects of their own to cope with at the moment, the merger with Newcrest is enormous and will take at least 2 years to unwind.
Ggp have to prove up projects to a certain level before any major will take interest and that goes for Rio as well. This joint venture Ggp will have to prove up projects to a level before Rio will commit themselves, they are only interested in large projects.
Havieron is a different beast, it’s going straight down under 420m of cover, so first thing it’s not going to be easy to get to. The ore coming out though is high grade this means you need less ore to get the same minerals that Cadia is producing and that goes for many other global mines.
It’s still in its infancy this FS and MRE won’t be the last, there will be many, it will keep on growing way after Red Chris has gone.
Newcrest got in a pickle, Havieron decline behind schedule, they had to look elsewhere to get resources quickly that’s where Red Chris and Brucejack came in both slightly ahead of Havieron and easier to get quick bucks.
Havieron is a once in a generational find, it still is but it’s taking time to prove it, it’s time will come.