RE: First ore4 Apr 2022 13:59
What’s in HAD005
From the HAD005 RNS
“ Analytical results for HAD005 have been received and are reported here. Overall, an intercept of 275m at 4.77g/t gold and 0.61% copper was returned (1,581 metre grams gold equivalent*) from an upper zone of 118m at 3.08g/t gold and 0.84% copper from 459m, and a lower zone of 157m at 6.04g/t gold and 0.44% copper from 660m, separated by an apparently unmineralised mafic intrusion. Other intercepts include 7.5m at 32.83g/t gold and 1.20% copper from 482m, 0.5m at 211.30g/t gold and 3.56% copper from 487.5m, and 0.5m at 64.1g/t gold and 5.38% copper from 464.5m. Plus 38m at 20.17g/t gold and 0.82% copper from 700m, 4m at 103.82g/t gold and 0.86% copper from 713m, 1m at 97.65g/t gold and 8.45% copper from 702m, 1m at 138.74g/t gold and 1.24% copper from 714m, and 1m at 200.75g/t gold and 0.73% copper from 715m. All intercepts over 1g/t are presented in Table 1. Other metals are present in the mineralised system including silver to 211g/t, zinc to 5.9% and lead to 12%.”
Credits coming back from the processors could be cobalt, silver, zinc and lead, how much is debatable as it will blend in with NCM final results.
From HAD005 to HAD009 RNS
“ Gold equivalent values are calculated using a gold price of US$1,200/oz, a copper price of US$2.80/lb and a cobalt price of US$33,000/tonne.”
You can see they factored in the cobalt equivalent, price today $82,000/ tonne.
At what stage at that price will cobalt become economical to mention, we never find out until credits come back. If they do become economical then the AISC can only reduce