RE: Apparently5 Feb 2019 18:01
Plenty of time left for BCN to start producing from Sonora then, they`ve got to build the thing first don`t forget.
This was a paragraph from the statement made by Mark Hohnen, Chairman of Bacanora, at the AGM in December `18
"As well as running through the economics of a 35,000 tpa lithium carbonate ('Li2CO3') operation at Sonora - US$1.25 billion pre-tax Net Present Value ("NPV"), 26.1% Internal rate of return ("IRR"), and Life of Mine ("LOM") costs of ~US$4,000 per tonne of Li2CO3 - our final results on 15 October 2018 referred to forecasts that demand for lithium could rise to more than 450,000 tpa by 2025 from today's 250,000 level. Less than two months later, those forecasts are now on the conservative side. Thanks to growing industries, such as electric vehicles and energy storage, both key consumers of the critical technology metal, forecasts are now more than twice that number. Currently, for instance, UBS is forecasting demand will hit 900,000 tpa by end of 2025, whilst Seeking Alpha believe demand could be more like 1.3mtpa by 2025*. It is numbers like these, particularly when one considers approximately 250,000t of lithium are expected to be produced in 2018***, that lie behind our firm belief that Bacanora is in the right commodity at the right time.
Just to remind people about the confidence that the funding process is under way and expected to be finalised sooner rather than later he also said......
"We continue to be in discussions with a number of industry and finance parties with regards to completing Sonora's finance package at the asset level. Bearing in mind our offtake partner Hanwa, SGRF, the sovereign wealth fund of the Sultanate of Oman, and RK Mine Finance all carried out due diligence ahead of agreeing to provide funds for the construction phase at Sonora, we remain confident the outstanding funds will be secured in due course. We recently announced the appointment of Citigroup Global Markets Limited ("Citi") to lead the equity financing of the Sonora project alongside Canaccord Genuity, both of whom shall also act as joint corporate brokers.
So I would hazard a guess that bsg4 is `apparently` trying to talk down the share price to get in at a lower price!
Good try, but far too vague for credibility.