RE: Posts from the other side23 Sep 2018 08:23
Mattjos 22 Sep '18 - 13:09 - 15744 of 15754
H1 18 resulted in the following average / day production:
Au: 183.7oz
Ag: 468.4oz
Cu: 3.2t
Annualising those H1 averages gives FY 18 targets of:
Au: 67,061oz
Ag: 170,975oz
Cu: 1,184t
Clearly Q's 3 & 4 are going to be much better with the new crusher enabling parallel running of Ag & Fl for the first time.
Since start 2013, if you identify the best quarter production for each metal and put those together, you get a theoretical FY maximum of:
Au: 79,031oz
Ag: 186,313oz
Cu: 2,450t
So, we do now have the productive capacity to exceed the theoretical best ever FY figures. Assuming there is no immediate additional plant expansion, just what is possible is now down to ore grade, optimised ore blending, plant utilisation & optimisation.
At same time, the company clearly has a programme in hand aimed at optimising as many of the overall processes as they can eg. water recycling, diesel filtration, new haul roads etc.
I firmly believe there is plenty more to come in terms of optimising the overall financial metrics of the business. If there is a 3-6 month Optimisation of Operations programme in parallel with the exploration programme, it will further reduce the AISC and show what is possible when we use the exploration results to determine how and where the next expansion phase is done.
Obviously one of the biggest single levers on the whole model is grade of incoming ore ... we've had continual and repeated statements that grades are higher at depth. Now they have confirmed that Gadir is contiguous with Gedabek, the Gadir entry point presents the opportunity to get at a larger part of the overall ore body than had we only continued with open pit mining.
This is really now developing into a cracking company. Strong growth coming through, profits and cash-flow building & still so much more to go at. Superb management team at the helm & it is readily apparent they are enjoying themselves.
Much more to come here in the short, medium & long-term