RE: Grand National13 Apr 2026 13:16
It has been a double whammy for Orosur, a poor reception for an MRE which was almost exactly what the analysts had expected, followed by gold price reduction and ongoing uncertainly in the Middle East. Nobody really knows how the oil crisis will play out, and how it will affect mining which may have an impact downstream on M&A thus impacting juniors. As we all know the whole sector has been impacted and there is nothing Orosur can do about that. Many high quality juniors on my watchlist are still on the floor so Orosur is definately not alone in that.
If there is no JV on the table for El Pantano, they will need a very strong geological story for the market which I am hopeful of one of these two being true. If there is a JV being discussed they need to move that to a Letter of Intent asap. They released the first drilling update on El Pantano on 12th December which all seemed very positive:
Visually, several of the holes have intersected extremely encouraging structures showing textures and mineralogy consistent with what is seen in other low sulphidation epithermal systems in the region. In particular, the presence of colloform banding in several intersected narrow veins is a key indicator often seen in the core of low sulphidation epithermal systems.
Preliminary interpretation would suggest that vein textures are indicative of lower temperatures, albeit with some examples of higher temperature overprinting. This would suggest that current drilling is still higher in the system, above the boiling zone.
The Company is confident that it has achieved its general objective of proving the existence of a substantial mineral system. This is an extremely positive and unusual result for the first drilling program on a grass roots project. The challenge, however, is identifying where, within the mineral system, economic widths and grades may have been deposited.
So one can read between the lines in that the drill results do not show what the market wants to see in respect of high grades of precious metals. As such I guess Brad has taken the decision not to release the "pathfinding" numbers which is what we were all waiting for during Q1. If there is no progress being made towards a JV at present they will need to package the "pathfinding" El Pantano data into a major operational update which I think would be in May alongside new results for Apta (which the market will like ofc).