A Reminder of what is up for grabs!30 Dec 2020 09:33
Below are Just some key points to remember whilst everyone is wondering why this is taking so long. It's mammoth, that's why!
The total amount controlled by Eurasia and under flanks exclusivity right application is c.15Moz of PGM as per the State Cadastre with an additional c. 4Moz also within the 5km exclusivity area.
Further potential resources of c.21Moz in established and unlicensed resources and reserves in the district surrounding the town of Monchegorsk, that is located 8km from Monchetundra.
The Pd to Pt ratio in Monchetundra production license varies from 1.7 to 5.8 Pd/Pt ratio, a similar range is observed in the flanks area.
The Company and its working partner CKE (CKE works with Eurasia and also Norilsk Nickel, Nord Gold, Barrick and other miners on Kola) also maintain databases on the regional prospectively and projects. In addition, the Company sought further information from the Murmansk Archive for Geological Information, the regional state cadastre of mines, to obtain the current knowledge base of resources and reserves within the 5km perimeter of the mining rights, in what is a well-established mining area with numerous ore bodies occurring in an 'cluster' at the contact between two mafic and ultra-mafic layered massifs. The Company's proprietary information was compiled with the official geological archive, in considering the best area to apply for as a flanks application. The Geological archive is a sub-division of Rosnedra, the Federal Agency for subsoil use, and is mandated by law to maintain the state Cadastre of mining deposits, which is essentially a government inventory of the state resources, according to prescribed procedures, including review by an expert panel of independent resource professionals. The data contained in the official Geological archive forms the basis for this RNS.
The above resources have been compiled by the Murmansk Geological Archive and represents the current database of resources in the immediate area of the Monchetundra production license.
In relation to additional 25Moz (those resources in addition to the 15Moz of PGM in Monchetundra and its flanks) the information contained in the State Cadastre has not been independently verified by Eurasia and it is therefore provided for guidance purposes only. The Company would need to verify the data in the Russian Cadastre through additional work and drilling, if it was to incorporate the data into the defined resources of the Company (as required by the relevant mining standards and the AIM Rules). The Company may undertake such work as and when it is deemed necessary and, in any event, if it determines to progress with expanding the operations of the Company; building upon the data sets already established by previous licence holders.