RE: Expected new flow in next 6 months4 Aug 2018 15:26
Capital costs for all disciplines are summarized below:
Description Pre-Production
(US$)
Delayed payment
and sustaining
(US$)
Total LoM
capital (US$)
Mining 87,401 59,937 147,338
Processing 2,169,416 451,904 2 621,320
Tailings Storage facility 225,242 - 225,242
General Infrastructure 771,414 762,294 1 533 708
Owner's Costs 414,369 33,737 448,105
Subtotal Direct Capital 3,667,841 1,307,871 4,975,713
Procurement & CM - 449,382 449 382
Contingency 92,373 49,536 141,909
VAT 345,428 -345,428 -
Insurance 41,011 - 41,011
Subtotal Indirect Capital 478,812 153,490 632,302
Capital Expenditures 4,146,653 1,416,361 5,608,015
Sustaining Capital - 150,625 150,625
The operating costs presented below are extracted from the economic model, which are based on
the mine schedule. The estimates have been developed from first principles, or are based on firm
contractor quotes. LoM operating costs are estimated at US$75.60 / tonne of ore processed or
US$89.14/mtu produced, ex warehouse Beira. The operating costs for all disciplines are summarized
below:
Item LoM (US$ 000s) Cost - (US$ / mtu) Cost - (US$ / t
processed)
Waste Mining 4,705,837 37.0 31.3
Ore Mining 636,967 5.0 4.2
Mining Fixed 844,100 6.6 5.6
Labour 1,966,657 15.4 13.1
Processing 2,070,141 16.3 13.8
Tailings 280,544 2.2 1.9
G&A 543,448 4.3 3.6
Transport 303,171 2.4 2.0
Total Operating Cost 11,350,866 89.14 75.6
Price projections of US$325/mtu APT at a 34% discount to APT were used
The pre-tax economic analysis indicates the following:
Net present value for the Project at a 10% discount rate (NPV10) of US$5.4m;
Internal rate of return (IRR) of 161%; and
A payback period from start of production of 9 months.