RE: ARS 'Massive opportunity' will be gone soon15 Dec 2019 19:48
Company Update
Asiamet Resources Limited ("Asiamet or the "Company") provides the following Company update with respect to its projects following the recent share price movement on 9 December 2019. The Company is not aware of any operational or corporate reason for the large price movement.
From an operational perspective, the Company has had a very active 2019 with a number of milestones being achieved, these include;
· A comprehensive drilling program at the BKM project with some good copper results that further strengthened the Resource;
· Maiden Ore Reserves for the BKM Copper project comprising (JORC Code 2012)
· 21.1Mt @ 0.6% Cu for 137k contained tonnes of copper in the Proved category;
· 30.4Mt @ 0.5% Cu, for 166k contained tonnes of copper in the Probable category; and
· 51.5Mt @ 0.6% Cu, for 303k contained tonnes of copper in the Proved and Probable category
· Delivery of a robust Feasibility Study for the BKM Copper project with the following key metrics
· An initial 9 year life of mine producing 25,000 tonnes of copper cathode per annum;
· Life of mine revenue of $1.27 billion and EBITDA of $563.3 million;
· Post Tax NPV8 of $124.8 million; and
· C1 cash cost of $1.65/lb and AISC of $1.78/lb
· Additional value to be generated through clearly identifiable value enhancements to improve the Feasibility Study by a minimum of $35 million on a risk weighted basis;
· Planned exploration work on four strategic targets in close proximity to the BKM Copper project to further add life through satellite discoveries.
The Company has increased its contained copper metal inventory from 1.37Mt in 2016 to 2.37Mt of contained copper in 2019. This is largely due to the successful exploration programs and its increased equity position from 40 to 80% in the Beutong copper-gold project.
With respect to our licences at the KSK Contract of Work and Beutong IUP projects, both licences are in full compliance and in good standing. The Company is awaiting a drilling permit for further exploration work over the proposed production area to be granted from the Government. This permit is currently with the Government of Indonesia awaiting approval. Once approved the Company will use its own drilling rigs and personnel to drill the four strategic targets identified (refer KSK Exploration Update RNS, 26 November 2019) to generate further upside for the Contact of Work area.
At Beutong, the strategy remains to test the deeper targets and the higher grade copper-gold zones of the porphyry system. Along with this, undertake metallurgical test work to generate development optionality for potential of early staged project construction and development through heap leach or alternative mining and processing methods.