PRELIMINARY ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT Zancudo Project19 Sep 2024 09:35
This PEA was written in 2023. Gold is now over 2500 USD an ounce, an increase of 35%.
PRELIMINARY ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT
Zancudo Project – Technical Report and Preliminary Economic Assessment, December 14, 2023
The Zancudo Project PEA is based on the Mineral Resource Estimate outlined above and incorporates local contract mining. Over the approximately 10.3-year mine life, production from the mining and processing of approximately 3.5 million tonnes of material containing 899,000 gold equivalent ounces is expected to recover 683,000 payable gold equivalent ounces through the sale of approximately 636,000 tonnes of high-grade gold-silver concentrates. Recoveries to concentrates are expected to be 85% for gold and 87% for silver from a 3-stage crushing circuit. Initial CAPEX costs are estimated at US$14.8 million including a US$2.0 million contingency. All-in sustaining costs are forecast to be US$1,059 per ounce of payable gold on a by-product credit basis.
At long-term gold and silver prices of US$1,800 per ounce and US$22 per ounce, respectively, total Life-of-Mine (“LOM”) undiscounted after-tax Project cash flow from mining operations amounts to US$266.4 million. At a 5% discount rate, the net present value of the total LOM after-tax Project cash flow amounts to US$206.3 million. The Project has an after-tax internal rate of return of 287% and payback in 2025.
Key Economic Parameters Of The PEA