My notes from the EUZ AGM1 Dec 2021 12:41
Notes from the Europa metals AGM held at 10.00 am on Tuesday the 30th of November.
As previously stated, all Six resolutions were passed at the AGM with 70+% in favour in each case. Please bear in mind that any shareholder that did not vote had his or her vote cast for them in favour of the resolution. Only 20% of the company voted, which means 80% did not and by default then voted in favour.
Toral, owned by Europa Metals is a Geological mining project with the potential to become a mine at some point in the future, however the geological work done to date is formidable, with $1 billion worth of metals resource currently on the ground at today’s metal prices. To progress Toral to a producing mine of Zinc, Lead and Silver, Europa Metals will require a Mining Licence and $75 million of capital investment.
The Board of Directors said that they were in talks with interested parties about the progress at Toral and much of the ongoing groundwork and analysis is being carried out to specifically answer questions raised by these parties as they consider the proposal that Toral represents to them. All, work carried out moves Toral forward to ultimately completing a Pre-feasibility study for a future mine.
Europa Metals is funded, post placing, for the next twelve months, however, Europa metals does not have sufficient funds to complete a full Pre – feasibility study or indeed a Definitive Feasibility study. The objective is to complete enough of the key components to satisfy a JV partnership or some other transaction that will move Toral to the next level. The BOD is aware that the market has completely ignored the NPV of Europa Metals and the SP shows a complete disconnect with the asset. The current NPV is $156 million, the current market cap is circa $5 million.
Next Steps
More drilling will be taking place in the upper zones that represent the first few years of the life of the mine and this will be combined with ore sorting analysis. It is hoped that this will increase the percentage grades recovered in the early years of the life of the mine. The short-term objective is to;
• Further increase the Indicated Tonnage, which is currently 6 million tonnes
• Shorten the Cap ex investment payback point from year four.
• Increase the NPV
Hydro Analysis work is ongoing, but to date no issues have been found
Metallurgical work is ongoing, but to date no issues have been found
The Resource at Toral is open at depth and also open at the East, so the potential exits to further increase the resource from its current 20 million tonnes of which 6 million tonnes is currently an indicated resource.
Initial reactions from commercial lenders have been good, when discussions about the required Capex have taken place and it is not considered to be an obstacle to development once DFS and permissions have been granted, but of course this is some way off yet.