RE: Notes from UK INVESTOR MAGAZINE interview - 28 Jun 202229 Jun 2022 16:42
* Focus on flexibility given volatility for Junior Explorers, what are the main challenges for the sector and your strategies to navigate these?
- Challenging times due to fiscal and geopolitical issues such as Ukraine but have confidence in the projects, commodities and jurisdictions
- Sometimes not as visible as people want us to be in updating quickly on results (referring to lab delays etc. in W.A)
- Such as having DSO grade iron ore which is a key commodity for now and into future irrespective of market volatility
- And at MM with its platinum, Palladium, Gold and other PGM’s from the historical 2.5 MoZ proven resource pre-2012 JORC compliance
- Sort of commodities that are part of the green future we’re living in and working towards and silver of course, an incredibly undervalued and misunderstood metal used in some many different key industries and products that also have increased demand going forward
- Focused on correct areas, commodities and not going gung ho without fiscal and ROI responsibility in mind.
* Besides the major milestone of commencing production at Han****, what else would you point out for investors to keep an on in the next 12 months?
- Han**** iron ore is the most advanced with exploration, scoping study leading to an MRE, next phase towards development of niche operation and production through obtaining a mining license
- But also have Brockman iron ore tenement to the west of Han**** being drilled in next few months and is completely undrilled historically but we feel has potential for HG iron material and just acquired Vivash Gorge (VG) iron ore project just SE of Brockman which also has on its boundary a Fortescue deposit of approx.. 20 MT of 58-59% iron ore also potentially running into the VG tenement
- Huge amount of work to be done at MM and EH in terms of updating the historic MM resource and working up to reopening the mine and getting underground, expecting the new headframe to be put in place on the main shaft in the next fortnight so EH mine can be dewatered and team can get down there to understand the potential
- Quite strong indications of a larger and lower grade but larger volume nickel and copper mineralisation associated with the MM intrusion mostly unexplored to date in that area
- Early maiden drilling in Mexican projects has been completed and waiting on results, hoping to get those soon and plan next phase of work, plenty there in pipeline, have to be cognisant to keep working but keep an eye on markets and funding so we don’t get into a position of being cash strapped, which we’re not at all at this stage
- Maximise spend towards time in field to move all the projects to the next level.
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