RE: 22 handle13 Feb 2026 14:43
But you assume it much higher for building a mine. 'Further to today’s release of a maiden MRE for Pepas, TPI has updated its prudent conceptual economic model for the deposit. Orosur, of course, has multiple options in terms of its future mine scheduling and production. In order to illustrate one possible scenario, however, TPI has envisaged Pepas’s evolution into an exceptionally low-cost, high recovery open pit mine, requiring only simple on-site crushing (i.e., comminution to break down larger fragments and liberate gold from the surrounding rock), before being transported to a third-party toll processor.
Note that a number of mills located less than 200km from Pepas and available to take additional high-grade feed have already been identified, suggesting Orosur will be well positioned to negotiate a competitive rate (perhaps giving <0.3g/t or less) for grinding, concentration and smelting/refining, possibly with a view to forming Doré bars as an intermediate product. Another alternative could be to produce a gold/sulphide concentrate (such as is already being done at the nearby Zancudo mine) which can then be sold direct to metal traders, such as Trafigura; this would reduce truck movements and potentially open the option of using pre-payment to support construction. '
No fleet of trucks for £30m required.