RE: MC Interview..18 Jul 2018 16:04
Great vid/update
Key question about "what next" - ie BFS @ 9mins
- Looking at mining faster and picking up pace - 600k of mined gold @ 100k oz p/a v 80k p/a
- BFS based around this scenario (cost of $1m)
- Expand out feeder pits - Metzida is key given estimate of 300k+ oz (ie 20k p/a production) from these areas to aim for 110-130k p/a.. KEY NOTE is that permit is 2.8k tonnes p/a (100k p/a gold prod) and feeders would likely need additional permits, altough much smaller and expected to be much easier to work through, especially if mid-production already)
- Looking at adding an extra 1m oz of gold within 12 months -> 3.3-3.5m oz "global scale"
- THEN construction of 'base case' - didn't confirm finance scenarios (ie debt/equity mix "60/40" mentioned by MC)
"that's the beauty of this - we are high-grade deposit and lower quartile AISC. despite politics, gold still sells"
4 weeks permits
12 months BFS and prep
Then build late FY19
$30m MCAP and NPV of $195m and oz in ground @ $12 per oz in the ground... "very beaten up"... erm, YES
Final comment is that upside roughly 6.5x (ie £2.60)...