Highlights from Today's s RNS30 Sep 2021 08:29
Over to the experts.
TEO Highlights:
· Revenue is based on a conservative nickel price of US$ 13,300/t (US$ 18,600/t today) and a copper price of US$5,960/t (US$ 9,260/t today). Metal recoveries derived by Gipronickel Institute (a wholly owned subsidiary of Norilsk Nickel) are anticipated to be 73.5% for nickel and 52.3% for copper based on a nickel cut-off grade of 0.3% nickel.
· Russian B + C1 reserve inclusive of in-balance and off-balance totals 144.2 million ore tonnes containing 1.10 million nickel tonnes and 304 thousand copper tonnes. This inventory approximates the JORC resource categories of Measured and Indicated.
· Potential mine life estimated to be 25 years, sustaining an 11.2 million tonne per year throughput.
· Open pit mining operating costs per ore tonne US$ 14.79 (ore plus waste cost). All other costs total $33.25 per ore tonne FOB Vladivostok, Russia.
· Total initial capital costs are projected to be approximately US$ 1.0 billion including the construction of a power line and a dual carriageway gravel surface road. Working capital expenditures projected to be US$ 83 million.
On 30 June 2021, the Company announced that RPM Global had completed an update to the JORC resource estimates including all drilling and trenching. Based on a 0.3% nickel equivalent cut-off grade ("COG"), the global JORC ore tonnage has increased by 19.2 million tonnes ("Mt") (12.4%) to 174.3 Mt, by 156,000 nickel tonnes (13.5%) to 1.31 Mt of nickel (averaging 0.75% nickel) and by 53,000 copper tonnes (16.6%) to 372,000 copper tonnes (averaging 0.21% copper). A 0.3% nickel cut-off grade was used to calculate the JORC Resource compared to previously reported resources at a 0.4% Nickel cut off-grade. The reduction in the COG is primarily due to the metallurgical test results by Gipronickel Institute which confirmed that two revenue generating concentrate products (Ni and Cu) could be produced. Previous resource estimates were based on a single nickel only payable concentrate being produced with zero revenue contribution being derived from the copper.
I've missed current cash balance and admin costs, etc.
GLA