RE: Antimony stake increased15 Jul 2025 12:38
“On 24 February 2025, Xtract entered into an exclusive collaboration agreement with Wildstone. Xtract acquired an initial 50% interest for an initial cash payment of US$500,000 and has the option to acquire an additional 30% by phased payments of US$900,000 over the next three years with the aim of defining one, or more, JORC resources.
The parties anticipate that within 6 months of signing the agreement small scale mining will commence that will utilise Wildstone’s own contractors. Capital funding for the small-scale development of US$200,000 will be provided by Xtract which will recover the initial capital by being paid 75% of free cashflow. Xtract shall be responsible for all small-scale development mining funding until such time as the operation is demonstrating a surplus income over expenditures (including sustaining and maintenance capital). On full capital repayment, Xtract will be entitled to 60% of all profits.
The small-scale development will continue during the exploration phase and will be replaced or may run concurrently if the potential for a larger more sophisticated processing plant is identified.
For the purposes of defining potential for a larger scale development, the criteria to be used is not less than 5 years mine life at a minimum annual throughput of 150,000 tonnes, with a DCF model demonstrating a payback of not more than 18 months and a return on investment not less than 20%.
Xtract will be expected to fund 100% of the larger scale development, anticipated to be US$1million on the plant design, construction, implementation and commissioning. On commencement of production, Xtract will receive 60% of cashflow for capital recovery, the remainder being shared 70% to Xtract and 30% to the existing shareholders in Wildstone. This arrangement will continue for 18 months, or until the capital is fully repaid, whichever is the shorter. After the completion of the 18-month period, the profits will be shared 80% to Xtract and 20% to the existing shareholders.”
Ref: https://xtractresources.com/projects-operations/wildstone-joint-venture/
Not really sure what you guys are on about… it looks to me like the project timescales and operations have been clearly defined by the company.