RE: The Big Picture9 Dec 2025 08:46
Coyote. A good summary. Thanks.
Several other pieces of information I am interested in e.g. the Ivanhoe Makoko-Kitoko discovery in 2023-2024 in the Western Foreland - 27.2mt @2.79% indicated, and 494 mt @1.75 inferred - https://www.ivanhoemines.com/news-stories/story/makoko-kitoko-discovery-doubles-in-size/ astonishing. It is immediately North West of Kamo-Kakula, and along strike from it. Galileo's license shares the core geological framework and Shares basin architecture and lithologies for brine-hosted Cu; also adjacent to Ivanhoe Angola licenses - where they took a lot of licenses in Angola across the border from our license for reasons best known to Ivanoe (not random for sure). CB will want to drill that puppy further - for obvious reasons - and the 'flywheel' monetisation strategy to provide the cashflow will lead to that happening.
Shinganda has open pit potential - and it could form a spoke for another processors hub, whilst they drill out the rest of the asset. Again. potentially Tier 1 territory for that license IMO.
With Luansobe, the reason for going there in the first place was the potential 65mt @2.37% copper in the ZCCM papers. CB then discovered the open pit in the North of the license (monetisable), and the underground mine, and that leaves the huge potential of the deeps going South towards the Mopani Mine... I doubt there is no copper between the North of the license which we will soon monetise, and the Mopani Mine - which they have sunk additional shafts for. It's along strike.
In terms of the Kalahari, PL39/PL40 are only 10-15km from Khoemacau. Any find here will be snapped up - I can even see a JV potential on that one. PL253 is already sitting between two discoveries and Cobre appear set on Copper production with BHP and another large investor. All good..
Etc etc..