RE: Is the Mali Gov stake in KMUK or the subsidiary?22 Jan 2023 09:40
Elcobble, in the downtime I have been looking at Leo Lithium, their entire acreage is the size of our mining licence area.
They are well ahead of us in terms of quantifying all of the lithium on their plot, the amount of lithium they are uncovering is massive. Bernie appears very excited about additional lithium on our mining area above what is already included in our PFS now a BFS.
Kodal minerals wants to be a miner and explorer.
This lithium we have initially covered is so valuable that we have derisked down to 39%.
If the rest of the area keeps adding to the resource our 39% holding is most probably going to exceed the tonnage in our initial BFS.
As a UK company that means we are very exposed to lithium and Mali, there is a point where it is sensible to say enough is enough and try and create a spread for longevity, I think gold has longevity.
I think lithium is going to be a windfall for the following ten years or so then will fall into the domain of miners who operate in the copper and iron ore space, the price will drop significantly.
Our JV partners will excel in that space, but it is unlikely Kodal would remain there, Bernie is from gold and diamonds.
So Bougouni West is possibly just too much.
In addition Mali is looking at the mining companies not working gold sites who have mining licences, any changes they make to rectify this situation could ripple into new licences for other materials such as lithium. Bougouni West as we all know does not have a mining licence, just an exploration licence, unlike our main project.