RE: NPV - Phase 125 Jul 2025 09:50
Iveroche, I can empathise with that but it is no use.
The full list of what is covered in the costs with AISC Opex in mining is covered on the net.
However our figures use an average spodumene price of just over 2,000 dollars per tonne.
However within that is big fluctuation.
Opex AISC does not include CAPEX the cost to build the mine.
It does include production capital costs, ie when the plant needs major capital expenditure due to throughput, it also includes reclamation.
For instance if capital reclamation costs in those figures were 10%, on 800 dollars per tonne it would be 80 dollars per tonne, on 4000 dollars it would be 400 dollars, on an average of 2,000 dollars shown as 200 dollars.
If one of the taxes was 3%, on an average of 2,000 dollars it would be 60 dollars. But on 800 dollars per tonne it would only be 24 dollars, on 4,000 dollars per tonne 120 dollars.
It assumes money on every tonne is being allocated for future purposes too, like reclamation future plant capital costs on every tonne in a percentage, which on a practical level doesn't happen.
Too complicated to calculate.
The Opex AISC is clearly misleading investors.