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http://www.mining.com/web/leica-pegasusbackpack-becomes-industry-first-in-wearable-reality-capture/ Old article, but appears Leica are pioneers and industry leaders. I was trying to find the price of the kit, I read in one or two places it was north of 200k. Anyone have a better idea, please share

Mr Chow: notice the price has been rock solid steady this last week

Woohoo!! Go team geocurve

http://www.strat-aero.com/services/survey-and-inspection Some subtle changes on the website. This page looks rejigged to me. Can anyone confirm if it’s new or been there?

http://miningnorthof60.com/northern-star-a-look-at-capstones-minto-mine/ Okenia: just wondering, did capstone take over contracting when the mine went underground? Note the comment in the article. It’s 44% of the costs, hence curious

http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/216469417.shtml SFN gets between .5-1.5% as smelter royalty, as per capstone annual statements. Explains DL’s statement about “looking forward to working with the Selkirk First Nation”

Peter comes across as a really knowledgeable but down to earth person. To state he�s connected is an understatement if ever there was one. https://relationshipscience.com/person/peter-bojtos-3307929

�As in previous years, the 2012 program will be conducted in two phases, winter and summer, separated by a pause in the spring for thaw and freshet. It is anticipated that the Company will provide an update of exploration results part way through 2012 when drilling is paused between phases.� This was from the last drill program. So April and May are no drill months due to thawing snow/ice. So if the deal completes in April or May, I d expect a drill program in summer. Just my opinion. Bored and trying to read into the asset, but my limited knowledge gets in the way lol good luck all

Oh my, what a silly decision DG! No pressure eh..but Okenia is correct, we have the luxury of time and we need to do our own due diligence (not that we have any choice in the matter). Trust no one. DYOR is always the key to feeling secure and sticking with ones decisions, regardless of storms. I like PB too, to me he’s one of the key people here. Interesting that ASARCO did quite a lot of work on Minto during Franks tenure. Guy was the exploration manager at MintoEx. Two people who know Minto. So far, not much hair found lol good luck all

http://s2.q4cdn.com/231101920/files/doc_financials/annual2015/AIF_2015_FINAL.pdf Page 36 onwards, describes background/ Minto operation

I was trying to dig out the question on all our minds. If it�s got great potential, why has capstone not developed it properly? I know Okenia explained it in a circular logical manner, but I wondered if there was more �hair� on it, ex local resistance, indigenous groups, legal or environmental issues etc. Can�t see any hair (yet! Bald is good, Peter agrees ;)) I find it very odd that capstone kept drilling every 1-2 years, creating updated FS/PFS, looking for license, mining, water renewals. A lot of paper work to keep extending mine life by few years each time. Truly seems as though they treated Minto as a step child as PB suggests. I do get the fact that it happened in a copper downturn environment, and has to be seen against that background and assets everywhere were put in care & maintenance by miners to save costs, but considering the grades, it has never been marginal, even at low copper prices. (For this phase break even is $1.92/pound Cu price) Few other facts from the last PFS (June 2012): 16 sq km has seen drilling out of total 28 sq km. The area in the north and either side of central-east, has seen little exploration, ie provides exploration upside. Especially prospective seems the fire keel area, which was drilled in last drill program (2012), and gave some of the highest grades seen on property. I m not sure how much of this has been mined yet. On geophysical mapping, geophysical techniques and good old hard graft soil sampling etc too, it appears the property hasn�t been systematically fully scanned. They refer to data fidelity only being good upto 350m underground. I know that we have methods going 0-1.5km deep, and then 1.5-3 km deep. It would appear they have spent minimum amounts possible to keep the mine going, and chosen the cheapest least expensive means. Geologically, it appears the structure is confusing geos, they refer to it as IOCG type, with hypogene ore (sulfides) plus overlay of sheeted veins, likely supergene enriched. (May explain the high grades 3% Cu, 1.5% gold etc). They asked for help from the MDRU at BCU. (Mineral deposits research unit at British Columbia) Just few observations and comments. This looks very promising and neglected/under developed. Happy to be corrected...DYOR. Good luck all

PFS sorry. It comments that Minto East (wildfire) is probably a separate deposit, rather than an extension, and sees potential growth there....

http://capstonemining.com/news/news-details/2012/Capstone-Completes-Minto-Mine-Phase-VI-Pre-Feasibility-Study/default.aspx

Real bargain at 1.275p Mr Chow :)

This is a high risk turn around story in progress. But the people who have entered the story have track records and more importantly they have put their money where their mouth is. So folks should do their own reading, not listen to lotto, topshot or Confucius ;-)

Bythesea lol I looked at the 2016, 2017 financial figures for Minto, on capstones balance sheets. Essentially both years numbers are skewed and don’t represent the average year. 2016 is skewed because they had planned to close the mine by 2017, and (I think) some associated costs were added to the yearly figures. 2017, as I pointed out had additional stripping/other one off costs to extend mine life, and the mines underground tonnage produced during transition was less than anticipated. This was partly offset by the REVERSAL of costs associated with closure. So I reckon we should go to 2015-16, for a better idea. (Apart from grades of ore which will probably have ?dropped gradually from 2015-17, likely offset by abysmal copper prices) I wonder if someone with a better accounting hat could strip Mintos performance out of the balance sheet, adjust numbers for copper price/tax etc and give us an idea what it looks like, as a stand alone producer? Okenia, no pressure ;-) Just my ten pence. DYOR. Good luck all

I was looking at Capstones annual financial report. There were one or two derampers who highlighted the costs as high, the day the Minto deal was announced. The 2017 numbers for Minto are higher than expected due to significant expenditure on expanding mine life to 2021. So PERE (and we!!) should see the benefits, going forwards http://s2.q4cdn.com/231101920/files/doc_news/2018/02/2017-Q4-Financial-Results-NR-FINAL.pdf Page 3: “At the start of 2017, it was Capstone’s intention to place the Minto Mine on care and maintenance at the end of 2017. As a result of rising copper prices and the downside protection provided by the renegotiation of the precious metals stream in 2017, Capstone made the decision to continue operations until at least mid-2021. SIGNIFICANT development and stripping COSTS were expensed in the second half of 2017 as part of the mine life extension that will benefit FUTURE periods. These additional costs, combined with lower than planned production for the fourth quarter, impacted C1 cash cost1 per pound of payable copper produced.” All sounds good to me. Just my two pence. DYOR. Good luck

There are plenty of professional looking outfits doing UAV related survey work. I think we all know Strat aero wasn’t living up to its promises. Investors have seen massive losses. But we can’t live in the past. We have had a hard reset, no doubt about it. Management cleared out. New BOD soon. New stream/s of revenue. Possible acquisition to compliment existing business. Going forwards, I think we can expect better performance based on the business being better funded and importantly better managed. Geocurve is up there with the others, has good partners and will deliver this year. Just my humble opinion. DYOR. Good luck all

I m expecting this to ten bag and beyond, within 12 months. It’s not really that far fetched or inconceivable. 13p is a ten bag from here. 13p with current share issue is about £28m. Bit bigger with dilution. There are many ifs and buts along the way. But it’s possible. Few things outside the company’s control such as copper price obviously. I hope the time to load up cheaply is over. That has to be our reward for trusting the team before any acquisition on the radar. Just my two pence.

Another part of the growth strategy last year was to develop a professional pilots association, with a membership, recurring fee to manage/analyse data. Below is from the half yearly financial report “Automated Log Book Production We have agreed a trial period with a company who provide comprehensive, cloud-based logging systems for UAS pilots. The system provides pre-flight planning tools, post flight analysis and aircraft maintenance logs - all requirements of Aviation Authorities for commercial UAV pilots.” There are several creative threads from which revenue may grow, it’s just wait and watch now. Just my two pence. DYOR