RE: Anyone got a handle on this?22 Aug 2022 16:33
I'll try and explain this further to help some of you, NYUD is a brown field relaunch right. So, if it is a relaunch is has an extensive amount of work already done on it, yes? So, that makes it part of this -
"· Four palladium, platinum, copper, nickel and cobalt open pit deposits, upon which Russian FS completed and reserves (according to the Russian standards) approved by the Russian State Committee of Reserves (GKZ).
Each of the four open pit deposits, which are located directly adjacent to Monchetundra, have already been studied by Eurasia with block modelling and open pits' optimisations performed by the Company. According to the due diligence done by Eurasia, the ores are suitable for toll treatment over distances of 5 to 8km with beneficiation and mineral processing at the proposed plant site between the Company's open pit deposits at Loipishnune and West Nittis."
So, where will the vast majority of work and therefore expense come in, well, the other areas, not NYUD and POAZ which were previously operated. Satellite imagery shows anyone the opens pits already in place on NYUD and POAZ, so, the rest fall here -
"· A further five mostly open pit palladium, platinum, copper, nickel and cobalt assets are included in the JV, where Eurasia has carried out due diligence including c.20km of exploration drilling and some 12 thousand samples taken by Eurasia."
The ones that require the most work and therefore the most expense.
I think peoples biggest mistake is not fully realising what work has already taken place at Monchegorsk, both by Eurasia and Anglo, but, also previous operators like Norilsk.
When they raised the $35m it was enough to cover all Rosgeo JV assets to be JORC'd etc by WAI, both raising RNS are titles stipulating X amount of cash for the Rosgeo JV and RNS specifically states that they had enough to cover their commitments to the JV.
GLA