RE: Secured Resources8 Oct 2024 13:24
Which podcast are you referring to Northenshark.
The one i linked to, although a year old, discussed copper waster from IRH deal:
"To put that transaction in perspective, we have announced that we’ve acquired the biggest waste rock surface copper resource that exists in Zambia and in southern Africa. We’ve acquired that resource and that resource, which stretches nearly 8 square kilometers, contains more than 350 million tons at 1% copper. That means it’s three and a half million tons of copper in that resource. You can therefore imagine the magnitude of an operation that can be sustained by that resource. We can scale to 30, 40, 50, even 60,000 tons of copper per annum for many years into the future on that resource."
I think the 350 million tonnes went down to 220 million in the last update, but at 1 percent copper still 2.2 milllion copper in that resource. at 60,000 tonnes of copper per annum, that resource would last 36 years!
Also, Leon mentions they can make a module in about 8 weeks, or 4 modules simultaneoulsy(cash allowing) in one go in 12 months, and that 4 modules is sufficient to produce 25k+ tonnes of copper annually. - we already have two copper modules running. I think they could easily scale much higher than 4 modules in one go, but would depend on amount of cash in the bank.
Copper shortage looming, see guardian article.
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