Reflections on MD&A...17 May 2023 11:09
On the day before the CGP merger was announced, the SP was 17.46p, valuing SOLG at cΒ£400m...
The MD&A states: that the merger valued CGP at Β£96.7m...
The current MCap is Β£538m so...at face value it seems that the merger has added an incremental value of cΒ£41m at current SP, over and above the ascribed value...
"The Company continues to pursue its strategy as an integrated explorer and developer..." (NOTE Not a miner Quady.)
"the Company has until January 4, 2024, to complete the negotiation process (on the exploitation agreement for the Cascabel project) with the establishment of a non-binding term sheet..."
"US$15,471,936 transaction costs (US$7,963,098 incurred by SolGold plc and US$7,508,838 incurred by Cornerstone Capital Resources)." So we only incurred half...
The "Finance costs" for the quarter ended 31 March 2023 of US$3,797,545 are a non-cash, or 'notional' item unless we withdraw from the NSR Financing...
Exploration costs during the previous 9 months were minimal at c$41k but interestingly relate to "the costs capitalised to date on concessions held within the Companyβs four 100% owned subsidiaries in Ecuador that were relinquished during the quarter." I.e. we relinquished four concessions...
2,558m of drilling was completed at TAM in the three months ended 31 March 2023.
437m of drilling was completed at Moran in the three months ended 31 March 2023
"..field programs are continuing at Helipuerto with an initial focus on the delineation of the size and tenor of the new Tinkimints copper prospect....mapping and sampling the area directly south of Solarisβ Warintza copper-gold porphyry discovery that abuts SolGoldβs Helipuerto concessions....Exploration completed in the area south-east of the Warintza South defined a new target named Juank"
There will be "follow-up drilling" at CGP's Bramaderos and "The Company (CGP) believes its 100% owned βShyri NWβ concession, the site of the Vetas Grandes prospect, has the potential to host a significant epithermal-style gold-silver deposit."
Cana Brava has a binding farm in agreement with Newcrest. "The Company has the right to earn a 100% interest in the CaΓ±a Brava project in return for cash option payments each 6 months..."
"Cornerstone acquired the Tioloma property in March 2017 for strategic purposes; the property wraps around three sides of the CaΓ±a Brava property..."
"Bella Maria borders the NE boundaries of Lumina Goldβs Greater Cangrejos concession (Cangrejos has an Indicated mineral resource of 568 million tonnes of 0.73 g/t AuEq, with 10.4 Moz and 1.4 Blbs Cu). Initial results indicate that the property has excellent potential for hosting significant gold and copper mineralization..."
"The Miocene property lies adjacent to Mirasol Resources Ltd.βs (βMirasolβ) Titan project. Cornerstoneβs concessions are
located on an extension of the mineralized trend of the Titan Project and shares the same geology and surface indica