Newmont16 Dec 2018 15:30
Own 19.9% of OMI with first refusal and the right to increase their current Holding in OMI.
For me Uruguay is still a very valuable asset, with company spending lot of cash over past 10-15 years in building the SG mine complex and having operated multiple open pit mines and 2 underground mines in Uruguay. With Govt backing and being the only gold producer in Uruguay, I can see a positive outcome next week for all stakeholders and trade creditors alike. Loryser holds the $1.9m debt of which $1.5m is I think with Santander. All parties gain from successful continuation of operations in a higher Gold price environment moving forward in 2019 and beyond.
Court appointed controller has already submitted his report on possible increase in costs at SG which otherwise had been generating health c.30% gross margins for so many years. With higher Gold prices forecasted for 2019 and beyond would switch SG operations from loss to Profit even at lower grades which pushed unit costs up in the first place. They have already identified few higher grade underground deposits very close to the SG gold mine. Idea is to secure more higher grade deposits to feed the CIL plant, reducing unit costs and increasing LOM.
Veta A target already has produced c.33koz of gold in the past, so no environmental issues there. All should become clear soon next week.