RE: Interview with Bryan Mcmaster30 Apr 2021 16:55
I personally loved this interview it really sounded extremely positive to me. I can't make up my mind which route they should take. If they go down the self funded route, $10 million is a cinch and might mean we can just get a loan and avoid any dilution, it would also mean we get value achieved sooner with some still very good economics. The alternative is to JV, give up some of our equity but for even better economics but a bit longer to wait.
For me it hinges on one thing. If we go down the first route, with the cash we'd be bringing in how long would it be before we could fund the titanium / vanadium mining and processing ourselves? If we could fund 100% ourselves within say a year of commencing mining and not have to give up any equity I would favour that route. I don't know what it would cost us to mine and treat the titanium to make the titanium powder that is valuable so it's hard to tell how long it might take to raise the requisite funds. If it is very expensive and would take us years of production then I would favour the JV route as long as we don't have to give up too much. Interested to hear what others think and if anyone can illuminate wrt the CAPEX required for the second option.