RE: UK3 Jan 2021 17:27
£1 would be around 140mil Mcap - for the largest lithium mine in the EU due to be producing 400mil + per annum at current lithium prices when in production - looking to conclude 484m funding to construction during 2021 - EMH will we worth alot more the £1 when offtake agreements are signed and is fully funded to production.
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CEZ GROUP – STRONG INDUSTRIAL PARTNER
• Headquartered in Prague; operates in 9 European jurisdictions:
• Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, France
• Nuclear, renewables and coal-fired power plants
• Electricity supply; electricity and natural gas trading; coal and limestone mining
• CEZ is 70% Czech State-owned
• Czech Government backing to progress Cinovec as rapidly as possible
• Strong balance sheet and financial results provide backing to finance Cinovec
• CEZ Balance Sheet €28bn as at 31 December 2019 and EBITDA of €2.4bn in 2019
• CEZ has acquired 51% of Geomet – Cinovec project company
• Injected €29m into Geomet – Cinovec financed through to construction decision
• Investment enables immediate commencement of DFS and Front-End Engineering Design programme
• CEZ and EMH contribute to Board and Executive Management of Geomet
• Business plan and budget pre-agreed by partners
• Geomet holds 100% of Cinovec Project (51% CEZ and 49% EMH)
CEZ GROUP – GREEN ENERGY
CEZ committed to Green Energy solutions
• EV charging stations
- Operates largest number of public charging stations in Czech Republic (>190 and increasing)
- Dedicated home charging stations
- Partnerships with Skoda, Mercedes-Benz, Peugeot
• Renewable Energy
- Interests in wind farms in Czech Republic, Germany and Turkey
- Interest in largest on shore wind farm in Europe (Romania) – 240 turbines; 600 MW
• Lithium ion battery factory
- CEZ plans to build a lithium ion battery factory in collaboration with existing global battery
manufacturers in Czech Republic
ANNUAL PRODUCTION
25,267 tpa battery grade LiOH.H2O
PROJECT LIFE
21 years
TOTAL JORC RESOURCE
7.22 Mt LCE (4.08 Mt indicated, 3.15 Mt
inferred)
CONSTRUCTION CAPITAL COSTS
$482.6 million
OPERATING COSTS ( without credits )
$4,876/t LiOH.H2O
OPERATING COSTS ( with credits )
$3,435/t LiOH.H2O
LITHIUM HYDROXIDE PRICE ASSUMPTION
$12,000/t battery grade LiOH.H2O
AFTER TAX ECONOMICS
$1,108 million (NPV 8% Discount)
INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN
28.8%