RE: Are we about to re-rate?29 Oct 2025 11:06
BB, I agree that the market needs to see improved copper production to restore confidence. We all know about the problems at Roan and I think the implementation has lacked clarity over what exactly they are aiming to achieve and how they are going to achieve it. The fact remains that they are processing difficult transitional ores which most would consider uneconomic and achieving 65% recovery, with the potential to increase that to more than 70% with a leaching circuit Implemented. With the DMS currently not being used, I think they need to make clear what the plan is for that. Leon did hint in an interview that there's the potential to fill the unused capacity with more traditional ores which could then bring production up to the much heralded 10,000 tpa and I think that might be the way to go, maybe why he said after the rainy season, when road transport is easier.
The mine is going to take time to ramp up production, they need to open up more of the mine floor by excavating a lot of the overburden and looking at recent satellite images, that's exactly what they seem to be doing. Implementing the low grade leaching plant next year should further ramp up production as will mining at Project G... as long as we start to see progress over the next few months I'll be happy.