Singida1 Feb 2023 20:59
I welcome as much input as possible on this.
Eric mentioned that the quality of equipment procured for Singida was above the original plan and hence why more money was spent constructing the mine. The process capacity maxima was stated as 2,500 tonnes per day. If I assume the g/t was a conservative 2.25g/t and allowing for recovery rates this would give nameplate maximum production as follows;
2,500 x 90 = 225,000 quarterly tonnes processed. At 85% recovery 2.25g/t = 13,300 ounces per quarter.
(We know ore stacked up for the circuit contained just under 7,000 ounces of gold back in September 2022 and more was being prepared to fill the circuit. )
Let us assume routine is 60% of the nameplate as it may require some secondary elements to add on later in 2024.
= 7,980 ounces per quarter as routine production target.
Singida mine would be operationally routine for 1 July to 31 December 2023. This would generate 15,960 ounces.
With first gold pour during March the company would be ramping up operations in Q2. These start off slowly and build up each month. The Q2 total might be 1/3 of the routine nameplate. It could therefore range from 2,500 ounces to 3,000 for that quarter.
If Luika does hit 66,000 at the bottom of its range and Singida hits 18,700 ounces in 2023, the annual target bottom becomes 84,700 ounces which is probably a new annual record for Shanta. The high end would be around 92,000 ounces.
In 2024, Singuida would target around 32,000 with Luika primed for 68,000 ounces at the top end. The company would become debt free in Q1 of 2024. This would of course add to the enterprise value minus gold depletion rate, but adding back new Tanzanian ounces converted to reserves.