Tuscan / Tati JV28 Jan 2026 11:45
Things potentially missed by the market re the Tati/Tuscan RNS yesterday.
1) Tuscan will pay for everything up to potential gold production. They then earn in 75%, POW retain 25%.
2) POW's retained 25% interest is intended to provide ongoing exposure to potential future cash flow and dividend distributions from any future gold production.
3) The RNS states "small scale mining operations of approximately 50 tonnes per day". So lets run a few numbers based on a 1g per tonne gold recovery rate:
Gold price today per troy ounce (31 grams) = $5,250
50g of gold recovered per day from 50 tonnes = 1.61 troy ounces per day
1.61 x $5,250 = $8,453 per day
$8,453 x 365 days = $3,085,345 revenue per annum.
25% POW holding = $771,336 annual revenue attributable to POW's 25% holding. Call it £550,000 at today's USD/GBP rates.
Of course the above only assumes a 1g/t gold recovery rate but gives an idea. We also have no idea of the costs involved here but Tuscan only earn in 75% per the option agreement if they complete the feasibility study at which point we will know a lot more about the costs. A feasibility study will follow I would imagine once the 600m of RAB drilling which is schedules for March/April has finished.
Even if POW only earn a few £100k a year out of this, it's costing them nothing in terms of legwork to get into a potentially revenue earning position. It's a no brainer of a deal with Tuscan. You can also see why Tuscan now seem a bit more keen to push this forward after sitting on the option agreement for 18 months.
If gold recovery rates per tonne start moving into 2g/t, 3g/t etc. the numbers clearly start to ramp up especially with gold prices where they currently are.
All eyes on the RAB drilling in a few months and the feasibility study before we can get a better grasp on what the financials would look like.