cra13 Nov 2018 11:30
CRA (Cradle Arc)
MCAP £2.8m
$2m loan from Director + £400k funding secured
Current Share price - 0.975p
52w lows 0.85
52w highs 11.75
Assets include:
1 - Producing Mowana Copper Mine in Botswana
2 - Zambian Matala & Dunrobin gold mines
3 - Mali Kossanto West Gold exploration
4 - Mali Kossanto East gold exploration
5 - Mali Karan gold exploration
Projects 1 - Mowana copper mine Botswana
Mowana is a producing copper asset in Botswana; a low risk, mining friendly jurisdiction, in a favourable copper market environment
Production ramping up to 12,000tpa Cu, and will reach an average of 21,000tpa Cu over a 14 year mine life following low capex Dense Media Separation (DMS) expansion project
Estimated Net Present Value of US$272.8 million at an 8% discount rate and a copper price of US$3.00/lb Cu
Cradle Arc is building on over US$170 million of investment by previous owners
Rapidly delivering on strategy to re-position Mowana as a profitable, larger scale, lower cost copper mine:
✓ Debt reduced and restricted on acquisition
✓ JORC 2012 resource base increased to 55Mt M&I @ 1.17% Cu + 20Mt Inferred @ 1.08% Cu
✓ Maiden open pit Ore Reserve of 31.8Mt @ 1.17% Cu for 370,800t Cu - reported within 4 months of listing
✓ Accelerated development plan implemented April 2018 – mining rates to double in Q3 and hit full capacity in Q4 ✓ Recoveries being achieved to plan
and set to continue to improve
✓ 4,000 tonnes of copper to be produced in H2 2018
✓ Cash generation to improve throughout H2 2018
Mowana positioned for Stage 2 production expansion, leveraging management team’s has first-hand experience of installing and operating DMS units
Near mine prospective assets with potential add to production profile
PROCESSING UPDATE
• Processing optimisation is ongoing as the Company continues to ramp- up to steady state production
• Some sporadic interruptions occurred during July and August 2018
• Recoveries average of 51% for Q2 and Q3 reflecting predominantly transitional ores
Recoveries of up to 76% still expected to be achieved in high supergene ores
• Recoveries expected to reach 85% as more sulphide dominant ores accessed
• Approximately 4,000 tonnes contained copper to be produced in H2 2018
• H2 production to be weighted to Q4 as ore type processed moves from transitional to supergene
Project 2 - Zambian Matala & Dunrobin gold mines
Option Agreement – July 2018
• Non-exclusive option granted to Singa to acquire Luiri (100% owned subsidiary holding the Matala and Dunrobin licences) for total cash consideration of US$2.5 million
In addition, Cradle Arc will receive a royalty of receive a royalty of 1.5% of gross revenue up to a maximum aggregate amount of the Net Present Value of US$2.5 million, discounted at 8%.
• Singa also granted an non-exclusive option to form a joint venture for the operation of Matala and Dunrobin. In the event the JV Option is exercised, any such joint