RE: Funding before Christmas19 Oct 2022 08:12
Blencowe Resources ("Blencowe" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on its ongoing Pre-Feasibility Study at its priority Orom-Cross graphite project. Orom-Cross is a substantial graphite deposit with an estimated 2-3 billion tonnes, of which the first 20 years life of mine has already been drilled out. However the deposit is so vast that this represents less than 1% of the estimated graphite within the tenements. Furthermore, the graphite is shallow and Blencowe will be mining to just 25 meters which means low cost mining from a free dig open cut operation.
Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS) Highlights
o Net Present Value (post-tax) of US$482M, a 52% increase on previously reported Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA)
o IRR (post-tax) of 49%
o 14-year mine life, which can be increased by additional drilling
o US$499/t operating cost (FOB Mombasa port), underlining one of the lowest cost graphite projects worldwide
o US$1,307/t weighted average sales price for basket of end-products
o Initial Capital requirement reduced by 23% from PEA 2021 to US$62M
o US$1.398 billion EBITDA delivered over life of mine, average US$100M EBITDA p.a.
o US$1.073 billion cumulative Net Cash delivered from project over life of mine
o 36,000tpa end-products as 96-97% LOI concentrates in year 1, ramping up in stages thereafter to 147,000tpa
o ~50% of end-product in higher value +100 to +50 mesh fractions
o Blencowe to apply for Free Trade Zone License (FTZL) in 2H 2022, which in turn will bring considerable advantages, including a 10-year corporate tax exemption
6mil mcap?