Afritin7 Apr 2021 11:18
How does $8 million a month in revenue grab you??. Thought that might grab your attention.
Currently on phase 1, afritin are expected to run 500,000 tonne of ore pa for 60+ tonnes of tin concentrate pm. Plus we should know by the next quarter on how the tantalum is coming along and at what ratio. Hoping for 10-1 tin / tantalum I believe. Lithium to come on stream, hopefully by year end give or take a month or so. At what ratio nobody knows at this point.
I came up with a conservative figure of $1 million pm revenue for tin/ tantalum once tantalum reaches the expected rate. Based on current prices for both commodities, excluding the lithium.
Now phase 2. Phase two is hoping to run 3 MILLION tonnes of ore pa . To hopefully produce 400 tonnes of tin concentrate PM if all goes to plant design. So 400 tonnes per month of tin concentrate at $20.000 a tonne (could be higher could be lower) that alone would give you around that $8 million a month mark. RNS 28TH may will give you those figures. Add on the tantalum at 10/1 ratio plus the lithium which should be also at a decent volume by then. Calculation could be way of, knowing me they probably are.
This is all about phase 2 and how it's going to be funded is a question most are thinking about. I think something in the region of $35/40 million give or take.
Myself it could go three ways. Banks could well loan the money and with current prices, could be paid back within 12 months or so. JV with one of the big boys could be another way. Hope not. Or the dreaded Large share issue to fund the phase 2.
Even that would still make afritin a very nice long term investment imo.
Hence why I have filled the wife's and myself isas. Now onto this year's isa accounts. I personally think that ATM is a good a place as any for SIPP ISA long term investment. But we all know that nothing is guaranteed in life, plus a few bumps in the road so to speak. See where afritin is in a couple of years. Best of luck to all where ever you decide to invest.