ATM16 Mar 2021 16:30
So the tin side of the mine is now in full swing as they say. Obviously the next is the tantalum, which I would hope is already on going judging by what AV has hinted at. Hopefully that will be sorted out in the next 6 months give or take with a few tweaks here and there. Followed by the lithium hopefully within the next 12 months. I read somewhere in one of the RNS,s that they hope to achieve 10 to 1 ratio . 10 being tin and 1 tantalum. Lithium should be higher when in production as there is more lithium than tantalum in the resource. Check jorc results.
So have been doing some potential figures on all 3 products in say 12/18 months time if all goes to plan.
60 tonne of tin PM = $1.5 million at $25k a tonne of concentrate . Minus say 30÷ for impurities, gives you $1,050,000
I have gone for 12 to 1 for the tantalum to be on the conservative side. So 5 tonne of tantalum pm = $75,000. Again I have deducted 30÷ for impurities =$52,500. However that could/should be a lot less using magnetic separator. Let's say that lithium is being produced in an optimistic 12 months. I would hope to see a ratio of about 10 to 4 stroke 5. Tin to lithium. But will go for a average figure of 20 tonne a month = 220,00 a month based on $11k a tonne. Minus 30÷ gives you 154,00 a month. I have used $25k for tin, $150k for tantalum and $10k a tonne for lithium. Bearing in mind that the lithium at afritin is of higher quality so commands a higher price. So a conservative and it's very conservative figure imo it comes to $1.3 million a month. Wouldn't be surprised to see that up around $2mill when all 3 products are at full speed. Especially as lithium prices are rising and demand is outstripping supplies in the very near future. Some will come up with better figures than what I have. But I would rather under estimate than over. But hey, a lot can happen between now and 12/16 months time. Stage two in 2/3 years time give or take and you can treble that and then some. We all live in hope and what if scenario lol.