I thought i would bring TRY back to thread life - Karouni 'The New Frontier'
Having acquired their Guyana green stones operations they are going from strength to strength exploring and converting results into a low-cost mining operation from several close deposits.
Quick project facts;
A$100M Debt Facility Package with Investec Bank
Tranche A - A$70M - immediately available;
Tranche B - A$30M - subject to development milestones.
Site preparation work ongoing incl. accommodation village, processing plant, work shop, airstrip etc.
All mobile equipment now on site or in country (about 90% complete).
Project remains on track for first production before the end of Q2 2015.
Brownfields exploration program commenced August 2014 (Plenty of fault zones in the main corridor near this processing operation = potential for more high grade/low cost deposits = increasing life of operation).
Feasibility Study;
Three year Open Pit mine life with annual average gold production of 101,000oz. (I think this will extend out)
Conventional CIL plant and gravity gold circuit treating a nominal 1Mtpa.
Ore tonnes sourced: Smarts - 68% (1,774kt @ 4.7g/t) and Hicks - 32% (840kt @ 2.02g/t).
Metallurgical recovery: 94%.
AISC of ~ US$630/oz.
After tax payback of 1.2 years.
After tax IRR of 50.2%.
Build cost ~ US$70M. Sustaining capital and capital spares over the life of mine of US$6.4M.
The business is forecasting to be producing >200,000 oz @ an average cash cost of between $600-650/oz in 2017. With very interesting Greenfields holdings in Guyana (their Eastern block is virgin ground).
Downside risks;
Weather (excessive rain in the operating region)
Political risks
Share Price $0.57 (52 week high of $1.53 and low of $0.36)
Market Cap $114M
Cash $20M
Current PE 11.04
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