Wenn ich das alles richtig verstanden habe soll ja nächstes Jahr eine FEAS vorgelegt werden.
Um ein Gefühl dafür zu bekommen habe ich mal die FEAS von IDM Mining aus 2017 nachgegoogelt; IDM wurde ja von Ascot übernommen. Nicht berücksichtigt sind die die zig Bohrmeter die Ascot in der Zwischenzeit abgespult hat.
Die CAPEX wurde damals mit 135,7Mio CAD veranschlagt
Feasibility Study Highlights
(all currencies are reported in Canadian dollars unless otherwise specified)
- Base case economics utilize a gold price of US$1,250 per ounce and silver price of US$17 per ounce and an exchange rate of C$1.00 equals US$0.76;
- The pre-tax base case economics indicate a Net Present Value (NPV) of C$155 million at a 5% discount rate with an Internal Rate of Return (IRR) of 40% and a 1.7 year payback of initial capital;
- The after-tax base case economics indicate a NPV of C$104 million at a 5% discount rate with an IRR of 32% and a 1.9 year payback of initial capital;
- Due to the wide nature of the mineralized zones, the majority of the deposit is amenable to bulk underground mining methods. The project utilizes a year-round design processing rate of 1,000 tonnes per day (tpd) with year-round underground mining;
- Average life of mine fully-diluted head grades are 7.53 g/t Au and 21.86 g/t Ag;
- Life of project direct cash cost is estimated at US$539 per ounce of gold recovered. Net of the silver by-product, costs drop to US$492 per ounce;
- Initial capital costs are estimated at C$135.7 million, which includes a 10% contingency;
- The economic model assumes base case gold recovery rates ranging from 92.8% to 88.1% for gold and 90.3% to 78.3% for silver, depending on the mineralized zone;
- Average annual payable production of 78,000 ounces of gold and 215,000 ounces of silver;
- Mine operating life is estimated at 5.4 years with an overall construction and commissioning period of approximately 15 months;
- Opportunity to reduce project capital costs include sourcing used mining and processing equipment and possible sharing of infrastructure costs for the road and powerline with an established independent power producer looking to develop a run-of-river hydro-electric project adjacent to the proposed mill site location; and
- Opportunity to increase potentially mineable ounces north of the current resource area, where mineralization has been traced for a further 800 meters. Additionally, further resources may be identified through further drilling both up and down-dip from the AV and JW Zones, and along strike from the 141 Zone and Marc Zone.
Quelle:
https://www.globenewswire.com/…ountain-Gold-Project.html