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RNS Number : 7331W Condor Resources PLC 03 February 2012
3rd February 2012
Condor Resources Plc (''Condor'' or "the Company")
Further Significant Drill Results for the La India Project, Nicaragua
Condor (AIM:CNR), the Central American gold exploration company focused on proving a large commercial resource on its 100%-owned La India Project in Nicaragua, is pleased to announce that further drill results have been received from the 2011 drilling campaign. Results received since the last drilling update on the 20th December 2011 include the last drill hole on the La India Vein Set and nine drill holes on the America Vein Set for a total of 2,331m drilling.
Highlights: · Wide high grade gold intercept on the India-California structure on La India Vein Set including 4.19m (true width) at 6.94g/t gold from the California Vein and 7.37m (true width) at 6.31g/t gold from the India Vein. · The India Vein and California Vein are only 25m true width apart at this intercept, adding credibility to the potential for open pit mining. · New 'Natalia' Vein intersected in drilling between the America and Guapinol veins with a best drill intercept of 8.00m (drill width) at 4.22g/t gold. · Natalia Vein has been intercepted in 6 out of 9 drill holes, is open in both directions along strike and is interpreted as the hanging wall of the America or Guapinol veins.
Significant drilling intercepts are summarised on the following table.
True width is an interpretation based on the current interpretation of the veins and may be revised in the future. The dip of the Natalia Vein has not been established and so no true width estimation has been given.
La India Vein Set: 730,000 oz gold at 5.3g/t JORC Code Mineral Resource The last drill hole (LIRD085) completed on the La India Vein Set intersected multiple veins in the hanging wall of the India Vein (together referred to as the California Veins), as well as the India Vein itself and include two significant gold intercepts only 25m true width apart: · 7.30m (4.2m true width) at 6.94 g/t gold from 165.45m drill depth (California Vein), and · 12.85m (7.4m true width) at 6.31g/t gold from 217.85m drill depth (India Vein).
These latest assay results, which were not included in the last Mineral Resource estimation, are from the northern part of La India Vein, in an area where previous drilling and underground channel sampling of the Zopilote Adit also intercepted multiple veins. Drill hole LIRD085 tested down-dip of a flexure in the La India Vein trend where strong quartz breccia development is recognized in association with the quartz veining. The drill intercepts are approximately 105m and 157m below the valley floor and this zone is now recognized as a possible open pit target area for infill drilling with the aim of tracing the high grade mineralization towards the surface.
America Vein Set: 405,000 oz gold at 6.2g/t JORC Code Mineral Resource Assay results have now been received for nine drill holes for 2071m (including one abandoned drill hole) which were completed on the America Vein Set at the end of 2011. The drilling tested the down-dip extension of the Guapinol and America Veins, including the projected intersection of the two veins. Drill testing for the down-dip continuation of gold mineralisation on both veins at 100m along strike spacing returned the mixed results typical of wide spaced drilling into a narrow vein system characterised by high grade shoots separated by low grade zones. Drilling on the Guapinol Vein returned two significant intercepts, with a best of 3.04m (2.33m true width) at 3.22g/t gold from 169.16m in drill hole LIDC088, and two low grade intercepts. The two drill holes that targeted the depth extension to the America Vein returned similar results with a best intercept of 2.05m (1.78m true width) at 2.16g/t gold from 231.5m in drill hole LIRD093.
The most significant results came from the intersection of a third vein, the Natalia Vein, which is located between the America and Guapinol veins. The Natalia Vein was intersected in six of the nine drill holes with a best intercept in drill hole LIRD093 of 8m drill depth at 4.22g/t gold from 42m. The Natalia Vein can now be traced by drilling along a 200m strike length and when extended to a known outcrop is recognised along a 300m strike length. Mineralisation is open in both directions along strike. The dip of the Natalia Vein has not yet been established since it is covered at surface by alluvial sediments in the drilling area, and therefore the true width cannot yet be estimated.
Results from the two drill holes that targeted the intersection of the America and Guapinol veins at depths of up to 400m were disappointing. Both drill holes intersected quartz breccia zones with no significant gold mineralisation at the expected depths. This may simply be because the intersection was missed. It is unclear at this stage how the Natalia Vein fits into the system, and it is possible that the Natalia Vein truncates either the America or Guapinol Vein at a different location. Further trenching and drilling is expected to provide information to model the Natalia Vein and reinterpret the intersection point of the quartz veins at depth.
The Company has paused drilling during January in order to re-assess the exploration strategy following the larger than expected JORC Code Mineral Resource on the La India Project of 1,620,000 oz gold at 5.6g/t announced on the 30th December 2011. Data for 3D models used to interpret the resource and plan future drill programmes was received last week. New targets generated by the 2011 drilling, particularly on the La India Vein Set, and recommendations from an internal mine concept study, initiated in November 2011 and being completed by independent mining consultants SRK Consulting (UK) Limited, will help determine drill programmes for 2012.
Mark Child, Executive Chairman and CEO of Condor Resources plc, commented:
"The last drill hole completed on La India Vein Set in 2011 has returned one of the better drill results of 4.2m (true width) at 6.94g/t on La India Vein and 7.4m (true width) at 6.31g/t on the California Vein. The drill intersects are only 25m true width apart, which highlights the possibility of open pit mining, particularly if one considers the combined true width is 11.6m at an average grade of 6.54g/t. A new discovery of the Natalia Vein, between the America and Guapinol veins in the America Vein Set, has been intersected in 6 out of 9 drill holes with a best intersect of 8m at 4.22g/t from 42m drill depth. The Natalia Vein has been defined over only 300m, whereas the veins either side, the America and Guapinol Veins, have an average strike length of 2,000m. The Natalia Vein is interpreted to be the hanging wall structure of either the America Vein or Guapinol Vein. Condor's strategy for 2012 for La India Project is to increase the JORC Code Mineral Resource from 1,620,000 oz gold at 5.6g/t to 2,000,000 oz gold, convert inferred to indicated resources, define potential open pit targets and proceed with feasibility studies for a commercial mine".
Map of La India Project:
Competent Person's Declaration
The information in this announcement that relates to Exploration Results and database is based on information compiled by and reviewed by Dr Luc English, the Country Exploration Manager, who is a Chartered Geologist and Fellow of the Geological Society of London, and a geologist with sixteen years of experience in the exploration and definition of precious and base metal Mineral Resources. Luc English is a full-time employee of Condor Resources plc and has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralization and type of deposit under consideration, and to the type of activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the June 2009 Edition of the AIM Note for Mining and Oil & Gas Companies. Luc English consents to the inclusion in the announcement of the matters based on their information in the form and context in which it appears and confirms that this information is accurate and not false or misleading.
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About Condor Resources Plc:
Condor Resources plc is an AIM listed exploration company focused on developing gold and silver resource projects in Central America. The Company was admitted to AIM on 31st May 2006 with the stated strategy to prove up JORC Resources in Nicaragua and El Salvador. Condor has six 100% owned concessions in La India Mining District ("La India Project"); three 100% owned concessions in three other project areas and 20% in the Cerro Quiroz concession in Nicaragua. In El Salvador, Condor has 90% ownership of four licences in two project areas.
Condor's concession holdings in Nicaragua currently contain an attributable JORC compliant resource base of 1,707,000 ounces of gold equivalent at 5.5 g/t in Nicaragua and an attributable 1,004,000 oz gold equivalent at 2.6g/t JORC compliant resource base in El Salvador. The Resource calculations are compiled by independent geologists SRK Consulting (UK) Limited and Ravensgate.
Disclaimer
Neither the contents of the Company's website nor the contents of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement.
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RNS Number : 5495W Condor Resources PLC 01 February 2012
1st February 2012
Condor Resources Plc (''Condor'' or "the Company")
Holdings in Company
Condor Resources Plc, (AIM: CNR) the AIM quoted gold and silver exploration company focused on proving a large commercial gold reserve on its La India Project in Nicaragua, was notified on 31st January 2012 that Oracle Management Limited has, from 24th January 2012, increased its interest in the Company to 50,991,971 ordinary shares of 1p each, representing approximately 9.13% of the Company's issued share capital.
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For further information please visit www.condorresourcesplc.com or contact:
About Condor Resources Plc:
Condor Resources plc is an AIM listed exploration company focused on developing gold and silver resource projects in Central America. The Company was admitted to AIM on 31st May 2006 with the stated strategy to prove up JORC Resources in Nicaragua and El Salvador. Condor has six 100% owned concessions in La India Mining District ("La India Project"); three 100% owned concessions in three other project areas and 20% in the Cerro Quiroz concession in Nicaragua. In El Salvador, Condor has 90% ownership of four licences in two project areas.
Condor's concession holdings in Nicaragua currently contain an attributable JORC compliant resource base of 1,707,000 ounces of gold equivalent at 5.5 g/t in Nicaragua and an attributable 1,004,000 oz gold equivalent at 2.6g/t JORC compliant resource base in El Salvador. The Resource calculations are compiled by independent geologists SRK Consulting (UK) Limited and Ravensgate.
Disclaimer
Neither the contents of the Company's website nor the contents of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement.
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RNS Number : 2565V Condor Resources PLC 10 January 2012
10th January 2012
Condor Resources Plc (''Condor'' or "the Company")
Grant of Options
Condor Resources Plc, the AIM quoted gold and silver exploration company focused on proving a large commercial gold reserve on its La India Project in Nicaragua, announces that it granted on 6th January 2011 (the "Grant Date"), 2,000,000 share options to Roger Davey, ACSM, MSc., C.Eng., Eur.Ing., MIMMM, a non executive director of the Company, under the Company's existing share options scheme. Roger Davey was appointed to the Board of the Company on 20th December 2011 (see announcement).
These options have an exercise price of 9p and are exercisable for a period of 5 years from the Grant Date, with the restriction that no options can be exercised within 12 months of the Grant Date, 50% of the said options can be exercisable12 months after the Grant Date and 100% of the said options can be exercisable 24 months after the Grant Date, provided that the grantee remains with the Company.
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For further information please visit www.condorresourcesplc.com or contact:
About Condor Resources Plc:
Condor Resources plc is an AIM listed exploration company focused on developing gold and silver resource projects in Central America. The Company was admitted to AIM on 31st May 2006 with the stated strategy to prove up JORC Resources in Nicaragua and El Salvador. Condor has six 100% owned concessions in La India Mining District ("La India Project"); three 100% owned concessions in three other project areas and 20% in the Cerro Quiroz concession in Nicaragua. In El Salvador, Condor has 90% ownership of four licences in two project areas.
Condor's concession holdings in Nicaragua currently contain an attributable JORC compliant resource base of 1,707,000 ounces of gold equivalent at 5.5 g/t in Nicaragua and an attributable 1,004,000 oz gold equivalent at 2.6g/t JORC compliant resource base in El Salvador. The Resource calculations are compiled by independent geologists SRK Consulting (UK) Limited and Ravensgate.
Disclaimer
Neither the contents of the Company's website nor the contents of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement.
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RNS Number : 7689U Condor Resources PLC 30 December 2011
30th December 2011
Condor Resources Plc (''Condor'' or "the Company")
JORC Resource update of 1,620,000 oz gold at 5.6g/t for the La India Project, Nicaragua
Highlights: · La India Project JORC Code Mineral Resource increases 29% to 1,620,000 oz gold at 5.6 g/t, exceeds target of 1,500,000 oz gold · Resource update from 11,905m drilling completed by Condor in calendar 2011 · Maiden Resource for California Veins, show open pit potential pending further investigation as located up to only 50m from main La India Vein · Former Soviet style C1+C2+P1 Resource on La India Vein Set increased by over 50% to 730,000 oz at 5.3 g/t gold to JORC Code, based on additional exploration completed. · La India Project has developed into 3 main areas, separated by 1km to 1.5km that could feed a centralised mill: La India Vein set of 730,000 oz gold at 5.3g/t, the America Vein set of 405,000 oz gold at 6.2g/t and the Mestiza Vein set of 334,000 oz gold at 7.0g/t.
Mark Child, Executive Chairman and CEO of Condor Resources plc, commented:
"To end 2011 with a JORC Code Mineral Resource of 1,620,000 oz gold at 5.6g/t on La India Project is an amazing feat compared with a JORC Code Mineral Resource of 41,000 oz gold at 1.22g/t on 1st January 2011. The resource increase of 365,000 oz gold announced today has been estimated from 11,905m drilling completed by Condor this year. La India Project has developed into 3 main areas separated by 1km to 1.5km that could feed a centralised mill: La India Vein set of 730,000 oz at 5.3g/t, the America Vein set of 405,000 oz at 6.2g/t and the Mestiza Vein set of 334,000 oz at 7.0g/t. The maiden resource on the California Vein highlights the potential for resource increases from veins that are hidden and don't outcrop at surface. The discovery is highly significant as the resource in La India Valley is over 700,000 oz gold, comprising of a series of veins that are up to 1,500m long and are separated by a combined width of only 50m, highlighting the potential for an open pit mine, with further investigation. It is also notable that the Soviet Style Resource of 2.4m oz at 9.2g/t estimated on La India Project in 1991 did not include a resource for the California Vein. As a result of Condor's drill programme, SRK has estimate a JORC Code Mineral Resource of 730,000 oz on La India Vein set, approximately 50% more than the Soviet Resource estimation in the same area. Future exploration will focus on increasing the resource in the 3 main areas and aim to identify bulk tonnage targets to compliment the high grade vein system as well as seeking to identify a "feeder system" for the gold mineralisation in La India Project."
Condor (AIM:CNR), the Central American gold exploration company focused on proving a large commercial resource on its 100%-owned La India Project in Nicaragua is pleased to announce an upgraded Mineral Resource on the La India Project. The Mineral Resource on the La India Project now stands at 8.94 Mt at 5.6 g/t for 1,620,000 oz gold, including 1.16 Mt at 7.1 g/t for 264,000 oz gold in the Indicated Mineral Resource category with the balance in the Inferred category. The increased Mineral Resource is based on an additional 66 diamond core drill holes for 11,905 m drilling completed by Condor between January and November 2011. The increase of 365,000 oz gold is all in the Inferred category and represents a 29% on the previous Mineral Resource Estimate. The Mineral Resource Estimate completed by SRK Consulting (UK) Ltd ("SRK"), has been compiled in accordance with the terms and definitions given in "The 2004 Australasian Code for the Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves (the "JORC Code"), 2004 Edition, as published by the Joint Ore Reserves Committee ("JORC") of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Australian Institute of Geoscientists and Minerals Council of Australia."
La India Project comprises of six 100% owned adjacent and contiguous concessions that Condor has acquired over the last 4 years. The concessions are: La India, Espinito Mendoza, Espinito San Pablo, El Cacao, Santa Barbara, Real de la Cruz and El Rodeo. Three concessions on La India Project have JORC Code Mineral Resource estimates completed by SRK: La India Concession 7,370 kt at 5.7 g/t for 1,353,000 oz gold, Espinito Mendoza Concession 980 kt at 6.6 g/t for 208,000 oz gold and El Cacao Concession 590 kt at 3.0 g/t for 58,000 of gold. The Mineral Resource on the La India Project now stands at 8.94 Mt at 5.6 g/t for 1,620,000 oz gold.
The bulk of the increased Mineral Resource is focused on the La India Vein Set, which has increased from 450,000 oz gold to 730,000 oz gold at 5.3 g/t and now represents 45% of the Project's total Mineral Resource. Most of this increase can be attributed to the discovery of the California Veins in the hanging wall of the historically mined La India Vein where drilling has defined multiple veins along a 1,500 m strike length at depths of between 100m and 200m below surface, which do not outcrop at surface. The California Veins include both narrow individual high grade intercepts such as 2.40 m (2.04 m true width) at 25.37 g/t gold (drill hole LIDC067) and wider low grade zones such as 23.09 m (20.93 m true width) at 2.67 g/t gold (drill hole LIDC074) where the veins coalesce, and contain a Mineral Resource of 146,000 oz gold at 3.5 g/t in the Inferred category. The upgrade also includes an additional 84,000 oz added to the La India Vein itself through drilling down-dip below the historic mine workings, and an additional 49,000 oz on the intersecting Teresa-Agua Caliente-Arizona Veins (TACA Veins), located at the north end of La India Vein Set, derived from drilling below high grade trench intercepts and the limited historic mine workings.
Drill testing the down-dip extension to the Tatiana Vein has extended the depth of the Mineral Resource on the eastern half of the vein where it lies within the La India Concession: an increase of 24,000 oz gold, representing a 24% increase on the previous resource, to 125,000 oz contained within a 600m strike length. When added to the extension of the Tatiana Vein which lies within Condor's 100%-owned Espinito Mendoza Concession to the west, the Tatiana Vein contains a 230,000 oz at 6.6 g/t Mineral Resource over a 1,300m strike length, and when taken with the adjacent Espinito and Buenos Aires veins this constitutes a net 8% Mineral Resource increase to a total of 334,000 oz at 6.98g/t on the Mestiza Vein Set.
Elsewhere a Mineral Resource increase of 31,000 oz was returned on the America Vein Set where Condor's drilling has tested an additional 500 m strike length to a depth of 200 m along strike of the historic mine workings on the Constancia end of the America-Constancia Vein and discovered a new high grade shoot. This increase is partially offset by two drill holes that tested a gap in the Guapinol Vein Resource blocks and did not intersect any significant mineralisation, resulting in a minor resource decrease on that vein. Overall the Mineral Resource on the America Vein Set, which comprises the America, Constancia, Escondido and Guapinol veins, returned a net 7% Mineral Resource increase of 27,000 oz to bring it to a total of 405,000 oz gold at 6.23g/t. A re-interpretation of the intersection of the America and Constancia Veins and the Escondido Vein (which was previously included in the America Vein Resource Block) combined with the new drilling results resulted in a slight decrease in the amount of material included in the Indicated category; from 144,000 oz to 120,000 oz gold.
The remaining Mineral Resource increase comes from the San Lucas-Capulin Vein where drilling demonstrated that high grade gold mineralisation extends below a high grade surface expression defined by existing trenching in the Capulin Zone, approximately 500 m along strike of the historic mine workings. Condor's drilling has more than doubled the previous resource with an additional 35,000 oz to bring it to a total of 59,000 oz along a 1000 m strike length.
Table 1 below gives SRK's JORC Compliant Mineral Resource Statement as at 22nd December 2011 for the La India Project, as signed off by Ben Parsons, a Competent Person as defined by the JORC Code. The Mineral Resource stated has been reported at a 1.5g/t gold cut off grade based on economic assumptions including a gold price of USD 1,200/oz, USD 38/t mining and processing costs and 90% recovery, for underground mining and conventional gold mineralised material processing.
Table 1: SRK JORC Compliant Mineral Resource Statement as at 22nd December 2011 for the La India Project, which comprises of six 100% owned contiguous and adjacent concession areas: La India, Espinito Mendoza, El Cacao, Santa Barbara, Real de la Cruz, El Rodeo.
Mineral Resources are reported at a cut-off grade of 1.5 g/t. Cut-off grades are based on a price of USD1200 per ounce of gold and gold recoveries of 90 percent for resources, without considering revenues from other metals. Mineral Resources are not Ore Reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability. All figures are rounded to reflect the relative accuracy of the estimate and have been used to derive sub-totals, totals and weighted averages. Such calculations inherently involve a degree of rounding and consequently introduce a margin of error. Where these occur, SRK does not consider them to be material. All composites have been capped where appropriate. The Concession is wholly owned by and exploration is operated by Condor Resources plc.
The latest Resource has established the La India Vein Set as the principal Resource area, with the California Veins recognised as an exploration priority as they have only been tested by wide spaced drilling to date and are still poorly defined; gold mineralisation remains open up and down-dip as well as along strike, and not all of the multiple veins have been correlated between the drill holes for inclusion in the Mineral Resource. There is also considerable potential for the discovery and definition of further Mineral Resources in La India Project with three styles of mineralisation targeted. (1) Further extension to depth and along strike of the principal veins, (2) definition of new narrow vein resource where previous trench sampling has already defined the veins at surface, (3) wider zones of lower grade mineralisation hosted by multiple close spaced veins and/or quartz breccias that may be amenable to bulk open pit mining. The first two target styles are well established in the Project area. Exploration is currently focused on the wider low grade mineralisation targets such as the breccia zones where the sub-parallel India and California Veins nearly coalesce, and also the Central Breccia where trench sampling has returned assays of 19m at 2.7 g/t gold open across strike (see announcement dated 7th September 2011).
There is already potential for a future resource increase when the assay results are returned for a further 12 drillholes for 2,651 m that were completed at the end of 2011. The drilling not included on the current Mineral Resource update is mainly on the America Vein Set, testing the down-dip extension of the Guapinol and America Veins, including the projected location of the intersection of the two veins. Assay results are also pending for two exploratory drill holes in the Central Breccia and for one drill hole testing the India and California veins.
Condor's total JORC Code Mineral Resource for Nicaragua, combining La India Project and the Rio Luna Project now stands at 9.64Mt at 5.5g/t gold for 1,699,000 oz gold and 280kt at 56 g/t silver for 502,000 oz silver for a total gold equivalent resource of 1,707,000 oz at 5.5g/t. Condor's attributable JORC Code Mineral Resource in El Salvador remains at 1,004,000 oz gold equivalent at 2.6g/t.
Competent Person's Declaration
The information in this announcement that relates to Exploration Results and database is based on information compiled by and reviewed by Dr Luc English, the Country Exploration Manager, who is a Chartered Geologist and Fellow of the Geological Society of London, and a geologist with sixteen years of experience in the exploration and definition of precious and base metal Mineral Resources. Luc English is a full-time employee of Condor Resources plc and has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralization and type of deposit under consideration, and to the type of activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the June 2009 Edition of the AIM Note for Mining and Oil & Gas Companies. Luc English consents to the inclusion in the announcement of the matters based on their information in the form and context in which it appears and confirms that this information is accurate and not false or misleading.
The Mineral Resource estimate has been completed by Ben Parsons, a Senior Resource Geologist with SRK Consulting (UK) Ltd, who is a Member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, MAusIMM(CP). Ben Parsons has some eleven years experience in the exploration, definition and mining of precious and base metal Mineral Resources. Ben Parsons is a full-time employee of SRK Consulting (UK) Ltd, an independent Consultancy and has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralization and type of deposit under consideration, and to the type of activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the June 2009 Edition of the AIM Note for Mining and Oil & Gas Companies. Ben Parsons consents to the inclusion in the announcement of the matters based on their information in the form and context in which it appears and confirms that this information is accurate and not false or misleading.
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About Condor Resources Plc:
Condor Resources plc is an AIM listed exploration company focused on developing gold and silver resource projects in Central America. The Company was admitted to AIM on 31st May 2006 with the stated strategy to prove up JORC Resources in Nicaragua and El Salvador. Condor has six 100% owned concessions in La India Mining District ("La India Project"); three 100% owned concessions in three other project areas and 20% in the Cerro Quiroz concession in Nicaragua. In El Salvador, Condor has 90% ownership of four licences in two project areas.
Condor's concession holdings in Nicaragua currently contain an attributable JORC compliant resource base of 1,707,000 ounces of gold equivalent at 5.5 g/t in Nicaragua and an attributable 1,004,000 oz gold equivalent at 2.6g/t JORC compliant resource base in El Salvador. The Resource calculations are compiled by independent geologists SRK Consulting (UK) Limited and Ravensgate.
Disclaimer
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Shows why they try to keep a wided spread and the odd trading patterns, Take advantage on the dips by the MMs.
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Another big buy of 2,250,000 at 7.25p from last Friday has just appeared after hours. I wonder who is building a stake here? Very interesting....
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http://www.explorationinsights.com/pebble.asp?relid=1378 I have extracted some of the more interesting bits below:
'The major gold mining companies are facing a dilemmadeclining production as the gold price is hitting record levels. Junior gold explorers are confronting a similar dilemmafewer legitimate exploration properties with the real potential to host a major economic deposit. This unique set of circumstances means that the rare micro cap company that discovers a meaningful gold deposit is immediately in the sights of the cash rich gold mining companies in need of new reserves. More importantly, anyone owning this junior company stands to make a substantial profit. Success for the speculator therefore depends on 1) investing in management that is intelligent, honest, and financially committed and 2) properly assessing a propertys potential to host a major deposit as early as possible.you have to know what the mineral deposit could actually be worth. To do so early on requires a realistic estimate of the probable mining, processing, and capital costs plus, metallurgical recovery, strip ratio, and local infrastructure. Tax rates, royalties, permitting, social and political issues all have to be factored in as well. Ultimately your sell price should be dependent on a rough net present valuation (NPV) estimate of the deposit the junior company has discovered. Major gold mining companies are facing a big problem. They are unable to find and develop enough ounces to keep up with demand, for the simple fact that economic gold deposits are extremely rare. If a company can make an economic discovery, there are ready buyers willing and able to pay a significant premium for something they want and need.' I think CNR ticks the relevant boxes!! Fourty-niner - the above makes it clear how important it is to get some of the pre-feasibility work done so that a NPV can be worked out. MC would appear to be getting the necessary work done now. It will be very interesting to see the figures that will allow us to do a rough NPV calculation and if they are good (as Ocean recently suggested) then perhaps CNR will finally begin to attract the attention it deserves. |
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Hi fourty-niner,
My figures show what might be generated per year... I've assumed a POG @ $1200 per ounce, $500 per ounce costs, giving $700 gross profit per ounce. That then gives a gross annual profit of $70M at 100,000 ounce production. PE (p/e) is price earnings ratio. And, as I'm sure you know is often used by the markets to determine a fair market price for a company's shares. I think a p/e of 5 is very conservative for a producer with an asset life of 20yrs minimum. For reference, the PE for Goldcorp is about 13 and Barrick is about 11. Re: mine life - I'm assuming a 2M ounce resource, but I think there is much more in La India. The B2G La Libertad open pit operation is 100,000 ounce per year mine, but I guess Condor (future operator) could go for 200,000 ounce per year which would obviously improve the figures further. All in all, 30p per share is the absolute rock-bottom minimum. Use a higher price of gold, larger output, longer mine life, or better PE and the figure goes up quite a lot. For example a PE of 10, gives a fair value of 60p per share for Cnr (hypothetically speaking if it is an operator producing 100,000 oz PA with the POG at $1200 oz) Regards DrRadcliffe |
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