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21/08/23
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For completeness...
Before you get to sell ferro niobium - you first have the build a mine, concentrator and smelter
Not much data around on those capex costs, but if you look at the old Cradle DFS it was $200m in 2016
https://www.cradleresources.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Cradle-Definitive-Feasibility-Study-Investor-Presentation.pdf
Escalate that inflation and you could be at $300-$400m
The price of ferro niobium is now circa $24,000 per tonne, as per the USGS:
This has halved since pre 2018 as per USGS:
WA1 still looks interesting - but be cautious on capex, opex and potential margin at this point
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