Correct currently $96M cash in bank and $0.00 DEBT.
188M shares PLUS all of the below;
- Owns 100% of its mining fleet - mostly purchased during the GFC Financial Crisis - Mining and Infrastructure Corridor Leases granted for 30 years - Environmental Impact Statement and Plan of Operations approved - Compensation agreements with the landowner and the Cloncurry Shire Council in place - Native Title agreements in place - $30m already paid towards 3mtpa Process Plant Major components ordered including ball mill, high-pressure grinding rolls (HPGR), primary and tertiary crushing circuits, alljig® gravity jigs and various ancillary components - all currently under construction. - Rail-load Facility in Cloncurry - access to national markets secured Joint memorandum of understanding with Xstrata Copper and Minmetals Group for the joint development of the Company’s Multi-user Rail Load-out Facility, significantly reducing CuDeco’s up-front development costs. - Ship-loading Facility at Port of Townsville - access to international markets secured Lease signed with Port of Townsville Limited for 1.506 ha of land at the Port of Townsville, allowing for the construction and operation of a bulk materials receipt, storage and export facility. Development Permit received from Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) for Ship-loader and Concentrate Storage Facility at the Port of Townsville - currently under development. - Significant resource inventory based on over 340,000m of drilling - discovery costs ~1.5c/lb 30.3mt @ 1.7% CuEq (0.8% CuCoAu cut-off) Measured and Indicated resource 97.9mt @ 0.96% CuEq (0.4% CuCoAu cut-off) Measured and Indicated resource 272.9mt @ 0.62% CuEq (0.2% CuCoAu cut-off) Measured, Indicated & Inferred resource
- Mineralisation commences from surface - low life-of-mine strip ratio (approximately 3.16 to 1) High-grade supergene zone (native copper and chalcocite) - accessed in initial years to maximise earnings - Exhaustive metallurgical work completed - high metal recoveries achieved Significant time, effort and expenditure has been allocated to metallurgy, resulting in high metal recoveries and premium concentrate grades. - Low mining and processing costs CuDeco expects to maintain one of the industries lowest percentile mining and processing costs, at just 81c/lb - Off-take agreements in place - Development activity advancing Site activities well advanced, with construction of major infrastructure currently underway. - Located close to major regional Queensland township - reduced development costs Workforce based in Cloncurry (~15km from mine site) - access to existing roads, rail, highway, airport, shops, healthcare, etc.
CDU Price at posting:
$3.84 Sentiment: LT Buy Disclosure: Held