Halba said:doubt $10 for this
SMM has i reckon 150-200mil pounds on their tenements, and that also about $3-4/EV a lb concurrently. SMM has lower operating costs, not on a heritage listed property, open cut mine, and also higher forecast output rates etc etc.
radio-active man said:smm hs beattie to contend with. I put this fact down as their biggest risk.
Don't forget even though the federal party may have a change in heart re: the 3 mines policy. This change does not automatically come into effect in each of the states.
State and Federal politics is a dirty game.
Lot's of positives and negatives on both SMM and MTN atm. The mc is one of MTN strengths as it allows for plenty of ST and LT growth.
Halba said:imho st and lt growth mean nothing when a company can;'t produce. your money is okay in a bubble, but when people realise these things can't produce then whats the point?????
i don't see MTN producing in time, and its production(1000t) won't be meaningful when it does start to produce
The environmental approval process for MTN (as it is in a sensitive area) is going to be complex. Look at terramin on how it was handled, and that was a small mine.
champ2003 said:How many shares does SMM have on offer though? I'm not sure. Thats something to look in to also.
mmmmining said:In addition to Mt Gee's 31,255t U3O8, there are resource estimates done by Exoil as follow: (MTN's ann on 2 Aug 2005)
Hodgkinson: 484t at 2200ppm
Armchair: 680t at 1000ppm
Streitberg: 600t at 1000ppm
Radium Ridge: 1211t at 700ppm
Total: 2975t at 1000ppm
MTN does not even mention this afterwards. They are all within 12km radius, and a good size deposits with further exploration upside that most uranium junior hopefuls are dying for.
Why?
If Mt Gee deposit is not real, I guess MTN will jump up and down about those smaller deposits.
mmmmining said:In addition to Mt Gee's 31,255t U3O8, there are resource estimates done by Exoil as follow: (MTN's ann on 2 Aug 2005)
Hodgkinson: 484t at 2200ppm
Armchair: 680t at 1000ppm
Streitberg: 600t at 1000ppm
Radium Ridge: 1211t at 700ppm
Total: 2975t at 1000ppm
mmmmining said:Sorry, I might confused you guys. All tonnage is contained U3O8, not minerals.
So in addition to 31255t U3O8 at Mt Gee, they have additional 2975t (6.54m lb) U3O8 at nearby deposits.
Also they have some more at Mt Painter East at lower grade (considered "very high" for some other juniors) although the have a few high grade drilling, and a small high grade ore body at 3300ppm. It is estimated that 10mt ore at 300ppm for another 3000t (6.6m lb) contained U3O8! (from MTN's ann dated on Aug 2, 2005)
Also the Mt Painter has not been mentioned. I guess it will be a natural extension from Mt Gee deposit after more drilling at east side of Mt Gee.
I strongly recommended for MTN lovers and MTN doubters read the Aug 2, 2005 ann. I believe the whole MTN story begun from there.
If you cannot find it, please PM me. I will email you one.
champ2003 said:Hi Mmmmining,
No offence but I think that you are a little confused about the Inferred resource at Mt Gee. Its not 31255t. Please refer to the link below to see the latest results. Forget 2005 results as thats well and truly outdated now.
This is the exact wording in the latest document with the link below:-
The Mt Gee deposit, with its Inferred Resource of 45.5 million tonnes of uranium
mineralisation averaging 0.068% U3O8, or 69 million pounds of contained U3O8, is one of
Australia’s largest undeveloped uranium deposits.
http://imagesignal.comsec.com.au/asxdata/20070109/pdf/00683884.pdf
Best regards
Champ
spooly74 said:Hi Champ
45.5 million t of mineralised ore at 0.068% u3o8 = 30,940t u3o8
30,940t u308 = just over 68 million pounds of contained u308 (68,068,000)
45.5 million t is the total mineralised area Marathon have to process to get 30,940t of contained u308.
cheers
Cahmp and Spooly,spooly74 said:Hi Champ
45.5 million t of mineralised ore at 0.068% u3o8 = 30,940t u3o8
30,940t u308 = just over 68 million pounds of contained u308 (68,068,000)
45.5 million t is the total mineralised area Marathon have to process to get 30,940t of contained u308.
cheers
mmmmining said:Cahmp and Spooly,
I guess we are talking about the same thing. I quoted directly from the latest qtr report, 31,255t U3O8, which is exactly the same as 45.5Mt ore x 0.068% if you consider MTN ignore the last two digits of the grade which is: 0.06845%, whatever it is. Anyway, the resource number is just a base for further upgrade. That is what the drilling job for.
My purpose here is
1. To point out that in addition to 31,255t contained U3O8 JORC resources in Mt Gee deposit only, there are additional 6,000t (or 13m lb) contained U3O8 non JORC resources in various grade around Mt Gee. It represent near 20% more resources.
2. From another angle to prove the Mt Gee is real. 6,000t (13m lb) Contained U3O8 means a lot to dozens of uranium juniors, but MTN not even bother to mention it recently. It proves that Mt Gee deposit is big enough that they can focus on, and we can trust for.
To have the additional resources in mind will increase my confidence to hold MTN, or buy more.
champ2003 said:Hi Spooly,
Thanks for clarifying that. It appears that it was actually me that had it mixed up LOL.
Anyway at the end of the day 68 million pounds sounds good to me.
Best regards
Champ
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