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Thanks Uncle F,
Do you want to let us know why you posted all the details but without anything personal from you?? Why the interest in this one??
I made some money trading this one a long while back when it was hovering in the 10-12s type area but haven't looked at it since. I'm interested to hear other thoughts on it too....
Indeed I see them as a good speculative buy. I bought SDL recently @0.13 and they did very well. I am looking for another one like thatAre they only a gold miner ? I think if Charlie Aiktens mentions them in the Eureka report as a potention takeover target they must be worth a look
The BFS estimates of the financial returns for Siana were based on gold and silver prices of US$650 and $13 per ounce respectively. Since then precious metal prices have continued to increase.
At a price of US$850 per ounce of gold the pre-tax NPV (at 8%) is US$208M (an increase of 91%) with an internal rate of return of 83% (an increase of 73%).
Siana Gold project, philippines
• Title transfer to Merrill Crowe Corporation completed,
transfer to Red 5 operating company in progress.
• Selected pre-development capital activities approved
including mine road permitting and final power negotiations.
• Initial underground resource upgrade programme nearing
completion - includes 2 metres at 18.6 g/t and 6.3% Zn,
7 metres at 9.8 g/t and 1.1% Zn, 2 metres at 25.6 g/t and
2.2% Zn, and 7 metres at 7.3 g/t and 4.2% Zn. Additional
holes planned.
• Final open pit mine equipment and design optimisation
well advanced.
• Construction manager, Warren Mathews appointed.
• Environmental Impact Statement on schedule for
mid-May 2008 submission.
Mapawa MpSA and Jv
• All required documentation submitted and grant awaited.
Finance and corporate
• Société Générale bank syndicate (total four banks) confirms
indicative term sheet for Siana development.
• Net cash position $31.9 million (unaudited).
Société Générale bank syndicate provides indicative term
sheet for Siana debt funding.
Société Générale Corporate and Investment Banking and three
other international resource focused banks have confirmed an
essentially unchanged indicative debt funding package for
Siana development.
The indicative term sheet identifies minor increases to fees and margins
as would be anticipated in the current debt financing environment.
The size of the facility and the loan amortisation schedule are unchanged.
Underground Resource increased to 3.4 million tonnes at 7.1 g/t
gold (0.77 million ounces) and 10.7 g/t silver (1.16 million ounces),
up 11 percent. Includes inaugural Indicated Resource category.
Combined underground and open pit Resources now 6.7 million
tonnes at 5.2 g/t gold (1.1 milllion ounces)
Project Indicated Resource increased by 127 percent (gold ounces)
and 63 percent (tonnage)
Indicated Resource represents 77% of total Resource tonnage
and 69% of gold Resource ounces
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