Morning Briefing: Ascot Sets New Financing for Restart of Premier; American Eagle Drill Results from NAK
Good morning and welcome to the Mining Stock Daily Morning Briefing. I’m Trevor Hall.
And I’m Ian Wagner.
Its Monday, October 21st
Last week gold rose $54, punctuated with new all time highs Tuesday thru Friday. For the week gold closed at $2730 and, at least for now, looks like it wants to shoot for $3k in the next 6 months. The BRICS meeting this week may determine that fate. Silver last week jumped from $31.84 to $33.24, punctuated by a 4.5% move on Friday. The Mining Stock Journal noted that the gold/silver ratio fell 2 points to 82.14 but that it has a huge decline in its future which means silver is still incredibly undervalued relative to gold.
The mining stock sector left the rest of the stock market in the dust, with GDX soaring 4% on Friday. Many of the silver stocks shot up double-digits percentage-wise. The Mining Stock Journal commented that, while stock market bubbles are exciting if you get out in time, there's nothing like the excitement of a precious metals frenzy.
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And Here’s what you need to know this morning…..
American Eagle Gold announced new drill results this morning which extended mineralization east of the South Zone toward the IP Embayment Zone. Hole 28 returned 101m of 1.11% CuEq form a depth of 47 m. At the gold-rich south zone, hole 26 returned 50m of 1.01% CuEq from surface which extended mineralization to a depth of 457m. NAK24-24, which was drilled northerly, intersected continuous mineralization from surface to a total depth of 951 m, returning 906 m of 0.36% CuEq. This hole links both the North and South Zones below their surface expressions. The company reiterates that the entire system remains open at NAK. (TSXV: AE) (OTCQB: AMEGF) News Release
Carolina Rush reported results from its recently completed core drilling program at the Brewer Gold and Copper Project in South Carolina. Analytical results have been received for holes 33 and 34, targeting the Tanyard Breccia Zone located south of the former mine. Results from hole 34 were 61m of 1.65 g/t Au which included an interval of 5.35m of 6.92 g/t Au. There were no significant values in hole 33. The phase four drill program is now complete, with a total of 2,578 meters drilled in 12 holes, 11 of which are in the Tanyard Zone. Results are pending for the last three holes of the program and will be reported as they are received. (TSXV: RUSH) (OTCQB: PUCCF) News Release
Cabral Gold announced results of its Prefeasiblity Study on the gold-in-oxide material at the Cuiú Cuiú gold district in Brazil. Using a $2,250 per ounce gold price, the oxide project is estimated to have economic values with an after-tax IRR of 47.3% and an NPV of $25.2M for an initial 720,000 tonne / yr starter operation using open-pit mining of oxidized gold mineralization and heap-leach processing. The PFS has a 4.5-year mine life with strong cashflows in the early years and an 18-month payback. Average annual gold production in the first 2 years of operation after commissioning is 19,700 ounces per year at an all-in sustaining cost ("AISC") of US$1,003 / oz. The Capex of the operation is estimated to be $37.4M. (TSXV: CBR) (OTC Pink: CBGZF) News Release
Dryden Gold announced that it has signed a binding mineral claims purchase agreement with Shear Gold Exploration to acquire 41 mineral tenures in its Lower Manitou project area. The Shear Gold Claims consist of 41 single cell and multi-cell mining claims that are located contiguous to the Company's Sherridon and Gaffney projects in the Gold Rock Camp, which the Company purchased earlier this year as it seeks to consolidate its land package. The company notes that they still have drill samples in the lab from fall drilling at Gold Rock and drilling is scheduled to resume early next month. The Purchase Agreement calls for a purchase price of $80,000 cash to be paid at closing for an undivided, royalty-free 100% interest in the claims. Dryden Gold trades on the (TSXV: DRY) (OTCQB: DRYGF News Release
Ascot Resources announced a plan to raise approximately C$40M inm funding to advance the development of the Premier Northern Lights mine, restart the mill and restart the Big Missouri mine from the current state of temporary care and maintenance. The Company has been in discussions with its main creditors, Sprott Private Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp., Nebari Gold Fund, Nebari Natural Resources Credit Fund II, LP and Nebari Collateral Agent LLC who have entered into a non-binding indicative term sheet with the Company to provide up to US$11.25 million in new senior debt. As part of the Debt Financing, the Secured Creditors would extend their existing waiver and forbearance conditions until May 31, 2025. The Company has also entered into an agreement with a syndicate of agents co-led by Desjardins Capital Markets and BMO Capital Markets in respect of a private placement, to be marketed on a best-efforts basis, of common shares of the Company at a price of C$0.16 per Common Share to raise a minimum of C$25,000,000 and up to a maximum of C$35,000,000. Some of the company’s major shareholders, including Ccori Apu, have indicated their commitment to provide a significant portion of the equity capital. (TSX: AOT; OTCQX: AOTVF) News Release
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