Morning Briefing: Commercial Production at Gediktepe
Welcome to Mining Stock Daily. I’m Trevor Hall. And I’m Paul Harris.
Today is Wednesday, July 13th.
On Tuesday gold ran $13 per ounce in the early morning hours as Asia appeared to have had a bid for physical gold from the trading data, with the price rising from $1724 to $1737. But as soon as the Comex opened, it was lights out and gold was trampled down to $1721 over the course of the US trading day. The Mining Stock Journal emphatically stated that the price action in the paper markets is largely a function of the hedge funds unloading paper gold longs, along with stock positions, and piling into the upward momentum of the dollar. When this reverses, and it will, it will trigger an epic rally.
Silver took a different price path on its way lower Tuesday. It started dropping before midnight Monday and was hammered down to as low as $18.66 per ounce before bouncing briefly back over $19 but fading to settle at $18.86. The Mining Stock Journal said that, while no one can predict how low silver might go, it is wildly cheap vs gold and especially vs US dollar-denominated paper assets. The newsletter's editor noted that he has started to add to his positions albeit leaving plenty of cash to buy at lower prices. The mining stocks continue to trade lower with the general stock market. The fate of the mining stocks is predicated on the price direction of gold and silver.
We will get to the news from the miners and explorers in a moment, but first a word about today’s sponsor.
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And here’s what you need to know this morning….
Dundee Precious Metals said an oral decision on the Constitutional Protective Action filed against the Ministry of Environment, Water and Ecological Transition (MAATE) by the Judicial Labour Unit of Cuenca in Ecuador upheld the validity of its environmental permits for exploration at Loma Larga. The decision confirmed that MAATE did not violate certain rights relating to the protection of water and nature in granting the permits, and reaffirmed Dundee’s mining concessions for Loma Larga. The court also found that the company will be required to include the local indigenous populations in its consultation process prior to proceeding to the exploitation phase, which Dundee had already planned to do in-line with International Finance Corporation practices. The written decision is expected within a week, following which the claimants have three days to file an appeal. Shares in Dundee Precious Metals trade on the TSX under DPM. News release
Osisko Metals announced an updated Preliminary Economic Assessment for its Pine Point project near Hay River in the Northwest Territories, Canada, which aimed to integrate updated long-term prices for zinc and lead, increased mined resources, cost escalations in CAPEX and OPEX as well as reduced life-of-mine water management costs from a hydrogeological model which reduced estimated dewatering volume by 30% compared to the 2020 PEA. Pine Point is now expected to produce 329Mlb/y zinc and 141Mlb/y lead for 12 years at a C1 cost of 61c/lb of zinc equivalent following a C$653 million capex. The project would yield an after tax IRR of 25%. The capex increased 12% since the 2020 study largely due to natural gas, steel and concrete cost increases. Osisko Metals trades on the TSXV under OM and on the OTCQX under OMZNF. News release
EMX Royalty says its flagship Gediktepe royalty is western turkey has achieved commercial production of its oxide gold mineralization. The company operating the project has informed EMX that it has produced over 10,000 ounces of gold equivalent[1] ounces, the trigger for commencement of production royalty payments to EMX. EMX holds a 10% net smelter return royalty on oxide gold production at Gediktepe. In addition to the royalty production payments, EMX is slated to receive cash payments of US$4 million upon the first anniversary of commercial production for oxide gold mineralization, US$3 million on the date that commercial production commences from the underlying sulfide deposit, and US$3 million upon the first anniversary of the commencement of commercial production from the sulfide deposit. In addition to the oxide gold royalty, EMX also owns a 2% NSR royalty on production from an underlying polymetallic copper, zinc, lead and gold deposit that is slated for future development. EMX Royalty trades on the NYSE American and the TSXV with EMX. News Release
FireFox Gold reported additional results from its 2022 core drilling program at the Company's 100%-held Mustajärvi Gold Project in Lapland, Finland. Four holes returned significant near-surface, high-grade gold mineralization, highlighted by hole 6 in the East Target that returned a 13.85-metre interval averaging 14.39 g/t gold. Expressed in terms of grade-thickness, this interval measures 199 gram-meters of gold, the strongest mineralized interval yet drilled at Mustajärvi. So far this year, 19 diamond drill holes, totalling 2,930 metres have been completed at Mustajärvi testing the East Target, the Gabbro Target and the Central Zone. The results reported herein are from the East Target and results are pending from seven additional holes, including those testing the Gabbro Target, the Central Zone extensions and the last two drill holes from the East Target. FireFox Gold trades on the TSXV with FFOX and on the OTCQB with FFOXF. News Release
New Pacific Metals reported assays from of the first five drill holes of the 2022 drill program at the Carangas Silver-Gold Project in Oruro, Bolivia. Highlights included 535.63m grading 1 gram per tonne gold and 11g/t silver, including an interval of 72.16m grading 3.54g/t gold and 12g/t silver in hole 39. So far this year, 16,754m in 31 holes have been completed at Carangas with assays pending for 26 holes. There are five drill rigs on site, three of which have capability of 1,000m depth. New Pacific has also initiated preliminary metallurgical testing including flotation and leaching on Carangas mineralisation. New Pacific Metals trades on the TSX under NUAG and on the NYSE under NEWP. News release
That concludes today’s morning briefing.
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