The corporate is continuing with the Cascabel DFS as the following stage. The report was initially deliberate for completion within the second half of 2022, however just like the pre-feasibility examine (PFS), will now face delays as SolGold opinions alternatives to derisk the undertaking, cut back prices and additional enhance economics.
Given exploration success has been a key driver of unlocking shareholder worth, SolGold stated it might take a “disciplined method” to proceed to advance the best precedence exploration targets at Cascabel and throughout the broader portfolio, making use of the corporate’s blueprint and confirmed exploration methodology.
SolGold found and outlined the assets at Cascabel for lower than $0.01/lb of copper-equivalent or lower than $3/oz of gold-equivalent.
“This new method is a transparent shift in route and is in alignment with suggestions obtained from numerous shareholders, and we look ahead to continued engagement with all stakeholders,” Caldwell stated. “I’ll make sure the SolGold crew works tirelessly to make sure all shareholders are rewarded for funding this world-class discovery in Cascabel and I wish to personally thank our shareholders for his or her endurance and help.”
The Cascabel undertaking, situated within the Imbabura province of northwest Ecuador, is likely one of the most bold mining tasks in a rustic that’s eager to develop mineral assets to spur its sluggish economic system.
In April 2022, SolGold printed the long-awaited Cascabel PFS, which outlined a possible world-class deposit with common annual manufacturing of 132,000 tonnes of copper, 358,000 ounces of gold and 1 million ounces of silver over a 55-year mine life. These figures, in line with the corporate, imply that the asset would grow to be one of many 20 largest copper-gold mines in South America.
SolGold had been 85% proprietor of the Cascabel undertaking till its current acquisition of Ontario’s Cornerstone Capital Sources (TSXV: CGP), which is predicted to shut following customary regulatory approvals and a particular shareholders assembly, after which it’ll formally take over as sole proprietor.
Whereas it focuses on the Cascabel DFS, SolGold will put the Porvenir PEA on maintain. Porvenir is a copper-gold deposit situated about 10 0km north of the Ecuador-Peru border and 100 km south of the Fruta Ddel Norte deposit held by Lundin Gold (TSX: LUG).
Shares of SolGold dropped 1.7% by 1 p.m. ET Tuesday. The corporate’s market capitalization is C$665.8 million ($497m).
