Re: SP Premiums
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posted on
Feb 07, 2013 04:13PM
CUU own 25% Schaft Creek: proven/probable min. reserves/940.8m tonnes = 0.27% copper, 0.19 g/t gold, 0.018% moly and 1.72 g/t silver containing: 5.6b lbs copper, 5.8m ounces gold, 363.5m lbs moly and 51.7m ounces silver; (Recoverable CuEq 0.46%)
The math is OK
..the assumptions are problematic
There must be the value that TECK would place on being the sole owner with the freedom to develop, engage partners or dispose of all or part of the project without being encumbered by a JV partner from the outset
This control would extend to those portions of the project that have yet to be fully explored, but have been identified
Pockets of future value that cannot be fully determined now, but would have to be fully shared, at the set ratios, with a carried junior partner like CUU
So not sure how wise we would be to sell our fourth based on a value derived from what we know is only a portion of the property, and even that artificially valued by a market that probably doesn't have a very good idea of what is involved and leans to the low side