UC DD or why you should own UC Resources
posted on
Mar 31, 2010 12:33AM
Date : March 30, 2010
I’ve noticed, as of late, a number of new posters to the hub and thought it might be a good idea to compile some due diligence to assist those not familiar with the current state of UC Resources. First off, let me state that I believe a lot of the interest in UC has been brought on by the recent action involving Spider and KWG and their Big Daddy deposit. Yes, UC Resources does have a JV agreement with Spider and KWG, but it does not include the claims covering the Big Daddy chrome find. More on that later. This is not the complete story of UC Resources but I hope it sheds some light on their activities and gives those new here some reasons to believe this is a worthy investment.
UC Resources currently has 2 main areas of interest, their gold/silver concessions and La Yesca mill in Mexico and a JV agreement with Spider/KWG in Ontario’s Ring Of Fire.
For in depth information on the companies interests and Corporate Structure please visit
UC Resources company website - http://www.ucresources.net/
Recent Financings
Feb. 17, 2010 - closes $780,000 private placement
http://www.ucresources.net/investors/latest_news_release/2010/index.php?&content_id=192
Feb.18,2010 - receives $270,000 loan facility FIFOMI
http://www.ucresources.net/investors/latest_news_release/2010/index.php?&content_id=191
Feb.19, 2010 – arranges $400,000 private placement for Xora exploration
http://www.ucresources.net/investors/latest_news_release/2010/index.php?&content_id=190
Mexican Projects
La Yesca - The La Yesca project consists of a 600 hectare mining concession which includes two previous producing gold - silver mines. The project also includes a modern milling facility designed to process 220 tonnes of feed per day. Approximately 225,750 tonnes of tailings from the historic mine workings in the project area are available to be processed. The tailings qualify as an inferred resource under NI43-101 compliancy rules.
In a Jan.25th news release management outlined a 4 month plan for upgrades to the mill (new ball mill) and completion of the tailings pond.
“Proceeds will be dedicated to the upgrading of the La Yesca gold and sliver tailings processing facility located in Nayarit, Mexico. These funds will facilitate the installation of a required ball mill and final construction of the already permitted tailings facility as well as changes to the process. The estimated time of the construction phase of the La Yesca mill is four months with test production being planned to begin in month three. The company intends to run the mill at a through-put rate of 220 tonnes per day with between 4-5 years of production tailings available.”
Management confirmed today (March 30,2010) that work is proceeding on schedule in spite of some equipment breakdowns (bulldozer) so indications are for production to commence in May/June. (fingers crossed)
Xora Claims – The Xora claim group is adjacent to the La Yesca mill site. In conjunction with the mill being placed into production, an exploration plan is being developed for the Xora claim which will be based on the 43-101 compliant results reported on numerous vein structures within the Xora claim group (see March 17, 2009, press release). Some highlights from that sampling program included gold consistently between .25 g/t to.8 g/t with highs of 4 g/t to7 g/t while silver showed a range of 250 g/t to 600 g/t with highs of 980 g/t to 1900 g/t. No known diamond drilling has occurred on any of the aforementioned vein structures, which are open at depth and on strike. Logistics and geophysical programs are presently being planned for the impending drill program on the Xora claim.
Note: The exploration plan has been completed “As per the recent news release (January 25, 2010), the Xora exploration plan has now been completed and will focus on the sample area that yielded up to 4 g/t to 7 g/t gold and 250 g/t to 600 g/t silver with highs of 980 g/t to 1900 g/t silver (see March 17, 2009, press release).”
Copalquin: Copalquin is a very attractive exploration target for gold and silver:
Mar Concessions: The Mar concessions has substantial merit as a potential setting for epithermal gold-silver deposits. Supporting evidence includes the following:
Ontario’s Ring of Fire
As mentioned earlier, UC Resources has a Joint Venture Agreement with Spider and KWG Resources. The Option Agreement provides that UC Resources can earn up to 55% interest in these properties by expending a total of $4.5 million dollars prior to March 6, 2011. In addition UC is the operator of the exploration program during its’ earn in, after which operatorship is dictated by the terms of a Joint Venture Agreement, where operatorship resides with the party holding the greatest interest in the project. Currently UC has achieved a 40% interest and management has stated they are about $500,000 away from achieving the 55% earn in.
The Option Agreement covers the McFaulds East and West properties. Discoveries, to date, on these claims consist of VMS occurrences of copper/zinc. These are not the properties that have drawn so much attention lately in regards to Cliffs announcement of developing their Black Thor, Big Daddy chromite deposits. However, once infrastructure is in place, these copper/zinc deposits could be viable once further defined.
McFauld's #1 (16 holes drilled to date, 4,720 meters)
McFauld's #3 (31 holes drilled to date, 10,169 meters)
Geologist James Franklin has created this report with regards to these VMS discoveries
http://www.spiderresources.com/Reports/McFaulds_VMS_Report.pdf
Assays are still pending from the most recent drilling last October and November.
There is a great deal more information that could be added to this post, but it’s been a long day and I think this is a good start.
SRV