Prophecy Platinum Reports 1.04 Million Oz PGM+Gold Indicated And 10.97 Million Oz PGM+Gold Inferred For The Wellgreen Project, Yukon Territory, Canada
Vancouver, British Columbia, July 14, 2011: Prophecy Platinum Corp. ("Prophecy Platinum" or the “Company”) (TSX-V: NKL, US-PINK: PNIKD, Frankfurt: P94P) is pleased to announce the receipt of an independent National Instrument (NI) 43-101 compliant report and mineral resource estimate for its Wellgreen PGE-Ni-Cu property located in the Yukon Territory, Canada. The report is authored by Todd McCracken, P. Geo. of Wardrop Engineering Inc., a Tetra Tech Company, who is an independent Qualified Person under NI 43-101.
The independent study incorporated drill data from 701 diamond drill holes (182 surface and 519 underground) totalling over 53,222 metres. Using a 0.4% NiEq (nickel equivalent) cut-off grade, the Wellgreen deposit now contains a total inferred resource of 289.2 million tonnes at an average grade of 0.53 g/t platinum, 0.42 g/t palladium, 0.23 g/t gold (1.18g/t PGM+Gold), 0.38% nickel, and 0.35% copper. Separately, the deposit also contains an indicated resource of 14.3 million tonnes at an average grade of 0.99 g/t platinum, 0.74 g/t palladium, 0.52 g/t gold (2.25 g/t PGM+Gold), 0.69% nickel, and 0.69% copper. The resource includes both the East Zone and the West Zone of the Wellgreen project, which are tabulated in Table 1 showing respective metal grades which are also expressed as nickel equivalent (NiEq) values:
Table 1. Wellgreen Indicated and Inferred Resource Totals.
NiEq% cutoff | Category | Zone | Tonnes | NiEq% | Pt (g/t) | Pd (g/t | Au (g/t) | PGM+Au (g/t) | Ni (%) | Cu (%) | Co (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0.400 | Indicated | East | 14,308,000 | 1.36 | 0.99 | 0.74 | 0.52 | 2.25 | 0.69 | 0.62 | 0.05 |
NiEq% cutoff | Category | Zone | Tonnes | NiEq% | Pt (g/t) | Pd (g/t | Au (g/t) | PGM+Au (g/t) | Ni (%) | Cu (%) | Co (%) |
0.400 | Inferred | East | 219,327,000 | 0.76 | 0.54 | 0.45 | 0.26 | 1.25 | 0.39 | 0.34 | 0.03 |
0.400 |
Inferred
| West | 69,919,000 | 0.67 | 0.50 | 0.34 | 0.12 | 0.96 | 0.34 | 0.38 | 0.02 |
Total inferred | 289,246,000 | 0.74 | 0.53 | 0.42 | 0.23 | 1.18 | 0.38 | 0.35 | 0.03 |
Several parameters were used in calculating the reported resource:
- NiEq =((Ni%*$Ni*22.0462)+(Cu%*$Cu*22.0462)+(Co%*$Co*22.0462)+(Au grade*$Au*0.029167)+(Pt grade*$Pt*0.029167)+(Pd grade*$Pd*0.029167))/($Ni*22.0462);
- Long term average metal prices in $USD of $9.52/lb nickel (NiEq prices based on this amount), $2.96/lb copper, $15.78/lb cobalt, $1085/troy ounce gold, $1776/troy ounce platinum, $689/troy ounce palladium;
- Visual comparison of colour-coded block model grades with composite grades on section and plan;
- Comparison of the global mean block grades for ordinary kriging (OK), inverse distance squared (ID2), nearest neighbour (NN) and composites;
- Swath Plots comparing NN estimates and OK estimates;
- 701 drillhole database used compiling over 12,000 assays.
Contained Metals at Wellgreen*
Metal | Indicated Resource | Inferred Resource |
---|---|---|
Nickel (Ni) | 0.22 Billion lbs. | 2.42 Billion lbs. |
Copper (Cu) | 0.20 Billion lbs. | 2.23 Billion lbs. |
Cobalt (Co) | 15.77 Million lbs. | 191.30 Million lbs. |
Platinum (Pt) | 0.46 Million oz. | 4.93 Million oz. |
Palladium (Pd) | 0.34 Million oz. | 3.91 Million oz. |
Gold (Au) | 0.24 Million oz. | 2.14 Million oz. |
PGM+Gold | 1.04 Million oz. | 10.97 Million oz. |
* Based on resource estimated at 0.4% NEq cut-off, and 100% metals recoveries.
Wellgreen Project Highlights:
BeantwoordenVerwijderen289 million tonnes of inferred resource with grades 0.4% Ni, 0.4% Cu, 1.18 g/t PGM+Au and 14 million tonnes of indicated resource at 0.7% Ni, 0.6% Cu, 2.25 g/t PGM+Au
Close to good infrastructure, main roads, electricity and water
Yukon is one of the most mining friendly jurisdictions
Drilled 496.06 meters of 0.596 g/t Platinum, Palladium and Rhodium+Au, 0.27% Ni, 0.18% Cu, 0.02% Co (0.45% NiEq) from surface. (See September 27, 2010 news release for full drill results)
Good potential to expand the quantity on the Property as both the East and West Zones are open at depth
Good potential to expand the quantity and grade of mineralization on the property to cover the entire Quill Creek Ultramafic intrusive
Next steps:
Complete summer drill season (September), first batch results (August)
Wardrop desktop engineering study (Q4, 2011)
Resource estimate update (Q1, 2012)
Results SGS Lakefield scoping level metallurgical testing (Q1, 2012)
Recent Milestones:
On July 14, 2011, Prophecy reports 1.04 million oz PGM+Gold indicated and 10.97 million oz PGM+Gold inferred resource for the Wellgreen PGM nickel project, Yukon territory, Canada
On September 27, 2010, Prophecy drills 496.06 meters of 0.596 g/t Platinum, Palladium and Rhodium+Au, 0.27% Ni, 0.18% Cu, 0.02% Co (0.45% NiEq) from surface.
On September 3, 2010, Shareholders of Northern Platinum approve merger with Prophecy Resource Corp.
Jul 2011, 43-101 Technical Report On Wellgreen Project (File size: 16.8mb)
Apr 2011, 43-101 Technical Report On Wellgreen Project (File size: 3.8mb)
Wellgreen 702 Drill Logs (File size: 2.98mb)
Wellgreen 702 Drill Logs Sorted by Platinum Grade (File size: 2.98mb)
Underground Sample Assays (File size: 55kb)
Wellgreen PGM+Au Sections With 100 Meters Interval (3 of the sample sections are shown below)
http://www.prophecyplat.com/project_wellgreen_m.php
http://www.prophecyplat.com/pdf/Prophecy_Platinum_Wellgreen_Presentation.pdf
Huidige market cap ca 150 miljoen bij een koers van ca 3 CAD.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenZie ook het Gouddraadje:
http://ppprecies.blogspot.com/2011/04/alles-over-goud-en-goud-aandelen.html?showComment=1311958829007#comment-c9185267031016438635
Rhodium, Osmium, Iridium, & Ruthenium – Additional Pay Metals
BeantwoordenVerwijderenSample No. Length(m) Pt+Pd+Au(g/t) Pt+Pd+Ru+Ir+Rd+Os+Au (g/t)
C509697 1.55 4.23 8.239
C509698 1.55 4.45 8.304
C509701 2.15 2.391 5.262
C509704 2 2.327 5.784
C509811 11.6 2.68 5.396
C509813 2 1.983 5.861
C509814 2.2 4.062 8.281
C509087 1.9 2.569 7.444
C509089 0.85 4.299 10.16
C509092 0.7 3.538 8.269
C509097 0.65 6.319 12.1
C509098 1.55 5.883 9.035
C509101 0.6 3.086 6.343
C509104 1.05 4.73 7.634
C509111 0.6 5.136 9.652
C509112 0.4 5.741 9.594
C509114 1.7 8.266 11.52
C509131 0.55 7.065 11.05
C509140 0.65 7.215 10.79
C509145 0.4 2.653 7.066
C509146 1.45 2.699 8.996
C509147 1.6 4.831 8.396
C509150 1.55 6.802 9.289
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toelichting: dit zijn een aantal boormonsters met in de 1e rij alleen platina+palladium+goud gemeten en in de 2e rij de 4 genoemde zeldzame en zeer dure metalen erbij geteld.
In deze monsters zit ruwweg ca 4 à 5 g per ton aan de 4 dure metalen.
Grade comparison between North American Palladium and Prophecy Platinum:
BeantwoordenVerwijderenhttp://www.stockhouse.com/Bullboards/MessageDetail.aspx?s=NKL&t=LIST&m=30027667&l=0&pd=2&r=0
Dit is een redelijk vergelijkbaar bedrijf, huidige market cap ca 360 miljoen, echter dit zou een ondergrondse mijn moeten worden:
BeantwoordenVerwijderen.........................................
Duluth Metals Limited (TSX:DM, DM.U in $US) is a Canadian advanced stage mineral exploration Company committed to acquiring, exploring and developing copper, nickel and platinum group metal (PGM) deposits. The Company has a joint venture on their principal asset, called the Nokomis Project, with Antofagasta plc under the new joint venture company Twin Metals Minnesota LLC, which is 60% owned by Duluth and 40% by Antofagasta. The Nokomis Project is located within the rapidly emerging Duluth Complex mining camp in northeastern Minnesota. The Duluth Complex hosts one of the world's largest undeveloped repositories of copper, nickel and PGMs, including the world's third largest accumulation of nickel sulphides, and one of the world's largest accumulations of polymetallic copper and platinum group metals. Aside from the joint venture, the Company retains a 100% position on approximately 31,000 acres of mineral interests on exploration properties adjacent to and nearby the joint venture Nokomis Deposit.
The current NI 43-101 compliant Resource Estimate dated December 2009 for the Nokomis Deposit consists of 550 million tonnes of Indicated Resources grading 0.639% copper, 0.200% nickel, 0.660 grams per tonne TPM (TPM = Pt + Pd + Au) for a copper equivalent (CuEq) grade of 1.51%, plus an additional 274 million tonnes of Inferred Resources grading 0.632% copper, 0.207% nickel, 0.685 grams per tonne TPM for a CuEq grade of 1.53%
On July 21, 2010 Duluth Metals announced it had signed the formal definitive participation agreement with Antofagasta on the joint venture development of the Nokomis project. The joint venture provides the execution and financing capabilities required to aggressively advance this development project towards production. Duluth Metals will contribute the Nokomis project including approximately 5,000 acres in the Duluth Complex for a 60% interest in the joint venture, with Antofagasta to acquire an initial 40% interest; and Antofagasta holds the option to acquire an additional 25% of the joint venture from Duluth Metals at an exercise price calculated on a pro rata share of 1.0x Net Asset Value, which will be determined by a bankable feasibility study.
Gisteren heeft een insider een grote aankoop gedaan.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenhttp://www.tmxmoney.com/HttpController?GetPage=SearchInsiderTrade&Language=en&Submit=Submit&QuerySymbol=nkl&x=0&y=0
Dit zal later bij Canadian Insider vermeldt worden.
DM.TO:
BeantwoordenVerwijderenMetal - Indicated - Inferred
Copper - 6.18 Billion lbs. - 3.93 Billion lbs.
Nickel - 1.97 Billion lbs. - 1.21 Billion lbs.
Cobalt - 103.00 Million lbs. - 62.80 Million lbs.
Platinum - 2.30 Million ozs. - 1.75 Million ozs.
Palladium - 5.17 Million ozs. - 3.94 Million ozs
Gold - 1.21 Million ozs. - 0.88 Million ozs.
TPM (Pt+Pd+Au) - 8.68 Million ozs. - 6.57 Million ozs.
http://www.duluthmetals.com/i/pdf/DM-PDAC-February-2009.pdf
De diepte waarop de meeste ertslagen van DM liggen ligt ruwweg tussen de 700 en 1300 m. Het zal duidelijk zijn dat een dergelijke ondergrondse mijn heel moeilijk en duur zal zijn, zowel in aanleg als exploitatie.
Precies, als je een keer tijd hebt zou dan zou je dan eens naar cfm.v willen kijken. Kreeg ik door via Midas newsletter. Heeft potash en (edel)metalen en is volgens hen spotgoedkoop. Nog een vraag: zijn de graden bij nkl.v extreem goed? Alvast dank.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenZaza,
BeantwoordenVerwijderenals ik tijd heb zal ik eens naar CFM.V kijken.
Over de grades bij NKL: goud+PGM's zitten op ca 1 g per ton, dat is niet super, maar ca 2 x hoger dan vele porphyry open pit mijnen. Daar komt nog bij het nikkel en koper, ook weer niet super hoog, maar zeer redelijk vergeleken met veel andere open pit mijnen.
Om sommige plaatsen zijn de grades wel superhoog, maar daarvan is veel (maar niet alles) al lang geleden weggehaald dmv een ondergrondse mijn.
http://www.prophecyplat.com/pdf/Prophecy_Platinum_Wellgreen_Factsheet.pdf
PROPHECY DRILLS 49.5 METERS GRADING 1.27 G/T PGM+AU, 0.71% NI, 0.45% CU WITHIN 472 METERS GRADING 0.43% NIEQ AT YUKON WELLGREEN PROJECT
BeantwoordenVerwijderen8/22/2011 8:31:45 AM - Market Wire
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Aug 22, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX News Network) --
Prophecy Platinum Corp. ("Prophecy Platinum" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: NKL)(OTCQX: PNIKF)(FRANKFURT: P94P) announces the drill results received from its 2011 drilling program for its first completed hole on the Wellgreen Project. Borehole WS11-184 encountered 472.6 meters of mineralization grading 0.43% NiEq (3.1 g/t PGM Eq) from surface to the footwall contact. Within this larger swath of mineralization the hole encountered 49.5 meters of 1.27 g/t PGM+Au, 0.71% Ni, 0.45% Cu (1.11% NiEq, or 8.10 g/t PGM Eq). The geology transitioned from blebby disseminated to net-textured to massive sulphide approaching the footwall contact grading 6.3% Ni, 1.7% Cu, 2.7g/t Pt,1.6g/t Pd, 0.17g/t Au, 3.4g/t Ag (from drill core photo at company website).
4. Reported widths are intersected widths and not true widths.
WS11-184 is located on the eastern extent of Wellgreen, and approximately 150 meters south of previous drilling along that section. The hole demonstrated mineralization continuity from surface to the footwall contact exceeding the 0.40% NiEq cutoff that was used in the July 2011 resource announcement. The hole expands the width of the mineralized zone to approximately 500 meters while exhibiting an increase of grade toward the footwall, as well as showing continuity along strike away from historic mine development going eastward. WS11-184 also marks the first appearance of massive sulphide at this far eastern locale, indicating potential existence of a new massive sulphide system in this direction where a 2.3 kilometre strike of the Wellgreen intrusion east of WS11-184 has not been adequately tested by diamond drilling throughout the history of the property.
Currently, approximately 2,000 meters of drilling has been completed on the property in the 2011 exploration season. Prophecy Platinum is continuing with its drilling program and intends to release more results as assays are completed.
Visit www.prophecyplat.com for core photos, and drill location map.
This news release has been reviewed and approved by Danniel Oosterman, P.Geo., an independent consultant and a Qualified Person as defined in NI 43-101.
Northern Securities:
BeantwoordenVerwijderenInitiating coverage.
Highlights
1 Game changing bulk minable resource – Prophecy Platinum’s
100%-owned Wellgreen deposit contains 12 million ounces of
combined PGM plus gold, 2.4 billion lbs of nickel and 2.2 billion
lbs of copper. In situ gross metal value is $53 billion and
Wellgreen is minable by open pit.
2 Significant upside potential – We derive our target price for
Prophecy Platinum by comparing the Wellgreen in situ valuation to
other large, bulk-tonnage PGM, gold and nickel deposits. Our
$6.40 target price indicates a potential return of 55%, with further
upside potential as the project is expanded and de-risked. This
upside potential is supported by our preliminary development
model for Wellgreen, which suggests robust economics with a pre
tax NPV10% of $1.3 billion.
3 Ideal location near infrastructure – Far from remote, the
Wellgreen deposit can be accessed by a 14 km gravel road off the
Alaska Highway in mining-friendly Yukon.
4 Scarcity premium – The Wellgreen deposit contains higher grades
of platinum than other North American PGM deposits. About 76%
of the global platinum supply comes from South Africa where
labour disruptions, inflation, electricity supply and a rising Rand
threaten to restrict output and drive up the price of platinum.
5 Considerable exploration upside – The current strike length of
Wellgreen is 2.6 km but a geophysical anomaly extends an
additional 2.3 km, which suggests further exploration could double
its size. In addition, Prophecy owns 17.5 km of mineralized trend.
6 Metallurgy problems solved – Metallurgy was a challenge at
Wellgreen and similar polymetallic deposits in the 1980s and 1990s.
Advancements in ore processing technology are expected to
provide high recoveries and could produce a directly saleable metal.
7 Resource supports sizable operation – Using the figures
supplied by the recent Wardrop report, historical data and
comparables, we estimate a mine at Wellgreen could produce
annual LOM production of 236,000 ounces combined Au+PGM,
59 million lbs of Cu and 54 million lbs of Ni.
Investment Conclusion
We are initiating coverage of Prophecy Platinum with a BUY
recommendation and a 12-month target price of $6.40 per share
based on our NAV Valuation.
http://img.bullvestor.com/doc/20110819ProphecyPlatinumReport.pdf
The newly defined 300 million tonne resource for Wellgreen has high grades for both base metals and precious metals, which makes it an attractive project. In addition, if base metals were taken out of the equation the Wellgreen deposit, based solely on precious metals (PGMs plus gold), rivals most comparable mining projects
BeantwoordenVerwijderenwe looked at based on grade and size. Today, Prophecy trades at the low end of the valuation spectrum. Because of the high metal value per tonne contained at Wellgreen, in particular for precious metals like platinum, which we believe will be in short supply, we expect Wellgreen’s valuation to rise to a premium over other similar
projects. In addition to the current resource, we also believe there is significant resource expansion upside around and along strike of the deposit, as well as on the adjacent Burwash and Arch claims. We believe exploration over the next year has the potential to double the estimated tonnage of the Wellgreen resource as well as increase the Company’s confidence in the resource and quantify other contained
platinum group metals that have been identified.
A number of other positive factors, specifically the jurisdiction, which ranks as a top mining destination, the project’s ideal location just off the Alaska Highway and what we see as the potential for a mine (which, at 25ktpd, we estimate would have a $1.3
billion NPV10%, 33% after-tax IRR, over a 20 year mine life), confirm to us that Wellgreen warrants a premium valuation.
We believe there are a few factors currently holding back the valuation. First, the market is in the process of adjusting to the new resource estimate on Wellgreen which is a huge jump from the prior 1989 and 2008 estimates and there is likely skepticism over size and grades. Other concerns are likely the potential for dilution and questions over metallurgy and power, which we expect to be definitively
addressed.
Catalysts Drill results (throughout 2011) – Prophecy Platinum started an 8,000 metre drill program in June to expand and infill the Wellgreen resource. Assays for hole WS11-
184 are expected shortly, which could increase the strike of the deposit to the east.
Drill hole WS11-188 will likely be released in September, which could fill in a gap between the East and West Zones. Additional drill results from step out holes at eastings of 2400 and 2800 (close to the gap) to the south of the deposit, along with additional infill drilling, will follow, with results throughout the year.
Scoping study (Q4-2011) – A high level scoping study could start as early as next week and would likely involve Wardrop Engineering, which was responsible for the recently released NI 43-101 report. The report would examine the open pit potential of Wellgreen as well as provide more accurate estimates for operating and
processing costs, capital costs and throughput rates. Other items that the report would look at include recoveries, dilution, power (source, cost and requirements) as well as a design of the pit shell. We expect information that will clarify questions and concerns to be well received by the market.
Updated resource (Q1-2012) – Drill results will be used to update the current resource estimate in a report expected sometime in Q1-2012. The resource estimate will likely see an increase in tonnage but could also provide more insight into other metals contained within Wellgreen including Osmium, Ruthenium Iridium
and Rhodium.
Metallurgy (Q1-2012) – SGS Lakefield will test recoveries in concentrates for both disseminated and massive sulphides as well as bench test the PLATSOL process for the Wellgreen deposit. We anticipate results in approximately six months to show
high recoveries (as indicated in Table 9). We consider definitive positive answers to
metallurgy to be a significant positive for Prophecy.
While development of the Wellgreen deposit is at an early stage, despite being discovered roughly 60 years ago, we examined the potential economics of a conceptual operation in order to provide a ballpark estimate of the production profile, capital requirements, operating costs and overall economics. To estimate
BeantwoordenVerwijderencapex and opex we looked at:
~ Victoria Gold (TSXV:VIT) - developing a 26Ktpd open pit gold mine in the Yukon
~ PolyMet Mining - developing a 32Ktpd open pit Ni-Cu-PGM mine in Minnesota
~ Copper Mountain (TSX:CUM) - developing a 35Ktpd open pit copper mine in BC
~ Detour Gold (TSX:DGC) - developing a 55Ktpd open pit gold mine in Ontario
~ Osisko (TSX:OSK) - commissioned a 60Ktpd open pit gold mine in Quebec
~ Sandspring Resources (TSXV:SPP) - developing a 33Ktpd open pit gold mine in Guyana
~Duluth Metals - developing a 40Ktpd underground Ni-Cu-PGM mine in
Minnesota
Based on these projects, our rough estimate of capex for a 25,000 tpd operation at Wellgreen is $754 million, of which $420 million relates to processing, including hydrometallurgy. For operating costs, we used $42 per tonne, which, while on the high side, coincides with the estimate used by Wardrop. Approximately $22/t of the
operating cost is related to power from diesel, which could be cut by 90% if grid power was used.
Based on this preliminary analysis, we assumed 77% recoveries for PGMs, 65% for gold, 94% recoveries for copper and nickel, a 4:1 strip ratio, grades that are assumed lower than the resource at first but increase at depth, $20 million/year sustaining capital, USD=CAD and long-term metal prices per the 2011 Wardrop report. Assuming that production commences in 2016 and a 20-year mine life,
based on our preliminary model this yields an IRR of 33% and an NPV10% of $1.3 billion. These are rough estimates; however, we have chosen to remain conservative, given the information presently available. We believe the potential to increase production, reduce operating costs and improve the strip ratio suggests
that Wellgreen has the potential to be an economically feasible project.
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire -09/06/11)- Prophecy Platinum Corp. ("Prophecy Platinum" or the "Company") (TSX-V: NKL.V - News) has prepared and shipped 150kg samples to SGS Minerals Services ("SGS") to initiate a metallurgical and mineralogy study on the Wellgreen deposit. The study will focus on optimizing recoveries through conventional flotation to produce a PGM Nickel Copper concentrate. The mineralogy study will facilitate flowsheet conceptualization while closed circuit locked-cycle testing will be conducted to potentially enhance recoveries. The second part of the study will examine downstream treatment options involving pressure oxidation and leaching using the Platsol process, with which companies exploring in the Minnesota Duluth complex have demonstrated success. Results from the flotation study are expected in the first quarter (Q1) of 2012.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThe Company has also engaged Wardrop, A Tetra Tech Company (Tetra Tech) to conduct a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for the Wellgreen deposit. This study will investigate all aspects of the future development of Wellgreen including updating the mineral resources, the open-pit design, determining the optimum mining rate, a review of metallurgical studies and the design of the processing plant, the selection of equipment and manpower needs, estimates of capital and operating costs, financial modeling and risk analysis. The study will, if appropriate, give an economic justification to proceed to a pre-feasibility study or directly to a full feasibility study. The Company expects to receive a preliminary pit-shell outline with an indication of strip ratio on its high grade starter pit (Inferred resource of 50.6 million tonnes at 2.20 g/t PGM+Au 0.83% Ni, 0.80% Cu, 1.6% NiEq based on 1% NiEq cut off, and an Indicated resource of 8.5 million tons at 2.77 g/t PGM+Au 0.91% Ni, 0.80% Cu,) in October, 2011. The completion of the PEA is expected in Q1 of 2012.
John Lee, Chairman of Prophecy Platinum comments: "The Wellgreen PGM-Ni-Cu project deserves world class status with its superior grades, location, resource base, and expansion potential. Over time, independent studies will demonstrate the quality attributes of this highly unique project."
Further to the Company's news release dated April 6, 2011, it has completed the acquisition of a 100% interest in the Burwash property (from here-on referred to as "Wellgreen East") from Strategic Metals Ltd. ("Stategic") by paying to Strategic $1,000,000. The Wellgreen East property comprises 48 square kilometres, adds approximately 7 kilometers of exploration strike length east of the Wellgreen leases. Previous exploration on the fully acquired claims confirms that the geologic stratigraphy and mineralization is similar to the main Wellgreen resource. Past surface exploration has yielded sample grabs of 11.6 g/t Pt, 29.4 g/t Pd and 0.9 g/t Rhodium. These results are historical and should be regarded as unverified and should not be relied upon. Prophecy's land position now spans 17.5 km in strike, covering a majority of the Quill Creek ultramafic Complex.
vernieuwde Wellgreen presentatie:
BeantwoordenVerwijderenhttp://prophecyplat.com/pdf/Prophecy_Platinum_Wellgreen_Presentation.pdf
Prophecy Drills 120.9 Meters Grading 1.26 g/t PGM+Au, 0.36% Ni, 0.30% Cu within 457 Meters Grading 0.47% NiEq at Yukon Wellgreen Project
BeantwoordenVerwijderenProphecy Platinum Corp. On Monday September 26, 2011, 8:30 am EDT
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire -09/26/11)- Prophecy Platinum Corp. announces the drill results received from its 2011 drilling Wellgreen PGE-Ni-Cu Project. Borehole WS11-188 encountered 457 meters of mineralization grading 0.47% NiEq (including 0.72 g/t Pt+Pd+Au) from surface to the footwall contact. Within this larger swath of mineralization, the hole encountered a high grade section of 17.8 meters of 3.14 g/t Pt+Pd+Au, 1.03% Ni, 0.74% Cu (1.77% NiEq).
The hole was drilled completely outside of current resource boundaries, between the East Zone resource and the West Zone resource that was reported in the company's July 14, 2011 press release. The drill results are tabulated below:
Notes:
1. NiEq calculations are based on long range pricing index of $US
9.52/lb nickel, $US 2.96/lb copper, $US 15.78/lb cobalt, $US
1,085/troy oz gold, $US 1,776/troy oz platinum, and $US 689/troy oz palladium. The equation for NiEq value is as follows:
2. NiEq = ((Ni grade x Ni price x 22.04622) + (Cu grade x Cu price x
22.04622) +(Co grade x Co price x 22.04622) + (Au grade x Au
price x 0.02916) + (Pt grade x Pt price x 0.02916) + (Pd grade x
Pd price x 0.02916)) / (Ni price x 22.04622)
3. WS-188 was drilled at an inclination of -70 degrees; reported
widths are intersected widths and not true widths.
The high grade intercept located between the two resources is significant in that it not only demonstrates that the East and West zone resource form a single, geologically contiguous body, but also indicates that the higher grade material in the East Zone continues to the west and at depth at Wellgreen.
The West Zone, contributing approximately 24% of the Wellgreen inferred resource is currently mostly defined in the upper 200 meter portion from surface, with very little drilling beyond 250 meters from surface.
Uit bovenstaand bericht blijkt ongeveer het volgende: onder de West Zone is niet erg diep geboord, waarschijnlijk zit er nog een laag van een paar 100 m erts onder de reeds aangeboorde laag, met gedeeltelijk zeer hoge gehaltes.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenIn het Oosten (en misschien ook in het Westen) liggen nog een paar mogelijk identieke ertsvoorraden.
In het gunstigste geval zou de te ontdekken ertsvoorraad dus nog kunnen ver3- of ver4-voudigen.
De aandelen zijn tijdelijk, wegens omgekeerde gekte, nog te koop voor ca 2,90.
Overview: Wellgreen Central
BeantwoordenVerwijderenProphecy Platinum's 100% owned Wellgreen property is rich in platinum group metals (platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd) and rhodium Rh), nickel (Ni) and copper (Cu.) Conveniently located in the south west of Canada's mining-friendly Yukon Territory, the site is approximately 35 kilometres northwest of the airstrip at Burwash Landing, just 15 km from the Alaska Highway and 402 km from Alaska's Haines deep sea port. Prophecy Coal Corp. acquired 100% of the Wellgreen property following a September 21, 2010 merger with Northern Platinum, subsequently transferring full ownership to Prophecy Platinum on June 13, 2011.
Management is focussed on advancing the project, with most recent efforts centering around a drilling program initiated in June that is intended to expand the known scale of the Wellgreen resource. In addition, a high level scoping study by Wardrop Engineering is expected to be completed by Q4-2011. Prophecy intends to utilize the results of the 2011 drill program to update the current resource estimate in a report tentatively scheduled for release in Q1-2012. This will be an important development as it is anticipated that this new estimate will provide more insight into the nature and occurrence of other metals contained within Wellgreen, exotic PGMs, including Osmium, Ruthenium, Iridium and Rhodium.
Overview: Wellgreen East Zone
The 120 claim (2500 hectare) Wellgreen East Zone property is 100% owned by Prophecy Platinum Corp. The site is located immediately east of the larger Wellgreen project, and accessible by an 8km all-weather road connected to the Alaska Highway just 350km from Haines Alaska deep seaport. All areas of exploration interest on the property are served by a network of four-wheel-drive roads. The Wellgreen East Zone property overlies the east half of the Quill Creek Mafic-Ultramafic Complex, a 20 km long multiphase sill-like intrusion that attains a maximum thickness of over 1 km. The Complex hosts a number of nickel-copper-PGE occurrences. The most significant and well explored of these is the Wellgreen Mine which adjoins the Wellgreen East Zone property to the west. Read more >>
Highlights:
289 million tonnes of inferred resource with grades 0.38% Ni, 0.35% Cu, 1.18 g/t PGM+Au and 14 million tonnes of indicated resource at 0.69% Ni, 0.62% Cu, 2.25 g/t PGM+Au
Yukon is one of the most mining friendly jurisdictions
Ideal location - Wellgreen is highly accessible to main roads, great infrastructure, electricity and water
Exploration upside - Current strike length is 2.6km but geophysical anomaly extents additional 2.3kms with further exploration potential
One of only a few deposits of pgm outside South Africa
Presence of exotic pgm elements, including Rhodium, Iridium, Osmium and Ruthenium
Press Release Source: Prophecy Platinum Corp. On Tuesday November 1, 2011, 8:30 am EDT
BeantwoordenVerwijderenVANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire -11/01/11)- Prophecy Platinum Corp. ("Prophecy Platinum" or the "Company") (TSX-V: NKL.V - News)(OTCQX: PNIKF.PK - News)(Frankfurt: P94P.F - News) announces that the Company has arranged a non-brokered private placement of 3,000,000 shares at a price of $2.70 per share to raise aggregate gross proceeds of $8,100,000.
Company Insider Sprott Asset Management LP, on behalf of various funds and managed accounts, have committed up to 25% of this financing. Additional insiders of the Company are expected to subscribe at $2.72 per share pursuant to the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange.
Finder's fees may be payable in connection with the financing in accordance with the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange.
Closing of the placement is anticipated to occur on or before November 11, 2011.
Proceeds of the placement will be applied to the Company's flagship PGM-Ni-Cu Wellgreen project in the Yukon and its other properties, in addition to general working capital
Prophecy Platinum Closes $10 Million Private Placement
BeantwoordenVerwijderenVancouver, British Columbia, November 17, 2011: Prophecy Platinum Corp. ("Prophecy Platinum" or the “Company”) (TSX-V: NKL, OTC-QX: PNIKF, Frankfurt: P94P) is pleased to announce the closing of the non-brokered private placement previously announced on November 1, 2011 and increased on November 3, 2011. The Company has issued 3,709,489 common shares for total gross proceeds of $10,015,620.30.
Insiders and Company management subscriptions accounted for approximately 25% of the placement. Finder’s fees of 6% of the proceeds placed, payable in cash, were paid on portions of the placement.
The shares issued are subject to a hold periods expiring on March 16, 2012 and March 17, 2012. Proceeds of the placement will be applied to the Company's flagship PGM-Ni-Cu Wellgreen project in the Yukon and its other properties, in addition to general working capital.
Prophecy Drills 384.9 Meters Grading 0.623 g/t PGM+Au, 0.3% Ni, 0.15% Cu (0.45% NiEq) from Surface at Yukon Wellgreen Project
BeantwoordenVerwijderenDecember 8, 2011
Vancouver, British Columbia: Prophecy Platinum Corp. ("Prophecy Platinum" or the "Company") (TSX-V: NKL,) announces the final set of drill results received from its 2011 drilling at the Company's 100% owned Wellgreen PGM-Ni-Cu Project. Borehole WS11-192 intercepted 384.9 meters of 0.45% NiEq starting from 9.45 meters depth. Included in this greater interval of continuous mineralization is a PGM-rich zone with a combined Pt+Pd+Au grade of 1.358 g/t over 19.23 meters (NiEq 0.74%).
WS11-190, WS11-191 and WS11-192 were drilled at an inclination of -70 degrees; reported widths are intersected widths and not true widths.
"Central-East" and "Central-West" zones refer to "East Zone" and "West Zone" respectively reported in the Company's July 2011 NI43-101 compliant resource announcement for the Wellgreen Property.
WS11-190 to WS11-192 were step out drill holes roughly 100 meters from the southern boundary of the resource outline, aiming at expanding resource and bridging the gap between Wellgreen Central-East and Central-West. Holes 190 and 192 were drilled to the east of WS11-188 (120.9 meters grading 1.26 g/t PGM+Au, 0.36% Ni, 0.30% Cu within 457 meters grading 0.47% NiEq) at 100-meter spacing.
WS11-191 was drilled 200 meters west of WS11-188 and was abandoned at 89.9 meters due to bad ground conditions.
Mineralization in WS11-192 occurs as variably disseminated sulphides hosted in peridotite, typical of much of the mineralization that occurs at Wellgreen, having an observed trend of increasing grade with continued stratigraphic depth. The mineralization reported here occurs just past casing depth all the way to the footwall contact of the Wellgreen intrusion, demonstrating a continuous swath of mineralization from just below overburden depth down to over 370 meters depth-to-surface. Holes 190 and 192 extend the known resource southward by approximately 100 meters at the top of the hole.
These results mark the receipt of all assay results for the 2011 exploration drilling season on the Wellgreen property. WS11-188 and the surrounding holes demonstrated Wellgreen Central-East and Central-West to be one contiguous body, whereby good potential exists to significantly broaden the Central-West resource base, currently contributing only roughly one quarter of the current 43-101 compliant resource at Wellgreen. Overall the program met with good success in expanding the resource to the east and south. The long drill intercepts suggest the deposit remains very much open in those directions.
Update on PEA, Metallurgy, and 2012 drilling, the Company reports that the preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA") Study by Wardrop is proceeding on schedule with an anticipated release date in February 2012. Metallurgical tests by SGS have been ongoing since October, with results to be incorporated in the PEA. Prophecy is funded with the recent $10 million equity placement and is gearing up for a 2012 exploration and extensive definition drilling (underground and surface) program, with details to follow by year end.
Stukje tekst van Stockhouse/Yahoo.
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In respect to the valuation of Prophecy Platinum, it's pretty easy to show just how undervalued this stock is. Reviewing the company's presentation, and considering only the Wellgreen deposit, they show the following:
12M oz (indicated + inferred) of Platinum Group Metals (PGMs) plus gold. The 12M oz is divided approximately as follows:
Platinum......44.2%
Palladium.....32.7%
Gold..........23.1%
Using today's metal values, this makes an ounce of the PGMs plus gold worth ~$1,200 an ounce. Multiplying by 12M ounces, the gross in situ value of the precious metals is $14.4 billion.
But the precious metals are just a small part of the total value (about 33%).
Wellgreen also contains 2.4B lbs of nickel worth $20.6B. In addition, Wellgreen also contains 2.2B lbs of copper worth $7.5B. So, adding these up:
PGMs+Au.........$14.4B
Nickel..........$20.6B
Copper..........7.5B
Total...........$42.5B
The resource at Wellgreen will almost certainly grow, but just using the total in situ value of $42.5B and a fully diluted share count of 64M, we get a per share value of $664. In other words, buy a share of Prophecy Platinum at $2.42 and you get $664 worth of in situ metal. If we assume that Prophecy Platinum might sell for just 5% of the value of the in situ metal they have at Wellgreen, a share would be worth $33!! That's better than a 10 bagger from where it's currently trading. There are other factors that could improve these numbers: (1) The current drilling program at Wellgreen will almost certainly increase the total resource. (2) Wellgreen contains metals like rhodium, cobalt, silver, and cesium which are not included in this estimate. (3) Wellgreen also contains recently discovered high grade massive sulfides which could dramatically change the value projections. The massive sulfides could run $1,500 a tonne or more. The current drill program will (in part) attempt to expand the massive sulfide discovery.
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Na een dieptepunt van ca 1,85 in dec, is de koers inmiddels weer ruim verdubbeld op ca 4,10.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenNKL blijkt een mooi trading-aandeel te zijn met soms wel 50 cent verschil op een dag.
De laatste presentatie:
http://www.prophecyplat.com/pdf/Prophecy_Platinum_Wellgreen_Presentation.pdf
Prophecy Platinum and Ursa Major Minerals Sign Business Combination Agreement
BeantwoordenVerwijderenSymbol Price Change
NKL.V 3.40 -0.30
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire -03/02/12)- Prophecy Platinum Corp. ("Prophecy" or the "Company") (TSX-V: NKL.V - News)(OTCQX: PNIKF.PK - News)(Frankfurt: P94P.F - News) and Ursa Major Minerals Incorporated ("Ursa") (TSX: UMJ.TO - News) (the "Companies") are pleased to announce that they have entered into a binding letter of agreement (the "Agreement") for a business combination through a proposed all share transaction (the "Transaction"). Prophecy and Ursa act at arm's length and the Transaction has been negotiated at arm's length.
Financial Terms of the Transaction
Pursuant to the Agreement, Prophecy will issue 1 common share in exchange for every 25 outstanding common shares of Ursa. Ursa options and warrants will be exchanged for options and warrants of Prophecy as discussed under the "Further Detail" Section.
The offer represents approximately $0.15 per each common share of Ursa based on Prophecy's share price of $3.70 as at March 1, 2012, representing a premium of 130% to Ursa's closing price as at March 1, 2012 of $0.065.
Prophecy is to subscribe for $1 million common shares of Ursa by way of private placement financing at $0.06 per share, subject to regulatory approval. Upon placement completion, John Lee and Greg Hall, current Prophecy directors, will be appointed to Ursa's board.
Highlights of the Transaction
The new Prophecy will become a mid-tier resource company with a robust and diversified pipeline of platinum nickel projects, including
-- Fully permitted open-pit Shakespeare(i) PGM-Ni-Cu mine close to Sudbury
infrastructure with near term production capabilities.
-- Flagship Wellgreen(ii) (Yukon) PGM-Ni-Cu project with over 10 million oz
of Pt-Pd-Au inferred resource. Active drilling is ongoing with pending
preliminary economic assessment study.
-- Manitoba's Lynn Lake(iii) Ni-Cu project with over 262 million lbs Ni,
and 138 million lbs Cu Measured and Indicated.
The transaction provides Ursa shareholders with liquidity, sustaining capital and opportunity to participate in the significant exploration and development upside of Wellgreen and Lynn Lake.
The principal focus of Prophecy in 2012 and beyond is Wellgreen. Upon completion of the Transaction, Prophecy plans to publish a new Shakespeare feasibility and thoroughly examine project economics and metal prices before making a production decision. At the appropriate time, joint venture partners may be sought to develop Wellgreen, Lynn Lake, and Shakespeare.
John Lee, Chairman of Prophecy, comments, "We believe with this production ready mine, Prophecy would raise its profile, broaden investment appeal, and gain further trading liquidity. Ursa's board recognize the synergy and that this deal is potentially accretive to both Ursa and Prophecy shareholders."
Richard Sutcliffe, President and CEO of Ursa, comments, "We are very pleased to have reached this agreement with Prophecy which provides an excellent opportunity to advance the Shakespeare Mine. Our shareholders will to participate in a combined company with an outstanding portfolio of assets and substantially improved market capitalization and liquidity."
Target Price: CAD$7.50 Recommendation: SPECULATIVE BUY
BeantwoordenVerwijderenActivities at Wellgreen Speeding Up
We recently hosted a series of meetings for Prophecy Platinum Corp. and were pleased to find that activities at Wellgreen are progressing well. We remain bullish on the prospects for the project and the Company in 2012.
Prophecy started its infill drilling program in February. Six holes have been completed so far from one underground drill rig. The planned 15,000 metre program will add 2 or 3 more rigs in the spring with the goal moving the current indicated resource from 15 to 180 million tonnes.
The Company has also budgeted at least 5000 metres for exploration drilling. The focus will be along strike focusing to the east of the 2.6km long Main Zone where a 2.3 km step-out section has been identified as having similar potential.
Prophecy is expecting to release the PEA in mid-late April. This will include first order economics as well as updated metallurgical tests that will contemplate not only the bulk concentrate factored into our conceptual model but also a split concentrate (copper and nickel) which we understand is both achievable and more desirable for its saleability.
We maintain our target price of $7.50 per share. The stock is compelling at these levels trading at 0.23x NAV and 0.38x our target.
By Matt O'Keefe - 2012/03/26
Prophecy Announces Highly Encouraging Rhodium, Ruthenium, Osmium & Iridium Assays from WS11-188 of Wellgreen Project
BeantwoordenVerwijderenPress Release: Prophecy Platinum Corp. – 3 hours ago
Symbol Price Change
PNIKF.PK 1.97 0.02
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire -05/25/12)- Prophecy Platinum Corp. ("Prophecy" or the "Company") (NKL.V)(PNIKF.PK)(P94P.F) is pleased to provide results of full spectrum 6E (Pt, Pd, Rh, Ru, Os &, Ir) analysis of PGEs on the first batch of samples from the Company's 100% owned Wellgreen PGM-Ni-Cu project, located in the Yukon Territory, Canada.
The Company enlisted Activation Laboratories (Actlabs), based out of Ancaster, Ontario to conduct a full spectrum 6E analysis of samples taken from the 2011 drill hole WS11-188. Adding Rh, Ru, Os and Ir to Pt and Pd increased the total PGE content (6E) by an average of 28%, based on a population of 90 samples, most of which are from disseminated sulphide-type mineralization.
Assay results with 6E exceeding 0.50 ppm (0.5 g/t) (excluding copper and gold assays) are tabulated below. Assay results from the entire batch of 90 samples can be downloaded at www.prophecyplat.com.
6E assay results are still pending for an additional 260 samples taken from WS11-188, including samples from sections that showed higher Pt and Pd grades in the above table.
In 2007, 800 chip channel samples taken at 2 metre intervals along the underground workings were assayed for platinum and palladium at the ALS Chemex Lab in Vancouver, B.C. Of these, 174 samples where platinum or palladium grades exceeded 1 g/t were assayed for Rh, Ru, Os and Ir. The 2007 sampling program was overseen by Rory Calhoun, P. Geo., now a consultant of Prophecy. Subsequent 6E assay results were announced in a Prophecy Coal's press release on November 3, 2010. For comparison, assay results where Rhodium exceeded 500 ppb (0.5 g/t) are tabulated below. Concentrations of Rh, Ru, Os and Ir were present in all of the follow-up samples, and the total PGE content (6E) increased by an average of 114.8% over prior assay results which only included Pt and Pd.
Prophecy Platinum's Chairman, John Lee, notes: "The assay results suggest that 6E (Pt, Pd, Rh, Ru, Os & Ir) PGE composite grades increase by an average of 28% (disseminated sulphide) to 114.8% (massive sulphide) over grades previously announced when only platinum and palladium were considered. Today's results could potentially translate into a significant rare PGE resource addition to an already impressive platinum and palladium resource base(i) at Wellgreen."
(i) Refer to July 14, 2011 news release regarding Wellgreen 43-101 resource update.
Deze reactie op Stockhouse geeft wel goed de stemming weer bij bezitters van exploratie-aandelen zoals NKL:
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cupricity2
5/25/2012 10:44:47 AM | | 72 reads | Post #31101347
I don't think there are that many people waiting to get in to the market right now. We are sitting at 4 year and 9 year lows right now, liquidity has disapeared, and no bottom has been formed as of yet.
The chance for significat downside remains, the chance for upside is almost certain. Time is the key question.
We will go up significantly sometime in the future. Meanwhile if you are a day flipper, month flipper, or can't stomach volatility stay out.
Having said that I can't bear the thought of not owning this one as a takeout could happen anyday. That will be the only news that will move this stock going forward.
The PEA is well known before it comes out!
Good luck to all and the market can kiss my you know what.
PROPHECY PLATINUM INTERCEPTS WIDE NI-CU-PGE MINERALIZATION IN FIRST 7 HOLES OF ITS 2012 DRILL PROGRAM AT THE WELLGREEN PROJECT
BeantwoordenVerwijderenProphecy Platinum Intercepts Wide Ni-Cu-PGE Mineralization in First 7 Holes of Its 2012 Drill Program at the Wellgreen Project
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - May 28, 2012) - Prophecy Platinum Corp. ("Prophecy" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:NKL)(OTCQX:PNIKF)(FRANKFURT:P94P) is pleased to announce the initial results of its 2012 underground drill program on the Company's 100% owned Wellgreen PGM-Ni-Cu Project, located in the Yukon Territory, Canada. Wide and continuous mineralizations were intercepted in all 7 drill hole results received, including higher grade intercepts of 21.3 metres of 0.90 g/t Pt+Pd+Au, 0.39% Ni, 0.25% Cu, (0.65% NiEq; WU12-524), 21.6 metres of 0.98 g/t Pt+Pd+Au, 0.35% Ni, 0.30% Cu (0.63% NiEq; WU12-527), and 15.2 metres of 1.12 g/t Pt+Pd+Au, 0.23% Ni, 0.68% Cu (0.67% NiEq; WU12-531).
Reported widths are intersected widths and not true widths.
"Central-East" and "Central-West" zones refer to "East Zone" and "West Zone", respectively, as reported in the Company's July 2011 NI43-101 compliant resource announcement for the Wellgreen Property.
All of the reported holes were mineralized at their end-of-hole lengths suggesting mineralization continues beyond and were interrupted due to poor ground conditions.
WU12-520, WU12-524, WU12-525, WU12-526 and WU12-527 were drilled in the Central East zone from Underground Station 1 (3411E), approximately 140 metres from the adit portal entry. WU12-531 and WU12-532 were drilled at Station 4 (3139E), located approximately 270 metres west and along the geological strike of Station 1, near the centre of the Central-East Zone of the Wellgreen Resource.
The holes were drilled on and off-section in order to provide a better understanding of the behaviour of the mineralization. The results highlight the consistency of the Wellgreen mineralization along strike, as well as off-section. The 2012 surface drilling program will complete these targets from surface.
The current underground drilling was initiated in February and represents the first phase of an extensive infill drilling program designed to upgrade a significant portion of Wellgreen's NI 43-101 inferred resource into the measured and indicated category. The intercepts and grades reported here appear to be very consistent with the resource model. There are an additional 8 holes to be reported on station 4 (results expected in June). The company will soon move the drill rig to station 5 (3095E), further into the adit where higher Ni-Cu-PGE has been modeled.
John Lee, Chairman of Prophecy states: "2012 has been a very productive year thus far with 15 holes already completed. Wellgreen is gaining recognition as a premier Canadian Ni-Cu-PGE project for its location, size, and grades. We expect a very busy June with analyst site visits, continued infill and priority-target exploration drilling, and the delivery of first-ever Wellgreen PEA (preliminary economic assessment)"
Shareholders of Ursa Major Approve Business Combination with Prophecy Platinum
BeantwoordenVerwijderenPress Release: Prophecy Platinum Corp. – 2 hours 9 minutes ago
Symbol Price Change
NKL.V 2.04 0.00
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire -05/31/12)- Prophecy Platinum Corp. ("Prophecy" or the "Company") (NKL.V)(PNIKF)(P94P.F) is pleased to announce that Ursa Major shareholders have approved the business combination (the "Transaction ") detailed in the joint news release dated April 16, 2012.
Upon completion of the Transaction, Prophecy will issue 1 common share of Prophecy Platinum Corp. in exchange for every 25 outstanding common shares of Ursa Major Minerals Incorporated ("Ursa"). Based on 79.7 million Ursa common shares outstanding, Prophecy is expected to issue 3.19 million shares as part of the Transaction.
The votes were tabulated during the shareholder meeting held by Ursa on May 30, 2012. Over 50% of the outstanding Ursa shares were represented in person or by proxy at the shareholder meeting, of which 98.92% were voted in favour of the Transaction.
Completion of the transaction remains subject to approvals from the Toronto Stock Exchange, the TSX Venture Exchange and the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, and is expected to occur on or before June 15, 2012. Following the transaction, Prophecy will have a total of approximately 58.7 million shares issued and outstanding.
Further details on the Transaction can be reviewed in the following joint news releases issued by the Company: March 2, 2012, March 9, 2012 and April 16, 2012.
About Ursa Major Minerals
Ursa is a Canadian mining company with a nickel mine and two nickel sulphide projects containing significant NI 43-101 compliant nickel and copper reserves and resources. Ursa's main focus has been on expanding operations at the Shakespeare Nickel Mine and growing its nickel, copper and platinum group metal (PGM) deposits through exploration and development, primarily in Ontario, Canada.
About Prophecy Platinum
The new Prophecy will be a resource company with a robust pipeline of platinum nickel projects, including:
-- Flagship Wellgreen(ii) (Yukon) PGM-Ni-Cu project with over 10 million
oz. of Pt-Pd-Au inferred resource. Active drilling is ongoing with
pending preliminary economic assessment study in June.
-- Fully-permitted open-pit Shakespeare(i) PGM-Ni-Cu mine (Ontario) close
to Sudbury infrastructure with ore reserves and near term production
capabilities.
-- Manitoba's Lynn Lake(iii) Ni-Cu project with over 262 million lbs. Ni
and 138 million lbs. Cu measured and indicated resource.
Prophecy's further holdings include the Las Aguilas Nickel PGM deposit in Argentina, and prospective claims in Uruguay.
(i) Shakespeare contains a probable reserve of 11,828,000 tonnes grading
0.33% nickel, 0.35% copper, 0.02% cobalt, 0.33 g/t platinum, 0.36 g/t
palladium and 0.18 g/t gold (Micon International Limited January
2006).
(ii) Wellgreen contains an indicated mineral resource of 14 million tonnes
at 0.69% nickel, 0.62% copper & 2.25 g/t PGM+Au and 289 million tonnes
of inferred resource at 0.28% nickel, 0.35% copper & 1.18 g/t PGM+Au,
all estimated at 0.4% NiEq cut-off (Wardrop Technical Report July
2011).
(iii) Lynn Lake contains a measured mineral resource of 1 million tons at
0.76% nickel & 0.36% of copper, indicated resource of 21.9 million
tons at 0.56% nickel & 0.30% copper, and 8.1 million tons of inferred
resource at 0.51% nickel & 0.28% copper (Wardrop Technical Report
April 2011).
Prophecy Platinum Drills 10.4 metres of 0.98% Cu, 1.18g/t PGM+Au, 0.24% Ni (2.54% CuEq) Within 129 metres of Mineralization at the Wellgreen Project
BeantwoordenVerwijderenPress Release: Prophecy Platinum Corp. – 15 minutes ago
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NKL.V 1.99 -0.06
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire -06/04/12)- Prophecy Platinum Corp. ("Prophecy" or the "Company") (NKL.V)(PNIKF)(P94P.F) is pleased to announce further results of its 2012 underground drill program on the Company 's 100% owned Wellgreen PGM-Ni-Cu Project, located in the Yukon Territory, Canada. Wide and continuous mineralization continues to be intercepted with results from 2 drill holes, including higher grade intercepts of 10.4 metres of 0.98% Cu, 1.18 g/t Pt+Pd+Au, 0.24% Ni (2.54% CuEq; WU12-533), and 19.51 metres of 0.36% Cu, 0.89 g/t Pt+Pd+Au, 0.19% Ni (1.54% CuEq; WU12-534). These sub-intervals occur within appreciable widths of 129.2 metres and 117.0 metres respectively.
Results are tabulated below:
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BHID From To (m) Cu% Ni% g/t NiEq % CuEq%(i)
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WU12-533 0.00 129.24 129.24 0.18 0.29 0.50 0.45
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including... 0.00 10.36 10.36 0.98 0.24 1.18 0.79 2.54%
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and... 101.80 114.00 12.19 0.18 0.44 0.66 0.63
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WU12-534 0.00 117.04 117.04 0.14 0.28 0.52 0.42
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including... 0.00 19.51 19.51 0.36 0.19 0.89 0.48 1.54%
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John Lee, Chairman of Prophecy states: "Our early metallurgical results demonstrated excellent copper recovery, therefore these copper intercepts should bode well to the project economics. Further, the positive copper to PGM correlation serves well as a guide for our summer drilling, as we have identified a number of Cu soil-rich targets and will continue to systematically explore the 17.5 km belt.
To date all of the completed holes for the 2012 drilling program are mineralized and have mineralized intercepts in excess of 100 metres and were mineralized at their end-of-hole lengths. Mineralization is likely to continue, however the drillings were interrupted due to poor ground conditions. Both holes were drilled from Station 4 (3139E) near the centre of the Central-East Zone of the Wellgreen Resource.
The current underground drilling was initiated in February and represents the first phase of an extensive infill drilling program designed to upgrade a significant portion of Wellgreen's NI 43-101 inferred resource into the measured and indicated category. The intercepts and grades reported here appear to be consistent with the resource model. There are additional holes to be reported on station 4 and the company will soon move the drill rig to station 5 (3095E), further into the adit where higher Ni-Cu-PGE has been modeled.
A surface program, designed to supplement this underground phase, is anticipated to commence in early June, 2012.
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BeantwoordenVerwijderenExpert Analysis
Greg Klein, Resource Clips (5/28/12) "Prophecy Platinum Corp. is developing one of the world's largest undeveloped resources of nickel-copper-platinum group elements toward PEA and prefeasibility. . .the company has just released 90 additional assays from a 2011 hole that show an average 28% increase in the full spectrum of six platinum group elements."
Joyanta Acharjee, Proactive Investors (5/25/12) "Prophecy Platinum Corp. provided results of a full spectrum analysis of platinum group elements (PGE) on the first batch of samples from its 100%-owned Wellgreen project, located in the Yukon. . .the company said that adding rhodium, ruthenium, osmium and iridium to platinum and palladium increased the total PGE content by an average of 28%."
Brien Lundin, Gold Newsletter (Jefferson Financial) (5/14/12) "I recommend picking up some obvious bargains at the current levels. Such bargains include Prophecy Platinum Corp."
The Energy Report Interview with Chen Lin (5/3/12) "I am also holding Prophecy Platinum Corp. . .insiders participated in the recent private placement at much higher rates than the current stock price. I believe the stock offers good values." More >
James West, Midas Letter (4/9/12) "Prophecy Platinum Corp. has held up well amid the risk aversion that has been plaguing markets in the last few weeks. . .results from the first drilling should be hitting the market soon, and it's the kind of deposit that can yield some big surprises. . .it is my opinion portfolios that build exposure to platinum group metals through acquisition of shares in the company will be rewarded for patience and foresight. . .all in all, you still can't go wrong owning Prophecy, especially at this level."
June 18, 2012
BeantwoordenVerwijderenProphecy Platinum Announces Results of Wellgreen Preliminary Economic Assessment-38% Pre-Tax IRR, $3.0 Billion NPV, 37 Year Mine Life
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - June 18, 2012) - Prophecy Platinum Corp. ("Prophecy" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:NKL)(OTCQX:PNIKF)(FRANKFURT:P94P) is pleased to announce the results of an independent NI 43-101 compliant Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA") for its 100% owned Wellgreen Ni-Cu-PGM project, located in the Yukon. The independent PEA, prepared by Tetra Tech, evaluated a base case of an open-pit mine (111,500 tonne/day mining rate), an onsite concentrator (32,000 tonne/day milling rate) and an initial capital cost of $863 million. The project is expected to produce (in concentrate) 1.959 billion pounds of nickel, 2.058 billion pounds of copper and 7.119 million ounces of platinum+palladium+gold over 37 year mine life with an average strip ratio of 2.57.
The financial highlights are shown
(All amounts are in US dollars unless otherwise stated)
Table 1. Financial Highlights:
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Payback Period: 3.55 years
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Initial Capital Investment: $863 million
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IRR Pre-tax (100% equity): 38%
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NPV Pre-tax (8% discount): $3.0 billion
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Mine Life: 37 years
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Total Mill Feed: 405.3 million tonnes
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Mill Throughput: 32,000 tonnes per day
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Foreign Exchange: CAD$1=US$0.9970
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Commodity pricing used in this technical report was obtained from the Q2, 2012 Energy and Metals Consensus Forecast (EMCF), a long-term forward consensus among 20 leading international financial institutions published by Consensus Economics, a macroeconomic survey firm: Copper $3.11/lb, Nickel $10.82/lb, Cobalt $16.70/lb, Platinum $2043.50/oz, Palladium $932.00/oz, Gold US$1347.40/oz.
A PEA should not be considered to be a pre-feasibility or feasibility study, as the economics and technical viability of the project has not been demonstrated at this time. The PEA is preliminary in nature and includes inferred mineral resources that are considered too speculative geologically to have the economic considerations applied to them that would enable them to be categorized as mineral reserves. Furthermore, there is no certainty that the PEA will be realized. Mineral resources that are not mineral reserve do not have demonstrated economic viability.
John Lee, Chairman of Prophecy, states: "We are pleased with the PEA results. The numbers indicate Wellgreen as one of most exciting mineral projects in Yukon. The Company is currently drilling to both upgrade and expand the resource base. The infrastructure is excellent as the project is merely 1,400 meters in altitude and 14 km from the paved Alaska Highway that leads to Haines deep seaport. Discussions are underway with support from local stakeholders regarding permitting and logistics."
FINANCIAL EVALUATION
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThe independent PEA study reports that development of the Wellgreen deposit will produce a pre-tax Internal Rate of Return ("IRR") of 38% and an Net Present Value ("NPV") of $3.0 billion, based on 8% discount rate and 100% equity.
This base case financial evaluation uses the Energy & Metals Consensus Forecast (EMCF) in effect Q2, 2012. The EMCF is a consensus forecast of long term energy and metals pricing among 20 leading international financial institutions and is considered to be an industry standard.
Table 2. Key Financial Data Sensitivity to Metal Prices:
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-10% Base Case +10%
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IRR Pre-tax (100% equity) 32% 38% 43%
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NPV Pre-tax (8% discount) $2.4 billion $3.0 billion $3.7 billion
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Payback Period (years) 4.59 3.55 2.91
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Further sensitivity analyses may be found in the PEA executive summary.
CAPITAL and OPERATING COSTS
The initial capital cost for the Wellgreen project is estimated at $863 million, including 25% contingency and is summarized below:
Table 3. Initial Capital Costs:
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Project Execution: $23 million
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Surface Facilities: $692 million
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Mine Equipment: $148 million
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Total Initial Capex: $863 million
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Total operating costs are estimated to be $29.74 per tonne of mill feed over the life of mine. These operating costs are based on an estimated diesel power rate of $0.28 per kWh. Liquid natural gas power option will be examined in the prefeasibility study.
Table 4. Operating Costs:
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Mining: $9.02/tonne
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Site Services: $1.08/tonne
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Milling: $17.34/tonne
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General & Administration: $2.30/tonne
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Total Operating Costs: $29.74/tonne
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DEVELOPMENT PLAN
The PEA study recommends development of the Wellgreen deposit as a conventional, diesel truck-shovel open pit mine. The deposit will be processed using a conventional concentrator to produce bulk Ni-Cu-PGE concentrate.
The mill will have a nominal production rate of 32,000 tonnes of mill feed per day (averaged over the life of mine) with average annual stripping ratio estimated at 2.57 over the life of mine.
Over a projected mine life of 37 years, the mill will produce 1.959 billion pounds of nickel, 2.058 billion pounds of copper and 7.119 million ounces of platinum+palladium+gold in concentrate.
Permits to support commencement of construction are assumed to be obtained in 2016. Based on this assumption the production of concentrate is estimated to commence in 2019.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenRESOURCE ESTIMATE
At a 0.22% NiEq cut-off, the Wellgreen Project is estimated to contain an Indicated Resource of 14.4 Mt at 0.68% Ni, 0.62% Cu, and 2.23 g/t Pt+Pd+Au grade. In addition, the Wellgreen Project is estimated to contain an Inferred Resource of 446.6 Mt at 0.31% Ni, 0.25% Cu, and 0.87 g/t Pt+Pd+Au grade. The table below summarizes the results of the resource estimate constrained by an optimized open pit.
Table 6. Wellgreen Mineral Resource Summary:
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NiEq
Cut-off NiEq Ni Cu Co Au Pt Pd
(%) Category Zone Tonnes (%) (%) (%) (%) (g/t) (g/t) (g/t)
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Indicated
0.22 Pitshell 14,432,900 1.4 0.68 0.62 0.05 0.51 0.99 0.73
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Inferred
0.22 Pitshell 446,649,000 0.6 0.31 0.25 0.02 0.16 0.38 0.33
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OPPORTUNITIES
This PEA does not take into account opportunities for improvement based on:
-- Inclusion of revenue from the recoveries of Rhodium, Ruthenium, Iridium & Osmium
-- Increasing the overall resource
-- Liquid natural gas option to lower power cost
-- Split stream Cu concentrate and Ni concentrate to reduce smelting
charges
-- Further improvement on metal recoveries
INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT
Tetra Tech (NASDAQ:TTEK) is a leading provider of consulting, engineering, program management, construction management and technical services worldwide and provides innovative solutions for global natural resource management, energy, and infrastructure markets. Tetra Tech has more than 13,000 employees worldwide and capabilities that span the entire project lifecycle.
The full Technical Report (PEA) report will be filed on Sedar within 45 days.
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BeantwoordenVerwijderenNKL Vs ITH
eodway3
6/19/2012 5:28:02 PM | | 22 reads | Post #31190574
This is to show some people how out of wack our SP is to that of International Tower Hill.
ITH Livengood Project:
Shares Fully Diluted: 93,698,919 Vs. 63,531,793 for NKL
Market Cap: $303,584,497… not too long ago it was over $600M Vs.$152,476,303 for NKL
Total Initial CAPEX $1,614,000,000 Vs. $863,000,000 for NKL
Internal Rate of Return (IRR) of 14.1% Vs IRR of 38% for NKL
Payback 4.9 years Vs. 3.6 Years for NKL
NPV @ 7.5% $734,472,000 Vs. NPV @ 8% $3,000,000,000
Mine life of 23 years Vs. 37 years for NKL and still open for over 17KM
Gold Recovered is about 13M ozs @ total cost of $859/ oz Vs. 1.959 billion pounds of nickel, 2.058 billion pounds of copper and, 7.119 million ounces of platinum+palladium+gold for NKL
Press Release - Prophecy Platinum Corp.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenProphecy Platinum Drills 50.9 Metres Of 0.6% NiEq (0.74g/T PGM+Au, 0.38% Ni, 0.23% Cu) Within 242 Metres Of Mineralization At The Wellgreen Project
http://www.stockhouse.com/Bullboards/MessageDetail.aspx?s=NKL&t=LIST&m=31190185&l=0&pd=1&r=0
The Platsol(TM) hydrometallurgical process is an environmentally superior method of recovering base and precious metals from combined base and precious metals concentrate. One advantage of the Platsol(TM) process technology is that sulphur associated with the sulphides is used as the fuel source to generate heat and the base metal leaching agent. The technology also relies on the addition of a small amount of chloride (salt) to the "total oxidation" autoclave leach to cause the precious metals to dissolve at the same time that the copper, nickel and cobalt sulphides are oxidized in a standard acid leach. The addition of the chloride to the autoclave feed represents an incremental change in autoclave chemistry that effectively permits simultaneous leaching and recovery of the valuable PGMs and gold and silver in a single step with the base metals. The technology allows for the recovery of:
BeantwoordenVerwijderen- Copper, nickel and cobalt in solution so that they can be electro-won
and processed into metal cathode or hydroxide salts for sale;
- PGMs, gold and silver as a 'precious metals cake' that can be shipped to a conventional precious metals refinery for final recovery and sale; and
- Sulphides to be utilized as a heat source and leaching agent, and sulphur oxidized in the autoclave is precipitated and neutralized as
synthetic gypsum, eliminating long-term environmental concerns.
The Duluth Metals Metallurgical Study, available on our web-site at www.duluthmetals.com, reported that significant high extraction and recovery rates were returned from the metallurgical test of the Nokomis Deposit copper - nickel - PGM ores. Flotation-concentration recoveries of 95.3% for copper and 72.4% for nickel, and 86.0%, 87.0% and 73.0% for platinum, palladium and gold, respectively, producing a bulk Cu-Ni concentrate were achieved using conventional flotation-concentration techniques. Hydrometallurgical testing using the Platsol(TM) process on the bulk Cu-Ni concentrate produced extraction efficiencies of 99.6%, 99.2%, 97.6%, 98.1%, and 84.1%, respectively for Cu, Ni, Pt, Pd and Au under typical Platsol(TM) conditions. Combined flotation-concentration and Platsol(TM) testing achieved recoveries of 94.9% for copper and 71.8% for nickel, and 83.9%, 85.4% and 61.3% for platinum, palladium and gold, respectively.
Prophecy Platinum Reports Multiple Ni-Cu-PGM Long-Range Intercepts Highlighted by 51.5 Metres of 0.69% NiEq (1.11g/t PGM+Au, 0.5% Cu, 0.31% Ni)
BeantwoordenVerwijderenPress Release: Prophecy Platinum Corp. – 12 minutes ago
Symbol Price Change
NKL.V 1.07 0.00
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire -08/15/12)- Prophecy Platinum Corp. ("Prophecy" or the "Company") (NKL.V)(PNIKF)(P94P.F) is pleased to announce further results of its 2012 underground infill drill program on the Company's 100% owned Wellgreen PGM-Ni-Cu Project, located in the Yukon Territory, Canada. The five holes received and reported all intercepted significant mineralized widths, ranging from 94.2 metres (WU12-535) and up to 284.4 metres (WU12-521). Each hole reported ended in mineralization and was stopped due to difficult ground conditions. The grades are materially higher than the 0.22% NiEq cut off adopted in the PEA(i) resource model. Highlights include WU12-539 which returned 18 metres of 1.75 g/t Pt+Pd+Au, 0.82% Cu, 0.48% Ni within 51.5 metres of 1.11 g/t Pt+Pd+Au, 0.50% Cu, 0.31% Ni.
etc. etc.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/prophecy-platinum-reports-multiple-ni-120000662.html
http://www.prophecyplat.com/pdf/Prophecy_Platinum_Wellgreen_Presentation.pdf
BeantwoordenVerwijderenProphecy Platinum Intercepts Best Pt+Pd+Au Grades (5.36 g/t) at Wellgreen to Date, Other Highlights Include 106.6 Metres of 0.4% Cu, 0.31% Ni, & 0.84 g/t Pt+Pd+Au
BeantwoordenVerwijderenPress Release: Prophecy Platinum Corp. – 12 hours ago
Symbol Price Change
NKL.V 1.52 0.00
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 11, 2012) - Prophecy Platinum Corp. ("Prophecy" or the "Company") (NKL.V)(PNIKF)(P94P.F) is pleased to announce further results of its 2012 drill program on the Company's 100% owned Wellgreen PGM-Ni-Cu Project, located in the southwestern part of Yukon, Canada. Four surface holes and four underground holes all intercepted significant mineralized widths, ranging from 28.5 metres (WS12-201) and up to 459.5 metres (WS12-193). Highlights include WU12-540 which returned 8.9 metres of 5.36 g/t Pt+Pd+Au, 1.73% Cu, & 1.01% Ni within 304.5 metres of 0.66 g/t Pt+Pd+Au, 0.20% Cu, & 0.27% Ni.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/prophecy-platinum-intercepts-best-pt-001558448.html
VerwijderenBurning The Candle At Both Ends
BeantwoordenVerwijdereneodway3
9/13/2012 7:36:41 AM | | 46 reads | Post #31523513
The subject of this report is Prophecy Platinum and the Wellgreen deposit. Symbol: TSX.V: NKL.V, OTC-QX: PNIKF.PK The company Website (http://www.prophecyplat.com/) has a wealth of information that every investor should become familiar with. The company has about 81 million shares fully diluted. The management team has some recognized names and is growing. Wellgreen is located in the Yukon and in my opinion one of the best places in the world for a mining company to have operations. A stark contrast from other PGM mines in South Africa or Russia. Wellgreen is less than a four hour drive from Whitehorse. The Alaska Highway leads right up to the property boundary. The open pit is located another 15 Km or so off an established gravel road and is accessible even by a car. There is also a deep sea port located about 400 Km south that can be utilized year round. Right now Wellgreen is clocking in at over 446 million of pay dirt with grades of .87 grams per ton PGMs + Au, .31% Ni, and .25% Cu in the inferred category. For the Indicated there are currently 14 million tons with grades of 2.23 grams per ton PGMs + Au, .68% Ni, and .62% Cu. I have no doubt the confidence level of the Wellgreen deposit will increase significantly when the next Ni 43-101 resource estimate is out. The management team is burning the candle at both ends with an aggressive infill and exploration drill program. Wellgreen is more or less in the center of the land package. There is also drilled mineralization on both ends of a 17+ Km stretch that is not included in the current resource estimate! For some visuals of just how big this is see the below photo. It was taken on what will be the open pit and there is drilled mineralization that extends beyond the mountain range!
In July 2012 the company released a PEA with an IRR of 32%, a NPV of $2.4 billion, a CAPEX of $863 million, along with a mine life of 37 years, Payback is less than 5 years, the average strip ratio is a meager 2.57.
Impressive numbers to say the least and for a company with a market capitalization of less than $150 million it makes for a compelling investment. Also of note is cash cost is $2.59 per lb Ni, net of Cu, PGM, and Au credits.
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BeantwoordenVerwijderenNow lets get into some core. This core doesn't even need to be wet for the reader to know this is very high grade massive sulphide. I'm sure the whole team is looking forward to seeing the assays!
Here is a look at core from the same hole. Again this shows that the core doesn't have to be soaking wet to know this is pay dirt.
I can look at core all day long, so without further ado here is more core waiting to be split and sent off to the lab.
And no trip to Wellgreen would be complete without a trip underground.
There has been a few missteps by management in the past. Most recently with the botched private placement a few months back. The share structure went from outstanding to ho-hum. When taken into account the large resource base and the big blue sky potential, I still consider the share structure to be much better than average. Looking at the road ahead, we are funded well into 2013. At that point I expect the next resource estimate to be out. I have no doubt it will shed a new light on Wellgreen and eliminate any lingering doubt that Wellgreen will be a mine. Prophecy Platinum is a new company and I still consider this to be the ground floor on a deposit that will one day be bought out. The CEO is bringing on board some very talented people. I recently had a lengthy discussion with Neil Froc and I have full faith that management will create shareholder value in the days and weeks ahead. A few thing that management should be working on is a listing on a more prestigious exchange. The company also has numerous projects that could be monetized in the future. To sum it up I think Wellgreen is a great deposit. Make no mistake, it's world class. The core looks great and I'm sure the assays will knock some socks off!
Disclosure: I'm long Prophecy Platinum and have been adding to my position when opportunity knocks.
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Verwijderenhttp://www.prophecyplat.com/images/sectionview_large.jpg
BeantwoordenVerwijderenhttp://www.prophecyplat.com/project_wellgreen.php
Eric Winmill, Casimir Capital (10/24/12) "Prophecy Platinum Corp. recently released metallurgical results from Wellgreen indicating the ability to produce separate concentrates for copper and nickel. . .the company is currently completing a prefeasibility study, to be released in 2014. . .we maintain our Speculative Buy rating and our positive view on the project, in light of the world-class size, high relative platinum group metal grades and the favorable jurisdiction."
BeantwoordenVerwijderenDe analist is positief, de markt nog niet. De koers van NKL richting 1 Cad, tijd om wat te gaan inladen, of nog maar eens even afwachten?
@ Precies: Wat denk je van de nieuwe CEO van NKL? Mijnheer Greg Johnson. Waarschijnlijk wel beter voor het Wellgreen project dan John Lee?
BeantwoordenVerwijderenSeadoc
Seadoc,
Verwijderenik ken die man natuurlijk niet, maar ik mag hopen dat Lee z'n best heeft gedaan om de juiste man te vinden.
Prophecy Platinum Releases 3rd Quarter Financial Statements and Project Update
BeantwoordenVerwijderenMarketwirePress Release: Prophecy Platinum Corp. – 13 hours ago
Symbol Price Change
NKL.V 0.93 -0.03
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Mar 6, 2013) - Prophecy Platinum Corp. ("Prophecy Platinum" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:NKL)(PNIKF) reports the release of its unaudited interim consolidated financial statements for the three and nine month periods ended December 31, 2012 (the "Q3 Financial Statements") and the related management''s discussion and analysis (the "Q3 MD&A"). The Company is also pleased to provide an update on its Wellgreen PGM-Nickel-Copper project in the Yukon Territory and its Shakespeare PGM-Nickel-Copper project in Ontario, Canada. Further information about the Company, including the Q3 Financial Statements, Q3 MD&A and technical information on each of the Company''s projects, are available on the Company''s website at www.prophecyplatinum.com and on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
President''s Message
In early February, Prophecy Platinum released the final results of its 11,000 metre 2012 exploration drill program at the Company''s 100%-owned Wellgreen project. Some of the best results to date on the project were seen, with fourteen of fifteen drill holes showing significant mineralization across approximately two kilometres of the existing mineral resource area.
The results from our 2012 drill program indicate wide intervals of impressive mineralization on a grade and thickness basis. Six of these drill holes exceeded a grade thickness value of over 500 gram-metres of platinum equivalent and two drill holes returned nearly 1000 gram-metres, highlighting the strength of the Wellgreen system. In addition, the majority of these zones remain open to further expansion at depth and along trend.
Over the past several months our Wellgreen team has been integrating the geologic information from the 2012 drill program and updating the geologic model for the project. We are finding a nearly continuous zone of disseminated Platinum Group Metals ("PGM"), nickel and copper mineralization in ultramafic intrusive rocks of up to 200-500 metres in thickness, with a higher grade package of ultramafics lower in the section of up to 150-300 metres that contains substantially higher PGM content. This work will continue over the coming months ahead of the 2013 field season and will allow for the development of priority targets for testing in 2013.
In addition, geochemical and geophysical surveys have highlighted targets both to the west and to the east of the existing resource area which are of similar size to the Wellgreen system itself. Concurrent exploration drilling is planned for these areas which include the Far West, Quill, and Burwash areas. These targets are completely outside of the existing resource area and we believe they have the potential to significantly add to the existing substantial open pit resources defined at the Wellgreen project.
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BeantwoordenVerwijderenThe primary objectives of our 2013 drilling program at the Wellgreen project are to upgrade Inferred category resources to Measured and Indicated and test priority expansion targets that have potential to add near surface higher grade material to the life of mine plan.
Ongoing metallurgical test work will focus on optimizing PGM, nickel and copper recovery, enhancing concentrate grades and determining the economic contribution of the rare PGMs that are present in the deposit. In addition, 2013 engineering studies will determine if the life of mine plan and economics can be further optimized by extracting higher grade portions of the resource early in the production schedule and utilizing a staged construction process that would defer pre-production capital requirements. These additional metallurgical and engineering studies will support an updated resource and economic assessment on the project planned for early 2014.
In parallel with exploration, metallurgical and engineering programs, the Company will continue to consult with the Kluane First Nation and the White River First Nation, as well as advance its 2012 Environmental Baseline data collection program.
The Company also believes that there may be a number of opportunities to decrease operating costs utilized in the technical report entitled "Wellgreen Project, Preliminary Economic Assessment, Yukon Canada" dated August 1, 2012 (the "2012 PEA") and prepared by Andrew Carter, C.Eng., Pacifico Corpuz, P. Eng., Philip Bridson, P.Eng., and Todd McCracken, P.Geo., of Tetra Tech Wardrop Inc. One of the underlying assumptions in the 2012 PEA was the use of diesel fuel for power generation. The 2013 engineering program will look at potential significant cost reduction associated with liquefied natural gas (LNG) power generation. The Company will also evaluate the potential for other power alternatives such as hydro-electric in cooperation with the Kluane First Nation. The 2012 PEA is available under the Company''s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Baseline environmental studies continue on the Wellgreen project, including collection of meteorological data, surface water flows, surface water quality and analysis of recent wildlife studies. These baseline studies are being conducted with the assistance of the Kluane First Nation as part of our cooperation and benefits agreement with them that we announced on August 2, 2012. Under this cooperation and benefits agreement we will seek ways to facilitate local economic and business development opportunities through the various stages of project implementation.
The Shakespeare project recorded operational cash flow of $11.2 million on the sale of metals from the project from the year ending January 2012. In January 2012, all operations at the Shakespeare project were temporarily suspended due to low metal prices. The project is currently on care and maintenance with all permits in good standing.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/prophecy-platinum-releases-3rd-quarter-204230680.html
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BeantwoordenVerwijderenProphecy Platinum is also currently completing a comprehensive review of the opportunities for cost reduction on the Shakespeare PGM-Nickel-Copper project in the Sudbury mining district of Ontario. Our review has focused on decreasing operating costs in three key areas: contract mining; concentrate haulage; and toll milling/smelting, with the objective of returning the project to sustainable economical production. This includes participation with the Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation as per the criteria established in our Impact Benefit Agreement. With operating cost improvements, the Shakespeare project has the potential to generate meaningful cash flow for the Company with minimal additional capital investment. In operation, the project is projected to produce 25,000 ounces of PGM+Au, 8 million pounds of nickel and 10 million pounds of copper on an annual basis.
The Company anticipates providing regular news updates over coming quarters as we undertake exploration programs and complete resource and engineering updates that should deliver meaningful milestones for increasing shareholder value. Prophecy Platinum offers compelling value and leverage to platinum and palladium with nearly 0.1 ounces of platinum equivalent from precious metals, equating to more than $150 worth of platinum, palladium and gold in the ground per share.
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BeantwoordenVerwijderenLooking Forward
With our new, experienced senior management team in place, 2013 should be a transformational year for Prophecy Platinum. Our Wellgreen technical team is currently updating geological model based on all of the historical exploration at the Wellgreen project and is targeting a significant drill program for 2013 that will include confirmatory drilling as well as test the resource expansion potential of several high priority targets. Infill confirmatory drilling will be done to upgrade Inferred Resources to the Indicated Resource category with a target to issue an updated resource model by Q1 2014.
The Company also expects to provide an updated preliminary economic assessment on the Wellgreen project in calendar Q1 2014 that will build on the 2012 PEA by evaluating the potential of further optimization of PGM and base metal recoveries, higher concentrate grades and developing a better understanding of the economic contribution of the rare PGMs. Our engineering activities will optimize surface infrastructure, determine if pre- production capital can be decreased and/or deferred and look to enhance cash flows by decreased operating costs. At our Shakespeare project, we will continue our evaluation of potential cost savings opportunities to assess restarting mining operations there. This work will include discussions and negotiations with contract mining companies, trucking firms and milling operations in the Sudbury area.
With the scarcity of large PGM projects outside of southern Africa and Russia we believe that the scale of Prophecy Platinum's projected North American PGM production will become of interest to potential investors in the sector. Our business strategy will be to demonstrate the full potential of the Wellgreen project and to de-risk the project through the next steps of engineering toward feasibility, which should support higher valuations in the market and expand our investor base. We look forward to reporting on the exciting developments ahead for the Company and its projects as we remain focused on delivering increased shareholder value.
Prophecy Platinum Initiates Field Activities at the Wellgreen PGM-Ni-Cu Project
BeantwoordenVerwijderen16:10 (1 uur geleden)
Prophecy Platinum Corp. (TSX-V: NKL; OTC-QX: PNIKF) is pleased to announce the commencement of the 2013 field program at its 100%-owned Wellgreen PGM-Nickel-Copper project in Canada's Yukon Territory. Field activities, metallurgical test work and engineering initiatives commenced in June with the comprehensive re-logging and re-sampling of up to 12,000 metres of historic drill hole cores from across the main Wellgreen deposit, approximately 75% of which have never been tested. A targeted exploration drilling program, designed to facilitate a higher-grade, lower CAPEX start-up concept convert a significant amount of Inferred Mineral Resources to the Measured and Indicated category, and test recently determined potential high-grade zones, is set to begin before the end of July.
Our 2013 Wellgreen exploration program has been designed to support and maximize the results of a revised Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) and updated mineral resource estimate as the next major milestones in the development of the project. The updated PEA, expected to be completed in the first half of 2014, will reflect a new approach to the project under which a significantly reduced CAPEX and enhanced economic Key Performance Indicators are key goals. In addition to the field activities now underway, environmental, socio-economic, engineering and metallurgical contracts have been awarded in accordance with the Company's target timeline.
The Company expects to publish regular updates on the results of these efforts over the coming weeks and months.
Click here to view our Corporate Presentation
http://www.prophecyplat.com/pdf/Prophecy_Platinum_Corporate_Presentation.pdf
Thank you for your interest in Prophecy Platinum Corp., please contact us with any questions.
Chris Ackerman
Senior Manager, Investor Relations
Prophecy Platinum Corp.
604-569-3690 ext. 110
1-800-459-5583
http://www.prophecyplatinum.com/news_2013_jul_17_prophecy_platinum_initiates_field_activities.php
Prophecy Platinum Announces First Results from 2013 Wellgreen Field Program including Interpretation of new Far East Zone
BeantwoordenVerwijderenSeptember 13, 2013, Vancouver, B.C., Prophecy Platinum Corp. (TSX-V: NKL; OTC-QX: PNIKF) "Prophecy Platinum" or the "Company" is pleased to announce the first results from the 2013 field program at its 100%-owned Wellgreen PGM-Ni-Cu project, located in the southwest of Canada's Yukon Territory. The Company has identified a significant, newly interpreted area of mineralization towards the eastern end of the deposit that included 353 metres of continuous mineralization grading 2.62 g/t platinum equivalent ("Pt Eq.") , comprised of 0.93 g/t 3E PGMs (Pt+Pd+Au), 0.31% Ni and 0.33% Cu. Please refer to the footnote below regarding the Company's use of Pt Eq.
Highlights
Re-logging and analysis of previously unreleased drill core assays by the Company’s geological team has identified a broad mineralized area in the Far East Zone which is believed to extend the main Wellgreen deposit to the north. Historically, drilling in the main Wellgreen deposit was stopped upon entering the “footwall” sediments, which were assumed to be the northern boundary to mineralization. This drilling had defined the main Wellgreen deposit as a south dipping tabular body approximately 2.5 kilometres in length that is typically 100-300 metres in width with some zones of over 500 metres of continuous mineralization grading in excess of 2 g/t Pt Eq. Based on this new interpretation of drill holes in the Far East Zone, the historic footwall sediment package thought to define the northern boundary of the Wellgreen deposit does not extend to depth, but rather exhibits a wedge-like geometry. This suggests that there is potential for a large area of additional PGM-Ni-Cu mineralization in the pit model beneath and to the north of the sediment package. In addition, this newly recognized zone may connect the North Arm ultramafic body to the main Wellgreen deposit, potentially converting a large area which was modeled as unmineralized in the pit model to an area which has potential to become mineralized blocks. This could have the positive effect of reducing the life of mine strip ratio for the project.
This Far East Zone also exhibits areas of significantly higher grades than the average of the Wellgreen deposit that may be amenable to selective mining of higher grade material early in the mine life. The Far East Zone is completely open to the west, east and to the north. More exploration work is being conducted by the Company in this area to gain a better understanding of its mineralization and the broader implications for the Wellgreen deposit as a whole.
Highlight intercepts from the newly interpreted mineralized area include the following, expressed in platinum equivalent and 3E PGM (platinum + palladium + gold) (see definitions below):
WS-154 intersected five intervals totaling 501.2 metres grading 1.84 g/t Pt Eq. (0.55 g/t 3E PGMs with 0.26% Ni and 0.19% Cu) for a total Pt Eq. grade thickness of 922 g/t-m
WS-160 intersected two intervals totaling 443.6 metres grading 2.46 g/t Pt Eq. (0.84 g/t 3E PGMs with 0.31% Ni and 0.30% Cu) and including 352.7 metres of 2.62 g/t Pt Eq. (0.93 g/t 3E PGMs with 0.31% Ni and 0.33% Cu) for a total Pt Eq. grade thickness of 1,094 g/t-m
WS-165 intersected two intervals totaling 194.1 metres grading 2.99 g/t Pt Eq. (1.24 g/t 3E PGMs with 0.26% Ni and 0.55% Cu) and including 60.7 metres of 4.24 g/t Pt Eq. (2.02 g/t 3E PGMs with 0.24% Ni and 0.99% Cu) for a total Pt Eq. grade thickness of 581 g/t-m
WS-193 intersected two intervals totaling 410.7 metres grading 1.77 g/t Pt Eq. (0.46 g/t 3E PGMs with 0.29% Ni and 0.10% Cu) and including 357.7 metres of 1.84g/t Pt Eq. (0.49 g/t 3E PGMs with 0.30% Ni and 0.11% Cu) for a total Pt Eq. grade thickness of 726 g/t-m
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Verwijderenhttp://www.prophecyplat.com/news_2013_sept_13_prophecy_platinum_announces_first_results_from_2013_wellgreen_field_program.php#SPNL
laatste presentatie:
Verwijderenhttp://www.prophecyplat.com/pdf/Prophecy_Platinum_Corporate_Presentation.pdf
Prophecy Platinum was recently featured in Jay Taylor's Gold, Energy & Tech Stocks Newsletter as a follow-up to an interview conducted with the Company's President & CEO, Greg Johnson. The interview provides an overview of the Company and updates on progress at the Wellgreen PGM-Ni-Cu Project in Canada's Yukon Territory, including a discussion of the latest news release.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenClick here for the article and interview along with a new gallery of images from the 2013 exploration program.
More information about Prophecy Platinum is available at www.prophecyplatinum.com.
Please contact us directly with any questions or comments.
Regards,
Chris Ackerman
Senior Investor Relations Manager
Prophecy Platinum Corp.
604-569-3690
www.prophecyplatinum.com
http://www.prophecyplatinum.com/lp_20130927.php
Prophecy Platinum Intersects 756 metres of Continuous PGM-Ni-Cu Mineralization at Wellgreen
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November 21, 2013, Vancouver, B.C., Prophecy Platinum Corp. (TSX-V: NKL; OTC-QX: PNIKF) “Prophecy Platinum” or the “Company” is pleased to announce further results from the ongoing 2013 exploration drilling program at its 100%-owned Wellgreen PGM-Ni-Cu project, located in Canada’s Yukon Territory, and to provide an update on additional development initiatives currently underway. Drill hole 215 in the Far East Zone has intercepted 756 metres of continuous mineralization grading 1.92g/t Platinum Equivalent (“Pt Eq.”) or 0.46% Nickel Equivalent (“Ni Eq.”), including 461 metres of continuous mineralization grading 2.31g/t Pt Eq. (0.55% Ni Eq.), which contains a 65.6 metre interval grading 4.19g/t Pt Eq. (1.00% Ni Eq.), comprised of 1.33g/t platinum+palladium+gold (“3E”) with 0.56% nickel and 0.45% copper.
Investors should note that Wellgreen is a polymetallic deposit with mineralization that includes Platinum Group Metals (PGMs), gold, nickel, copper and cobalt. Although the 2012 Wellgreen PEA indicated that nickel was the single largest contributor of value, at current metal prices using anticipated metallurgical recoveries for separate Ni and Cu concentrates, the net economic contribution is anticipated to be largest for the 3E elements (Pt+Pd+Au), followed by nickel and then by copper and cobalt. A platinum equivalent value is intended to reflect total metal equivalent content in platinum for all of the metals using relative prices for each of the metals. Please refer to Table 1 for assay results by individual metal and the metal prices used to calculate Pt Eq. and Ni Eq.
Greg Johnson, Prophecy Platinum’s President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, “At three quarters of a kilometre (or half a mile) of continuous mineralization, or roughly the equivalent of seven football fields in a row, the width of PGM mineralization intercepted by hole 215 is the longest yet at Wellgreen. The Company is not aware of any other ultramafic PGM-containing deposits anywhere in the world with continuous mineralization over comparable widths. This is a massive intercept with a grade thickness value of 1,451 gram per tonne metres Pt Eq. (“g-m”), which demonstrates the significant scale and potential of the Wellgreen system. While South African platinum mines are struggling because they typically mine mineralized seams just a few metres at great depths underground, the mineralization at our Wellgreen property is typically several hundred metres wide and begins at surface, making it amenable to open pit mining and the project is located in one of the Fraser Institutes’ top-ranked mining jurisdictions in the world. Within the broad continuous zone of mineralization in hole 215 is a higher grade portion that includes a 65.6 metre wide zone grading 4.19g/t Pt Eq. (1.00% Ni Eq.) and a second higher grade zone which correlates with the recently announced higher grade zones intercepted in holes 160 and 165 to the west. We believe this material may be suitable for bulk underground extraction early in the anticipated mine plan in conjunction with the higher grade starter pits on the western end of the deposit to potentially increase the overall project economics and accelerate payback. We are very pleased with these results and the potential that is being shown at the eastern end of the known Wellgreen deposit.”
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BeantwoordenVerwijderenFar East Zone Exploration
The Far East Zone of the Wellgreen deposit is continuing to show significantly wider zones of mineralization than have been tested to date in other parts of the deposit. In addition, higher grade portions within these broad zones are demonstrating bulk mineable underground potential. This has made the Far East Zone a top priority for drilling, re-logging and sampling in 2013. Hole 215 was drilled from surface and targeted mineralization where previous drilling had identified a broad mineralized zone extending beyond the previously recognized main tabular Wellgreen deposit. Drill hole 215 was collared approximately 300 metres south and on the next section east of holes 160 and 165 in the Far East Zone (see news release dated September 13, 2013). The cross section in Figure 1 below shows the 756 metre intercept in hole 215 and its relationship with the mineralization intercepted in holes 154, 205 and 195. As can be seen in the cross section, the broad zone of mineralization these holes intercepted remains open to the south, north, east and at depth. Additional results are anticipated to follow from the re-logging and re-sampling of historic holes to the east and west of hole 215.
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http://www.prophecyplatinum.com/news_2013_nov_21_prophecy_platinum_intersects_756_metres_of_continuous_pgm_ni_cu_mineralization.php
De Wallgreen deposit begint 'monsterlijke' proporties aan te nemen.
VerwijderenZodra het grondstoffen klimaat ook maar iets verbetert, zal Prophecy Platinum exploderen.
Ook een bod is mogelijk, want de 'grote jongens' op dit gebied zullen NKL met grote belangstelling gaan volgen.
Ik ga waarschijnlijk wat bijkopen.
Mackie: Buy rating and $2.90 target for Prophecy Platinum
BeantwoordenVerwijderenAccording to Mackie Research:
December 19, 2013
WELLGREEN PLATINUM LTD. – SPEC. BUY
TARGET: $2.90
NKL Makes Changes For The Better
EVENT – Results From AGM On December 17, 2013
Prophecy Platinum (NKL-V) announced that, effective today, December 19, the Company will change its name to Wellgreen Platinum Ltd. and trade under the symbol “WG” on the TSX Venture Exchange. In addition, the Company announced the results of the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Vancouver on December 17, 2013. The five directors elected to the board include Wesley Hall, Greg Johnson, Myron Manternach, Jeffrey Mason, and Mike Sylvestre, with Mr. Sylvestre being appointed the Chairman of the Board. It is important to note the departures of Harald Batista, Greg Hall and John Lee from the board. The Company also changed its financial year end from March 31 to December 31 to allow it to provide continuous disclosure information on a comparable basis with its industry peers.
IMPACT – Positive; 2014 Set To Be Important Year
Out with the old: The departures of John Lee, Greg Hall and Harald Batista are a positive for the Company as it attempts to gain a more independent board going forward. Recall that John Lee was previously both CEO and Chairman of the Company, as well as heavily involved with the Company’s largest shareholder, Prophecy Coal, at the time. Management has been working hard to gain a more independent fresh start leading into the coming year. Prophecy Coal has recently been eliminated as the largest shareholder of Wellgreen, and the name change distances the Company from the Prophecy name. The board has been scrubbed clean and replaced by an independent team led by former Inco executive Mike Sylvestre as Chairman, who is also CEO of Castle Resources (CRI-V: Spec Buy, $0.30 target).
Drilling, resource update, and PEA in 2014 plans: The Company has noted that drilling for the year has been completed, with final assay results still pending, and is now looking to 2014. A number of drilling targets were identified on the back of the results released earlier this week. In addition to drilling in 2014, the Company will incorporate all results from the 2013 field work program into a resource estimate update as well as a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) planned for Q2/14.
Financing next up: The company remains underfunded for a critical year ahead with only $1.3 million in cash as of the quarter ended September. As stated above, a significant amount of additional drilling, metallurgy work and money is required to move the project materially ahead, and this will likely remain an overhang until a financing solution is in place.
ACTION – Speculative Buy
The Company has set itself up well to enter 2014 with a new image and a new plan for the Wellgreen deposit. We continue to like the new asset and view the corporate changes as a significant positive step. We maintain our Speculative BUY rating and $2.90/sh target price, but prudent investors may wish to wait until a financing solution is in place.
Upcoming Events
Additional Financing: 2013–2014
Updated Resource & PEA: Q2/2014
Read more at http://www.stockhouse.com/companies/bullboard/v.wg/wellgreen-platinum-ltd?postid=22021567#LsJZtR8ftyrSSPAg.99
Wellgreen Platinum (V.WG) coverage pushes shares up 43% in two days
BeantwoordenVerwijderenWellgreen Platinum (TSX-V:WG, StockForum), a Vancouver-based mining company engaged in the acquisition and development of platinum group metals projects in politically stable, mining-friendly jurisdictions, received accolades from mining analysts at Fincom Investment Partners yesterday, pushing shares up 43% in two days.
According to the analysis, Fincom had completed a 5-month investigation concluding that Wellgreen possessed the best Risk vs Reward in the platinum/palladium sector that, at current prices, presented a multiple opportunity.
The coverage stated, "we are pleased to 'put forward' Wellgreen, which actually contains more Palladium than Platinum ounces, as a unique, timely and special opportunity; a best-of-breed combination of excellent management, near term re-rating catalysts, and a chart which has been quietly basing for 10 months."
Wellgreen's new management, headed by president and CEO, Greg Johnson, is the number one reason analysts are keeping their eye on the company. Since he was appointed in late 2012, Johnson and the board have de-risked the Wellgreen PGM-Ni-Cu project from a Capex of $900 million to a far friendlier $300-$400 million.
The analysis was not kind to prior manegement, which it said, "at least to us, [they appear] to have been better promoters than actual mine builders and "rookie" mistakes were made. Greg Johnson & company (including John Sagman who has PGM experience in northern regions, including the Yukon, and built/ran mines for Vale, Xstrata and Capstone) have basically re-done everything 'the right way' - and now advancing towards production."
Other near-term improvements included halving power costs by replacing more expensive diesel with LNG, releasing a new PEA in the first half of 2014 showing IRR moving into the 30% range and providing further assay results to increase confidence in the project's resource as it moves from Inferred to M&I.
The coverage anticipates Wellgreen will be adequately de-risked over the next six months to draw in a larger partner, who would then pay to advance the mine. Therefore it is felt that there would be a potential buyout before any “official” word on production at the project. However, there is no acquisition imminent.
Using a Capex of $300 million and an IRR of 30%, there is an expectation that the mine will have an annual $105 million return and at Wellgreen's present value of $50 million, that's a 200% return on just the initial stage of the project.
Things look even brighter for the company with Indonesia's recent ban on exporting unprocessed minerals, leaving China without a substantial supply of nickel. Fincom analysts predict China's processing plants won't want to shutter facilities and will want to take advantage of the two billion pounds of nickel at Wellgreen.
Analysts were also quick to point out that their report didn't cover Wellgreen's fully permitted, production-ready PGM-Ni-Cu mine in Ontario.
Wellgreen was in the news recently when the company granted stock appreciation rights to certain employees, directors, officers and other company personnel.
Shares were up from $0.66 Tuesday to as high as $1.07 per share Thursday on the news.
Currently there are 81.9m outstanding shares with a market cap of $73.7 million.
Read more at http://www.stockhouse.com/news/natural-resources/2014/01/23/wellgreen-platinum-v-wg-coverage-pushes-shares-up-43-two-days#39IwujJvAGIluh9l.99