Hi V. Who would buy the whole shooting match site unseen and unproven. Who has this kind of money????? We may see a JV soon if they can prove the Puange & Los Marios and the Placer, but we are lightyears away from proving up anything else and selling the package...just my opinion...MOO!!!!!!!!!
I think that debating a "buyout" at this point is way, way, way premature. We all own other mining stocks with some significant assets. Some have proven resources, others have advanced drill programs in place. Alot of mining stocks are selling below NAV. That means that some stocks have more money in the bank/ share than the shares are selling for!! This is a major's "ice cream parlour"! They quite literally have the pick of the litter for chump change! A good example is Royal Oak and the Kemess mine in British Columbia!! Kemess is a new "extremely low cost mine"....watch as the Major's start hovering over the carcass, occassionally you can see them...their the red-headed turkey vultures slowly circulating above the heap leach pond!!!
So, you have to ask yourself a number of questions IMHO;
1) What makes these properties " more special" than alot of others?
2) Why should a major pay for drilling, to find ??? when he can wait and have the owner do it for him?
3) The major knows that most juniors can't raise money for drilling and even if they can, they know that a "phase 2" without "superior" results is a dead issue. So what would be the motivation of a major to buy?
4) Remember, these properties are generally known as copper porphry properties, the "impurity" is gold. so you better have lots of impurity or you don't get anybodies attention. So would a major offer based on no drilling?
Mike said in post
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Won't be necessary to "Prove" the resource in order to sell it. However, you must demostrate to the satisfaction of the buyer, that yea amount of gold is there at certain confidence level that the buyer is comforable with. A good IP survey and 18 holes might be enough for the porphryr deposit.
If we are still talking about "copper porphry with gold impurities" (or gold credits) than I don't agree. 18 holes in a copper deposit with trace gold would only scare off majors. If we are talking about a "gold/copper porphry" that has significant gold content (at least .9g/t) with copper credits than after 18 holes you may get a JV with a major, who will likely dictate the terms!
Their are quite a few companies that hedged their gold for a number of years and are lowering cash cost per ounce to $190/ounce. These companies have enviable cash positions and are out hunting.
Placer, Barrick,Homestake,Newmount, RTZ, BHP,Teck all could do this with their eyes closed and hardly dent the cash flow!!!
It's back to the old thing, show me the gold and I'll show you the MONEY!!!
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