Core Exploration (CXO) - South Australian Copper and Uranium

[Huang Chung]

Here's a recently listed little explorer, that's trading just above its issue price (recently floated).

Mkt Cap around $9m, with $5m in the bank.

They have amassed half a dozen projects, but the bulk of their effort over the next two years will be on their Yorke Penninsular project, comprising three parcels of land (EL 4177) not far from RXM's Hillside Project.

Seems very similar in size and concept to Monax and Marmota. Perhaphs not surprisingly, one of the CXO directors, Michael Schwarz, is a former Managing Director of Monax, and was a founding Director of its cousin, Marmota Energy.

Complete punting stock, but very cheap as well.

Link below sums up the company pretty nicely (I wouldn't really call it a research report):

http://www.coreexploration.com.au/download-32.html

Disc: Picked up a few on market.

[shasta]

Here's a recently listed little explorer, that's trading just above its issue price (recently floated).

Mkt Cap around $9m, with $5m in the bank.

They have amassed half a dozen projects, but the bulk of their effort over the next two years will be on their Yorke Penninsular project, comprising three parcels of land (EL 4177) not far from RXM's Hillside Project.

Seems very similar in size and concept to Monax and Marmota. Perhaphs not surprisingly, one of the CXO directors, Michael Schwarz, is a former Managing Director of Monax, and was a founding Director of its cousin, Marmota Energy.

Complete punting stock, but very cheap as well.

Link below sums up the company pretty nicely (I wouldn't really call it a research report):

http://www.coreexploration.com.au/download-32.html

Disc: Picked up a few on market.

You got my attention, thanks HC will look into this

[Huang Chung]

From Friday's ASX release:

The Directors of Core Exploration Ltd (ASX: CXO, the “Company” or “Core”) are pleased to

announce the Company has received the data from its recently completed airborne
magnetic survey on the Yorke Peninsula Project as scheduled.


The level of information to be gained from the survey has exceeded the Company’s
expectations. A geophysical interpretive report on the survey data is expected in the next
few days enabling the Company to report to the ASX on the significance of the results
shortly thereafter.


http://news.iguana2.com/coreexp/ASX/CXO/182033

Make of that what you will.....are they onto something, or do they just know with great certainty they probably don'y have much? I'm betting the former, but I guess we'll just have to wait.

[Huang Chung]

Getting more interesting....

http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=CXO&E=ASX&N=182673

EV on this stock is next to nothing!

[shasta]

I calculate CXO's EV @ $2.9m @ 19c

[Huang Chung]

Another bullish pre-drill announcement from CXO.

Drilling commences on high priority targets mid-June. Not long to wait now.

http://www.stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=CXO&E=ASX&N=183175

[Huang Chung]

These guys seem quite excited!

http://www.stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=CXO&E=ASX&N=183424

Shasta, I have no idea why you don't have this stock on your undervalued explorers list......

[SCHUMACHER]

Looking good - some possible massive LITHIUM opportunities in NT - STAY TUNED ON THIS ONE !! - @.5 MILLION cashed up ready for drill programme this quarter :) this one could put them among the elite WA LITHIUM chasers

Forgetting the fact they have copper/silver/uranium as LITHIUM IS THEIR STAR FOR THE MOMENT !
Multi - bagger if all goes well and this is why this company is one of my top 3 picks for 2016 !!!!

note: Options are also a much better leverage if this takes off so ive bought 50%in CXOOA also :)

CXO’s exploration study has confirmed the sampling suggesting that the new Zola Pegmatite in the area is at least 1,500m long and 450m wide, as a conservative estimate.

The Zola Pegmatite Prospect (CXO 100% ELA31126), as you can see on the map above, includes a north-south trending system of pegmatites covering an area conservatively estimated at between 1-2 km2.

One of the most crucial characteristics of Zola is the scale.

The outcrop of decomposed and weathered (just like Greenbushes) pegmatite and quartz blows extend for up to 1500m NS and could be as long as 2000m under cover as illustrated below, where it’s also been compared to Altura’s Pilgangoora pegmatites:

CXO’s Zola Pegmatite is unusually large by world standards and represents an outstanding exploration target for lithium.
In fact the scale of CXO’s Zola Pegmatite discovery has been compared to the world class deposits at Pilgangoora in WA.

The comparison to Altura Mining (ASX:AJM) in the picture above is important and highlights the potential upside for CXO should the resource at Finniss prove to be truly comparable to that of AJM’s Pilgangoora Lithium Project.

AJM holds a 35.7Mt @ 1.05% and trades on the ASX with a market cap of $200m. CXO by comparison has a current market cap of only $6m.

The upside is there for all to see and CXO is working hard to make sure the comparison becomes more of a reality – starting with drilling in the coming months.

At the same time, as we mentioned earlier, it is early days here and CXO has some way to go to prove up anything substantial in the ground, so apply caution when considering this stock for your portfolio.

History suggests a strong lithium possibility
Previous trench sampling at Finniss back in the 1980s confirmed an unusually large pegmatite with anomalous tin tantalum chemistry.

Back then, Union Oil and JV partner Kakadu excavated a total of seven costeans over approximately 1000m (costean is the process by which miners seek to discover metallic lodes) across the pegmatite zone. 203 channel samples were collected over intervals of 5m and analysed. Results indicate highly anomalous levels of tin, tantalum and rare earth minerals.

Twenty years later rock chips were taken by Haddington in 2006, with results indicating highly anomalous, but “patchy” Sn, Ta and Li levels.

Early results
CXO’s mapping has identified spodumene and a range of lithium minerals in outcrop and in and around mine workings and dumps on the Mt Finniss Project. Here’s a look at the weathered spodumene outcropping:

CXO’s Bynoe Pegmatite Field includes a further 25 historic tin tantalum pegmatite mines where sampling is underway.

Initial lithium assays of up to 7589ppm (O.8%) Li2O were recorded in the first rock chip results and many of the samples assayed at Finniss were above 1000ppm.

cxo-pic6

Remember that lithium is virtually absent in weathered pegmatite at surface at Greenbushes – the largest and highest grade lithium mine in the world.

CXO’s current surface exploration is directed toward locating and characterising pegmatites, but drilling is the primary tool for discovering high grade lithium, and that is what CXO will be doing in the coming months.

The results at the Mt Finniss Mine complement CXO’s other prospect, the Anningie Lithium Project located in the North Arunta Pegmatite Province, NT.

Lithium minerals spodumene, elbaite and lepidodite have been recorded in pegmatites from the Anningie Field. However no modern exploration for lithium has been conducted in the area… until CXO arrived.

Detailed mapping and sampling is currently underway to test lithium grades for drilling potential.

Show me the money
Every project needs funding and in April this year CXO instigated an oversubscribed placement for $2.2 million.

The money is being used to fully fund the exploration and drilling programs set to begin in Q3 2016 on the Finniss Lithium Project.

Currently with around $2.5m in cash reserves CXO will unlikely need any capital raising anytime soon – at least not before the upcoming drilling.

With the ducks lined up in a row, CXO could see its fruit start to ripen early in the second half of the year as it seeks to unlock the potential of some highly prospective lithium projects.

Demand for lithium exploding
As demand for high energy storage increases, so too will the demand for the key raw ingredient in lithium-ion batteries, that are used to power our modern smartphones, tablets, laptops and electric cars.

Tesla is without doubt one of the major drivers in the demand for lithium-ion batteries with their electric vehicles.

CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk sums it up: “In order to produce a half million cars per year…we would basically need to absorb the entire world’s lithium ion production.”

Hence the automaker is proactively securing long term supplies of lithium to ensure that production.

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With greener energy electric vehicles set to take increasing market share from their polluting petrol predecessors the need for raw materials such as lithium will rise with it, which has led investment bank Goldman Sachs to call lithium “the new gasoline”.

We’ve all heard tales of how people struck it rich by finding oil or how empires such as the Rockefeller’s were built on oil… well what if our generations story to be told is how people who invested in lithium before the big EV push made it big?

With Germany set to mandate all cars to be emission-free by 2030, the country hopes to sell 500,000 EVs by 2030 with the government offering subsidies and incentives to fuel the change to a cleaner mode of transport.

Fellow European nation Norway is taking it one step further and seeks to ban the sale of gasoline powered cars by 2025 and now the road’s minister in India calling for the world’s second most populated country to have 100% of vehicles on the road by 2030 to be electric.

Can you imagine the 1.25 billion people in India having to use electric vehicles?

Sure, not everyone drives a car in India but for even 1% of the population to buy an EV would mean sales of over 1,000,000 vehicles.

This is what a traffic jam in India looks like to give you an idea of market size:

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The scramble for companies to secure a lithium supply going forward has only begun. As the price of the metal continues to increase, we will likely see lithium dependent businesses sign up contracts to lock in prices, further increasing demand for the metal whist taking supply away from the market.

With the precedent for a move to EVs already having been set with the push for a global carbon tax, a move to cleaner transportation is the most logical step.

With public pressure to move to greener energy sources other nations could follow suit and either incentivise the industry or consumers to move towards EVs or bring in legislation forcing people to move to cleaner energy sources.

Other Core projects
Through joint ventures, acquisitions and new tenement applications in highly prospective regions in the Northern Territory and South Australia, CXO has built a strong strategic holding to propel the company forward.

Further to CXO’s Finniss Lithium Project and Anningie and Barrow Creek Pegmatite Fields in the Northern Territory, the company holds multiple exploration licenses throughout SA and NT with copper, base metals and uranium potential.

Copper and Base Metals
Six licenses are held on tenements containing copper, silver, zinc and lead deposits:

Jervois Domain, NT
Albarta Project, NT
Inkheart/Bluey’s Prospect, NT
Yerelina Project, SA
Roxby Downs Project, SA
Yorke Peninsula Project, SA
Uranium
A high grade uranium discovery in drilling has been made by CXO at:

Fitton Project, SA
The recent investor focus however has been on CXO’s lithium potential in the Northern Territory where according to the company: “with over 3 years of experience exploring in the region, we had a good head start when it came to securing a dominant land position that is fertile for the discovery of lithium.”

Due to the market sector for lithium heating up and given the future growth potential, it would appear to be the feasible choice in generating greater returns for CXO and its shareholders.

However should one of these other resources held by CXO become highly sought after the company could be in a position to leverage its assets to the given market trends.

With BHP and Rio Tinto both announcing plans to target copper through joint ventures with junior explorers (like CXO), we could see these licenses held become more active in the near future.

Next steps for Core
The $2.5m in the bank sees CXO funded to begin its planned drilling and exploration programs with the first drilling campaign set to begin early in the next quarter.

Drilling will take place at CXO’s Finniss Project, focussing on its high priority pegmatite targets, along with assay results from sampling at the Mt Finniss Mine due to come.

So, the market will likely be receiving multiple announcements from CXO’s progress whilst at the same time the broader demand for lithium is set to increase rapidly.

Should results from the drilling campaign come back positive and point toward the potential of a commercial lithium resource, we could see the $6M capped CXO receive a rapid re-rate that could see it catch up to the WA lithium explorers.

This is of course speculation at this stage, so don’t take this is a guarantee and seek professional financial advice if considering this stock for your portfolio.

With multi-nationals who rely on lithium-ion batteries in their products now actively seeking guaranteed supply of lithium, any substantial find by CXO is likely to put them on the radar.

Governments passing legislation to make EVs mandatory in the near future is another bullish sign set to drive up demand for lithium for the next few decades.

With the right sized lithium resource as hinted with the Zola Pegmatite and with the market demand growing for lithium, CXO could be in the early stages of something much larger.

Source:
http://www.nextsmallcap.com/lithium-nt-cxo-find/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CXO-UA8&utm_content=CXO-UA8+CID_e7696ea1833fddb3e1e1cb244892b6dc&utm_source=SD&utm_term=WOULD%20YOU%20LIKE%20TO%20KNOW%20MORE

[SCHUMACHER]

IMO looks like CXO abut to run up through 4c - holding well at this level and plently of support - next major resistence 4.7c

time will tell but looks good :)

% gain IMO CXO is in a class of its own and could easily go from 6 million market cap to $100 million relatively quickly ( this year ) with some strong drill results - historical data suggests they are ready !! large landholding in NT for LITHIUM

All the best - GLTA

Core Exploration (ASX:CXO) recently identified a number of large scale lithium pegmatite targets at its 100% owned Finniss Lithium Project in the Northern Territory, similar to that seen at Greenbushes.

Based on our review of information published by Greenbushes Lithium Mine owner Talison and by CXO – both Finniss and Greenbushes pegmatites have the following in common:

Discovered in the 1880s
Mined for tin and tantalum
100 years of mining before economic lithium discovered by deeper drilling (not quite at Finniss just yet, by CXO is hoping to do this)
Pegmatites extensively weathered (soft clay) near surface
Lithium is virtually absent in weathered pegmatite near surface
Surface exploration useful in locating and ranking pegmatites – but drilling is the primary tool for proving lithium grade and developing lithium resources.
Evidence suggests that the Finniss pegmatites are enriched in lithium and one of CXO’s new pegmatites is at least 1500m long and 450m wide (and could be up to 2000m long).

The really good news for CXO is that:

The scale of its prospect is directly comparable to the scale of pegmatites hosting large resources in the Pilgangoora Region in Western Australia.
However, Finniss is just one part of CXO’s NT wider play which also includes the Arunta Pegmatite Province and the Bynoe Tin-Tantalum Lithium Field.

The following map should give you an idea of the extent of CXO’s Finniss Lithium Project in the Top End:

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The Finniss Lithium project includes the Mount Finniss Tin Tantalum Mine along with 25 historic tin tantalum pegmatite mines in the lithium rich Bynoe pegmatite field – remember that tin and tantalum mining also took place at Greenbushes prior to lithium discoveries.

Mining in the Bynoe Fields has been ongoing since the 1880s and was most popular in the mid-1900s when a number of tin-tantalum pegmatites in the region were mined.

It’s well known by geologists that tin and tantalum are pathfinders that can lead to lithium, so this already gives some strong clues that CXO may be able to unlock some lithium value here.

Bynoe is one of the most prospective areas for lithium in the NT, with similarities to Greenbushes, one of the world’s leading spodumene deposits and the largest hard rock lithium mine in the world.

CXO recently extended its lithium focus into this region in the highly prospective Bynoe pegmatite field and is hoping to raise its market cap to similar heights of Australian ASX lithium players who have grown substantially over the past few years.

Here’s a quick look at the current market caps of ASX listed lithium stocks, which gives you an understanding of where CXO currently sit and what it hopes to achieve:

[SCHUMACHER]

Only 270 million shares on issue + options, so fully diluted around 385 million
CXO 270,928,583
CXOOA (Expiry august 2017) 114,864,959 (oppies are great price and leverage with long time till expiry)

its possible they could become the market cap of other companies like ::

EMH 42c
NMT 45c
GXY 51c
LIT 25c

CXO their potential large and similiar size deposit - as always time will tell but at 3.6c its potentially cheap and a multi bagger in the making

check this article out also
http://finfeed.com/mining/core-exploration-advancing-nt-lithium-projects-toward-drilling/20160615/
next is the drilling coming u[ and then JORC compliant and we will be laughing , now dont forget about their other projects - this company have their irons in many fires as per their copper/silver/uranium/ tin/ tantalum etc

one spec i think worth holding in ones portfolio

Disclaimer : please DYOR this is not investment advice to BUY , HOLD or sell

[mcdongle]

Thanks for posting SCHUMACHER

[SCHUMACHER]

Your welcome McDongle-

Also take a look at this - released today which adds more weight to CXO opportunity - think we may have stumbled on one GIANT chunk of "exceptionally large Pegamite swarm" as per recent announcements and i notice we getting more coverage TODAY on this, as per link below - could get very interesting leading into upcoming drilling programme :D

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-08/renewable-energy-boom-driving-lithium-hunt-northern-territory/7569694

One of the companies exploring for lithium near Darwin is Core Exploration, which last month reported to the ASX that it had identified an "exceptionally large pegmatite swarm" that was "unusually large by world standards and represents an outstanding exploration target for lithium".

[SCHUMACHER]

Looking forward to a continuation in price appreciation- lots happening for CXO which should see a re-rating shortly - low market cap and shares tightly held plus a mammoth of a POTENTIALLY WORLD CLASS "exceptionally large Pegamite swarm" Juicy :D

The Zola Pegmatite Prospect (CXO 100% ELA31126), includes a north-south trending system of pegmatites covering an area conservatively estimated at between 1-2 km2.


GLTA

[SCHUMACHER]

CXO now looking very likely its going to run once we break 3.8c resistence - if we get through 3.8c watch it run to around 4.7c :D

CXOOA options good leverage at 1.3c/1.4c with over a year until expiry - lots happening with CXO

[SCHUMACHER]

Announcement released yesterday afternoon - presentation
http://www.aspectfinancial.com.au/docserver/01756503.pdf?fileid=01756503&datedir=20160711&edt=MjAxNi0wNy0xMisxMDozMDoxOSsxMjArNjEyMDg3ODIrZX RyYWRleG1sK3JlZGlyZWN0Ky9pbWFnZXNpZ25hbC9lcnJvcnBh Z2VzL0V0cmFkZVBERlRpbWVvdXQuaHRtbCsvaW1hZ2VzaWduYW wvZXJyb3JwYWdlcy9wZGZkZWxheWVkLmpzcA==&popup=true


looking good people - just need to clear 3.8c and she should run hard - been consolidating around here for a week so primed and ready for next run - going to be interesting thats for sure and the CXOOA options should move up soon as they are lagging way behind now :D

for those who dont know - the capital raising price to sophisticated investors was 4.2c so a bargain at the moment :)
I think the first breakout will head towards 4.5c which was a previous high and if we clear that then a bit of blue sky territory - dont forget it was at 6c not too long ago back in April so lots to look forward to with CXO and im certain patience will be rewarded

I think that those trading for a few pips will potentially miss the bIG run


oPTIONS are good play for the medium term for better leverage \\

GLTA

[mcdongle]

Hi Shu picked up a few of these the other day for the bottom drawer, Thanks for all the info

[SCHUMACHER]

Yes this is one of my pure LITHIUM PLAY''s in Aussie - we will however need to wait until end of September before we get drill results - they have sent their application to Mining authorities to enable them to start their first drill programme - pending on drill results I will more likely add to my holdings


cheers GLTU
Schu

[SCHUMACHER]

Lots of time to accumulate before they confirm positive drill core samples to market - fingers crossed

The Finniss Lithium project includes the Mount Finniss Tin Tantalum Mine along with 25 historic tin tantalum pegmatite mines in the lithium rich Bynoe pegmatite field – remember that tin and tantalum mining also took place at Greenbushes prior to lithium discoveries.

Mining in the Bynoe Fields has been ongoing since the 1880s and was most popular in the mid-1900s when a number of tin-tantalum pegmatites in the region were mined.

It’s well known by geologists that tin and tantalum are pathfinders that can lead to lithium, so this already gives some strong clues that CXO may be able to unlock some lithium value here.

Bynoe is one of the most prospective areas for lithium in the NT, with similarities to Greenbushes, one of the world’s leading spodumene deposits and the largest hard rock lithium mine in the world.

CXO recently extended its lithium focus into this region in the highly prospective Bynoe pegmatite field and is hoping to raise its market cap to similar heights of Australian ASX lithium players who have grown substantially over the past few years.

[mcdongle]

Announcement Drilling starting soon .. :t_up:

[mcdongle]

Just want to say thanks to Schumacher for bringing this to my attention....

[SCHUMACHER]

Well done guys - needless to say im very very happy :)

[BRICKY]

I'd like to Thank you too Shumacher. Just hit 8c.

[SCHUMACHER]

I'd like to Thank you too Shumacher. Just hit 8c.

well done Bricky - its nice to get a good win - i believe management are a big part of CXO success -

[mcdongle]

Good announcement today..

[Scrunch]

Anyone still looking at CXO?

Since the earlier posts on this thread CXO has released a definitive feasibility study and subsequently updated this study. Earlier this year they issued $40m of shares at 25c providing some, but not all the funding necessary for the planned mine's capital expenditure which is estimated at $89m. They have indicated a final investment decision is due later this year with other actions of the company indicating this is very likely to be a decision to progress with an open pit mine at the Grants and Hang Gong while undermining would occur at BP33 and Carlton. This provides at least a 7-8 year mine life with more exploration occurring aiming to extend this mine life.

There was a brief spike up to 42c on 29Jan2021 but then fell as low as 17.5c on 9Mar2021. After a period in the mid 20's they have broken out to 32c today.
This increase today is on very strong volumes - Direct Broking quotes 57,079,668 shares traded today (5% of shares on issue), putting CXO as the 10th highest volume of all shares traded on the ASX today. The $17.6m of shares was the highest turnover of any company with a market capitalisation under $500m (SYA: Sayona Mining which now has a market cap just over $500m was also up strongly +20% on $25.6m of shares traded)

Disc recently bought

[NZSilver]

Yeah I bought a few, not necessarily a good sign as I have had poor success with mining and generally stay away, but it looks like they have everything they require now to begin building the mine and become a production company. Other positives are close to infrastructure for ore shipment, aussies based mine (low sovereign risk), rock lithium (vs brine), ganfeng onboard, local and central government onboard, cashed up now. From what I can tell the only disadvantage for them is the lower mine life cf pairs which will hopefully be extended with more exploration. It really seems demand for lithium with outstrip supply as the need for batteries increases significantly.

[nztx]

Likewise jumped in with a few - looked interesting with offtake agreements, Cap Raises & things happening

down 17% so far , but hopefully will come back..

[Scrunch]

Likewise jumped in with a few - looked interesting with offtake agreements, Cap Raises & things happening

down 17% so far , but hopefully will come back..

Should do. It would appear the market is still valuing CXO as an unproven explorer, rather than a producing miner in just over a year. While its great that the spodumene prices are increasing, the CXO DFS used US$743 and an updated example at US$850. Both these materially understate what is likely to be the case so tend to negatively anchor the share price.

HC chat has indicated the price is now north of US$1,000. The recent ORE results presentation (page 18, link below) has confirmed that recent sales for spod are US$1,000 ton. This is well above what was being used in the NPV calculations within the recently released DFS.

From a revenue perspective, we know CXO are exploring a 10-yr mine life with a phase one max production of 193,000 tons per year of spod. Treating any "fines" revenue as an expense reduction, there is over $250m/yr of revenue at current AUD-USD exchange rates. The stated mining costs (ex tax) are less than half of this so there should be a very good profit margin.

http://research.iress.com.au/IDS/old/20210825/02411449.pdf?uid=C7ED0E3DDABE844BA7546C31EE492EA02 073000084F6129A58B2E540093D250091850000&ppv=

Disc - recently bought more

[NZSilver]

Breaking upwards

[Scrunch]

Likewise jumped in with a few - looked interesting with offtake agreements, Cap Raises & things happening

down 17% so far , but hopefully will come back..

You can't be down now, CXO has jumped up 27% today to A$0.445 which is a new all-time high close. Big volume today which was in the top 10 for shares traded @ 81.2m shares. From a value perspective the $32.9m traded was in the top 75 companies by value. That sort of volume needs the insto's.

The cause of the jump over on the HC channels isn't exactly clear because there hasn't been an announcement. The results of recent exploration/resource confirmation haven't been announced and neither has the FID. While I like that the price is up, I prefer to know why big share price movements occur.

Some of the possible candidates include:
>Catch-up with LTR that started Sept under $1 and is now $1.475?
>A news leak for new info in the up-coming FID?
>A news leak for new info in the up-coming resource updates?
>Recognition that contracted Spod prices are circa US$1000?
>Speculation based on what spot Spod prices are now?
>Speculation on the results of the 2nd PLS auction that I think was today?
>An influential broker commencing coverage a strong buy rating? (although Market screener doesn't yet have any forecasts)

DYOR

[NZSilver]

Yes it will be interesting to see what eventuates in the next few days. I do note that all shares from recent raisings/SPP have all been issued so downward pressure of issue price (31c) has been removed but I'm not sure why it's running up so much, there is plenty to like about this company though. I thought about looking on hot copper but figured it would be a marathon with hundreds of posts/rants/speculation etc so I had a beer instead

[Scrunch]

Yes it will be interesting to see what eventuates in the next few days. I do note that all shares from recent raisings/SPP have all been issued so downward pressure of issue price (31c) has been removed but I'm not sure why it's running up so much, there is plenty to like about this company though. I thought about looking on hot copper but figured it would be a marathon with hundreds of poAUDsts/rants/speculation etc so I had a beer instead

The post by HC "Wendy" linked below is a very good starting point around things to like about CXO.
https://hotcopper.com.au/threads/banter-and-general-comments.5838196/page-3999?post_id=56060726

One item not listed in this was the potential around stage 2 that would expand into part of the Finniss resource that isn't currently at reserve status. Clearly more drilling is needed to hopefully firm up the resource into being a reserve, and that is understood to be happening/planned. The capital raising slide had drilling to do this occurring over 2021/2022. Feasibility and approvals were noted as 2nd half 2022 and 2023. Construction and production 2024 & 2025+. Stage 2 could take Spod production to 350t/yr and doesn't require a huge capital investment. A crude bank of the hand calculation (350t, Spod at USD1000/t & 0.7 ex rate) indicates around 2025/2026 revenue could be AU$500m+. With strong gross margins, the big question would be what multiplier would be appropriate. That would depend on how big the resource is, and therefore how long the mine life could be. Indications are its a good size but this is a big unknown.

Disc bought in recently and holding

[NZSilver]

* Currently 15MT of resource, with an aggressive drilling campaign underway to increase resources. Targeting an additional conceptual resource exploration target of 9.8MT - 16.2MT from newly acquired tenements. Drilling results due soon.

Yes I really see this as the next important stage as cores lithium reserves currently are a little lower cf others so of they can double reserves it will very positive.

[Scrunch]

They have made a few good announcements in the last few days - the FID and who the contractors are for the open pit mining and constructing the production plant. Both look good contractors for their respective jobs. Reconfirmed an expectation to be producing in Q4 2022.

[Scrunch]

Huge jump in price and volume over the last two days. Instos must be buying as there is no other way to get $75.9m turnover. Rumour over on HC is that they are about to be added to lithium EFT's. If it is Global X that's going to add tens of millons more buying. Transitioning to a established miner shareholder base looks to be happening quickly. Brokerage cover next? 57c close yesterday.

[STr]

Huge jump in price and volume over the last two days. Instos must be buying as there is no other way to get $75.9m turnover. Rumour over on HC is that they are about to be added to lithium EFT's. If it is Global X that's going to add tens of millons more buying. Transitioning to a established miner shareholder base looks to be happening quickly. Brokerage cover next? 57c close yesterday.

Loving it :t_up:

[Scrunch]

Loving it :t_up:

Yep. The Ganfeng deal went unconditional today so all the cash they need for stage 1 is in the bank - well more than all they need as they took an extra $10m in the SPP and recently got $1.5m from options being converted early. Current price 63c with half an hr to close.

[nztx]

Loving it :t_up:

and me too :)

[Scrunch]

Loving it :t_up:

Its been a exciting few months for Core - bounced around 60c Mid-Oct to Mid-Nov then started falling to briefly dip below 50c a couple of times and a close of 50c on 20 Dec. Since then Core has been climbing, reaching 59c at 31 Dec 2021. This year has started strongly and Core is up 20c closing at 79c on the 12th of Jan.

If Spod prices remain at levels similar to where they are currently, a share price over $1 is pretty easy to justify.

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Core announced an offtake deal with Tesla today. No surprises then that the share price is up at 95c.