Juniors, Metals, and Projects A Primer for the Lay Investor
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A Primer for the Lay Investor
Michael S. (Mickey) Fulp MercenaryGeologist.com
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Juniors, Metals, and Projects:
The Good, The Bad, and the Butt‐Ugly
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The Good, The Bad, and the Butt‐Ugly
• Timeline
• Cost of Production
• Access to Capital
• Exit Strategy
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The Good:
• Short Lead Time to Development
• Low Capital Expenditures
• Low Cost Producers
• Multiple Exit Strategies
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Open pit
heap
leach
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Open pit
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The Good:
oxide Au deposits
Cu Oxide deposits
• ISR or heap leach U3O8 deposits
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The Good: Heap Leach Gold Deposit Dumps, Leach Pad, and Recovery Plant
NW Sonora, Mexico
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The Good: Heap Leach Copper Deposit Mine, Leach Pad, Recovery Plant
Region II, Northern Chile
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The Good: ISR Uranium Deposit In‐Situ Leach Well‐Field, South Texas
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The Bad:
• Lead Time for Exploration, Development , Permitting
• Mills and Smelters
• High Capital Expenditures
• Integrated Mining Company
• One Exit Strategy
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The Bad:
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Polymetallic deposits
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Porphyry Cu + Mo‐Au‐Ag
deposits
• Iron Oxide deposits
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The Bad: Polymetallic VMS Deposit Mine/Mill Complex, SE Alaska
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The Bad: Porphyry Cu‐Au‐Mo Deposit Open Pit Mine, North Central Utah
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esabi Range, NE Minnesota The Bad: Iron Oxide Deposit
Mesabi Range, NE Minnesota
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The Butt‐Ugly:
• Commodity Supply and Demand
• Sub‐Economic Deposit Type
• Monopolistic Control
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The Butt‐Ugly:
• Molybdenum porphyries
• “Unconventional deposits”
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Specialty metals
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The Butt‐Ugly: Mo Porphyry Deposit Mine/Mill Complex, Central Colorado
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The Butt Ugly: Unconventional Deposits
• USGS Research in 1970’s ‐ 1980’s
• Unusual Geological Environments
• Subeconomic: Past, Present, and Future
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Unconventional Deposit Gabbro‐Hosted Cu‐Ni‐PGE
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Subeconomic Deposit Type Volcanic‐Hosted Uranium Marysvale District, Utah
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The Butt‐Ugly: Specialty Metals Spor Mountain Beryllium, Central Utah
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Rules of Thumb Exceptions
• Polymetallic Deposits Small Lead‐Zinc‐Silver Replacements near smelter complexes
• Porphyry Copper‐Gold Deposits Near existing mine/mill/smelter complexes
• Specialty Metals A unique Heavy Rare Earth Element deposit
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Juniors, Metals, and Projects
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The
Good
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The
Bad
•
The
Butt‐Ugly
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Why, Why Not, and Why Never?
• Timeline
• Cost of Production
• Access to Capital
• Exit Strategy
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Monday Morning Musings from Mickey the Mercenary Geologist
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