Nice move off bottom for AXU Today+NSUCrazyRichDrillReport
Two week high on AXU looks like bottom in, I did relaod to biggest position have had on it, last week.
NSU put out the best drill report have ever seen on Timok mine, SeekingAlpha has article on it:
220.0m @ 3.12% Cu, 3.83g/t Au, including 42.0m @ 11.11% Cu, 16.70g/t Au Are you kidding me!
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Summary
Nevsun Resources recently announced the results of new assay results from drilling of the Upper Zone at the company's newly acquired Timok copper-gold project in Serbia.
To put it simply, the results were outstanding, and further confirm the high-grades and excellent exploration upside at Timok.
A new resource for a pre-feasibility study is expected in September 2017, and a positive resource update and PFS results could send shares much higher.
I break down this news and give my thoughts on the current share price.
Nevsun Resources: Have You Ever Seen Drill Results Like This?
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Nevsun Resources (NYSEMKT:NSU), which is one of my top picks and one of my largest real-life holdings, recently released some news which took me by surprise. The company reported new assay results from drilling of its newly acquired Timok copper-gold project. These results were actually from drill holes completed by the mine's previous owner, Reservoir Minerals, and the holes were assayed following the acquisition by Nevsun. The company expects these holes and 30,000 meters of ongoing drilling to generate a new resource for a pre-feasibility study, due in September of 2017.
Look, I knew the Timok project had big exploration upside, and so did Nevsun when the company paid $365 million in shares to acquire Reservoir, not counting an additional $75 million cash sweetener. According to a preliminary economic assessment, the project carries a current post-tax net present value of $965 million based on current gold and copper prices, which is much more than what Nevsun paid for Reservoir. But I had no idea these kind of drill results would occur. The market also looks pleased by this news, as shares are up close to 6% today.
Nevsun says drilling has intersected new massive and semi-massive sulphide intersections at the Upper Zone of Timok. Here are the highlights of the drill results - check out the huge widths and high copper and gold grades in particular.
248.0m @ 6.37% Cu, 3.19g/t Au, including 87.0m @ 11.95% Cu, 5.35g/t Au
300.0m @ 5.50% Cu, 3.32g/t Au, including 40.0m @ 18.83% Cu, 10.61g/t Au
220.0m @ 3.12% Cu, 3.83g/t Au, including 42.0m @ 11.11% Cu, 16.70g/t Au
188.0m @ 4.03% Cu, 4.24g/t Au, including 27.0m @ 12.21% Cu, 15.26g/t Au
Copper grades over 3% are pretty impressive, as well as gold grades north of 5 g/t - especially over such wide intersections. For example, 300 meters of 5.5% copper and 3.32 g/t gold. In fact, in my 8 or so years covering gold, silver and various other mining stocks, I don't think I've ever seen drill results as impressive as these. The only other results that come to mind are the exceptionally high gold grades encountered by Pretium Resource's (NYSE:PVG) at its Brucejack gold deposit.
It's important to drive this point home: the PEA results do not factor in any of these newly released assays, which should substantially increase the resource base at Timok. And an additional 30,000 meters of drilling is ongoing at this deposit, with the goal of improving confidence in the resource (in other words, upgrading inferred resources to higher confidence categories, measured and indicated). So, while the Upper Zone already contains 2.5 million gold equivalent ounces in resources, an expansion of this resource appears highly likely.
