RE: Looking good...BZO: (Eldorado paid $122 million)
Highlights of the updated PEA include:
- Estimated mine life of 13 years based on a processing rate of four million tons per year;
- Average operating cash cost of $490 per ounce;
- Net present value of $129-million, using a 5-per-cent discount rate and $900 per ounce gold;
- Development capital expenditures of $239-million with a payback period of 6.25 years.
MDR:
PRETAX PROJECT ECONOMICS(1)(2)
Net present value
Gold price (US$ million) IRR Payback
($US/oz) Discount rate (%) (%) (years)
4.0% 6.0% 8.0%
$850(3) $237 $194 $157 25.9% 2.8
$975 $363 $305 $256 35.4% 2.2
$1,100 $490 $416 $355 44.1% 1.9