Contained metal value3 holes from today and their value based on the most recent purchase contracts for July 2010
Lithium Oxide with conversion of the Li2CO3 (Lithium Carbonate) price - Li2O
US $15.01/kg or per 0.10%
Tantale (Oxide) - Ta2O5
US $226.50/kg or
.226 per ppm/gram
Gallium - Ga
US $440.00/kg or
.44 per ppm/gram
Other:
Beryllium - Be
Moyenne de US $500.00/kg or
.50 per ppm/gram
(Source: IBC Advanced Alloys)
Rubidium - Rb
US $740.00/kg or
.74 per ppm/gram
(Source: USGS, sale of a large quantity from the Tanco mine (CBT-NYSE) when
there was more information on transactions, 1980 to 1991)
Cesium - Cs
US $690.00/kg or
.69 per ppm/gram
(Source: USGS, sale of a large quantity from the Tanco mine (CBT-NYSE) when
there was more information on transactions, 1980 to 1991)
For calculation purposes:
1 ppm = 1 gram
0.10% = 1 kg
LR-10-75 52.45 73.90 21.45 1.22 2983 206 139 117 78
Lithium 1.22% $183/t
Rhubidium 2983ppm $2207/t
Tantalium 206ppm $46/t
Beryllium 139ppm $70/t
Cesium 117ppm $81/t
Gallium 78ppm $34/t
$2621/t over a true width of 21.45m
LR-10-80 66.75 85.5 18.05 1.27 3877 189 175 120 75
Lithium 1.27% $190/t
Rhubidium 3877ppm $2867/t
Tantalium 189ppm $43/t
Beryllium 175ppm $87/t
Cesium 120ppm $83/t
Gallium 75ppm $33/t
thats a whooping $3303/t over a true width of 18.05m
LR-10-89 77.70 93.85 16.15 1.70 2909 204 131 95 69
Lithium 1.70% $255/t
Rhubidium 2909ppm $2152/t
Tantalium 204ppm $46/t
Beryllium 131ppm $65/t
Cesium 95ppm $65/t
Gallium 69ppm $30/t
$2613/t over true width of 16,15m
i don´t know the cost of production to extract and refine the contained metals but i think the numbers are very impressive and EFG is still very undervalued at current sp level