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Mercator Minerals Ltd MLKKF

Mercator Minerals, Ltd. is a mineral resource company engaged in the mining, exploration, development and operation of its mineral properties in Arizona, United States and Sonora, Mexico. The Company’s principal assets are the 100% owned Mineral Park Mine, a producing copper-moly mine located near Kingman, Arizona and the El Pilar Project located in Sonora Mexico. The primary focus of the Company is the expansion of copper production and molybdenum concentrate production at the Mineral Park Mine, and the development of the El Pilar Project. Its other projects include The El Creston molybdenum property, which is 175 kilometers south of the United States Border and 145 kilometers northeast of the city of Hermosillo; Molybrook, which is located on the south coast of Newfoundland, and Ajax, which is located 13 kilometers north of Alice Arm, British Columbia.


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Comment by LongonZincon Apr 10, 2013 3:52pm
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RE: RE: Update

RE: RE: Update

Firstly, a 20% increase in throughput does not directly equate to a 20% increase in production, you have some other variables, such as grade and recoveries.  Their production guidance (today) is unchanged from what was last provided. These are the factors I take into account when determing risk. Not sure why baseless pumping is okay, but providing opinions based on facts and estimates is being a basher or doomsdayer.  The sp is low, the risk is high, but if they pull it off that risk will be rewarded.  I just don't see the current risk-to-reward as even comparable to the last time the sp was at this level.

 

Here are my numbers for 2013.

 

Mining and milling costs= 211 million (assumes a 25% cost reduction per new ton per day rate; not Q4 was 55 million)

FSR = 42 million (based on ratio of 2012 cu eq sales and project 2013 cu eq production)

Cost of Sales= 253 million

Other costs

Admin and Exploration = 11 million

Finance expense           =10 million

 

Total ML expenditures before loan repayment and capex = 274 million.

 

Revenue

Moly 11.5 million pounds at 10.9 per pound =125.3 million

Copper 40.5 million pounds at 3.15 per pound= 127.6 million (assumes 3.42/lb unhedged copper

Silver                                                                 =3.8 same as 2012

Total Revenue=256.7

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