COTE LAKE GOLD DEPOSIT MOVING TO PRODUCTION
The Iamgold 70%/Sumitomo Metal Mining 30% JV had voted to put the Cote Lake Gold Deposit into production on July 21, 2020.
Note that they are calling this "A WORLD CLASS DEPOSIT " located in Canada with an estimated gold resource of over 7 milion ounces and exploration potential.
@$1250/oz @1350/oz @1700/oz
LOM Recovered Gold 6.69 mil oz 6.61 mil oz 6.61 mil oz
Production 372,000 oz 367,000 oz 367,000 oz
Average Grade 0.98 g/t 0.98 g/t 0.98 g/t
AISC Per Ounce $703 $771 $835
Mine Life 18 years 18 years 18 years
After Tax NPV(5%) $905 mil $1121 mil $2037 mil
After Tax IRR 15.4% 15.3% 22.4%
Payback 4.4 years 3.7 years 2.6 years
HAVE A FEELING IN THE NEAR FUTURE, SPA MAY GO DOWN A SIMILAR PATH, WITH PARAMETERS LOOKING THE SAME OR BETTER.
The above data is abstracted from Iamgold's press release.