THANKS - CORA - Took a few posts - few bumper bounces, to
finally arrive at an end sum on - what could be the best
assay method for the ( nickel silica, nickel sulphide ores )
EVNI should rewrite the storyline -
- point out how nickel north of Timmins is moreso at depth
with overburden, and one can see this analyzing xander drills and
cnc drills... ( they do point this out )
- point out - cnc - chromium credits $3 billion
are literally eaten up with capital cost to build mine
ringing in at - $2 billion. - so much for cnc's chromium.
which trims them down to - only nickel comparisons
with other peers...
- evni has two mills nearby, that could be expanded on.
one permitted, and is also invested in, evni.
would love to see how little of monies would be needed
to expand on mills - vs - entirely new build mine.
far cheaper.
having 2 rivers nearby, intersecting claims
near free power
reduction in - cost per tonne to mine.
could shave off several $$$ per tonne
if they could bring it into a - $4 - $5 reduction,
using near free power, that other peers don't have,
could be worked to a superb vantage.
- carbon seq - as most know i'm not a fan of... tease.
but... if ever it was entertained, and as pointed out,
$133/co2 tonne, to deq the carbon
Acts as a $6+ per tonne gain.
- if one applies this $6+ per each tonne
and near free energy from river power to hydrogen
is there such a thing as, net zero costs to mine ?
- as i pointed out in a former post,
i used 8,000 ( tonnes ) per day to arrive at what could be
max tonnage - what one could work - based on 24 hour day
impregnating co2 gas into ores...
- now... what would be a perfect scenerio ?
throw the concentrate idea away.
- frame the project around - end metal product.
- near free energy - river
- co2 seq - framed around - 8,000 tonnes
- same amount of ores allottable in a 24.hr period
- 8,000 tonnes x ( 0.25% ) grade -
= 10 metal nickel tonnes
NICKEL SPOT PRICES
$10.20 / usd / lb ( $22,440 ) usd tonne
x 1.30 / cdn xchange
= $13.26 / usd / lb
x 2200 lbs in 1 tonne
= $29,172.00 cdn per tonne
Suppose - a nickel electrolysis was not quite pure,
One only achieved a 98% grade
Suppose one sold the 98% nickel metal to refiner for
$ 17,000 usd / tonne
8,000 tonnes ( per day )
= 20 tonnes ( metal nickel )
x $17,000 tonne usd
= $340,000 usd / day
x 350 mine work days
= $119,000,000 usd / yr
8,000 tonnes / day
x 350 work days yr
= 2,800,000 tonnes yr
1,000,000,000 raw ore billion tonnes
~ 2.8 million tonnes mined per yr
= 357 mine life years
$119 million /yr
x 357 yrs
$42, 483,000,000 billio usd
Of course.... one wouldn't stay at,
8,000 tonnes per day, or, 2.8 million tonnes yr
Oe would scale it - as one mines few yrs i.
42:1 ratio
42x more profitable than - cnc's present pea.
wink.
Why run this route of - metal nickel ?
besides being more profitable...
it would cost far less to - spark up an 8,000 tonne
per day operation than... 140,000 tonne per day like cnc.
I would also point out to evni....
nickle is not all about - ev batteries.
there's a whole other market that's moving at lightening
speed in which might surpass and takeover battery market,
and that is the .... hydrogen fuel cells using - nickel.
Not just vehicles...
but areonautics field, drones, smaller transportation
such as motorbikes... etc.
These battery metals are more valuable than what most think.
One out of the groud.. .aother owns it... for each geeration
of new product the battery metals ca be recycled ito.
Hence... auto manufacturers and others know it will
keep on giving -
Then there's also,
small fuel cell hydrogen plants - in which uses
nickel fuel cell tech to produce hydrogen in a decentralized
value - delivering hydrogen gas to homes etc...
And whose to say....
gas statios as we know them...
don't switch up to nickel fuel cells that host
water inside the cell wqith nickel salt and one simply
drives up to a - fuel station - swaps out a cylender fuel cell ?
Power could be prefferenced by, consumer for brand favorites.
Same as, fuel is graded at the pumps.
Nickel could offer ( possibly ) more charge in the nickel salt
inwhich porvides more - hydrogen - creating longer mielage
distances -
Again... nickel can be converted ot a salt.
same as the other salts like lithium, sodium, aluminum,
magnesium, cobalt, etc....
Salts are battery minerals.
Or... one converts them to metals.
RECAP - what i would do... ( who knows what evni will do )
- river power reduces costs per tonne - nearby peers who be envious
- make Ni metal
- 8,000 tonnes day ( first phase )
- co2 seq matches the 8,000 tonnes ( amount one can seq in 24/h )
- co2 credits ( $133./usd ) second option to reduce costs all the more
- 20 tonnes Ni metal / day
Not investment advice...
Just what i would do....
I have no idea what evni has for plans....
Just listening to an evni video while typing this post
and... Sean just said... paul whispers in his ear... lots.
lol
Which means... Sean is impressionable...
Convincable.
Let's see if my posts have an effect.
Tease.
It's the ability of the junior to convince larger interest of,
we can mine a low grade nickel deposit and reduce the costs
per tonne - using three methods...
- river free energy / hydorgne / electricty
- co2 more profits to reduce - per tonne cost
- produce metal ( more profits )
- longer mine life - with big profits YOY
There's the " hatrick " that would capture the attention
of larger players... which would mean, switching up
bioleach - to - electrolysis.
metal product - delivers nickel far faster to market.
I'll zip it for now...
eyes are worn from researching.
Cheers.....