On which exchanges do your shares trade at the moment?
TSX-V (CZH)
Can you describe your company and what it does?
Crazy Horse Resources is a Vancouver based mineral exploration company, that is focused on developing the Taysan Copper-Gold Porphyry Project, in Batangas Province, Philippines. The Taysan Project is an advanced copper-gold porphyry deposit.
What distinguishes your company from others in your space?
Crazy Horse is distinguished from others in its space by a number of factors.
- One factor is the robust economics of the property. Another key driver is the low waste:ore ratio of 0.56:1 versus industry average of 2.5:1.
- The project is proximal (~20km) from the largest port in the Philippines with major infrastructure or power and roads.
- Another large differential is Crazy Horses proximity to the largest copper consumers in the world. By operating in the Philippines they are in the back door of China, Japan, and Korea.
- Taysan copper concentrate is extremely clean with no deleterious penalty elements. This commodity will be highly desired by importers that need to blend it with dirty concentrates.
- Management is another key differential. President and CEO Johan Raadsma brings over 20 years of experience operating in the Philippines. He recently held a senior position with CGA mining and was responsible for bringing their Masbate gold mine from feasibility into production; the largest gold mine in the Philippines.
Please explain why you have chosen to work in the Philippines.
We choose to work in the Philippines for a number of factors. The country is mineral endowed and has exciting exploration and development opportunities. It ranks in the top three for copper and gold in the world. We also felt the Philippines was overlooked by many investors in the late 1990’s and gave us the chance to acquire exceptional properties for a discount compared to other areas of the world. The Philippines is also a very mining friendly jurisdiction and manageable for responsible mineral developers with in-country experience as shown by the Masbate Gold experience. It has good infrastructure and a working legal system
What are your flagship projects?
Crazy Horse’s flagship project is the Taysan Copper-Gold Porphyry Project.
What are the pros and cons of working in Philippines?
Pros:
- The access to undervalued properties
- Well thought out mining law on par with countries like Canada, US and Australia
- Skilled, cost effective labor
- Established infrastructure
Cons:
- Shortage of experienced mining engineers and production geologist
- Country has in places a stigma branded by NGO’s
- High cost of commercial power.
What is the outlook for the commodities that you are focused on?
The outlooks for commodities we focus on are very encouraging. The general industry consensus is that copper supply is in deficit due to increase in demand from China last year on year (10%), rest of the world demand also by approximately 10% year on year against mine supply increase of 1%. We see copper prices in 2011 and 2012 at the $10,000/MT mark or higher. Typically we see the periodic low copper prices at higher levels.
What are the main challenges that you face in operating your business?
Since Crazy Horse is a small cap exploration company with extensive Philippines experience. The key challenge will be to market and unlock the true project value upon completion of the bankable feasibility study.
How are you dealing with these challenges?
We deal with these challenges by ensuring we have the right people, plans, and teams in place. We have appointed AMEC-Minproc as study managers. In 2011 we will also appoint corporate advisers to advise on the strategic options for project development. In parrallel we have appointed Kin Communications to keep our shareholders abreast of any project news as we move forward.
What is the target market?
Crazy Horses target markets are large copper and gold consumer countries like China, Korea, Japan, India and other BRICK nations. For the magnetite we are looking at the Philippines itself, which is a net importer of steel.
Who are your competitors?
Consider the growing gap between copper concentrate supply and demand and the high quality concentrate at low C1 costs we have no major competitors in Asia. Key competition comes from our future demand of skilled technical staff in a growing Philippines minerals industry.
Who owns Crazy Horse (major shareholders)?
Management 21%
Majority institutional investors from Canada, US, UK, Switzerland and Australia hold 10-15% of the remaining shares
How many employees do you have?
We have five senior people on our management team with 23 core staff managing the operations. And indirectly have others who work on contract and project basis to help increase share holder value.
What will your ball park revenues be this year?
Nil
What would you say is the biggest risk for investors in your stock?
-COMMODITY PRICE RISK
-OVERALL MARKET RISK
- Sovereign Risk
How much cash do you have on hand?
$10M from financing still to close + $3.5m as of 01 January, 2011
What is your monthly cash burn rate?
$600,000 per month with a fixed burn rate of $100,000 per month
Do you have sufficient funding for the forseeable future or will you be going back to the market for more capital?
Financed through to July . However, $30-$40M is desired by July, 2011 to be completely financed through a bankable feasibility study for delivery mid 2012.
Is there anything that sets you apart in terms of the type of technologies that you are using?
No
Describe some of your major achievements in the past 12 months?
-Successful vend in of Taysan Copper Project
-Completion of a Scoping Study, including 10 drill holes one month ahead of schedule
-Raising of $18.5M
-Becoming a Tier 1 issuer
What do your shareholders have to look forward to in the coming year?
-NI 43-101 compliant copper resource
-increased investor awareness
-Increase in resources
-completion of a Pre Feasibility study
-the Raising of an additional $30-$40m
Has your company been profitable, and will it continue to be in the future?
The company does not generate any revenue but rather unlocks inherent value
If not, why not? It is an explorer
Who are the key players on your management team?
-Johan Raadsma- built and runs CGA Mining’s Masbate Gold Mine, based in Phillipines for 20 years
-Brian Lueck- based in Philippines for 20 years, COO of Copper Development Corp- raised $65m recently
-Darryl Cardey- involved in many successful mining companies
- Senior geology team of Geoff Boswell, Max Tuesley, Ed Manual and Rex Motton
- Dr Ernie Mendoza, one fo the country’s foremost experts on CSR in the Philippines
What kind of experience do they bring to the table?
- Philippines experience with a focus on feasibility studies, exploration, permitting and early stage project development
What are the prospects for expansion at Crazy Horse?
Plans to add in one more exploration project in 2011 upon completion of the Taysan drilling.
Disclosure: Crazy Horse is a Stockhouse client.