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Publisher: Kaiser Research Online
Author: Copyright 2013 John A Kaiser
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Metallica Resources Inc (MR-T)
| Metallica Resources' primary projects were its open pit heap leach mine at its gold-silver Cerro San Pedro deposit in Mexico and a 30% carried interest in the El Morro copper-gold deposit in Chile on which Falconbridge (Xstrata) was conducting a feasibility study when it announced a merger with Peak Gold and New Gold in March 2008. When the amalgation closed in June 2008 on the basis of .9 New Gold shares per Metallica share the transaction valued Metallica's resources of 4.8 million gold ounces and 2.1 billion pounds of copper at $720 million. |
Key to Understanding IPV Charts and Spec Value Hunter Tables
| An IPV Chart is a graphical presentation of a Spec Value Hunter table that has been constructed according to the Rational Speculation Model developed by John Kaiser. The IPV Chart allows speculators to identify which projects offer poor, fair or good speculative value in both absolute and relative terms. The speculative value depends on the project stage, the project's implied value as calculated by the company's fully diluted capitalization, stock price and net project interest, and the dream target deemed appropriate for the project. A dream target is what a project would be worth in discounted cash flow terms once in production. |
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| El Morro |  | 30% FC | Chile | 6-Prefeasibility |
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| El Morro 43-101 Economic Study (USD except where noted otherwise) |
| FS | May 9, 2008 |
| | El Morro |
| Mining Scenario | TR | Mining Costs |
| Mining Type: | OP |
| Cost Currency: | USD |
| Processing Type: |
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| Capital Cost: | $2,520,000,000 |
| Operating Rate: | 90,000 tpd |
| Sustaining Cost: | $606,000,000 |
| Operating Days: | 365 |
| Operating Cost: | $10.55/t |
| Strip Rate: | 3.7 |
| BC Cash Cost per Unit: USD | $1.00/lb Cu |
| Mine Life: | 14 years |
| BC Cash Cost Net By-Products: USD | $0.43/lb Cu |
| LOM Tonnage: | 450,234,000 t |
| BC All-In Cost Net By-Prod: USD | $1.07/lb Cu |
| Est Startup: |
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| Spot All-In Cost Net By-Prod: USD | $0.45/lb Cu |
| Production Potential |
| Metal 1 | Metal 2 | Metal 3 | Metal 4 |
| Metal: | Cu | Au | Ag |
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| Grade: | 0.58% | 0.46 g/t | 1.00 g/t |
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| Recovery: | 81.0% | 69.0% | 4.0% |
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| Annual Output: | 348,000,000 lb | 313,000 oz | 43,000 oz |
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| LOM Output: | 4,885,000,000 lb | 4,380,000 oz | 600,000 oz |
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| Base Case Price: | $2.80/lb | $625/oz | $11.50/oz |
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| Spot Price: | $3.10/lb | $1,315/oz | $16.47/oz |
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| Base Case NSR: | $29.66/t | $5.96/t | $0.02/t |
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| Spot NSR: | $32.84/t | $12.53/t | $0.02/t |
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| Base Case Valuation |
| Reported Valuation Currency: | USD |
| Pre-Tax NPV: | $2,278,000,000 |
| Discount Rate: | 8% |
| After-Tax NPV: | $1,086,000,000 |
| Total Base Case NSR USD: | $35.63/t |
| Pre-Tax IRR: | 21% |
| Total Spot NSR USD: | $45.39/t |
| After-Tax IRR: | 15% |
| Annual Pre-Tax Cash Flow Base Case and Net CF/FDSH USD: | $823,952,000 | $2.30 | Pre-Tax Payback: |
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| Annual Pre-Tax Cash Flow Spot and Net CF/FDSH USD: | $1,144,551,360 | $3.25 | After-Tax Payback: | 4.7 y |
| Enterprise Value CAD : | $756,242,102 | $7.44/sh | Share Price: | $7.35 |
| Note: |
| Comparative Valuations using Life of Mine Averages |
| Discount Rate: | 0% | 5% | 10% | 15% |
| Base Case Pre-Tax NPV USD: | $8,409,328,000 | $4,959,557,387 | $2,937,204,123 | $1,694,700,100 |
| Base Case Pre-Tax Net NPV/Sh USD: | $24.82 | $14.64 | $8.67 | $5.00 |
| Premium BC PT NPV over EV: | $19.03 | $8.85 | $2.88 | ($0.78) |
| Spot Pre-Tax NPV USD: | $12,897,719,040 | $7,981,936,387 | $5,084,254,381 | $3,290,581,159 |
| Spot Pre-Tax Net NPV/Sh: | $38.07 | $23.56 | $15.01 | $9.71 |
| Premium Spot PT NPV over EV USD: | $32.28 | $17.77 | $9.22 | $3.93 |
| The comparative NPV calculations assume constant annual cash flow based on the life of mine average annual payable production and CapEx spent in year one. The operating cost includes the LOM sustaining capital. Due to details such as ore scheduling these NPV figures may differ from those of the 43-101 economic study. |
| After-Tax Valuations using Spot By-Product Prices |
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