Advantages
are numerous:
§ Thanks to near surgical
precision, roughly 400% less ore needs to be extracted.
§ Since little or no
blasting is involved, there is virtually none of the wall damage
that is typical of standard extraction techniques, improving safety
and lowering costs.
§ The process requires a
fraction of the time needed in standard underground mining methods.
§ Mined ore needs
significantly less processing (milling) thanks to the very small
fragment size.
§ The method is
considered “green technology” as typically 80% less ore needs
to be extracted for the same metal content, massively reducing the
environmental footprint. The reduced footprint often facilitates a
faster path to permits, which in turn allows the gold to be mined
sooner.
§ There are dramatic
savings of water, fuel, electricity, and equipment.
§ Much more valuable ore
can be transported longer distances for refining, allowing for major
capex savings.
§ Overall production
costs (of precious metals, for example) are reduced by 30% to 60%.
This picture illustrates
just how precise thermal fragmentation is compared to conventional
vein mining, leading to the multiple advantages and cost reductions
I mentioned.
The implications of this
are simply huge. Suddenly, large amounts of valuable ore, previously
deemed unsafe and/or uneconomical to mine, are now profitable to
extract and can be converted from resources to reserves. There is
even a vast market of currently closed mines which can be brought
back into very profitable production.
Here’s the company
responsible for all of this…
How to Play This Remarkable Development?
The company I’m talking
about is Nippon Dragon Resources Inc. (TSX.V:
NIP). It’s a $4 million
nano-cap enterprise trading on Canada’s Toronto Venture Exchange.
Nippon Dragon already has distribution agreements in place with
partners in key markets in South Africa, Japan, Australia, and
neighboring countries. In 2014, the company’s South African
partner/distributor (MaXem) completed very successful demonstrations
to miners anxious for solutions to their numerous challenges. MaXem
has recently built and allocated three new Dragon Extractors, which
will begin work shortly. The company continues to work diligently to
improve and commercialize its equipment on a global scale. That’s
already bearing significant fruit and will over the next few years.
But Nippon has another
asset, one I consider strategically important: the Rocmec 1 Mine.
located in the top mining jurisdiction of Quebec, was acquired in
2005 and has seen $41 million invested so far. That includes
exploration and geological work, ramps, shafts, development, etc.
The mine is fully licensed and permitted.
In May 2010, the company
confirmed there were 479,100 ounces of gold in all categories at 3
grams/ton cutoff, and the deposit appears open in all directions.
Nippon plans to mine Rocmec 1’s gold using the Dragon Extractor,
earning thick profits on each ounce as one of the world’s
lowest-cost gold producers. That cash flow will be used to support
expansion plans. At the same time, the mine becomes a “showroom” to
demonstrate the effectiveness of its innovative mining technology to
prospective clients.
Now Is the Perfect Time to Buy!
With the Dragon Extractor,
every single stage of mining underground veins of gold is positively
impacted. It’s forcing engineers , mine planners, mine operators,
and even gold stock analysts to totally rethink how to plan,
develop, operate, and evaluate gold mines. We’re on the cusp of
nothing short of a mining revolution, and that’s even if gold prices
were to stay where they are now. Thanks to the Dragon, gold mining
is about to become insanely profitable.
Zoals
eerder reeds aangegeven was Nippon’s koers zelfs met meer dan de
sector trend gedaald dit jaar totdat Nippon’s unieke
mijnbouwmethode werd opgemerkt door Peter Krauth en de koers sterk
begon op te veren. Hoe vreemd het ook moge klinken is dat tot dusver
geen enkele mijnbouwer in deze fase nog met een eigen nieuwsbericht
te kennen wenste te geven in de slag te zijn met deze technologie.
Dit gebrek aan publiciteit werkt niet in het voordeel van de
bestaande beleggers die op goed moment moe werden van het lange
wachten en tot verkoop besloten. Na de koers tot 3 cent te hebben
zien dalen, zullen deze nu ongetwijfeld grote spijt hebben. Geduld
is soms een schone zaak! Niettegenstaande de plots immens grote
belangstelling voor Nippon’s stukken begreep ik dat de grootste
verkoopdruk uit Europa afkomstig bleek te zijn, kennelijk omdat
beleggers overdonderd waren en te laat of te vroeg zo men wil,
hebben gereageerd en dit ondanks mijn tijdige uitbrengen van
Krauth’s bericht.
Ongeacht de verdere publiciteit zullen de inkomstenstromen verder
groeien maar zullen pas zijn terug te vinden in de jaarcijfers. De
publicatie hiervan zal op z’n vroegst plaats vinden in februari
2016. Nippon’s aanvankelijke verwachting begin dit jaar dat de koers
tot CDN1 zou kunnen oplopen zal vooralsnog niet waargemaakt worden,
ook al omdat de aanloopfase van deze technologie in diverse mijnen
aanzienlijk meer tijd (gezien de aard van het gesteente, analyses,
calculaties, vervanging van apparatuur, scholing van personeel etc)
blijkt te vergen. Het belangrijkste blijft evenwel deze doorbraak in
de mijnbouw die onafwendbaar en onomkeerbaar is It’s only a matter
of time*, niet alleen waar het goud betreft maar ook zilver,
platina, koper, diamant etc. en zelfs in de tunnelbouw kan worden
toegepast. Hoe dan ook, Nippon is een aandeel om voor een reeks van
jaren te koesteren
Het koersbeeld spreekt
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