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Dalradian Resources announced results from the ongoing underground infill drill program at its Curraghinalt project in Northern Ireland.
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Dalradian Resources (TSX:DNA)
Price: $0.87
Market cap: $141 million
Cash estimate: $45 million
Project: Curraghinalt
Country: Northern Ireland
Ownership: 100 percent
Resources: 2.98 Mt @ 10.34 g/t Au indicated
Project status: Prefeasibility underway
- Dalradian Resources announced results from its ongoing underground infill drilling program on its 100% owned Curraghinalt project in Northern Ireland. Dalradian acquired the project in December 2009 and subsequently raised $39 million in 2010 through an IPO.
- Highlights from the current infill drilling within the central part of the known Curraghinalt deposit include 4.40 metres grading 54.84 g/t Au in the 106-16 vein and 4.74 metres of 15.26 g/t Au from the No.1 vein. The 1,100 metres underground development and 20,000 metre infill drilling program is designed to upgrade the inferred resource into the indicated class and to increase the confidence in the continuity of the nine principle veins. The known mineralization occurs as narrow veins over an area of approximately 1.7 kilometres of the 12 kilometer Curraghinalt trend.
- In January 2014, the Company announced an updated 43-101 compliant indicated resource estimate of 2.98 million tonnes grading 10.34 g/t Au with an additional 8.01 million tonnes of 9.67 g/t Au in the inferred class. The Company expects to complete an updated resource estimate by Q4/2015 with a subsequent prefeasibility by year end. With $45 million in cash, the Company is well funded to complete the necessary drilling and prefeasibility study.
- The October 2014 PEA outlined a low capital cost, high-margin project with a post-tax NPV (8%) of $366 million and an IRR of 29.9% using a $1,024 gold price. At a $1,200 gold price the NPV (8%) increases to $504 million and the IRR to 36.2%. Including a $48 million contingency, the project is projected to come in at a relatively low $249 million capital cost with a 2.6 year payback. The cash operating costs are projected at $485 per ounce gold.
Curraghinalt history: First gold reported nearby in 1652. Rio Tinto explores for base metals (1970s). Dalradian acquires in 2009 after 56 historical holes.
Current drilling: 4.40 metres @ 54.84 g/t Au; 4.74 metres @ 15.26 g/t Au.
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