Metals Exploration
Metals Exploration Plc's primary objective is to discover and develop high value mineral resources within the Southeast Asia - Pacific region with particular emphasis on the Philippines. The Company is focused on increasing shareholder value through the acquisition, development and production from mineral resources, particularly gold, base metals and nickel.
A team of well qualified directors with a mix of complimentary skills and experience makes Metals Exploration a versatile explorer with a current portfolio of outstanding gold, base metals, and nickel projects. The Company has an aggressive strategy of reviewing opportunities as they arise with the aim of expanding and adding to its existing projects and resource base.
Hanson Westhouse says 'hold' Metals Exploration after Runruno gold-moly project update
Hanson Westhouse put a 'hold' rating on Metals Exploration (AIM: MTL) after the Philippines focused miner updated the resource estimate for its Runruno gold-molybdenum project, which reduced the overall resource after this year’s drilling did not support the previous interpretation of the inferred resource around the fringe of the deposit, but inceased the measured and indicated resource.
The new estimate reduced the contained gold estimate from 2Moz (million ounces) to 1.5Moz and the contained molybdenum from 34.4 million lbs to 25.4 million lbs, however, 57% of the updated resource is now in the measured and indicated categories, while drilling campaigns to expand this resource continue. Measured gold resource has doubled from 270,000 oz to 560,000 oz.
The geology still supports the interpretation of the mineralisation and the area remains a prospective exploration target, with its prospectivity currently being tested by ongoing drilling operations. Metals Exploration has also noted that artisanal miners were active within the area, giving a strong indication of the occurrence of additional mineralisation. So far, only about 20% of the complex has been explored, providing a possibility for discovery of further mineralisation.
In its note headlined "Less Ounces, More Certainty", the broker said the company will now have to complete an optimization study to consider the updated resource estimate and investigate the economic implications of a smaller operation. Hanson Westhouse analysts are expecting the feasibility study to be completed on its previously targeted timeframe of January 2010.
"We recommend that investors HOLD the stock until an optimisation study has been completed to provide confirmation of the economic viability of Runruno," Hanson Westhouse added.
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Other Metals Exploration news
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26/01/10 Metals Exploration targets 100,000 oz gold and 1 million lbs molybdenum per yr at Runruno for 10 yrs
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26/01/10 Metals Exploration targets 100,000 oz gold and 1 million lbs molybdenum per yr at Runruno for 10 yrs
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22/12/09 Metals Exploration step-out drilling potentially expands Runruno gold-molybdenum deposit, Philippine
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22/12/09 Metals Exploration step-out drilling potentially expands Runruno gold-molybdenum deposit, Philippines
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19/11/09 Metals Exploration upgrades Measured resource for Runruno gold-moly project in Philippines, overall resource lower
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29/10/09 Metals Exploration’s Runruno gold-molybdenum project endorsed by Philippines President Arroyo; shares soar
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07/09/09 Metals Exploration resource drilling at Runruno in the Philippines ahead of schedule
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10/08/09 Metals Exploration - location, location, location
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06/08/09 Metals Exploration permit extended for Runruno gold project, Philippines
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02/06/09 Metals Exploration still a ‘buy’ at Growth Equities & Company Research
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