Condor Gold confidence boosted further as La India starter-pits unearth high grade drill results
The plan is to quicken the mine's 'payback period' by prioritising the high-grade starter-pits at La India.
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Condor Gold PLC is a gold exploration and development company with a focus on Nicaragua in Central America.
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The plan is to quicken the mine's 'payback period' by prioritising the high-grade starter-pits at La India.
The company raised a total of £8.0mln after expenses during the year and ended 2020 with a net cash balance of £4.2mln
The result from LIDC406 “is highly encouraging and adds considerable confidence to the geological model, the mineral resource and reserve calculation and mine plan”, said chairman and chief executive Mark Child
The La India project contains 1.14mln ounces of gold indicated, and 1.18mln ounces inferred
The money raised will be used to support ongoing work at Condor's La India gold project in Nicaragua.
Condor is highly experienced at operating in Nicaragua
Condor already boasts a resource of 1.2mln ounces at La India, and will now look to increase it
Condor has been steadily working towards the construction stage at La India
“Mining the higher grade will bring forward cashflow, shorten the payback period and enhance project economics," highlighted chief executive Mark Child
"The initiation of site preparation at Mina La India marks a significant landmark in the company's development"
Condor Gold will initiate production from starter pits
Work to bring La India to 'shovel-ready' status is ongoing
Condor Gold has a significant gold resource at La India
Condor is targeting production of 120,000 ounces of gold per annum from open-pit material for 7 years.
The company said it has acquired 85% of the land within the permitted open pit mine site infrastructure, including several key areas of the project
Condor could be sitting on a five million ounce district play at La India
Archive
Condor Gold* (LON:CNR) – Non-executive director’s share purchase Jangada Mines (LON:JAN) – Further drilling results from the Pitomberias vanadium property Petropavlovsk (LON:POG) – Court ruling remain pending and a new GM requisition SolGol
The group has placed 18.1mln units at 36.5p, with the units comprising one ordinary share in Condor plus half a warrant with a strike price of 40p
Condor Gold has built up a sizeable gold resource at La India
Condor now has 1.12mln ounces of gold permitted for extraction