Discussion with Mark English | Auric Mining (ASX:AWJ) | Gold — Transcript
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- 0:36On the program today, we've got a
- 0:37returning guest back to update.
- 0:40Mr. Mark English is on the podcast.
- 0:43Mark is the managing director of Auric
- 0:45Mining, a Western Australia focused gold
- 0:48producer, project developer, and
- 0:50explorer with projects in the Kalgoorlie
- 0:52and Norseman regions of Western
- 0:54Australia's goldfields including the
- 0:57operating conventional open pit Munda
- 0:59gold mine, the Lindsay's mine
- 1:01development project, and exploration
- 1:04projects including Spargoville,
- 1:06Higginsville, Loaded Dog, and Chalice
- 1:08West.
- 1:09Auric Mining also holds the Burbanks
- 1:11processing facility, which is expected
- 1:13to provide an in-house processing
- 1:15facility in the coming years.
- 1:17Auric Mining is listed on the Australian
- 1:19Securities Exchange under the symbol A W
- 1:23J.
- 1:24Mark, thank you for coming back to
- 1:25update. Welcome.
- 1:27My pleasure, Andrew. Great to be with
- 1:29you.
- 1:30Yeah, Mark, great to have you back, and
- 1:32you guys have been busy with production.
- 1:35Guys are taking advantage of a great
- 1:36gold price here to capture some good
- 1:39capital and moving this company forward
- 1:41on a number of fronts including
- 1:43operations and also on developments and
- 1:45exploration as well.
- 1:47Well, why don't we get into company
- 1:48updates here first, Mark, and we'll come
- 1:50back to the market here a little bit
- 1:52later, but you guys have completed the
- 1:54starter pit shipments from the Munda
- 1:57gold mine with processing and gold sales
- 2:01completing during February.
- 2:03Talk about this progress on Munda so
- 2:05far, and also what you see as the next
- 2:07steps on operations at Munda.
- 2:10Thanks, Andrew. Yes, we completed mining
- 2:13the starter pit. We decided that we
- 2:15would do a starter pit to make sure that
- 2:17we understood the project, understood
- 2:19the resource better than just drilling.
- 2:22We did a starter pit. We've moved around
- 2:24a million tons of dirt. Um we produced
- 2:27about 125,000 tons of ore.
- 2:31We've now completed that on the 26th of
- 2:33January.
- 2:34We've done one parcel through the
- 2:36Lakewood mill in November, and you've
- 2:39seen the cash come through for that in
- 2:41our quarterly report, in our December
- 2:43report.
- 2:44We are still tracking um campaign two.
- 2:47We started processing at that mill again
- 2:49on the 26th of January.
- 2:51The timeline's about 3 weeks to process
- 2:54it. Um and it is our expectation to
- 2:57produce around 3,000 oz of gold out of
- 3:00campaign two.
- 3:02With that, as you guys complete campaign
- 3:05two, and that wraps up, uh looks like
- 3:07we'll have cash flow coming in sometime
- 3:10late February, possibly in early March
- 3:12to finish up there. What do you see as
- 3:14next steps there as far as where you
- 3:16guys want to go next as far as
- 3:18operations at Munda, and just give us a
- 3:20little bit of an outlook uh for the rest
- 3:22of the year at Munda.
- 3:24Yeah, Andrew, you're right. We will
- 3:26produce cash in last week of February,
- 3:29and then again there will be further
- 3:30cash payments in March this year. We'll
- 3:33do our first gold pour most probably
- 3:35tomorrow or Wednesday. Then it gets
- 3:38shipped to the refinery, um and then it
- 3:40takes about 10 days or so to sell the
- 3:42gold.
- 3:43So, once we've finished that work, and
- 3:46we've got all the data and information
- 3:48back from the mill,
- 3:50say by mid-March, we'll then reconcile
- 3:53what we expected to produce from our
- 3:56internal records and the actual results
- 3:58that we got back from the mill.
- 3:59We'll then look at the resource model.
- 4:01We will redo the resource model. Of
- 4:03course, the last resource model we did
- 4:05at Munda was way back in 2023.
- 4:09So, we need to update that with both the
- 4:12data and information that we get as well
- 4:14as the rapidly changing gold price.
- 4:17It is our desire then to start planning
- 4:20Munda to get into full-scale mining in
- 4:232027.
- 4:25We will have to redo our mine plans, our
- 4:28mine proposal, and our mine closure
- 4:30plans with the government department,
- 4:31with Australian government department.
- 4:34They say that they need 6 months to
- 4:36approve those plans in this current
- 4:38market. So, if we lodge that, say around
- 4:40near the 1st of April, mid-April
- 4:42sometime, we should get our permits by
- 4:45late October, early November. And it's
- 4:48our aim, with all things being equal, to
- 4:51start mining Munda in the full pit in Q1
- 4:542027.
- 4:56Thank you for walking us through that.
- 4:58So, we have some things to look forward
- 4:59to here on that front. And then with
- 5:02that, just remind the audience, there's
- 5:04probably some new folks that are
- 5:05listening in for the first time.
- 5:07As you guys look to scale up to full
- 5:09operation, this will be ongoing for a
- 5:12number of years.
- 5:14What is your thought as far as once you
- 5:15guys get up and running, kinks are done
- 5:18and out, and steady state, you know,
- 5:20what would be a rough expectation where
- 5:23you guys would be landing on, say,
- 5:25annual gold production from Munda?
- 5:28Excellent question, Andrew.
- 5:30With the rapidly changing gold price,
- 5:32you know, that target can move a lot. Of
- 5:35course, with a higher gold price, you're
- 5:37going to build a bigger pit.
- 5:38You're going to increase your resource
- 5:40because of again the economics.
- 5:43But it's our desire to get to be a 25 to
- 5:4630,000 oz producer per annum fairly
- 5:50quickly. We think that's achievable at
- 5:52Munda. Munda's quite a large resource.
- 5:54It's got about 3.6 million tons in it at
- 5:57a
- 5:58grade of about 1.23
- 6:00for a resource around 145,000 oz of
- 6:03gold. Of course, once you mine it, you
- 6:06don't take all the ounces out of it. But
- 6:08Andrew, given the gold price and what
- 6:10has happened since we last did that
- 6:12work, we will conduct further
- 6:15development and exploration expansion
- 6:18drilling at Munda.
- 6:19Um and we believe that there is a high
- 6:22probability that we can increase the
- 6:24size of that resource.
- 6:26Yeah, I think that's important to point
- 6:27out with this current price, you guys
- 6:30look to add in a few ounces that may
- 6:33have been cut off with the mine plan.
- 6:35And then of course, uh maybe there's
- 6:37some areas you guys may also, as you
- 6:39cash flow up a bit here,
- 6:41check a few other areas within that
- 6:42project to see what else can be had
- 6:45there. So, looking forward to seeing
- 6:47some of the progress on that, and of
- 6:48course, the permitting coming in. I
- 6:50think that's the next major milestone is
- 6:51that uh that permitting hurdle, and
- 6:53hopefully the government's on time with
- 6:55getting that done so you guys can get to
- 6:57work on that operation. So, I appreciate
- 7:00that. With that, you touched a little
- 7:02bit on some cash received for the
- 7:04quarter ending 31 December 2025.
- 7:07Um those results have come out. Just any
- 7:10highlights that you'd like to talk about
- 7:12in those operational results, and maybe
- 7:15some of your expectations looking
- 7:16forward.
- 7:18Our results in the December quarter were
- 7:20very strong for a small market cap like
- 7:23Auric. Auric still has a market cap
- 7:25around near $57 million. So, we're we're
- 7:28in a small category at this point in
- 7:30time. We've banked about $18.5 million
- 7:33in revenue from gold sales. The direct
- 7:36operating costs, and by that I mean
- 7:38trucking and milling and royalties, were
- 7:41around 6 million. So, Auric banked about
- 7:44$12 million in the December quarter back
- 7:47into our coffers, which basically repaid
- 7:50all the working capital. Our working
- 7:52capital spend, Andrew, for mining from
- 7:55the 1st of May through to the end of
- 7:57December was around 1.25
- 8:01million dollars a month. So, our opex
- 8:03burn was around $7-8 million. So, we've
- 8:06cashed up. You would have seen in the
- 8:08quarterly, Andrew, that we had around a
- 8:10bit below $7 million cash at bank as at
- 8:14the 31st of December.
- 8:16And it's our expectation, as I said a
- 8:18bit earlier, to produce around 3,000 oz
- 8:21of gold out of campaign two. Let's say
- 8:23you use an Aussie gold price of $7,000
- 8:26an oz. Now, that's another $21 million
- 8:29in gross revenue.
- 8:31Again, your direct out-of-pocket
- 8:33expenses will be about the same, around
- 8:366.5 to 7 million dollars. So, we could
- 8:39add about 15 million net cash to our
- 8:42bank account between now and the end of
- 8:44March, which would get us up to cash at
- 8:47bank around near somewhere between 18
- 8:50and 21 million dollars cash at bank by
- 8:52the 31st of March.
- 8:54Good to build up a bit of cash here as
- 8:56you guys come into bigger operations,
- 8:57and then also look at some exploration
- 8:59work as well, which I know we'll talk
- 9:01about here in just a moment. Before we
- 9:02do, I want to shift over to Burbanks
- 9:05processing plant.
- 9:07Um ongoing evaluation to look at a
- 9:10potential return to operation
- 9:12approximately 2028.
- 9:14Any updates for us on progress there at
- 9:16Burbanks and permitting work to get
- 9:18Burbanks up and turning?
- 9:21Yeah, Andrew, we actually had the first
- 9:23detailed discussion on it on Friday
- 9:26afternoon. So, your listeners might
- 9:28recall that we settled on Burbanks on
- 9:31the 30th of September. Um December and
- 9:33January is always pretty quiet in
- 9:35Australia. It's a summer holiday in
- 9:38Australia.
- 9:39So, everybody's back at work now.
- 9:42So, we had our first discussion Friday
- 9:45afternoon. We'll get the first
- 9:46preliminary numbers from the engineering
- 9:50and development team. We hope to get
- 9:52that Tuesday, Wednesday this week.
- 9:55We'll then look at those, and then we
- 9:56hope to have another meeting naturally
- 9:58in the week starting the 9th of
- 10:00February. And then we got to refine and
- 10:03start to make decisions about what we
- 10:05want to do. It's going to be a quite a
- 10:08large project for us. Um, it will take
- 10:11all of 2026 and most probably part of
- 10:132027. Um, but Andrew, we want to be in a
- 10:16position where we can control our own
- 10:19destiny. We want to be in a position
- 10:21where we can design our mine plan and
- 10:23feed our own ore into the mill, process
- 10:26it, and have control of the whole
- 10:28operating procedure.
- 10:30I think it's also fair to say, given the
- 10:32current gold price, toll milling
- 10:34facilities in the gold fields region,
- 10:37uh, are becoming very scarce. Price of
- 10:40gold where it is, anybody that's got any
- 10:41resource that's been stocked on a ROM
- 10:44pad somewhere is going to be looking for
- 10:46a home. So, it's going to be a strategic
- 10:50thing for Oraec to be able to develop
- 10:52Burbanks.
- 10:54Um, and that's one of our key drivers
- 10:55and key visions that we need to develop
- 10:58this year and early next year.
- 11:01That's excellent. Well, I thought it was
- 11:03a good opportunistic thing to do was to
- 11:05acquire this facility and then look at,
- 11:07uh, as cash flow allows and it makes
- 11:10sense get this facility back up and
- 11:12running. Mark, in the future, just with
- 11:14Burbanks, you know, as you guys get it
- 11:16up and running and it satisfies your
- 11:19needs from an Oraec operational
- 11:21standpoint, would there be any potential
- 11:23for you guys to look at allowing toll
- 11:26processing, uh, by others at the
- 11:28facility?
- 11:29There will be a possibility. The first
- 11:32thing that we have to decide with the
- 11:34with our advisers and and consultants is
- 11:38the size of the development. So,
- 11:41Burbanks at this point in time is
- 11:43licensed for around 180,000 ton per
- 11:46annum plant. That's too small. Okay? In
- 11:50the current OPEX costs, that would not
- 11:52be viable. So, we have to work out what
- 11:56size we build, whether you go up to
- 11:58500,000, 600,000,
- 12:01something like that. And then also
- 12:04whether you can stage it. And you can
- 12:06sort of get it up and running so that
- 12:08you can process 300,000 tons going
- 12:11through the mill fairly quickly, and
- 12:13then have capacity to add scale to it to
- 12:16build that facility up. With our Munda
- 12:19project, we would be able to keep it
- 12:21fairly full, but certainly we need
- 12:24additional resources to keep it 100%
- 12:28occupied.
- 12:29I think the phased approach makes the
- 12:31most sense here. So, I think you guys
- 12:32have the right plan of action there with
- 12:34respect to that. So, looking forward to
- 12:36seeing that advance, that initial
- 12:38startup going processing for Oraec, and
- 12:41then you guys look to a phased
- 12:43expansion, and then excess capacity gets
- 12:45filled potentially by toll processing.
- 12:47So, great plan on that front, Mark.
- 12:49Looking forward to seeing you guys
- 12:50advance that. Well, let's shift over to
- 12:54exploration work. Cover the plans for us
- 12:57there at, uh, Higginsville, Spargoville,
- 13:00Loaded Dog. Um, any plans there? What
- 13:02would be the priority plan if you guys,
- 13:05you know, if you're going to get
- 13:06something done on the exploration front
- 13:08this year, where would you go? And then
- 13:11also the timing to get on the ground and
- 13:13work that priority project, or maybe
- 13:16you're going to attack more than one.
- 13:18We're most probably going to attack more
- 13:20than one fairly quickly. It's our vision
- 13:23to put the foot on the accelerator and
- 13:24go pretty hard. In the current commodity
- 13:27market, gold market, we need to, um,
- 13:29speed up our work.
- 13:31We've actually completed in the December
- 13:34quarter the heritage surveys required
- 13:36with the traditional owners at
- 13:38Higginsville and Loaded Dog. We've
- 13:40already got clearance at Spargoville, so
- 13:43we've done that previously.
- 13:45We've engaged the operators to go in and
- 13:48start to clear the drill pads, and we
- 13:50intend to do that later this month.
- 13:53We've booked the drill rigs to go out
- 13:55there and start in April this year.
- 13:58Um, so it's our desire to have
- 14:00one or two teams operating at both
- 14:03Higginsville {slash} Loaded Dog and at
- 14:05Spargoville in Q2 this year.
- 14:09Well, looking forward to seeing that. I
- 14:10think that provides you guys having that
- 14:13exploration kicker with the operational
- 14:15cash flows coming out of Munda. I think
- 14:17that's a great way to approach this,
- 14:18especially in this market. And resource
- 14:21add to the portfolio, I think will be
- 14:23well rewarded as we continue down the
- 14:26road here within this gold market. So,
- 14:28appreciate that, Mark, and looking
- 14:29forward to seeing you guys get on the
- 14:31ground there and get the drills turning.
- 14:33With that, why don't we shift over to
- 14:37updates on the Lindsay's gold project,
- 14:40um, as far as getting remaining
- 14:42tenements secured. Uh, just any update
- 14:44on that front.
- 14:47Yeah, that's held us back. It's been a
- 14:49bit of a problem. Um, it's a problem not
- 14:51of our making. We, uh, executed the
- 14:55agreement to buy that project in
- 14:56February 2025.
- 14:59Your listeners may recall we settled on
- 15:01three of the seven tenements.
- 15:03We've taken control and management of
- 15:05the largest tenement in the Warden's
- 15:07Court. Um, the next hearing date of
- 15:11filing of evidence is the 20th of
- 15:13February.
- 15:14We hope that the evidence filed will
- 15:17move it on to a stage where we can
- 15:19complete that acquisition. Look at stage
- 15:22this. The plaintiff has to lodgies, um,
- 15:26documentation by the 20th of Feb. I
- 15:28think our response date 7th, 8th of
- 15:30March, and then there's a hearing date
- 15:32sometime in April. We're very confident
- 15:35that we're going to win, but of course,
- 15:37you can never say never in, um,
- 15:39legal matters. But it's our desire to
- 15:43get working on there. We've actually had
- 15:44people up on the ground, um, couple of
- 15:46weeks ago doing some preliminary work up
- 15:49at Lindsay's.
- 15:50And, you know, Andrew, it's our second
- 15:53major project after Munda. It's the
- 15:55project that we want to get, uh,
- 15:57operational.
- 15:59Uh, it's a project that we believe that
- 16:00we can get mining quickly, and again
- 16:03start operations and producing gold. So,
- 16:06we're very keen and focused to resolve
- 16:08these issues in the Warden's Court, um,
- 16:11so that we can get Lindsay's operational
- 16:14this year.
- 16:16Assuming that we do get everything
- 16:18settled, and it sounds like you're
- 16:20pretty confident that things would be
- 16:22resolved potentially this year, 2026.
- 16:25Let's just say it did stretch towards
- 16:27the end of the year on getting
- 16:28everything resolved. What do you think
- 16:30would be the time frame to get to first
- 16:34ore ready to go or even first production
- 16:37of gold? What would you say there just
- 16:39on that front?
- 16:40Look, Andrew, another excellent
- 16:43question. We would anticipate
- 16:46being able to get it into production
- 16:48within 6 months of settlement. Okay?
- 16:52We've got work that we're doing now
- 16:54behind the scenes, uh, work that we're
- 16:56doing with with the relevant technical
- 16:58people.
- 17:00We want to be able to mine it. So,
- 17:02Lindsay's is a very simple simple
- 17:05business. It's the gold is visible.
- 17:09Um, it's quite easy simple mining
- 17:10operation.
- 17:12The trick will be having a home to get
- 17:14it into a mill.
- 17:16It's always It was always our desire to
- 17:18move our team from Munda virtually
- 17:21straight to Lindsay's and to be able to
- 17:23develop the ore, complete it in the
- 17:25Burbanks in 2027.
- 17:28Yeah, it has slid. Um, we can't do
- 17:31anything about that, but it is still our
- 17:34view and our desire to get Lindsay's
- 17:36into operational later this year so that
- 17:39we can start to build up some ore on our
- 17:42ROM pad at Lindsay's for delivery to the
- 17:45Burbanks mill or another mill in 2027.
- 17:4927, late 27 is is a target still. I
- 17:52think that's a good one to have. At
- 17:54least you guys will be busy with
- 17:56operations at Munda. It'd be nice to get
- 17:59this going as soon as possible for
- 18:00obvious reasons, but the pipeline looks
- 18:03pretty good, and there is a bit of slack
- 18:04left. So, I appreciate you, uh, looking
- 18:07at this and continuing to have this as a
- 18:08major focus to move forward as soon as
- 18:10possible, and the good thing is Munda
- 18:12will be providing that cash flow in the
- 18:15meantime and keep the crew occupied, so
- 18:18to speak, for the time being. And then
- 18:19also to be able to get material over to
- 18:22Burbanks rather than having to take it
- 18:23somewhere else is a good plus, even if
- 18:26it's a little bit of a stock pile for a
- 18:28time being. Just coming back briefly to
- 18:30the administrative side, we did talk
- 18:32about cash on hand, quarterly report
- 18:34details there.
- 18:36Uh, we do have payments, cash flows
- 18:38coming for the company in February and
- 18:40also into March. Just talk a little bit
- 18:43about where we stand on capital
- 18:45structure as far as current shares
- 18:47outstanding, Mark, and of course, the
- 18:49key shareholders.
- 18:51So, we're still fairly small issued
- 18:54capital. We have just below 190 million
- 18:56shares on issue. So, it's still pretty
- 19:00tight. Our top 20 still controls a bit
- 19:02above 50% of the issued capital.
- 19:05We have one large substantial
- 19:08shareholder whose name is Jeffrey
- 19:09Barkoff. Um, he's in Melbourne. He owns
- 19:13about 8% of the business. The directors
- 19:16collectively, the three directors, Steve
- 19:18Morris, John Utley, and myself hold
- 19:21about 12%. So, between the four of us,
- 19:24we've got, you know, 20 odd percent or
- 19:26thereabouts. There's a couple of other
- 19:28key shareholders that are friends of
- 19:31mine. We have two small funds on our
- 19:34register. Both the Lao Fund and the Debt
- 19:36Capital Fund have got small positions in
- 19:39Oraec, not not large by any stretch of
- 19:42the imagination. But in the last raise
- 19:44that we did in May last year, both Debt
- 19:47Debt Capital and Lao came onto our
- 19:49register. They're very supportive with
- 19:51us. I make sure that I catch up with
- 19:54them two or three times a year. And it's
- 19:56always our desire and goal, Andrew, like
- 19:58every business to to grow that
- 20:00institutional base.
- 20:02I think until we get our market cap up
- 20:05closer to a 100 million market cap, most
- 20:07of those institutions won't come and
- 20:09take a position because we're too small.
- 20:12So, it's our goal to sort of work the
- 20:14business up. If we if we keep generating
- 20:17cash, keep building our ounces, have a
- 20:20clear strategy on Burbanks. You know,
- 20:23those three key drivers, I think will
- 20:25move the business to that next level.
- 20:28And then we'll be able to get some
- 20:29smaller institutions under our register.
- 20:33Yeah, I think that makes sense, Mark. I
- 20:35appreciate you walking through that. And
- 20:36you guys have skin in the game, I think
- 20:39as you guys start to get a little bit
- 20:40more attention and traction as this
- 20:42market progresses and you guys hit on
- 20:44those milestones that you mentioned. Uh
- 20:46certainly, I see the value increase here
- 20:48would be coming in due course.
- 20:50Any thoughts on the market before we
- 20:53wrap up?
- 20:54Okay. So, the gold market, we see the
- 20:57gold market be very strong. We only
- 20:59talking in our business about the gold
- 21:02price in AUD. Of course, most people
- 21:05talk about it in US dollar terms and
- 21:07then you do the conversion between AUD
- 21:09and USD. But as we have no debt, as we
- 21:13have no hedging, as we have no exposure
- 21:16to international currencies, we're very
- 21:18focused on the gold price in Australian
- 21:21dollar terms.
- 21:22Look, it did go go crazy last week
- 21:24getting up to about 7,900 Australian. It
- 21:28was just going too fast. And like
- 21:30everybody knows in life, the the quicker
- 21:32you rise, the harder you fall.
- 21:35So, the gold price since last Friday and
- 21:37today has come off around 13%. It's
- 21:40around 6,800 Aussie. It's still a ripper
- 21:43price. Yeah, Andrew, when we were
- 21:45selling gold from Jeffries find in 2024,
- 21:49we averaged out about 3,200 dollars
- 21:52Australian. So, realistically, you're
- 21:54talking about
- 21:56your gold price being double. So, I
- 21:59still see the gold price is very strong.
- 22:02I still see all the drivers for the gold
- 22:04price, you know,
- 22:05the political, the debt risk, the the
- 22:07insecurity. I still see all those things
- 22:10prevalent. So, I would expect gold price
- 22:12to remain quite buoyant. Anything for us
- 22:15above 6,500 Australian is outstanding as
- 22:18far as we're concerned.
- 22:20The equity markets, of course, are very
- 22:22bullish. I think your president, Andrew,
- 22:25is very determined to, using his own
- 22:28language, get the place moving. I think
- 22:30all the commodities are very strong. You
- 22:32know, gold, silver, uranium, platinum,
- 22:35even nickel and lithium are showing some
- 22:37sparks of life.
- 22:38So, I think the equity markets are going
- 22:40to be in a very good position. We are
- 22:42very bullish for the next 3 years. And
- 22:45everything as far as we are concerned,
- 22:47being a gold producer in one
- 22:49jurisdiction called Kalgoorlie, we
- 22:52couldn't be happier.
- 22:54It's good to be focused locally there
- 22:55where you guys are and some of this
- 22:57bigger stuff just passes overhead and
- 22:59you're good to go. And most certainly,
- 23:01being able to operate in the home
- 23:03currency always a plus there to stay
- 23:06within that market. Certainly, too, I
- 23:08think it's important that while there's
- 23:11always going to be corrections and
- 23:12volatility
- 23:14in commodity prices such as gold,
- 23:16looking back a couple years, we're still
- 23:19sitting quite well. And these things are
- 23:21healthy sometimes to happen. And
- 23:23certainly, we've got some very good
- 23:26conditions to maintain a pretty healthy
- 23:28price in the years to come the way
- 23:30things are headed here. So, appreciate
- 23:32your thoughts on that. Appreciate your
- 23:33thoughts on how the equities are looking
- 23:35as well. And well, why don't we leave it
- 23:36there for this update. For potential
- 23:38investors who are listening in, Auric
- 23:40Mining has a market capitalization of
- 23:42about 60 million Australian dollars. Why
- 23:46should the company be considered within
- 23:48the institutional family office and
- 23:50retail investors portfolio at this
- 23:52stage?
- 23:53Andrew, come the end of March,
- 23:56I expect us to have 20 million dollars
- 23:59give or take in the bank.
- 24:01So, that gives us an enterprise value of
- 24:0340 million dollars, which we think is
- 24:05incredibly cheap.
- 24:07We have two projects, both Munday and
- 24:09Lynjees, that have got resources on it
- 24:11that are on granted mining leases that
- 24:14we can get into production.
- 24:16We're going to build, repair, fix,
- 24:19whatever the right word is, the Burbanks
- 24:21facility so that we can control our own
- 24:23destiny.
- 24:25We've got an excellent landholding
- 24:27around Kalgoorlie, Kambalda,
- 24:30Widgiemooltha in WA, outstanding gold
- 24:33jurisdiction. Most of our projects,
- 24:36Andrew, are within an hour of
- 24:37Kalgoorlie, all on bitumen.
- 24:40To get to our Munday project, for
- 24:42example, you only drive 5 km on the
- 24:45gravel road.
- 24:46So, we can haul trucks from Munday to
- 24:49Kalgoorlie hour and a half, hour and 45
- 24:52minutes. You know, it's a it's a
- 24:53fantastic place to be.
- 24:56You know, everybody knows Kalgoorlie,
- 24:59Northern Star Goldfields, Westgold,
- 25:01Pantoro
- 25:03are just some of the big gold companies
- 25:05in the world that operate in that
- 25:07jurisdiction. So, everything that you
- 25:10need to run a business like Auric,
- 25:11Andrew, is 100% available to you within
- 25:15an hour's drive of all our projects.
- 25:18Appreciate your thoughts on that and
- 25:20where you guys are focused, it's a great
- 25:21place to be. And with that, for the
- 25:24audience, anybody who wants to reach
- 25:26out, what's the best way for them to
- 25:27make contact?
- 25:28Send me an email. I'll always respond to
- 25:31an email. My details are on every
- 25:33announcement. My mobile phone's there.
- 25:35If you want to ring me up, you can
- 25:37WhatsApp or Telegram me. Um and
- 25:40realistically, I have have a view that I
- 25:44endeavor to get back to anybody that
- 25:46contacts me within 48 hours.
- 25:48So, that's one of my personal goals and
- 25:51ambitions. Um so, any of your listeners,
- 25:53Andrew, that want to ask me any
- 25:55questions, please feel free to either
- 25:57email or phone me.
- 26:00Mark, well, thank you for the update on
- 26:02Auric. We're looking forward to seeing
- 26:03further results with Munday operations
- 26:05and other work in the coming months.
- 26:06Thank you.
- 26:08My pleasure. Thanks for having me.
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