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2022 CIM Capital Projects Symposium
There are numerous methods of financing mining projects ranging from traditional project debt to alternative financing arrangements directly tied to metal prices such as net smelter royalties and offtake agreements. A project’s ability to fulfill its financing obligations is often analyzed by calculating the internal rate of return and financing…
2022 SME Annual Conference
Staged project development is pushed by the mining industry as a means of reducing capital costs and financing requirements. Companies justifying a staged development approach often rely on qualitative arguments and financial analysis that is unable to demonstrate the true value and risk management benefits of this approach. In this paper,…
IMVAL Workshop: Perspectives on mineral valuation
Greenfield exploration projects almost always have a significant value differential between the value stated in the economic analysis of the project’s NI43-101 report and the junior exploration company’s market capitalization. This differential may be used to attack the validity of the NI43-101 report and the junior exploration company. However, these criticisms demonstrate…
Resources Policy
The mining industry has traditionally used pilot programs to test new technologies and innovative business processes. The recent introduction of lean innovation methods further emphasizes the importance of pilot programs to improve innovation performance. Using Bayesian modelling, we demonstrate that a pilot program can create value regardless of whether there is a…
CIM Webinar Series
Greenfield exploration and the design study sequence used to advance early-stage projects are a critical sector of the mining industry that provides the new mines needed to replace existing operations as they become depleted. Investing in this part of the industry is widely recognized as highly risky given that most early-stage…
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