 Silver on Sale
Bob Moriarty
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May 6, 2009
Minco Silver (MSV-T) has been on sale all this
year, ranging from a low of about $1.00 to a high of $1.60 Canuk.
Given five ounces of silver per share, I don't expect that to
last very much longer. With $13.00 cash silver, silver in the
ground for $.22 US looks pretty cheap to me.
They have moved forward nicely
a few days ago with the announcement of getting
the Mining Area Permit for their giant 157 million ounce
silver project in China called Fuwan.
The feasibility study for the
project is due out later this month but early figures on Sedar
indicate a cost of production including credits for lead and
zinc of $2.40 per ounce of silver. They are estimating a cost
of mining of $29 a ton which seems reasonable and a capex of
$57 million. All figures are in Canadian dollars from 2007 so
naturally there will be some modifications later this month.
But those projections included a robust 38% IRR (Internal Rate
of Return) at a silver price of $12 going up to 53% IRR at $16
silver.
Minco Silver is one of very
few pure silver plays in the market. Fuwan and the Sunshine Mine
in Idaho are 2 of only 23 pure silver deposits worldwide. There
are minor credits for lead and zinc at Fuwan but silver is the
primary metal.
Fuwan is an incredible project
highly leveraged to the price of silver. The 2007 figures show
a NPV of $111 million at $12 silver and 50% higher at $186 million
at $16 silver. For the silver bugs reading, there aren't a lot
of silver projects around as sweet as this and few selling silver
at $.22 an ounce US.
The Mining Area Approval Permit
(MAP) is similar to what a zoning permit would be for going from
a residential project to commercial zoning. It's one of those
permits required by Chinese law to actually mine and it's a major
step forward for Minco. The next box to be checked prior to production
will be the EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) that will be
filed in a couple of months.
Minco Silver is one of the
tightest of silver companies with a tiny 31 million shares outstanding.
I suspect it's as well positioned as Silvercorp was a couple
of years ago before its run to $25. With a short 18 months to
production, a bet on Minco is a cheap option on silver.
There will be news being released
shortly on the status of Minco and the Sunshine mine. Until then
Minco remains one of the most undervalued pure silver plays.
 Minco Silver
MSV-T $1.30 (May 05, 2009)
MISVF-OTCBB 31.2 million shares
Minco Silver website
Bob Moriarty
President:
321gold
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Disclosure: Minco Silver is an
advertiser and we are biased. We have been given options in lieu
of cash for advertising in the past so we do have a giant vested
interest in seeing Minco Silver succeed. Do your own due diligence.
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