Quarterly Report for the period ending 30 September 2018
SEPTEMBER QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS
GROUP
- Safety – no lost time injuries
NICKEL
Savannah
- Financing – $40 million project loan agreement executed, first drawdown scheduled for early November
- Processing – plant refurbishment work continuing, on schedule for commissioning in mid-November
- Revenue – on track for first concentrate shipment early in the March 2019 quarter
- Mining – mine services re-established and recommissioning of mobile plant on schedule
- Tailings Dam – work commenced on the 3m lift of the existing facility, due for completion in November
- Savannah North ventilation raise – drilling of the pilot hole commenced in August
- Recruitment – recruiting and on-boarding of site personnel well advanced
- Exploration – hand-held XRF analyses of samples from Frog Hollow drilling returned anomalous vanadium, assay results pending
Lanfranchi
- Project remains on care and maintenance with holding costs being offset by rental of accommodation village
- Project to be sold to Black Mountain Metals LLC for total cash consideration of $15.1 million, deposit of $1.51million received
GOLD
Gum Creek (51% indirect)
- Exploration and evaluation studies ongoing
- Project and corporate management being provided by Panoramic staff on a cost recovery basis
PGM
Panton
- Further metallurgical studies underway following initial positive results on the viability of producing a PGM concentrate and a chromite by-product stream
Thunder Bay North
- Discussions on exploration results and future plans for the Project ongoing
CORPORATE
Systems and procedures being updated in readiness for the Savannah Project restart
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