『Solstice Minerals' Major Copper Discover in WA - Nick Castleden (ASX: SLS)』のカバーアート

Solstice Minerals' Major Copper Discover in WA - Nick Castleden (ASX: SLS)

Solstice Minerals' Major Copper Discover in WA - Nick Castleden (ASX: SLS)

無料で聴く

ポッドキャストの詳細を見る

【Amazonプライム会員限定】今ならプレミアムプランが4か月 月額99円。

10月19日まで。※適用条件あり
Solstice Minerals has a major copper discovery in Western Australia and appears set to develop a super pit of copper 100 kilometres south of Meekatharra. Guest Bio Nick Castleden is Managing Director and CEO of Solstice Minerals Limited (ASX: SLS). He is a geologist with more than 25 years' experience in mineral exploration and development, holding a BSc (Hons) in Geology from the University of Western Australia. He has worked with Mt Isa Mines, Perilya Mines, MPI Mines and LionOre across exploration, project generation and management roles in Africa, North and South America and Australia, with particular expertise in Western Australian gold, nickel and base metal exploration. Prior to joining Solstice, he was Managing Director of Apollo Consolidated Ltd until its acquisition by Ramelius Resources in late 2021. He commenced as CEO and Managing Director of Solstice Minerals in January 2023. Produced by Resource Media The Hole Truth: Mining Investment Podcast is a product of Read Corporate. Please note that Read Corporate does not provide investment advice and investors should seek personalised advice before making any investment decisions. Links The Hole Truth LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/the-hole-truth-podcast The Hole Truth YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI4sZkSfEpPi_u7OrD7lQ- tZHbdy6EhCC The Hole Truth Website: https://resourcesrisingstars.com.au/the-hole-truth-podcast/ The Hole Truth Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theholetruthpodcast/ Company Website: https://solsticeminerals.com.au/ Key Insights The Nanadie discovery is open in every direction. Solstice's Nanadie Copper-Gold Project, roughly 100km south-east of Meekatharra in WA's Murchison district, is currently traced along 1.2km of strike with a mineralised host gabbro 100-200 metres wide. Recent deep diamond drilling shows the system remains wide open at depth, while RC drilling is extending it further north and south, giving Solstice multiple avenues for near-term resource growth. Deep drilling is confirming scale, not just a surface story. A 629-metre hole returned multiple long runs of over 1% copper, and a follow-up hole drilled to roughly 800 metres hit similar high-grade material in the same host rock before running out of drill rods. Castleden points to these paired deep intercepts as evidence of a genuinely large volume of mineralised rock, with potential for a second, underground stage of the deposit beneath the open pit. The resource is expected to grow materially from its starting point. Solstice acquired an existing Inferred Mineral Resource of roughly 40 million tonnes, compiled from several previous owners' drilling with no clearly defined margins. Castleden says the company's own drilling has already shown the deposit extends well beyond that footprint in every direction, and expects the next resource update to be materially larger than the one it started with. A strong balance sheet is funding an aggressive, dilution-free drill campaign. With around $45 million in cash and no debt, Solstice can keep multiple rigs turning without needing to raise capital in the near term. The stock now has three broker analysts covering it, and six analysts are visiting the site the following week, reflecting growing institutional interest in a rare tier-one scale copper discovery in Western Australia. Solstice remains firmly in exploration mode, with a separate gold asset as a bonus. The board and management, all geologists with meaningful equity in the company, are focused squarely on drilling out Nanadie rather than mine planning at this stage, with early metallurgical, water and flora-fauna studies just getting underway. Solstice also holds a separate gold package near Cue that it has flagged publicly it may look to monetise or spin out into a new company.
adbl_web_anon_alc_button_suppression_t1
まだレビューはありません