I must be getting old.One section of today's Morning Coffee, from said establishment, covered Greystar Resources (GSL.to) and I found myself nodding in agreement with Nocholas CampbellSoup's call on the stock. In fact, the guy has been nailing good calls on LatAm bargain miners for a while now, gotta be said. Here's the excerpt from today Morning Coffee (and if you'd like to receive this on a daily basis I have absolutely no idea where you could get it from but you could always send me a mail):
Greystar Resources* (GSL : TSX : $3.36), Net Change: 0.08, % Change: 2.44%, Volume: 307,396
Falling star? Greystar, a Colombia gold explorer, reported on Friday that it has not received a decision in regard to its appeal with the Ministry of the Environment, Housing and Territorial Development (MAVDT) to reinstate its December 22, 2009 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and to accept that the company has complied with all legal requirements to proceed with the development of an open-pit gold-silver mine at the company's Angostura project in Colombia. Greystar will continue to work with the Colombian Government and MAVDT to resolve issues of concern and ensure that the impact of the Angostura project on Paramo is minimized whilst ensuring the financial viability of the Angostura project. At the end of April, MAVDT requested that a new EIA be filed for the Angostura project, with adjustments made to limit the occupied area to an elevation below 3,200 metres. Roughly half of the Angostura deposit and the vast majority of planned infrastructure and project facilities are currently designed to be developed above the 3,200-metre elevation. The request by the MAVDT would require Greystar to completely redesign the Angostura project. According to Canaccord Genuity Mining Analyst Nicholas Campbell, given the topographical challenges of the Angostura land package, particularly at elevations below 3,200 metres, the potential to engineer an economically viable alternative development of the Angostura project that would adhere to the guidelines set out by the MAVDT would be incredibly challenging and likely unworkable. Greystar is completing a Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) on the Angostura project that is expected to be published in H2/10. In addition, the company has begun the process of securing US$650 million in project finance from international sources. The company continues to carry out exploration at the project with a total of four drill rigs focused on three targets; Angostura high grade, Mongora and La Plata.
It'll get even worse for GSL.to if Mockus gets the nod on June 20th, as he's said pretty darn clearly that mining at 3,000masl should be taboo. I now need to go lie down, get drunk or do something to shake these pro-Corn feelings out of my system. Cream of corn served, the end.
