Investor Perception
With a portfolio of superior stage exploration property within the uranium, important minerals and base metals area, AuKing Mining is poised to execute and attain its targets of changing into a mid-tier producer, creating vital shareholder worth.
Overview
AuKing Mining (ASX:AKN) is an exploration and growth firm with a portfolio of exploration property targeted on uranium, copper and important minerals, in Western Australia, Tanzania and British Columbia, Canada. The corporate goals to grow to be a mid-tier copper, uranium and important metals producer by means of the acquisition and growth of near-term manufacturing property.
AuKing’s portfolio of property contains the Koongie Park copper-zinc challenge in Western Australia, the Mkuju uranium challenge in Tanzania, and the lately acquired Myoff Creek niobium-REE challenge in British Columbia, Canada.
The Firm is led by an skilled administration and board of administrators supporting and executing on the corporate’s strategic targets of changing into a mid-tier producer by means of its various challenge portfolio.
Firm Highlights
- AuKing Mining is an exploration and growth firm with a portfolio of exploration property targeted on uranium, copper and important minerals.
- The corporate holds a various portfolio of superior exploration property in Western (Koongie Park), Tanzania (Mkuju) and British Columbia, Canada (Myoff Creek)
- Koongie Park has a mineral useful resource estimate totalling 21.1 Mt throughout three well-explored deposits – Onedin, Sandiego and Emull.
- AuKing is led by a extremely skilled administration group executing the corporate’s methods to extend shareholder worth.
Key Tasks
Mkuju Uranium Undertaking (Tanzania)
Mkuju is located instantly to the southeast of the world class Nyota uranium challenge that was the first focus of exploration and growth feasibility research by then ASX-listed Mantra Assets Restricted (ASX:MRU). Not lengthy after completion of feasibility research for Nyota in early 2011, MRU introduced a AU$1.16 billion takeover supply from the Russian group ARMZ. The takeover was finalised in mid-2011.
Throughout the latter a part of 2023, AuKing Mining accomplished a Stage 1 exploration program at Mkuju which comprised a mix of rock chip, soil geochemistry sampling, shallow auger drilling and preliminary diamond drilling. Some very encouraging outcomes had been obtained from this program which have fashioned the idea for a proposed 11,000m drilling program that’s about to start at Mkuju. Outcomes included:
Auger drilling:
MKAU23_020 3m @ 1,273ppm U3O8 incl 1m @ 3,350ppm U3O8
MKAU23_045 3m @ 250ppm U3O8 incl 1m @ 410ppm U3O8
Soil samples:
MKGS006 510ppm U3O8
MKGS017 8,800ppm U3O8
MKGS056 960ppm U3O8
Rock chip samples:
MKGS056 2,250ppm
MKGS057 800ppm U3O8
Mkuju challenge location
Myoff Creek Niobium-REE Undertaking (British Columbia, Canada)
In July 2024, AuKing Mining accomplished the acquisition of the Myoff Creek niobium/REE challenge in British Columbia, Canada, identified for its wealthy mineral deposits. The positioning provides glorious accessibility with well-maintained street infrastructure. The challenge highlights near-surface carbonatite mineralization that spans an space of 1.4 km by 0.4 km with high-grade historic drilling intercepts that embrace 0.93 p.c niobium and a pair of.06 p.c complete uncommon earth oxides.
There may be vital potential to develop the present goal space because it stays open at depth and alongside strike.
HERE AuKing’s exploration group has accomplished a latest web site go to to Myoff Creek and have recognized the necessity for an in depth airborne radiometric survey to be undertaken throughout the tenure space. This survey is anticipated to start in This autumn of 2024 and can embrace protection of the world the place historic drilling recognized vital niobium/REE outcomes – thereby offering a “marker” for potential mineralization throughout the remainder of the Myoff Creek space.
Koongie Park Copper-Zinc Undertaking
Koongie Park challenge lies inside the extremely mineralized Halls Creek Cellular Belt. The world additionally hosts the Savannah (Sally Malay) and Copernicus nickel initiatives, the previous Argyle diamond mine and the Nicolsons gold mining operation of Pantoro Restricted. Koongie Park is positioned about 25 kms southwest of the regional centre of Halls Creek on the Nice Northern Freeway in northeastern Western Australia.
AuKing owns one hundred pc curiosity (topic to a 1 p.c web smelter royalty) in Koongie Park and has acquired vital historic exploration and drilling because the Seventies. The challenge comprises three deposits of be aware: Onedin and Sandiego copper-zinc-gold deposits, and the Emull copper deposit.
Onedin and Sandiego are each in superior exploration phases with a complete mineral useful resource estimate of 4.8 Mt and 4.1 Mt, respectively, containing copper, zinc, gold, silver and lead. The Sandiego prospect boasts a scoping examine (launched in June 2023) that highlights an 11-year lifetime of mine with a processing capability of 750 ktpa and pre-production capex of $135 million for a 2.5 yr payback. Economics spotlight a pre-tax NPV of $177 million and 40 p.c IRR.
Koongie Park and neighboring challenge holdings
The Emull base steel deposit has acquired vital drilling by earlier proprietor Northern Star Assets a number of years in the past and subsequently by AuKing in 2022. The deposit has a maiden useful resource estimate of 12.2 Mt, containing copper, zinc, lead and silver, with vital upside potential as extra drilling is carried out.
Board and Administration Crew
Peter Tighe – Non-executive Chairman
Peter Tighe began his profession within the family-owned JH Leavy & Co enterprise, which is among the longest established fruit and vegetable wholesaling companies within the Brisbane Markets at Rocklea. Because the proprietor and managing director of JH Leavy & Co, Tighe expanded the corporate together with extremely revered farms and packhouses which have been happy to provide the corporate with high quality fruit and greens for wholesale/export for over 40 years. Tighe has been a director of Brisbane Markets Restricted (BML) since 1999 and is at the moment the deputy chairman. BML is the proprietor of the Brisbane Markets web site and is liable for the continued administration and growth of its $400 million asset portfolio. Because the proprietor of the location, BML has over 250 leases in place together with promoting flooring, industrial warehousing, retail shops and industrial workplaces. BML acknowledges its position as an financial hub of Queensland, facilitating the commerce of $1.5 billion price of contemporary produce yearly, and supporting native and regional companies of the horticulture business.
Tighe (together with his spouse Patty) owns Magic Bloodstock Racing (MBR), a thoroughbred horse racing and breeding firm. MBR has acquired many horses that are educated and raced throughout Australia and around the globe together with “Winx”, one of many best thoroughbreds of all time successful greater than $26 million in prize cash.
Paul Williams – Managing Director
Paul Williams holds each Bachelor of Arts and Regulation Levels from the College of Queensland and practised as a company and industrial lawyer with Brisbane authorized agency HopgoodGanim Legal professionals for 17 years. He in the end grew to become an fairness companion of HopgoodGanim Legal professionals earlier than becoming a member of Japanese Company as their chief government officer in August 2004. In mid-2006, Williams joined Mitsui Coal Holdings as basic counsel, taking part within the supervision of the coal mining pursuits and enterprise growth actions inside the multinational Mitsui & Co group. Williams is well-known within the Brisbane funding neighborhood in addition to in Sydney and Melbourne and brings to the AKN board a broad vary of economic and authorized experience – particularly within the context of mining and exploration actions. He additionally has a powerful give attention to company governance and the significance of clear and open communication of company exercise to the funding markets.
ShiZhou Yin – Non-executive Director
ShiZhou Yin holds a Grasp of Skilled Accounting diploma and is a Chinese language-certified public accountant and a senior accountant. From September 1994 to September 2010, Yin served successively as accountant of Beijing No. 2 Water Pipe Manufacturing facility, audit supervisor and audit companion of Yuehua Licensed Public Accountants Agency, and senior companion of Zhongrui Yuehua Licensed Public Accountants Co.
From April 2017 to the current time, Yin has been vice-president, chief monetary officer and secretary of the board of JCHX Group Co..
Yin has additionally been the chairman of the board of supervisors of JCHX Mining Administration Co. (Shanghai Inventory Alternate Code: 603979) since Could 2017. JCHX Mining Administration is one in every of China’s largest mining providers corporations with operations around the globe and has a share market capitalization of approx. US$5 billion.
Chris Bittar – Exploration Supervisor (MGeoSc, MComm (Finance), BMSc)
Chris Bittar was beforehand senior challenge geologist at Pantoro Restricted’s Norseman Undertaking in Western Australia, the place he supervised the planning and execution of near-mine exploration and useful resource growth packages as a part of the Definitive Feasibility Research program at Norseman.
Previous to his Pantoro position, Bittar held senior geologist roles with Millennium Minerals (Nullagine Gold challenge) and Pilbara Minerals (Pilgangoora Lithium challenge), and exploration geologist roles with Sumitomo Steel Mining Oceania and Northern Minerals (Browns Vary uncommon earths challenge in WA). In these roles, Bittar gained intensive expertise in taking initiatives from greenfield exploration to useful resource growth and as much as mine-ready feasibility examine stage. This expertise included supervision of a number of drilling campaigns, geological interpretation, information administration and challenge reporting. Bittar has additionally maintained a powerful dedication to firm security insurance policies and procedures.
Paul Marshall – Chief Monetary Officer and Firm Secretary
Paul Marshall is a chartered accountant with a Bachelor of Regulation diploma, and a put up Graduate Diploma in Accounting and Finance. He has 30 years {of professional} expertise having labored for Ernst and Younger for 10 years, and subsequently twenty years spent in industrial roles as firm secretary and CFO for quite a few listed and unlisted corporations primarily within the sources sector. Marshall has intensive expertise in all points of firm monetary reporting, company regulatory and governance areas, enterprise acquisition and disposal due diligence, capital elevating and firm listings and firm secretarial duties.
