Scoota30
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I would imagine that the $6.78AUD is probably not far off of the mark for actual fair value selling the entire asset as is now, however if we sell it all off I have my doubts we will get that price given the controversy surrounding it, anywhere between $2-$4 is where it will land IMOThanks LX600 for the correction, and lellep for reminding me of the tin, and TDITD for Zijin/Cominiere's project valuation.
Here is the revised calculation using $US112,000/ton battery grade lithium metal:
Manono has a total mineral resource of 842 million tonnes grading at 1.61% lithium oxide (Li2O), containing 13.52 million tonnes of Li2O. The split is: Roche Dure, 669 million tonnes grading at 1.63% Li2O, and Carrière de l'Este: 173 million tonnes grading 1.58% Li2O.
Based on a spot lithium metal price of $US112,000 per tonne, the aggregate value of Manono's lithium resource is: 842 million tonnes x 1.61% Li2O x 0.464 (lithium content) x $US112,000/tonne = $US704.7 billion ($AU1,064 billion).
Three percent of $AU1,064 billion is $AU31.9 billion.
AVZ holds 75% of the resource, which equates to $AU23.9 billion. AVZ has 3,528,729,748 shares on issue, which is $AU6.78 per share PLUS tin credits.
While $6.78 is just a guesstimate, which does not take into account a wide range of variables and costs, it takes into account the 80% drop in lithium price since 2022. In any case, it's still a whole lot better than the 15c being bandied around by some over at the other place.
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Just think though, at $6.78AUD per share, thats $15.8 Billion USD to control the lithium market over the next 30 years.....
To put that in perspective, it's estimated the Joe Biden Administration has sent/spent $75B USD in Ukraine.
Tesla also has something like $25B USD on hand at the moment too, it would make sense for them to split/partner with CATL so that it ends up with direct ownership from China and the US (bargaining deal) and then some other Major miner takes majority ownership of the JV to actually mine it, say a European owned miner like Glencore..... Hell even through the Saudis in there somewhere.
I am sure there are plenty of people interested in getting a piece of the pie, maybe delisting is part of the plan to complete a sale....