Each one in plain English, with the numbers worked through for a shareholder.
30 Sept 2021drilling result▲ Good
First three of the 37 pending Verde holes all hit, including 49.0m at 2.4 g/t AuEq (GNDD-336) deeper than earlier, lower-grade drilling. Supports the company's view that earlier holes stopped short of the main zone. 34 holes' assays remain pending.
Verde Zone drilling, found in March, now suggests continuous mineralisation over 1.5km and 300m depth, with grades improving at depth, e.g. 62.0m at 2.1 g/t AuEq. 37 more holes' assays pending; infill drilling aims at a JORC inferred resource.
Verde Zone drilling (55 holes) supports 1.5km of continuous mineralisation, with grades improving at depth, e.g. 62.0m at 2.1 g/t AuEq in GNDD-254. Only five holes missed. Assays for 37 more holes are pending. Repeats the earlier Verde release with added detail.
Annual report for year to 30 June 2021: A$62.14m raised in the year, cash A$47.5m, BlackRock A$20m investment. Funds a 120,000m Hualilan program and 20,000m at El Guayabo. Largely restates known information.
CEL completed the acquisition of 100% of Hualilan, allotting the shares (US$3.69m cash paid in July). Sergio Rotondo joins the board as Executive Director. Shares on issue rose to 975.4m; 110,401m of drilling remains over about 10 months with nine rigs.
First deep Sentazon hole GNDD-314 returned 2.8m at 62.5 g/t AuEq in the new Footwall Zone, extending it 75m down dip, plus 17.5m at 1.9 g/t in the main manto. Highest grades yet at Sentazon; further deep holes' assays pending.
Virtual Gold Conference presentation on the Hualilan project in Argentina and the Ecuador projects. Highlights state Hualilan is now 100% owned, with a historical resource of 500,000 oz gold; no new drilling results were shown.
First 13 holes of the Sentazon follow-up program doubled the dip extent of high-grade mineralisation to 200m and confirmed a second footwall zone, including 16.9m at 16.9 g/t AuEq. The program is expanded to 32 holes, with at least one of nine rigs dedicated.
33 step-out holes on the Magnata Fault all hit mineralisation; GNDD-288 returned 14.2m at 13.6 g/t AuEq, over 100m deeper than before. Mineralisation now spans 400m strike and 400m depth, open in all directions. A third high-grade zone was identified.
Follow-up testing on low-grade intrusion-hosted material lifted concentrate grade from 31.4 to as high as 53.6 g/t gold, with gold recovery slipping from 94.9% to 93.4%. The company expects payability above 90% and lower transport costs. Builds on May's 94.9% result.
9 July 2021asset acquisition disposition▲ GoodMajor
CEL agreed to move from 25% to 100% of Hualilan: 50m shares for the 50% previously needing a DFS, plus 64m shares and US$3.69m cash for the last 25%. Needs shareholder approval; cash is due by 30 July. COO Sergio Rotondo joins the board.
Channel sampling in the Hualilan Hills returned the highest grades yet, including 15.6m at 71.7 g/t AuEq (4.0m at 203.8 g/t) and 64.8m at 28.3 g/t. The company will buy a ninth, man-portable rig to drill the undrilled up-dip zone.
25 June 2021security holder rights change● Neutral
Notice that 100.7m shares, 85.4m options and 120m performance shares come out of escrow on 4 July 2021. Only the ordinary shares will be quoted. Administrative, matching the escrow already known.
Drilling at Verde, found in March, shows mineralisation over 1km of strike, including 155.5m at 0.7 g/t AuEq and 52.0m at 1.2 g/t. The company thinks it may be a continuous 1.2km zone, still open. Eight rigs are expected on site by end-June.
Underground channel sampling found high-grade mineralisation 550m south of previous drilling, including 13.0m at 15.5 g/t AuEq, extending Hualilan's strike from 2.1km to 3.1km (about 50%). Completed adit sampling supports a continuous high-grade zone from Magnata to Sentazon.
First metallurgical test on lower-grade intrusion-hosted material gave 94.9% gold recovery by gravity plus flotation, better than the 91-94% on high-grade skarn in February. Concentrate from high-grade material is very low in arsenic; the company says early off-taker talks suggest high payability.
Presentation supporting the placement announced the same day, covering Hualilan and Ecuador. Text shown is mostly disclaimers; no new figures are visible in the readable portion.
11 May 2021capital raising announcement▲ GoodMajor
Firm commitments for an A$42.1m placement at A$0.28, to fund buying the remaining 25% of Hualilan, 120,000m of drilling and studies. Also, Hualilan ground is lifted four-fold to about 80 sq km via the 'Ayen' licence grant, three more licences and a farm-in. Cash would reach A$54.2m before costs.
New Hualilan holes include 69.2m at 3.4 g/t AuEq (GNDD-196) and 44.0m at 3.3 g/t (GNDD-204). Magnata intrusion-hosted mineralisation is extended 200m north, with a 400m northern target. Gap Zone infill found unexpected high-grade zones. Further assays pending.
More channel sampling at Hualilan includes 96.5m at 15.4 g/t AuEq at Cerro Norte, plus 22.5m at 12.9 g/t AuEq at Magnata. It extends high-grade mineralisation up-dip of drilling and supports the planned maiden JORC resource including near-surface material.
The 45,000m program finished and a new fully funded five-rig, 30,000m program started at Hualilan, backed by a A$3.5m advance from RiverFort against deep in-the-money options. The advance carries 6% interest, a A$105,000 fee and conversion at 40 cents via 10m options. Cash is about A$14.5m.
Magnata Fault step-out drilling at Hualilan returned 5.2m at 21.0 g/t AuEq (GNDD-189) and 21.8m at 4.5 g/t AuEq (GNDD-203), extending mineralisation 100m deeper to 260m vertical. Assays are pending for 19 more Magnata holes, and 15 more holes are planned.
Hole GNDD-182 unexpectedly hit 4.3m at 36.6 g/t AuEq (31.8 g/t gold) of high-grade skarn, almost 200m from the nearest previous high-grade skarn hole. It is the first such skarn found west of the Gap Zone intrusives, and a down-dip follow-up hole is being fast-tracked.
First rock-saw channel samples from the Main Manto at Hualilan return 71m at 10.8 g/t AuEq, including 6m at 89.3 g/t gold. Results suggest near-surface mineralisation is thicker than historical sampling showed, supporting a planned JORC resource; the sampling program is being expanded.
Presentation at the APAC 121 Mining Investment conference restating Hualilan (earning up to 75%, historical 627koz at 13.7 g/t), Ecuador and the 45,000m drilling program, with A$15.1m cash at 31 December 2020. Readable text shows no new results.
Three step-out holes at Hualilan's Cerro Norte, in an area with no outcrop or previous drilling, hit mineralisation, including 125.5m at 1.1 g/t AuEq (GNDD-169). The company calls it a second 'Western Zone' trend about 200m west of the Gap Zone, with similar geophysical targets still to test.
Half-year to 31 December 2020: reported profit after tax of A$720,377 (versus a A$687,168 loss a year earlier), cash about A$15.1m, and exploration spend A$8.6m. Highlights restate the A$20m raising at 20 cents and the 45,000m Hualilan program. Nothing materially new.