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Hello ,
The following is an edited version
from a very recent TMR for our Premium Members.
"New Pacific Metals is an
exploration and development company with precious
and base metal assets in China, Canada, and South
America (Bolivia). Its principal asset, the Silver
Sands Project in Bolivia, has the potential to
become a world-class silver operation in the future.
We aren't the only ones optimistic on New Pacific
Metals and mining in Bolivia in general, as two
prolific primary silver producers have sizeable
interests in the company. These two important
strategic shareholders are Silvercorp and
Pan-American Silver, which hold a 29.80% and 12.1%
interest, respectively.
The land package is extensive, the management is
from the A list, and New Pacific opened up the
mining abilities in Bolivia. COMIBOL, the mining
corporation of Bolivia, stifled domestic and foreign
investment into the mining sector and as such there
was rather a severe underinvestment for a prolonged
period. This has now changed primarily due to the
efforts of New Pacific in our view."
This is what ROTH Capital, Joe Reagor,
the Analyst currently covering New Pacific has reported
about the Silver Sand Project:
Initial Drill Results Worth the Wait
We believe the results confirmed our expectations that
the company has a significant silver discovery in
Bolivia. We believe the company will take the next step
to pursue an initial resource estimate while
simultaneously targeting additional zones on the
property in 2019. Thus, we are reiterating our Buy
rating and CAD$3.00 price target.
Initial drill results confirm significant discovery.
On January 22, 2019, New
Pacific Metals announced the results of the first 98
holes from its 2018 drill
program at its Silver Sand project. Highlights included
an intercept of 76.6
meters grading 383 g/t silver. Of the 98 holes released,
94 intercepted silver
mineralization. We note a conversion ratio of his
magnitude is uncommon in
the mining industry and thus, further supports our view
that the silver Sand
project is a unique opportunity These 94 holes had an
average of 58.3 meters
of intersected mineralization with an average grade of
83.8 g/t silver, based
on our estimates.
More Strong Drill Results Released
On February 20, 2019, NUAG released its final 97 drill
holes from its 2018 drill
campaign at Silver Sand. Grades and thicknesses were
consistent with the
averages seen in the first 98 drill holes released in
January, which we believe
supports our view that Silver Sand is a significant
discovery. Thus, we are
reiterating our Buy rating and CAD$3.00 price target.
Second round of 2018 results show similar highlights.
On February 20,
2019, New Pacific Metals released the remaining 98 drill
holes from its 2018
drill campaign. Highlights of the release included
intercepts of 225.82 meters
grading 116 g/t silver and 192.93 meters grading 123 g/t
silver. We note these
highlights are similar to the high-grade intervals seen
in the company's drill
results release in January of this year.
Average grade and interval length add support to our
resource expectations. While the highlights of the
release are impressive, we are more encouraged by the
consistency of drill results thus far. For the company's
January results, we estimated an average interval of
58.3 meters and an average grade of 83.8 g/t. In the 98
holes in the current release, we estimate an average
interval of 54.4 meters and an average grade of 83.1
g/t. We believe the consistency of the drilling to date
supports our expectations of a significant
initial resource later this year or in early 2020.
Reiterating rating and target. While the 195
drill holes released between
January and February of this year suggest a potentially
larger initial resource
than our 200 million ounce estimate, we believe it is
prudent to maintain a
conservative view due to a lack of a 3D model. Thus, we
have elected to leave
our CAD$3.00 price target unchanged and we are
reiterating our Buy rating.
Initial metallurgical results encouraging. On
February 7, 2019, New Pacific
Metals announced the results of initial metallurgical
tests for its Silver Sand
project in Bolivia. We were encouraged by the results
showing recovery rates
as high as 96.7% for sulphide material and 97.0% for
transition material. We
were also encouraged to see the tests showed the
material was non-refractory
and that the grind requirements imply capital and
operating costs on the lower
end of the potential spectrum. Additionally, we feel it
is important to note that
many exploration companies shy away from metallurgical
testing at an early stage and that we believe NUAG's
management should be commended for
taking a progressive step towards de-risking the
project.
"We will keep a close eye on
key developments with the company, notably
additional exploration results and metallurgical
tests among many other factors, and will update our
subscriber base accordingly. As our readership
knows, there are very few primary silver exploration
and development companies worth keeping an eye on
but this is one that warrants our attention. We
believe, when all is said and done, just the Silver
Sands (described in detail in our main report) will
have a resource base more than 100m oz."
Read the most resent press releases
here...
https://newpacificmetals.com/news
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