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Centaurus Metals (CTM) 2025 Earnings Call Presentation
2025-08-05 06:20
Project Overview - Jaguar Project aims to become the Western World's next major nickel sulphide mine [1] - The project boasts a Tier-1 scale Mineral Resource of 138.2 million tonnes containing 1.2 million tonnes of nickel [4, 9] - It also has a 52 million tonnes Ore Reserve containing 406,100 tonnes of nickel [4, 9] - The project is moving towards a Final Investment Decision (FID) in H1 2026 [7, 61] Financials and Operations - The project anticipates a Life-of-Mine (LOM) Post-Tax operating cash flow of US$2 billion (A$3.12 billion) [10] - It has a Post-Tax Net Present Value (NPV) of US$735 million (A$1.15 million) and a 34% Internal Rate of Return (IRR) [10] - The capital payback period is estimated at 1.8 years [10, 48] - The project targets an average nickel production of 22,600 tonnes per annum (tpa) in the first 7 years [9, 45] - The Life-of-Mine All-In Sustaining Cost (AISC) is projected to be US$4.43/lb Ni (payable basis) [4, 9, 19, 48] Environmental and Approvals - All key environmental approvals have been received, including EIA approval and Preliminary & Installation Licences (LP & LI) [6, 54] - The project has a low carbon footprint, with a forecast of 6.54 tonnes of CO2 per tonne of Nickel [9, 10, 56]