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Update: Ready to develop with more value to come

Our value of Alkane’s flagship DZP project has improved by 32% based on the completed FEED design (released in August 2015) and conservative (2020e) product prices, when compared to the value provided in its 2013 DFS. The three main reasons are inclusion of a hafnium revenue stream, improved metal recovery factors, providing more metal to sell, and a weakened A$ aiding US$-priced revenues against domestic priced operating costs. When remaining offtake agreements and project permits have been received, Alkane will aim to finalise its long-established financing strategy to fund development of this unique (A$1.3bn) diversified-commodity project. This note focuses solely on the DZP, with the Tomingley Gold Operation referenced only in our SOTP valuation.
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Alkane Resources

Alkane Resources is a mining and exploration company with a focus on gold, copper, zirconium, hafnium, niobium and rare earth elements. Co. has two reportable segments, being gold operations and the exploration and evaluation of rare metals. Co.'s projects and operations are located in the Central West of New South Wales in eastern Australia. Primary among them are the Tomingley Gold Operations, a medium-sized gold operation near Dubbo in which Co. is engaged in the production of gold. Co. is also developing the Dubbo Zirconia Project, which will produce zirconium, hafnium, niobium and rare earths.

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