Impact: Mildly Positive
Bulk sample results provide enough information to move the project to the next stage, despite coming in below expectations. The lower grades materially reduce our expected deposit size; however, the results are expected to provide enough information for a mineral inventory. We believe this updated data should allow the company to convert Comet Well into a Mining Lease and result in large scale bulk sampling in H2/19. While these results suggest the likely mineral endowment at Comet Well & Purdy’s Reward is smaller than previously thought, we continue to believe that Pilbara is likely to yield multiple significant conglomerate gold deposits.