Invest in the Battery Goldrush – and get the Gold now!
Much has happened since we first introduced the Southland Silica Offer to subscribers of our newsletters. This is to raise up to $4,400,000 by the issue of ordinary shares in the two companies owning the mining and exploration permits for Silica and Gold.
Much has happened since we first introduced the Southland Silica Offer
to subscribers of our newsletters. This is to raise up to $4,400,000 by
the issue of ordinary shares in the two companies owning the mining and
exploration permits for Silica and Gold.
The expectation now is that Southland Silica is going to see the
immediate underlying value for the Company will be through the mining of
Gold. So, the intention is to raise an initial $500,000 for 25% of the
shares in the companies to accomplish early revenues from that source.
I’m about to send a copy of the revised IM to those of you who had
already shown an interest in participating in the Offer. However, as
this more immediate source of revenue may now make this Offer more
attractive, you may well be interested in a copy too.
Climate change
Furthermore, there may now be more of you who would like to look at this business, as the result a new report just released from the UN on Climate Change.
This shows while countries are bending the curve of global greenhouse
gas emissions downward, these efforts remain insufficient to limit
global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius by the end of the
century. And that the combined climate pledges of the 193 Parties under
the “Paris Agreement” could put the world on track for around 2.5
degrees Celsius of warming by the end of the century.
It also shows an increase in emissions - compared to 2010 levels - of 10.6% by 2030,
The Battery Goldrush
The best strategy right now is to focus on the long-term trends
reshaping our lives. Morgan Stanley aptly summed it up in a research
note just a few weeks back by saying we need batteries. Everywhere, including New Zealand.
The purpose of their research was to illustrate the world is about to
embark upon a battery spending boom over the next decade, as countries
and companies need to produce enough batteries to power future trends.
Batteries will be the epicentre of our tech-dominated future.
Demand is expected to increase at exponential rates in the 2020’s. But
there’s not an infinite supply of batteries. And if anything, there is a
supply shortage today. Therefore, there is going to be a battery
spending boom over the next decade, and companies along the battery
manufacturing supply chain will make a lot of money. There will be a
“Battery Gold Rush.”
Silicon Anode Batteries
The recently developed silicon anode cells can charge batteries from 10%
to 75% in 15 minutes, over 600 times, without the plating of lithium or
battery failure. Competitor products require added compression and
extra lithium to enhance the lifespan of chargeable batteries.
The scalability of silicon Li-ion batteries is enormous. They are
produced on industrial solar and glass manufacturing equipment, already
in use worldwide, at volumes of millions of square meters per year. The market is huge.
Robert Anstey, founder, and CEO of GDI, says “The
future of Li-ion anodes is silicon. GDI is achieving three critical
objectives; full substitution of silicon for graphite/carbon in Li-ion
batteries, using a massively scalable domestic manufacturing method; and
achieving industrial relevant cost to performance targets.”
Gold there too!
An important discovery has arisen as a consequent of a recent drilling
program, and it shows an imminent profitability of the Waimumu Stream
gold mining operation.
On the back of rampant global inflation, and a looming financial reset,
many say we should all be thinking about rejecting the use of adjusting
currencies to determine prices - and using real, legal money - which is
gold.
Whatever your thoughts for the future, this is both timely and
convenient for Southland Silica’s’s immediate profitability. This is a
result of a drilling program conducted late last year. The principal
purpose of which was to extend the ore reserve of the Waimumu Quartz
Gravels.
They have always known there is coarse gold there, but what they weren’t
expecting was the four holes analysed so far contain an average grade
going plus 500 mg/m³ over a 10 metre intersection.
One hole contained an average grade over 10 metres of 900 mg/m³. Another
encountered a 5 metre intersection running 720 mg/m³. And the last hole
they had analysed showed an astonishing 2 g/m³ over 15 metres.
Long term permit
New Zealand Petroleum and Minerals has just extended their mining
permit, MP 52577, for 10 years. One of the conditions of the extension
is that the company process gravels at the rate of 50,000 m³ per annum.
So at the grades mentioned above, and with no overburden, this promises an extremely profitable operation.
To put that grade into perspective; on the Discovery Channel gold mining
series, Goldmine Alaska, the crews on that show move 10 to 15 m of
overburden for 3 to 5 m of pay dirt with an average grade of 100 mg/m³.
The Gore Piedmont Gravels analysed in this exercise have no overburden.
Southland Silica must now delineate the boundaries of the glacial
outwash high grade fluvial system. This area, not unsurprisingly, is
where Mining House drilled, and the Waimumu Sluicing Company shafted, in
the 1930s. Their strategy is to take 200-ton trenching samples from the
areas defined by the drill program, which appear to have the potential
for commercial productivity.
And it’s New Zealand too
Following are the comments made in a report authorized by the New Zealand Environmental Climate Change Commission:
"To reach net zero and secure a more sustainable future, the 2020s
is the critical decade. With decisive early action and rapid
transformation, the sector can achieve close to 100% renewable
electricity by 2030 and abate 22 million tonnes of CO2-e annually by
2050.
“More flexible, supply-side resources are needed to be added to the
pipeline and this is likely to occur as storage costs improve. To
achieve peak demand by 2030, we need 1.1 GW of new supply-side peaking
resources using batteries by 2030. There are 1.3 GW of resources in the
pipeline but 1.1 GW of this is q early concept stage.
“It is likely that some early-stage projects will be developed, and
new projects will emerge as the cost of storage declines rapidly."
Further information
It’s not that often one gets an opportunity to support and invest in an
exciting business like this. For a copy if the IM simply reply to this
newsletter, or feel free to give me a call.
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Cheers
John Paine B.Sc., Dip BIA
TBK Capital Limited
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