Preliminary Economic Assessment filed on SEDAR for Colt's 100% Boa Fé and Montemor Projects, Southern Portugal


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Preliminary Economic Assessment filed on SEDAR for Colt's 100% Boa Fé and Montemor Projects, Southern Portugal

PR Newswire




















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MONTREAL, May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Colt Resources Inc. ("Colt" or the
"Company") (TSXV: GTP) (FRA: P01) (OTCQX: COLTF) is pleased to announce
the filing on SEDAR today of a positive Preliminary Economic Assessment
("PEA") prepared by SRK Consulting (UK) Ltd ("SRK") for the Boa
Fe/Montemor gold projects, located in Portugal.  The full report will
also be available on Colt's website.  The PEA covers the Chaminé, Casas
Novas, Banhos, Bracos and Ligeiro gold deposits located within the
Company's 100% owned (47km2) Boa Fé Experimental Mining License ("EML") and the Monfurado gold
deposit located within the Company's 100% owned (728km2) Montemor exploration license that completely surrounds the Boa Fé EML.





Nikolas Perrault, CEO and President of Colt stated; "We are very pleased
with the results of this first PEA prepared by SRK that reflects the
work performed on our 100% owned Boa Fé and Montemor gold projects that
we acquired in November 2011.  Our strategy of focusing on areas that
were drill tested primarily during the 1990's has resulted in the rapid
development of these assets.  Our aggressive drilling campaign that
commenced shortly after being awarded the EML has significantly
increased our confidence in the potential of these assets while our
regional exploration work has indicated the potential to expand upon
the previously announced NI43-101 compliant mineral resources (March 4,
2013).
  Our decision to prepare the PEA on what we believe to be a
portion of a potentially larger deposit is based on our resolve to move
the project to production and to ultimately aim towards financing the
exploration of this very prospective area from revenue.  We therefore
remain focused on completing our feasibility study by year end which
will support a production decision shortly thereafter.  In parallel, as
part of our ongoing Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), a scheduled
public review took place during April paving the way for final
approval. The EIA will be used as a blueprint designed to mitigate the
impact of mining while generating value in an economically depressed
region of Portugal."






Preliminary Economic Assessment Summary




A Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA") was prepared by SRK Consulting
(UK) Limited for the Boa Fé - Montemor gold project in Portugal owned
by Colt Resources Inc. The PEA relied on Indicated and Inferred
classified resources as announced by Colt on March 4, 2013. The PEA
evaluated four processing options for the open pit mining of six
separate deposits at a total annual ore production rate of 720 ktpa. 
The four options are reported in Table 1.





Table 1: Boa Fé/Montemor Processing Options
















































 

 

Scenarios

Description

Option A

Conventional Off-Site

Option B

Conventional On-Site

Option C

Drinkard Heap Leach

Option D

Drinkard Halogen








The main conclusions from the PEA are shown in Table 2. All values are
in USD and the study assumes a USD 1.30/EUR exchange rate. A flat gold
price of USD 1,425/oz was used in the economic assessment. Capital and
operating costs were derived from a combination of first principles and
experience based on similar projects.




The conclusions and recommendations of the PEA are that the Project may
be economically viable and that further studies and field work for this
project are justified.




SRK notes that the economic assessment is preliminary in nature and the
production schedules are inclusive of Inferred classified Mineral
Resources that are considered too geologically speculative to have
economic considerations applied to them that would enable them to be
classified as Mineral Reserves. There is no certainty that the
preliminary economic assessment will be realized.










Table 2:  Summary of Preliminary Economic Assessment results for Boa
Fé/Montemor deposits






Alentejo Region, Portugal:  SRK Consulting (UK) Ltd.





























































































































































































































































































 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Units

Option A

Option B

Option C

Option D

Processing Method

 

Conventional

off-site

Conventional

on-site

Drinkard

Heap Leach

Drinkard

Halogen

 

Recovery

(%)

85.5

85.5

73

95

Production

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rock Mined

(kt)

18,735

20,923

20,028

24,425

 

Ore Processed

(kt)

3,501

4,437

4,624

5,045

    

(g/t Au)

2.7

2.4

2.3

2.2

 

Recovered Metal

(koz Au)

262

291

249

339

 

Mine Life

(years)

5.0

6.3

6.5

7.1

Financial

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

(USDm)

373

415

355

482

 

Operating Expenditure

(USDm)

(175)

(180)

(156)

(206)

 

Royalty

(USDm)

(15)

(17)

(14)

(19)

 

Operating Profit

(USDm)

184

219

185

257

 

Net Profit

(USDm)

164

193

159

220

 

Capital Expenditure

(USDm)

(119)

(123)

(92)

(124)

 

Cashflow

(USDm)

44

69

68

97

Post-Tax Reporting

 

 

 

 

 

 

NPV @ 5%

(USDm)

24.4

42.4

45.5

64.3

 

IRR

(%)

15.6

21.4

32.7

30.2

Cash Cost

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash Cost

(USD/tore)

54.11

44.22

36.82

44.68

 

(USD/oz)

724

674

683

666









Metal Price Sensitivity Analysis




The impact of a range of gold prices on the NPV5% for the project has been studied in the PEA and the results are
reported in Table 3.





Table 3:  Gold Price Sensitivity Analysis Results


































































































































 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Units

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Metal Price

USD/oz

1,100

1,200

1,300

1,425

1,500

1,600

1,700

1,800

NPV5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Option A

USDm

(25)

(9)

6

25

37

52

67

82

 

Option B

USDm

(10)

7

24

44

56

72

88

105

 

Option C

USDm

1

15

30

47

57

71

85

99

 

Option D

USDm

4

24

43

66

81

99

118

137








Colt is aware that several areas of improvement may be made to capital
and operating costs which will be addressed during the Feasibility
Study.





Project Timeline and Optimization Efforts




The completion of this positive PEA is an important milestone in the
continued development of Boa Fé/Montemor.




Colt's projected timeline to advance the project includes the following
milestones:




Q4 2013 - Resource Update

Q4 2013 - Completion of Feasibility Study

Q4 2013 - Receipt of Full Mine Permit

Q1 2014 - Detailed engineering and procurement

Q2 2014 - Commence construction activities

Q1 2015 - Commence Production




Colt intends to address several areas during the Feasibility Study so as
to improve results included in the PEA.  These will include:




Mineral Resources  - Colt will focus on upgrading of Inferred Resources
to Indicated Resources and the identification of additional resources
in close proximity to the known deposits.  Colt is also confident that
the potential to increase resources through regional exploration is
good.  Exploration work will be directed toward identifying additional
deposits that will benefit the future mining operation.




Processing - Colt will complete ongoing testwork so as to finalize and
optimize process flowsheets leading to final plant design.  The several
approaches studied have provided several options that will be further
evaluated and finalized.




Pit Slope - Colt will perform additional geotechnical investigations
designed to optimize pit slope angles.




Environmental - Work will continue to address the need to minimize the
impact of the future mining project.




Mining - Capital and operating costs will be addressed in detail to
identify areas where improvements can be made so as to benefit the
future economics of the project.





About Colt Resources Inc.




Colt Resources Inc. is a Canadian junior exploration and mining company
engaged in acquiring, exploring, and developing mineral properties with
an emphasis on gold and tungsten. It is currently focused on advanced
stage exploration projects in Portugal, where it is the largest lease
holder of mineral concessions.




Jurgen Fuykschot MSc MBA MAusIMM (CP), Principal Consultant (Mining
Engineering), SRK Consulting (UK) Limited, is the independent qualified
person, as defined in NI 43?101, for the Boa Fé/Montemor Preliminary
Economic Assessment.   Mr Fuykschot has reviewed the content of this
press release and consents to the information provided in the form and
context in which it appears.




The Company's shares trade on the TSX?V, symbol: GTP; the Frankfurt
Stock Exchange, symbol: P01; and, the OTCQX, symbol: COLTF.







FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS: Certain of the information contained in this
news release may contain "forward-looking information". Forward-looking
information and statements may include, among others, statements
regarding the future plans, costs, objectives or performance of Colt
Resources Inc. (the "Company"), or the assumptions underlying any of
the foregoing. In this news release, words such as "may", "would",
"could", "will", "likely", "believe", "expect", "anticipate", "intend",
"plan", "estimate" and similar words and the negative form thereof are
used to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements
should not be read as guarantees of future performance or results, and
will not necessarily be accurate indications of whether, or the times
at or by which, such future performance will be achieved.
Forward-looking statements and information are based on information
available at the time and/or management's good-faith belief with
respect to future events and are subject to known or unknown risks,
uncertainties, assumptions and other unpredictable factors, many of
which are beyond the Company's control. These risks, uncertainties and
assumptions include, but are not limited to, those described under
"Risk Factors" in the Company's annual information form available on
SEDAR at www.sedar.com and could cause actual events or results to differ materially from
those projected in any forward-looking statements. The Company does not
intend, nor does the Company undertake any obligation, to update or
revise any forward-looking information or statements contained in this
news release to reflect subsequent information, events or circumstances
or otherwise, except if required by applicable laws.






PEA: ADDITIONAL CAUTIONARY NOTE



This note regarding the preliminary economic assessment (PEA) is in
addition to cautionary language already included within the news
release as required under NI 43-101. The PEA is preliminary in nature
and includes Inferred mineral resources that are considered too
speculative geologically to have the economic considerations applied to
them that would enable them to be categorized as mineral reserves, and
there is no certainty that the PEA based on these mineral resources
will be realized. Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do
not have demonstrated economic viability.






Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider
(as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange)
accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.





SOURCE COLT RESOURCES INC.






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