Bluebird Merchant Ventures Ltd is a London listed South Korea-focused resource company lead by a team with global experience of creating value through mine rehabilitation. The model focusses on identifying opportunities, where high grade mines with low capital requirement can be put into production quickly and the existing resources can be expanded to facilitate increasing long term high value returns.
A project developer, bringing historic mines with high return potential back into production
Bluebird primarily targets mining projects in South Korea – low CAPEX, high grade mines where production can be recommenced quickly and existing resources can be expanded to facilitate long term, high value returns.
The Company currently has two historically producing high grade mines in South Korea, the Kochang Gold & Silver Mine and the Gubong Gold Mine, where it believes it has in excess of 1.5million oz of resource. Results of a Scoping Study showed excellent initial validation of the Projects’ economic potential. At US$1,750 gold price, for production from two operations with a cumulative c.400Ktpa VAT leach processing delivers an 111% Post Tax Internal Rate of Return (‘IRR’), a US$181m net present value (‘NPV’) at 10% discount rate, US$50m per annum average free cash flow generation and a US$630 per oz All in Sustaining Cost (‘AISC’). Payback period is less than 2.5 years. For full results see https://bluebirdmv.com/initial-scoping-study-at-south-korean-gold-projects
The team’s strategy provides significant advantages over exploration projects in that they are developing and not searching for ounces. Advantages include:
The Closure of a Mine
Primarily 3 reasons why underground mines close
Rarely, if ever, Due To Exhausted Resource
The advantage of re-opening a mine
Reopening historic high grade gold mines provides significant advantages over exploration projects including:
The team has decades of experience creating value through identifying and reopening high grade historically producing mines