Fortune Minerals Limited (TSX: FT | OTCQB: FTMDF) is a North American development stage mining company and past producer. Fortune is currently focused on advancing the vertically integrated NICO cobalt-gold-bismuth-copper project, comprised of a proposed mine and mill in the Northwest Territories that will produce a bulk concentrate for shipment to a refinery that the Company plans to construct in southern Canada.
Fortune also owns the Sue-Dianne copper-silver-gold deposit and other exploration projects in the Northwest Territories, and maintains the right to repurchase the Arctos anthracite coal deposits in northwest British Columbia that were previously purchased by a British Columbia Crown corporation.
NICO Cobalt-Gold-Bismuth-Copper Project
Location: Located 160 km northwest of Yellowknife & 50 km north of Whati, Northwest Territories (NWT). 5,140 Ha leases in Tlicho Indigenous Territory.
Mineral Reserves
100% owned by Fortune Minerals. 1.1 million ounces of gold & 12% of global bismuth reserves. 33 Million Metric Tonne (t), 20-year Mineral Reserve.
Average Annual Production 1st 14 years of 20-year mine life (2020 Mine Plan)
~1,800 t/yr of cobalt in battery grade cobalt sulphate
~47,000 ozs/yr of gold in doré bars
~1,700 t/yr of bismuth in ingots & oxide
~300 t/yr of copper in cement precipitate
Development Status
Underground test mining in 2006 & 2007;
Several pilot plants conducted at SGS Lakefield Research between 2007 & 2010;
2008-2010, ~200 t of ores processed in continuous pilot plants testing NICO mill & refinery unit operations;
Environmental Assessment (EA) approval for mine & mill;
2014 Feasibility Study;
Key project enabler with completion of Tlicho Road in 2021.
Investment Highlights
2030 forecasts cobalt demand between 275,000 & 400,000 t;
Near shovel-ready Canadian primary cobalt project in market of rising demand & supply chain concerns;
1.1 million ounces of gold & 12% of global bismuth reserves;
Satellite Sue-Dianne copper-silver-gold deposit;
Proven management team with northern experience
Fortune is positioned to become a reliable producer of these products that are critical to a growing world economy and otherwise subject to supply chain risks from political and/or policy uncertainty and concentration of supply.