Silver One Resources Inc.
Overview
Silver One Resources Inc. is a junior silver exploration company headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, operating primarily in USA. The company's portfolio consists of 3 projects, comprising 1 development and 2 advanced exploration projects. Key assets include Candelaria. The business model centers on the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties, with a focus on advancing assets that have seen historical production. A key operational characteristic is the application of advanced metallurgical testing to enhance recoveries from both legacy materials and fresh mineralization. The organization utilizes various processing techniques, including High-Pressure Grinding Rolls crushing, flotation-cyanidation, and column leach tests. A significant technological advantage is the development and testing of a novel, cyanide-free leaching process designed to substantially increase metal recoveries and reduce processing times compared to conventional methods. The operational approach is systematic, employing a range of exploration methods such as airborne and ground geophysical surveys, including Z-Axis Tipper Electromagnetic systems, extensive drilling programs, and detailed geological mapping to define and expand mineralized zones. This focus on technological innovation in metallurgy and disciplined exploration underpins the company's competitive positioning.
Strategy
The entity's strategy is centered on organic growth through systematic exploration of its existing property portfolio, supplemented by potential future acquisitions of companies or assets. Near-term objectives prioritize advancing exploration on high-grade targets through permitted and funded drilling programs. This includes testing the potential sources of high-grade surface discoveries and expanding known mineralized zones. A key focus is on de-risking assets through comprehensive technical studies, including property-wide airborne geophysical surveys to delineate alteration halos and identify new exploration targets for follow-up work. The organization also aims to optimize value from historically mined materials by investigating and applying innovative, cost-effective extraction methods. Long-term, the goal is to add shareholder value by becoming a premier exploration and development company. Capital allocation is directed towards funding these exploration and metallurgical programs, with financing secured through equity markets, as demonstrated by a recent oversubscribed private placement.
Management
Executive leadership includes a President and Chief Executive Officer, with key geological expertise supplemented by a director who provides consulting services. The Chief Financial Officer provides services through a management consulting firm. The Board of Directors maintains overall responsibility for determining risk management objectives and policies, with a focus on reducing risk without unduly affecting competitiveness. A key aspect of the governance framework is its reporting structure as a venture issuer. The company files a Venture Issuer Basic Certificate under National Instrument 52-109, which, in contrast to a full certificate, does not include representations relating to the establishment and maintenance of internal controls over financial reporting. This disclosure provides specific insight into the level of internal control certification provided to the market. Key management compensation includes salaries, consulting fees, director fees, and share-based payments.
Structure
The corporate structure has been shaped by the systematic acquisition of 100% interests in its mineral properties through option agreements. In 2024, the organization exercised an option with Granite-Solid LLC, completing the acquisition of a key property through a series of cash payments and share issuances over a 3-year period. This property is subject to an underlying 2% Net Smelter Royalty payable to the original prospectors, with each 1% being purchasable for a fixed cash sum. Previously, in 2023, the company acquired full ownership of another major asset from SSR by assuming a reclamation bond, finalizing a multi-year option agreement that had involved several tranches of share issuances. As part of this transaction, the company also assumed a production payment obligation to Maverix Metals Inc., which is triggered upon reaching a specified annual production threshold. A third property interest was consolidated in 2020 through the completion of a lease/purchase agreement with Castelton Park LLC, which includes a contingent payment clause tied to future resource calculations reported in a technical report over a 10-year term ending in 2028.
Source
Silver One Resources Inc. - Management's Discussion And Analysis - 2024
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- koz au: Thousand ounces of gold (production volume)
- moz au: Million ounces of gold (resource base or production volume)
- g/t: Grams per tonne (grade of gold or silver in ore)
- usd/oz au: US dollars per ounce of gold (cost metric)
- moz ag: Million ounces of silver (resource base or production volume)
- g/t ag: Grams per tonne of silver in ore (grade)
- usd/oz ag: US dollars per ounce of silver (cost metric)
- kt cu: Thousand tonnes of copper (production volume)
- mt ore: Million tonnes of ore (resource base for copper)
- %: Percent copper or uranium in ore (grade)
- usd/lb cu: US dollars per pound of copper (cost metric)
- mlb U3O8: Million pounds of uranium oxide (U3O8) (production or resource base)
- % eU3O8: Percent equivalent uranium oxide in ore (grade)
- usd/lb u3o8: US dollars per pound of uranium oxide (cost metric)
- Open Pit: Surface mining method using large excavated terraces to extract ore
- Underground: Subsurface mining through shafts, tunnels, and chambers
- ISR (In-Situ Recovery): Solution mining method using chemical leaching without excavation
- Exploration: Early-stage project searching for and defining mineral deposits
- Development: Mine under construction or preparation for production
- Operating: Active mine currently extracting and processing ore
- Expansion: Mine temporarily suspended or with limited production, in progress to increase production in the future
- Reclamation: Mine permanently closed or no longer producing, but the site is being rehabilitated
- P&P (Proven and Probable Reserves): Highest confidence mineral resources with detailed mine plans, it's a subset of M&I
- M&I (Measured and Indicated Resources): Well-defined resources with good geological confidence
- Inf (Inferred Resources): Estimated resources with limited geological confidence
- Scoping Study: High-level assessment to determine if a project warrants further investigation
- PEA (Preliminary Economic Assessment): Initial economic evaluation of a mineral project
- Pre-Feasibility (Preliminary Feasibility Study): Intermediate-level technical and economic assessment
- Feasibility (Definitive Feasibility Study): Comprehensive technical and economic evaluation for investment decisions
- BFS (Bankable Feasibility Study): Detailed study meeting lender requirements for project financing
- NPV (Net Present Value): Discounted value of future cash flows minus initial investment
- IRR (Internal Rate of Return): Discount rate that makes NPV equal to zero
- Payback Period: Time required to recover initial capital investment from project cash flows
- AISC (All-In Sustaining Cost): Total cost per ounce including sustaining capital and corporate costs
- Royalty: Payment to landowner/government based on percentage of production value or revenue
- Stream: Agreement to purchase future production at predetermined price, often below market rate
- NSR (Net Smelter Return): Royalty based on net revenue after smelting and refining costs
- GRR (Gross Revenue Royalty): Royalty based on total gross revenue before any deductions
- NPI (Net Profits Interest): Royalty based on net profits after operating costs and capital recovery