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OROCOBRE LIMITED (ORE)

 

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[Deejay]

In reply to: ShareScene.com on Monday 19/11/07 02:03pm

I am surprised there has been no interest in ORE!. I thought the ADY thread regulars might have cottoned onto it.

 

Orocobre Flat On Debut

December 04 2007 - Australasian Investment Review ÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã‚¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬Ãƒâ€Â¦ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã¢â‚¬Å“ (AIR)

 

http://www.aireview.com.au/index.php?act=v...catid=8&id=7438

 

Mineral exploration company, Orocobre Ltd (ORE) ended flat on its debut on Tuesday after opening at a 12% premium to its issue price of 25 cents.

 

The company raised $6.25 million at its initial public offering.

 

The Queensland-based business has operations in Argentina and is assembling a portfolio including two major target exploration projects.

 

Olaroz Lithium Project is the most advanced project, with licenses over a 7,600 hectares of a salt lake known to contain high grade solutions of lithium.

 

 

ÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’â€Â¦ÃƒƒÂ¢Ãƒ¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…âہ“We have an aggressive exploration programme for the next year and we are looking forward to producing results,ÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’â€Å¡Ãƒƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚ managing director Richard Seville said in a statement to the stock exchange.

 

Seville is also the largest shareholder in the firm, with a holding of 4.68%.

 

The Argentinean projects are the lithium salar (salt lake) and three prospective copper/gold silver projects.

 

In addition, the company has an exploration licence application in Laos.

 

Shares in Orocobre remained flat at 25 cents.

 

I have a few.

 

DJ

 

 

[gizard]

In reply to: Deejay on Friday 28/12/07 08:02am

broke out today

 

looks cheap when you look at ady and rwd.

 

drlling next quarter and jorc by the end of year

[denpal]

In reply to: gizard on Monday 23/06/08 04:45pm

Unreal. I had this on my watchlist too but missed this today!

 

One to watch as the potash grades are good.

[veeone]

Locking in lithium upside

The market for listed lithium companies has been the province of speculators, a few institutional investors with a roving mandate, and a couple of financiers for these past few years. But that seems about to experience a fundamental change.

The deal struck by AustraliaÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¾Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢s Orocobre and the Japanese industrial giant Toyota Tsusho for the financing of OrocobreÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¾Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢s proposed Argentinian lithium project marks a step change in the industry as it gears up for the expected blossoming of the electric vehicle market.

Toyota Tsusho is 22 per cent per cent owned by car manufacturer Toyota ÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã‚¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬Ãƒâ€Â¦ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã¢â‚¬Å“ one of the world leaders in the development of EVs and hybrid vehicles ÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã‚¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬Ãƒâ€Â¦ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã¢â‚¬Å“ and its $125 million investment in the Olaroz project is designed to ensure its supply of raw material for the lithium ion battery joint venture that Toyota recently announced with Panasonic.

Lithium is an opaque market where benchmark prices are set by the main producer, the Chilean-based SMQ. The marketÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¾Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢s one major characteristic is that there is a perceived short supply ÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã‚¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬Ãƒâ€Â¦ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã¢â‚¬Å“ particularly after 2015 ÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã‚¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬Ãƒâ€Â¦ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã¢â‚¬Å“ and most of the production comes from the brine of salt lakes high in the South American Andes, now dubbed the Saudi Arabia of lithium, with a few hard rock (and higher cost) producers such as AustraliaÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¾Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢s Talison and Galaxy Resources.

Toyota Tsusho beat off a range of motor manufacturing, battery makers and petrochemical groups from China, Japan and elsewhere to secure the deal with Orocobre, which is considered to have one of the few highly prospective undeveloped resources.

Toyota Tsusho is ToyotaÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¾Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢s procurement company, created to ensure the supply of materials crucial to the car manufacturer and its various components. With Toyota making a leading push into EVs and hyrbrids, which rely on lithium and other rare earths, the Orocobre deal ÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã‚¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬Ãƒâ€Â¦ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã¢â‚¬Å“ in which it will take a 25 per cent stake in the lithium venture and sign an off-take agreement ÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã‚¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬Ãƒâ€Â¦ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã¢â‚¬Å“ is considered something of a coup, and it will be sweetened by low interest loans from a Japanese government entity that all but guarantees the 60 per cent debt funding required for the project.

Japanese trading giant Mitsubishi and Sumitomo are also reported to be sourcing deals in the lithium market, pursuing the same strategy taken over the past few decades in ensuring supplies of other key commodities such as coal and iron ore.

Toyota and other car makers are turning increasingly to lithium-ion batteries for future EVs, but will have a huge reliance on the nickel metal hydride batteries currently in use in hybrids such as the Prius.

One of the reasons for the change is that lithium-ion batteries are lighter and more efficient. The other reason is that the NMHB batteries were also hugely dependent on rare earths such as lanthanum and neodymium, where current production is found almost exclusively (95 per cent) in China, according to a report by RiskMetrics.

Boston Consulting last week estimated that 26 per cent of the new cars sold in 2020 in the major developed markets such as China, Japan, the US and Europe would have electric or hybrid power trains, creating a $US25 billion market for electric-car batteries. BCG noted that this would treble the entire lithium-ion battery market, currently used in consumer goods such as mobile phones and laptops.

Orocobre shares hit a peak of more than $2 on Wednesday before closing with a dayÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¾Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢s gain of 30 per cent, representing a nine-fold rise over the last year alone. Talison, formed as part of the wreckage of Sons of Gwalia, tried to tap into the renewed investor interest last year, but its IPO was pulled when investors, possibly concerned about the high multiples and the higher cost production (at least compared to the salt lake producers) failed to deliver the prices sought by the vendors.

http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf...ent&src=amm

[simrose]

Hi all.

 

 

Some more news on ORE, & other Lithium Explorers.

 

By this report Orecobre have got the good ground, not secondary Mining.

 

http://lithiuminvestingnews.com/lithium-ar...of-a-salt-basin

 

Regards.

 

Simmo.

[abner29]

Comprehensive article on the "ABCs of Lithium" from the Energy Report. Good background.

 

http://www.theenergyreport.com/pub/na/5919

[abner29]

Another current piece from the Energy Report on Lithium:

 

http://www.theenergyreport.com/pub/na/5914

[abner29]

Lithium batteries - Auto use.

http://lithiuminvestingnews.com/lithium-ar...f-autos-by-2020

[triage]

hi abner

 

Thanks for the links you have been providing.

 

We must be due to get news on the resource update for the Olaroz project from ORE. It was flagged to come out this quarter as a prelude to the feasilibilty study, which itself is scheduled for release in July. That timing would suggest that they wouldn't want to get the resource update out too close to the end of June. Any sort of increase in resources for their first project should well and truely set the stock's performance up for the feasibility study to confirm that Orocobre is indeed the lithium "monster" that one recent media report called it. And then ORE has at least one other project likely of similar quality and size, Salanas Grandes, coming along the conveyor belt. And ORE's market cap is still less than that of some fairly run-of-the-mill non-producing goldies. And ORE generates very little chatter on the stock forums. And they have issued so few shares so far (plus what it did with ELT). Of course ORE could bomb from here but to me it looks to be right in the sweet spot as a speculative investment.

 

The only major downside riak that stands out for me at this stage is that all their resources are in Argentina, which is listed as one of the economies most likely to have a crisis with their sovereign debt.