Our opinion on the current state of COPPER360(CPR)Copper 360 describes its business as follows: "The Copper 360 business is focused on (a) processing historical mined copper rock dumps through a process of environmental clean-up, and (b) mining surface and shallow copper resources." The company has acquired (through SHIP) an extensive database from companies such as American Mining Conglomerate Newmont and Global Gold Company Gold Fields who worked the district before.
In its results for the year to 29th February 2024, the company reported copper production up 10% and revenue up 14.7%. Production costs rose by 8%, leading to a loss of R70.5 million and a headline loss of 11.2c per share compared with a loss of 0.27c in the previous year. On 21st December 2023, the company announced that it had raised a total of R274 million to fund the Nama copper acquisition and production growth at Rietberg mine. The share listed on 12th April 2023, closing at 500c. Since then, it has drifted down to 371c, which does not bode well.
We suggest that this is a risky commodity operation and that you should wait for the share price to at least settle down before investigating further. On 19th February 2023, the company announced that it had raised just less than R100 million by selling shares. On 27th March 2024, the company announced that it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Far West Gold Recoveries. The CEO said, "Copper 360 estimates that there are approximately 50 to 60 million tonnes of dump material with grades varying between 0.18% and 1.5% copper in the dumps with the potential to contain 450,000 tonnes of copper metal in situ."
On 16th May 2024, the company announced that Shirley Hayes had been appointed as executive chairperson with immediate effect. On 24th April 2024, the company reported that it had produced 136 tons of copper concentrate from the Northern Cape and that the grade was more than 30%.
Technically, the share has been moving sideways and downwards since it listed in April 2023. It is a risky commodity share and very volatile. Investors should be cautious and wait for more stability and clear signs of improvement in the company's financials and market performance before considering an investment.