Astral Resources NL (AAR) Investor presentation summary
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Investor presentation summary
13 Oct, 2026Investment highlights
Mandilla is positioned as a long-life gold development in WA’s Goldfields, with conventional open-pit mining and processing, 95.5% recovery, and nearby infrastructure.
Group Mineral Resource totals 2.214Moz at 1.0g/t Au; Ore Reserves total 1.082Moz at 0.9g/t Au.
Cash was A$65.1M at Jun Qtr 2026; enterprise value was A$242.4M, with no debt shown in the peer comparison data.
Mandilla project economics
PFS at A$4,250/oz gold forecasts pre-tax NPV8 of A$1.4B, pre-tax IRR of 101%, and 0.92-year payback from first gold; post-tax NPV8 is A$1.001B and IRR 86%.
Production profile exceeds 95kozpa for the first 12 years; mine life is 13.2 years, with 18.5 years of processing including 6.5 years of LG stockpiles at 42kozpa.
LOM AISC is A$2,085/oz; PFS pre-production capital expenditure is A$180M, with A$47M in pre-production mining and G&A costs.
Production target is underpinned by ~75% Probable Ore Reserves, ~5% Indicated Resources not converted to Reserves, and ~20% Inferred Resources; forecast payback is under one year.
Development and Theia drilling
GR Engineering is working on the DFS and target-cost model; capital and operating costs have been received, mine designs and schedules are underway, and site layouts are finalised.
Native title agreement was executed with the Marlinyu Ghoorlie Native Title Claim Group; environmental and works approval submissions were targeted for the December Quarter.
Theia deep drilling expanded from 6 holes for 3,000m to 21 holes for 11,000m; 18 holes were completed, with logged quartz-sulphide veins and visible gold in completed holes.
Drilling indicated potential Theia mineralisation up to 350m below the April 2026 MRE shell; results included 52.75m at 4.67g/t Au and 33m at 5.02g/t Au below the resource shell.
Theia infill work includes 99 Stage 1 holes completed at 1.93g/t Au average and 431 in progress; completion is expected to move all Stage 1 into the Measured Resource category.
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