Capital Raise Presentation
| Stock | Cyprium Metals Ltd (CYM.ASX) |
|---|---|
| Release Time | 23 Jan 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| Price Sensitive | Yes |
Cyprium Metals Announces Capital Raise Presentation
- Executing at speed to capitalize on asymmetric opportunity at Nifty Copper Complex
- Rapid restart of cathode production at Nifty, first cathode anticipated in mid-2026
- Significant brownfield advantages of cost, time and scale
Cyprium Metals is executing a plan to rapidly restart copper cathode production at the Nifty Copper Complex in Western Australia. Nifty is a former prolific copper producer that is currently at midlife, but with significant brownfield advantages of cost, time and scale. The early shutdown of the SXEW plant left an above-ground heap leach JORC resource of 12.7Mt at 0.43% Cu, with added potential from unclassified materials. The closure and abandonment of the high-grade underground mine also left a surface-mineable reserve of 83Mt at 0.9% Cu next to a 3.0Mtpa feed rate concentrator. Continued investment over time has maintained key permits and left a serviceable camp, airstrip, and other infrastructure. Cyprium is rapidly executing a simple plan to bring Nifty back online, starting with reprocessing the heap leach pads for early cash flow, then refurbishing the concentrator and building a new surface mine to access a 20+ year reserve. The company is supported by best-in-class partners and expects to be producing copper cathode in mid-2026, delivering into a historically high copper price environment. The low-capital restart is expected to generate $30-50m in annual free cash flow.
Cyprium expects the cathode restart at Nifty to produce 6,000 tonnes of copper cathode per year, with an all-in sustaining cost of A$6,800/tonne payable copper (US$2.18/lb). The initial cathode production phase has a reserve life of 4.2 years, with an expected project life of around 7 years excluding the open pit.
Cyprium is focused on executing the Phase 1 restart of cathode production at Nifty, with first cathode anticipated in mid-2026. The company also plans to refurbish the concentrator and build a new surface mine to access a 20+ year reserve, ultimately expanding to process material from other regional prospects including Maroochydore.