SITUATION OF THE MONTH
By Lawrence C. Oakley
April 2000



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Mountain Province Mining Inc.

  • Developing premier diamond deposit with De Beers
  • The earnings potential of this first project is huge
  • De Beers has identified & tested five kimberlite bodies
  • This is a world-class operation
  • Diamond demand is expected to outstrip diamond supply

Key Facts

Business: Diamond Exploration
Listed: NASDAQ*
Symbol: MPVI*
Price (3/22/2000 Last): 0.96
Dow (3/22/2000 Close): 10,866.77
NASDAQ (3/22 Close): 4,864.75
S&P 500 (3/22 Close): 1,500.64
Russell 2000 (3/22): 571.40
52-Week Range: 0.75 - 2.81
Shares Out: 42,444,760**
Approximate Float: 19.1 million shares
Market Cap (3/22/2000): $40.7 million

* Also listed on the Toronto Exchange as MPV.
** Fully diluted shares are 44,622,460

Overview

MPVI, a diamond exploration & development company, has a joint venture (JV) with Monopros Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of De Beers Consolidated Mines. Diamond exploration may not be as glamorous as high tech, but this special situation has huge future potential. When I see that, I become very interested, regardless of the industry segment.

The JV, signed 3/97, gives De Beers the right to earn up to 60% of MPVI's AK property by funding the project to completion. That includes five stages: (1) An exploration program (done); (2) A mini-bulk sampling program (completed 5/99); (3) a bulk sampling program (completed 4/99, which earned De Beers an initial 51% interest in the property); (4) A feasibility study; & (5) Fund the development & construction of a commercial mine. The AK property consists of 250,000 acres in the Northwest Territories. At Kennady Lake in the AK property, MPVI has so far discovered five kimberlite bodies.

Kimberlite pipes or bodies are the very deep, generally cylindrical areas where ancient volcanic activity pushed rock that has diamonds in it up towards the surface from a depth of greater than 100 miles. The heat & pressure down at that depth created the diamonds. The rock that contains the diamonds was forced up to as close as 20 to 30 feet from the earth's surface.

De Beers tested four of the five pipes so far. One, designated 5034, was the first one to have relatively accurate content information generated by the bulk sampling that De Beers carried out.

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