Interview with Scott Caithness, Managing Director of Alderan Resources Ltd.

Recording date: 2nd May 2024

Alderan Resources (ASX:AL8) is an exploration company focused on making significant copper and lithium discoveries in the U.S. and Brazil. With an experienced management team and a portfolio of highly prospective projects, Alderan offers speculative investors compelling risk-reward at its current A$6 million valuation.

The company's flagship asset is the Frisco copper-gold project in Utah. Recently returned from Rio Tinto, Frisco hosts a prolific past-producing district that saw historic mining up until the 1950s at grades above 2% copper. Despite this pedigree, the project has seen no modern systematic exploration and its full potential is just now being uncovered.

Alderan has remodeled the historic database and identified 12 geophysical lookalike targets to the known high-grade mineralization at the Cactus and Comet mines. These compelling drill targets offer the potential to deliver a significant new copper discovery in a top mining jurisdiction.

Previous drilling at Cactus and Comet returned outstanding results and extensions of this mineralization may continue over 500m to the New Years prospect, where limited historical drilling intersected similar grades like 10-14m @ 1.5-2.3% Cu.

Alderan is moving quickly to drill test these targets, with an initial program planned to start in June. The combination of near-surface high-grade oxide mineralization and deeper sulphides provides multiple development options. If the anticipated drilling can confirm a large mineralized footprint between the key prospects, Frisco may rapidly emerge as a significant new U.S. copper project.

Alongside copper, Alderan is also assembling a strategic portfolio of lithium projects in Brazil. The company has staked over 500 sq km of prospective ground and is systematically working through these holdings to identify priority drill targets. First pass results are expected in the next few months.

The bottom line is that Alderan has multiple shots on goal across two of the most desirable commodities for the global energy transition. In particular, Frisco offers genuine potential for a near-term, high-grade copper discovery that isn't yet factored into Alderan's paltry A$6 million valuation. This is the type of asymmetric opportunity where success would be a game-changer, but failure would do minimal fundamental damage.

Alderan is led by an experienced team with a history of exploration success. Managing Director Scott Caithness, in particular, has a background with both majors and juniors, including Rio Tinto and Vedanta Resources. Caithness will spearhead the company's efforts to create value through cost-effective, technically driven exploration.

With drilling at Frisco imminent, Alderan is positioned for strong news flow over the balance of 2024. Any one of the 12 geophysical targets could yield a major discovery and rewrite the company's trajectory. Investors can also look forward to results from the ongoing lithium exploration in Brazil, which adds additional upside potential. 

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