Pleasing Orion bankable points to fast project payback

Zinc and copper exploration and development company Orion Minerals pleasantly surprised the market on Monday when it announced a bankable feasibility study (BFS) that paves the way for financing, concentrate offtake and mine construction of the Prieska project in the Northern Cape. The BFS calculates payback at 2.9 years from the start of production from the underground mine.