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Exploring opportunity in Central Asia

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Altyn Ridge

Private gold project in Kazakhstan — decades of work on the ground, new drilling, and a single place to review the asset.

40.5
g/t peak Au
$4,763
Spot / oz
13.2
km² licence
60+
yrs data

Informational only — not an offer. Verify all data.

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Investment thesis

Five pillars — institutional framing

  1. High-grade discovery (40.5 g/t peak; 13.29 g/t × 4.0 m in Z-03) in a top-10 global gold-producing country.
  2. Spot ~$4,763/oz with major-bank 2026 targets of ~$5,000–6,300/oz — structural bull case for leverage to gold.
  3. 60+ years of Soviet-to-modern archive on state map sheets — far more geological context than a typical greenfield.
  4. 2026 Kazakhstan tax/subsoil reforms (capex deductions, MET relief for qualifying sites, AIFC) improve investability vs. legacy perception.
  5. Listed peers (ARK, EST, ALTN, MOG, CORE) prove international capital prices Kazakhstan exposure; EV/oz and M&A medians frame upside if resources are delivered.
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Value cycle

Where we sit

Lassonde Curve — typical mining company value vs. stage. Altyn Ridge: drill-confirmed, pre-resource.

Altyn Ridge drill-confirmed · pre-resource Concept Discovery Feasibility Development Production → Resource · PEA · Strategic bid
Why it matters

Exploration-stage entry captures steep re-rating if compliant ounces land. Z-03 (13.29 g/t × 4.0 m) is drill confirmation without a priced-in resource — maximum leverage to the next catalyst.

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Commodity backdrop

Gold at record levels.
Leverage matters.

From ~$1,793/oz annual average (2021) to an ATH of $5,608/oz (Jan 2026). Spot near $4,763/oz. Altyn Ridge is exploration-stage — economics follow drilling and compliant resources, not slides.

Drivers
→ Central bank gold accumulation and reserve diversification
→ Geopolitical tension and safe-haven demand
→ Rate-cut expectations and real-yield dynamics
→ Strong physical and ETF-related demand in risk-off periods
$5,608
ATH Jan ’26
~$4,871
’26 YTD avg
USD/oz (annual avg) ’21$1.8k ’22 ’23 ’24 ’25$3.5k ’26$4.9k

Annual averages — illustrative. Verify before any model.

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Sell-side & bank targets

Consensus: gold has not peaked in 2026.

Major institutions publish forecasts above spot — third-party views, not EAST X. Verify originals.

InstitutionTarget (USD/oz)Horizon
J.P. Morgan$6,3002026 (research)
UBS$6,2002026
Wells Fargo$6,100–6,3002026
Deutsche Bank / SocGen / BNP~$6,0002026
Morgan Stanley$5,7002026
Goldman Sachs$5,400mid-2026
TD Securities$5,400H1 2026
Bank of America / Citi~$5,0002026
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Jurisdiction

Kazakhstan — tier-1 by tonnes, improving rules.

Gold producer
Top-10
~130 t gold (2024 context). Top 10 producer (2024, industry reports).
Known deposits
~300
Multiple belts. Karaganda holds a material share of national gold reserves.
Liquid comps
TSX · LSE · AIX
Most KZ juniors list there; primary US-listed pure-play exposure is limited.
Major operators (context)

JSC AK Altynalmas · Kazzinc / Altyntau (Glencore) · SolidCore (Kyzyl / Varvara) · Ivanhoe Chu-Sarysu JV

2026 regulation & tax — verify with counsel

SSU Code · Tax Code (100% exploration capex deduction; 0% MET 5 yrs on qualifying new sites) · AIFC English law · 40+ BITs · Mar ’26 SSU amendments (reported).

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Comparable issuers

Price, cap, EV/oz — verified snapshot.

Apr 2026 snapshot — verify on live feeds and filings.

CompanyTkExchPriceCapEV/oz
Altyn Ridge (EAST X)Private————
Arras MineralsARKTSXVCAD $0.58~$51Mn/a
East StarESTLSE~3.25p~$23Mn/a
MogotesMOGTSXVCAD ~$0.32~$124Mn/a
AltynGoldALTNLSE~1,270p~$470M~$75*
SolidCoreCOREAIXVerify~$3.5BProducer

*Verify filings. IVN / EDV in full memo for global M&A context.

Scale

Market cap ladder

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Private
EST
~$23M
ARK
~$51M
MOG
~$124M
ALTN
~$470M
CORE
~$3.5B
The gold gap

Public juniors often ~$15–40/oz vs. M&A exploration median ~$44/oz and PEA-stage ~$94/oz (industry compilations — verify). The spread is option value if compliant ounces land.

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Transaction framing

What acquirers pay

MetricExplorationPEADeveloperProducer
EV / resource oz (illustr.)~$44~$94~$142Premium
% of spot / oz (rule of thumb)~2–3%~5–7%~8%~11%+
Typical NAV multiple—0.3–0.5x0.6–1.0x0.8–1.2x
Deal prem. to market (typ.)—25–35%25–35%25–35%

Illustrative medians from industry transaction studies (e.g. S&P Global, sell-side thematics). Not a valuation of Altyn Ridge.

Corp-dev lens

Gold M&A activity reached multi-year highs in 2025 (S&P Global and industry press). Developers often trade at discounts to historical takeout pricing until feasibility-style milestones land.

The gap between where juniors trade on EV/oz and where strategic deals have cleared is the option value in a pre-resource discovery — if drilling and reporting deliver compliant tonnes.

EAST X position: pre-resource. Entry before a resource report captures the full re-rating from exploration toward developer-style benchmarking — if the ounces are there.

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Map sheet
M-42-84-B
82 km W of Karaganda · 13.2 km² · VostokProm

The opportunity

Altyn Ridge.
Karaganda belt.

82 km west of Karaganda, Karaganda Region. Map sheet M-42-84-B. 13.2 km² licence. Discovered 1962; modern ALS sampling and 2025 diamond drilling.

Deposit type

Au–Cu–Ag — quartz vein system with multi-metal halo (porphyry–epithermal continuum, conceptual).

Controls
Apical / cupola · faults & breccia · potassic→sericitic vectors
Strike / depth
800 m+ strike narrative · tested ~75 m · open at depth
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Regional metallogenic context

Why the belt works

Province
Central Kazakhstan collage — deep faults + Paleozoic arcs → porphyry Cu–Au & epithermal Au.
Analogues
Besshoky-style porphyry depths · Nurkazgan / Samarsk stockwork · Bozshakol belt ~250 km NE.
Targeting
Phase 2: depth under Z-03, NW strike, pathfinders, 25–50 m sections.
Au
40.5 / 13.29 g/t
Cu
Halo credit
Ag
Epithermal tie-in
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Exploration history

Sixty years.
One system.

Soviet-to-modern continuity is rare at greenfield valuations.

1962
Discovery
’64–65
Grid
’65
1:10k map
’66–’05
State archive
2024
ALS 97
2025
5 holes
Next
Resource
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Diligence

The 70-file moat

I
II
III
IV

Soviet ГДП-200 Books I–IV + 1962 discovery + map photos. /data-room & /file-browser on host.

Book I
28 files · stratigraphy
Book II
30 files · technical
III + IV
Cadastre + paleo
Maps
3 JPG sets
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2025 program

13.29 g/t × 4.0 m

Hole Z-03 · continuous intercept · open at depth (~75 m deepest)

Zone 1 · 34.8 g/t Zone 3 · anchor Zone 4 · 63–90 g/t outcrop 5 holes · 291.5 m
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Value path

Catalysts & re-rating hooks

Target H2 2026
Phase 2 drilling — 10–15 holes · strike & depth

Geometry proof → continuity confidence

Rolling
Assays + 3D model — vector next targets

Targeting efficiency for follow-on metres

Target Q1 2027
Compliant resource — KAZRC / NI 43-101-style

EV/oz vs. ALTN, ARK, EST

Target Q2 2027
Metallurgy — recovery risk

Grade → process view

Target Q3–Q4 2027
PEA / scoping — first economics band

Multiple expansion toward PEA band

2028+
Strategic options — JV · finance · listing · sale

M&A medians once ounces are compliant

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Margin backdrop

Operating margin at record gold

Global cost curve (schematic) vs. spot — exploration-stage projects must still prove tonnes, recovery, and permitting.

Gold: indicative AISC band vs spot Low ~$0.8k Median ~$1.4–1.6k High ~$2.2k Spot ~$4,763/oz — wide margin vs. median producer costs (industry context)
Energy
Coal-heavy grid, regulated tariffs; capex sensitive to USD/KZT.
Labour
Technical skills — training and retention factor into opex models.
Infrastructure
Road access; Karaganda corridor — grid power and mining services.
Regulatory
2026 Tax Code: 100% exploration capex deduction; 0% MET five years on qualifying new sites — verify with counsel.

At ~$4,763/oz spot vs. global median AISC often quoted ~$1,400–1,600/oz (verify against producer reporting), margins are historically wide — but Altyn Ridge must still prove minable tonnes, grade continuity, metallurgy, and permitting.

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Strategic

Who could own this next?

SolidCore
Largest KZ gold producer; natural consolidator if scale proves.
Kinross
Global major; historical Central Asia operating experience.
Endeavour
Large-scale gold M&A track record.
B2Gold
Diversifying production; global development acquisitions.
Agnico
Quality-focused; premiums for high-margin ounces.

Illustrative only — no assurance of interest or any transaction.

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Sensitivity

Ounce scenarios — not a resource.

Conceptual Moz@ $44/oz@ $75/oz@ $100/oz
0.5 Moz~$22M~$38M~$50M
1.0 Moz~$44M~$75M~$100M
2.0 Moz~$88M~$150M~$200M
Illustrative upside case
~$180M+ metal @ spot — hypothetical tonnage × grade × recovery — not NPV. Requires drilling and QP resource.
Illustrative development envelope

Order $1B+ metal-in-ground if veins link at depth — high uncertainty; extensive program required.

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Buyer-ready

Diligence roadmap

What to verify — technical and legal. Family-held asset; no public-market checklist.

Technical
QP-reviewed drill logs, collar surveys, downhole deviation
Full assay chain with QA/QC (CRMs, blanks, duplicates, lab certs)
Structural / alteration model — wireframes and 3D as available
Metallurgical test plan and composites (when available)
Water, land access, environmental baseline
Legal & subsoil
Licence M-42-84-B: term, work obligations, minimum spend, renewal
SSU compliance history and any enforcement record
Tax structure — local entity vs. AIFC holdco (counsel opinion)
Surface rights, access agreements, community engagement history

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