{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Company Interviews","title":"Cabral Gold (TSXV:CBR) - Operating Licence Secured, First Gold Targeted by September","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1101,"description":"Interview with Alan Carter, President & CEO of Cabral Gold Inc.\nOur previous interview: https://www.cruxinvestor.com/posts/cabral-gold-tsxvcbr-85-built-q4-production-district-growth-ahead-11014\nRecording date: 14th August 2026\nCabral Gold has reached a pivotal stage in developing its Cuiú Cuiú gold district in Pará State, Brazil, having secured the Operating Licence (LO) needed to begin leaching gold from its first heap leach pad. The licence, granted by the state environmental authority SEMAS/PA, follows the earlier Preliminary Licence and sits alongside a separate approval from Brazilian military authorities covering the purchase and transport of cyanide which both prerequisites for gold recovery under the company's Phase 1 gold-in-oxide operation.\nConstruction of the wet processing circuit, the last major piece of the build, is over 90% complete. The ADR plant which is built in Australia and shipped to site has finished mechanical assembly, with electrical work more than 90% done and commissioning under way. The simpler dry circuit, covering ore crushing, agglomeration and stacking, is already commissioned and operating. Ore is being mined, stacked and prepared for irrigation, which CEO Alan Carter expects to begin within days.\nManagement's updated timeline puts first gold production in September 2026, around six weeks earlier than originally planned, with full commissioning wrapped up by late September and a ramp-up toward commercial production - defined internally as 60-70% of design throughput - through the fourth quarter. The company has deliberately avoided issuing formal 2026 production guidance given the number of ramp-up variables involved in a first-time mine build, though guidance is likely for 2027.\nEconomically, the early mine life looks favourable relative to the broader resource. Infill drilling at the first deposit being mined points to average grades near 1.5 g/t gold over the first 12-18 months, roughly double the 0.7 g/t life-of-mine average,...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/1wv-MFlQAgnm-ca64e5kK4984dZB0os8-HJdRVsI74M/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzEzNTcyLzE2MjM5/NTQyMDctYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}