The Fundable Materials Scorecard.
Twelve things a generalist allocator looks for in your deck, maps, and website in the first ninety seconds — before they decide whether your geology is worth a meeting. Score your own materials against the desk: one point each.
- 01
The one-line thesis
A non-geologist can say what you have and why it matters in a single sentence — on slide one, not slide nine.
- 02
Location in context
A locator map places the project beside the deposits and operators the market already knows. The comps do the explaining.
- 03
The number that matters, shown
Grade, width, and continuity are visualised — on a section or long-section — not buried in a table a generalist will skip.
- 04
A scale anchor
Tonnes, ounces, or contained metal are framed against a known comparable, so the size of the prize is legible at a glance.
- 05
A dated catalyst calendar
What happens next — assays, a maiden resource, a PEA — and roughly when. A reason to keep watching after they close the deck.
- 06
Money in, money out
Cash position, burn rate, and what the current raise actually funds — stated plainly, before they have to ask.
- 07
Capital structure at a glance
Shares outstanding, options and warrants, and major holders — no dilution surprises waiting three slides in.
- 08
A management record, not adjectives
Prior discoveries, builds, or exits stated factually. Credibility is shown with track record, not the word “world-class.”
- 09
One visual language
Maps, sections, and slides look like one company — consistent palette, type, and symbology — not five vendors stapled together.
- 10
Continuity you can see
Mineralisation shown in section or 3D so an investor believes the deposit holds together — not just a scatter of plan-view dots.
- 11
It survives a phone
The deck still reads when it’s skimmed on a phone between meetings — legible type, figures that hold up small.
- 12
The forward test
The story holds up when the deck is forwarded to a colleague — without you in the room to narrate it. This is the one most materials fail.
Score it honestly. 9–12 — your materials are doing their job. 5–8 — the geology is real but the market can’t fully read it. Under 5 — the market probably can’t see what you actually have, for reasons that have nothing to do with the rocks.
This scorecard measures how clearly your materials communicate the geology — not your valuation. What the market does with a clear story is its own decision.
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