GCAT Valuation4 Mar 2022 09:55
GCAT joined LSE on 31-Aug-2021 with "638,951,276 Placing Shares completed in two rounds at a placing price of £0.01 per share, implying a market capitalisation of circa £14.5 million". Capital moves, SP and MCap since:
31-Aug-21 >> SP=1.0p issuing 668m new shares with 1,448m shares & MCAP = £14.5m with £5.5m cash raised
14-Feb-22 >> Issued 117m new shares. SP=1.05p with 1,565m shares & MCAP = £16.4m with £2m cash raised @0.95p
4-Mar-22 >> SP=1.025p with 1,565m shares & MCAP = £16m ... cash £no info
Note: LSE showing 1448m shares @ £15m MCap when additional 177m shares issued on 14-Feb-22 but GCAT Corporate presentation showing 1,615m shares in issue but no official statement of shares in issue as neither looks correct!
Gold production:
Using a mixture of actual production @kilimapesa and my forecast based on accelerated Phase 3 production to 2koz/month in 6 months as per RNS 14-Feb-2022. I'm assuming 24koz steady state production will be achieved a little later in Q4 2022 given profile to date:
>> Q3 2021 @1.550oz
>> Q4 2021 @2.088oz
... and assuming forward profile Q1 @2.5koz +Q2 @3koz +Q3 @4koz +Q4 @6koz
Production Actual vs. Forecast:
Using GCAT actuals & my forecast figures that implies our annualised production rate looks something like:
> Q3 2021 @1.550koz so annualised production = 6.2Koz actual with MCap=£14.5m
> Q4 2021 @2.088koz so annualised production = 8.4Koz actual with MCap=£16.4m
> Q1 2022 @2.5koz so annualised production = 10Koz forecast with MCap=£16m
> Q2 2022 @3koz so annualised production = 12Koz forecast
> Q3 2022 @4oz so annualised production = 16Koz forecast
> Q4 2022 @6koz so annualised production = 24Koz forecast
Commentary:
GCAT MCap has increased 10% since LSE listing & reboot 6 months ago albeit SP is static reflecting £2m cash raise and 177m extra shares in circulation. However gold production has gone up 30% in Q4 and is forecast to almost triple over the next 6 months from 8.4koz/annum rate to 24koz/annum rate. POG was $1,800 in Aug-21 and is now $1,930 whilst cash costs of production dropped $60 with another $100 costs taking savings to $160/oz expected in Q1 results in 6 weeks time.
IMHO I've not seen many more compelling junior producers with significant near term growth opportunities in a very long time.
AIMHO ATB APR