PGM28 Jan 2020 12:00
To be perfectly honest, I am disappointed with the PGM ounces delivered. For the period 1st July to 31st Dec, 21,082 PGM ounces were "delivered" which I assume means produced.
Working on Inyoni producing 2,250 oz per month (I was actually expecting an increase for Dec to reflect we were now in full control of the processing from the RNS in Nov), that would give 13,500 oz for the six month period without allowing for any Dec increase.
I have obviously misunderstood the wording of the 14th Nov RNS and thinking Windsor had produced 5,000 PGM oz in September alone. Having reread this RNS it is apparent the TOTAL COMBINED PGM from Inyoni AND Windsor must have been 5,000 oz in September. So by deduction, it would appear that Windsor must have accounted for approx. 2,750 oz in Sept.
We are told in today's RNS that...... Windsor PGM Operations, came into operation during August 2019 reaching stable production exceeding 5 000 PGM ounces produced for the month of November 2019 alone....... again, I read this to mean that Windsor had itself produced 5,000 PGM oz. However, I assume that this means that TOTAL COMBINED PGM from Inyoni AND Windsor was 5,000 oz.
Taking a total 21,082 and an expected 13,500 from Inyoni that leaves 7,582 from Windsor for the period. The above Sept and Nov figures indicate Windsor to be approx. 5,500 oz which only leaves a total balance of 2,082 oz for Windsor for combined Oct and Dec which obviously seems very strange when compared to Sept and Nov.
Alternatively, PGM production at Inyoni has been well below the anticipated 2,250 per month????????
Again, today's RNS states....Combined PGM processing capacity expanded 3 fold to 170 000 tonnes per month targeting 6,000 PGM ounces per month. So if Inyoni is targeting approx. 2,500 to 2,750 oz per month from Dec then Windsor must be targeting approx. 3,500 to 3,250 oz per month going forward.
So basically, I am struggling to understand the make up of the 21,082 PGM ox for the six month ended 31st Dec.
Was anyone else expecting more than 21,082?
Regards, BB2