RE: Founders Equity Alignment Plan - 31 March RNS15 Apr 2023 14:03
It is a good interview, my takeaway is Dan's comments on about yanfolila, his obvious embarrassment of 3rd party failures, runaway headcount costs and the fact that cost control was the main driver of lowering the aisc in Q4.
Secondly, we already know the grade profile had been improving with a higher gold price and his comments that yanfolila is "well on track" to meet guidance sounds like a beat, if I was to say to someone I was on well on track, it would because I'm ahead of the required target.
Despite official Yani guidance of 90k, I'd actually be surprised if it pulls in less than 110k, with an elevated aisc margin over 21/22 kicking off circa 50 million free cash flow, easily covering the 25 million a year to pay back koroussa.
Then, Koroussa comes on line and turns that 50 mill fcf into 60 mill net earnings. Will we pay back the debt in 4 years and accrue a huge cash pile or will we pay it off early over 2 years, this now being the only unknown going forward from here