RE: Newcrest Quarterly5 May 2020 14:57
As I've now run out of jobs to do today, and at a bit of a loose end in lockdown, thought I'd run some figures through and share...
Assumptions (data marked * based on figures from NCM March 2020 quarterly)
1st gold pour in 4 years, ie. 4 years until mining.
NPV discount rate used 9% (stable territory etc.)
Au grade 1.95g/t (* double current 0.97 g/t - easy figures later!)
Cu Grade 0.9% (i.e. 0.8 g/t Au eq), Cu price US$5034/t
GGP Shares 4353607171 (includes warrants & options + shares to Pacific Trends)
FX US$1.25 = UK£1
GGP share 30%
Au recoverable 85%, Cu recoverable 86% (* based on current Telfer underground)
Ore body size = 60,000 x 900 x 2.9 = 156,600,000 tonnes (thanks Paddy for those figures - used SG of 2.9)
Throughput 3,862,00 (*) x 4 = 15,448,000t. Telfer can do more, but increased throughput doesn't impact final share price too much (1 or 2p).
So assume mine life 10 years.
Costs
Approach was to ditch all credits and keep all costs...seemed like a plan.
Starting from net cash cost base of 1016US$/oz prod (*)
Remove all credits - lease adjustment (23*), by-product credit (267*) (calculated Cu separately and added in value), ore inventory adjustment (33*), production stripping adjustment (8*) gives 1420 US$/oz prod
From this to get AISC US$/oz sold, remove movement to inventory (26*) and advanced operating development credit (9*) and leave all other debits (4, 87, 51, 12, 25*) to get Adjusted AISC of US1635/oz sold.
Au grade is double compared to current, so subtract half mining & milling cost US$/oz prod giving AISC 1113.5 US$/oz sold, without the Cu credit (it was added in to value though).
At US$1500/oz this gives a share price of 23.62p for Hav only (28.9p @ US$1750, 34.17p @ US$2000).
Lots of possible upside on this.
Any obvious errors would appreciate a heads-up (hopefully not, but I'm still a relatively new at all this. Doing me best). Trying to get the model as good as I can. Happy to redo. Thanks all.
GLA LTH
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