RE: Tanking10 Dec 2020 15:02
I own quite a lot of this share and have done my own research. please do your own. to share my thinking:
1. there is no debt without equity - co will need to raise cash to match debt for plant
2. more cash will be needed to drill wells, pipelines. I will come back on this point
3. OPEX cost on processing
4. He concentration is likely around 1%-5% (more?), therefore from an estimated ~300 bcf volume, and assuming 80% of it can be produced, we are left with 2.4 - 12 bcf of He, giving roughly a gross revenue of $240MM -$1.2B USD (assuming price of $100/kcf of helium, its likely closer to 120/kcf at the moment based on USGS.GOV but never mind).
5. coming back to item (2), there are two ways the Co can get the wells and pipelined financed -either raise equity and match it with debt, or get other parties to cover the cost in return for a slice of the license. Lets say cash is raised for simplicity, lets say we need 6 wells to produce 240 bcf volumes (40 bcf per well, which is pretty good going), each well will costs around $10-15MM, so that $60-$90MM, pipeline cost is another $50MM, add OPEX to it (usually double but lets call it 50% of OPEX over life of the development), total CAPEX & OPEX will eat between $165-$210MM...
6. over an assumed 10 year development life, (with simple time function discounting), market value is probably between $11MM to $147MM, depending on outcome of drill and sampling results, but before cost of borrowing, which may include upside on equity share.
7. if concentration is 10%, then of course the value is up at over $300MM with but consider cost of money (suggest take half off). therefore my view the value is up to $150MM subject to field success. fair value (today) therefore is between $7.5MM-$30MM, the higher end takes into account market sentiment.
8. seepage is a good and bad thing; great proof on surface but it also means its leaked. therefore the volumes might not be there.
9. we are probably 4-5 years away from first production and that's fast - taking into account the need for appraisal, concept select, field development plan, environmental evaluation, approvals, long leads, and actual development work.
-Please do your own research-