RE: Hi8 Oct 2020 12:43
I believe the key to unlocking the value of BCN is to complete the FEED and DFS to enable the company to raise the funds to begin construction of this significant strategically placed mine. With key investors and offtake agreements in place it’s a case of bringing this clay based lithium project into production. This in turn would bring significant new money to not only BCN but clay plays overall.
Post period end, GRES completed its concentrator design work and Ganfeng completed its flow sheet design testwork for the production of battery-grade lithium from samples provided by the pilot plant; Ganfeng is now integrating these results into a larger scale design, and remains on schedule to deliver its final engineering packages at the end of Q4 2020. This is a major milestone, flow sheet completion, and in line with the inability of the companies ability to communicate the asset to the market, this information has gone unnoticed.
If Ganfeng take on its option to increase its project position to 50% then the valuation will change for obvious reasons. As of now, it is my belief that the company is significantly undervalued as we need to see the company and its partners deliver by end of Q4. If they deliver then the funding has been largely mitigated and won’t be a problem.
My personal target price is 80p prior to FEED and DFS and after financing could be many many multiples of today’s price.
Covid imo has presented an opportunity due to the delays it has presented, a strong cash balance and a large percentage ownership in Elis PLC makes a 77m market cap laughable!
A core asset so close to construction valued at £35m is a joke, especially if you look at the likes at EMH, what money they have in the bank and at what stage the development is at. ECB is a great opportunity for minority shareholders imo.