RE: Scallywag9 Jan 2021 21:42
Thanks for that lead Tigg. Found some info eventually in the presentation. And thanks for all your info as usual Bamper.
"(1) The considerable increase in overall group TCC is primarily driven by the purchasing and processing of 3rd party concentrate in H1 2020, whereas no 3rd party concentrate was processed in H1 2019. 3rd party concentrate TCC is higher vs. own metal TCC because 3rd party TCC includes the purchase price of the concentrate, directly linked to the gold price.
However, 3rd party gold (TCC H1 2020: US$1,380/oz) is profitable at the average realised H1 2020 gold price of US$1,640/oz.
https://petropavlovskplc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/H1-2020-Fin-Results-Presentation-FINAL.pdf
So, obviously we need a shallow ore base somewhere for tolling to come into play quickly, but it seems to work out in a very simple way between $400-600p/oz. And it seems Petropavlovsdog are happy to pay this per oz fro a profit to them of only $260p/oz.
TCC above means Total Cash Costs - I took the $1,380p/oz costs and minus their avg company TCC per ounce of around $800. Give or take a little here or there but the price per ounce for the ore supplier seems pretty reasonable considering it probably goes up with the price of gold as stated above. Much better than gold in the ground prices. This is all based on no info about the actual deal itself though. Tried going through the RNS's but had no luck. Could be countless factors that I don't know about that dictate the price paid to the supplier - ore type, mineral type, distance, shipping etc...
This all might be irrelevant to us anyway, but good to know i thought. (Thumbs up emoji)