RE: Masses of high grade gold30 Mar 2023 20:44
My take.
Investors have lost faith, hence the SP is so low. However the recent news has removed risk, to some investors, hence the SP has moved off the bottom. Some investors will wait to see actually gold sales to be convinced, and for fair reason as the numbers in the Q3 and Q4 update didn’t make sense.
Ultimately the risk is lower than a month ago (needed funds to stay in business!) and the potential reward is lower as the SP is 50% higher. Wait for gold sales to restore faith and the SP will probably be higher; risk is lower but reward is lower (as SP will probably have moved up).
Again, funding news = less risk, SP moves and you minimise your return.
I think Aprogersons 600oz a month is conservative. Assuming 20 days a month of operations; I remember RM saying 80% plant operation (20% downtime) assuming 20 days assumes 66% days operation, 33% downtime.
Chuck in some HL and I think they will do 900oz gold a month (360tpd) to 1200oz (500tpd).
Then there is the HUGE HL pad - it will be producing gold towards the end of that 180day period.
Ignoring the HUGE HL, working from 900oz to 1200oz a month that’s maybe $720,000 to $960,000 profit a month.
(I’ve assumed the AISC reduces to $1150/oz with the higher grade and gold spot price $1950/oz).
As I said, some people will want to see gold sales to believe it.