RE: P/NAV ratios14 Oct 2025 20:00
Good post, MerchantBanker.
The only fly in the ointment that I can think of, apart from the sizeable warrant conversions as we progress higher, which is a short term nuisance, is that Blencowe will rely on Chinese IP and know how to build the SPG plant in Uganda. No Western company has this tech, afaict. So with Premier Li Quiang threatening to cut off Western access to strategic minerals technology, in a worst case scenario, what is Plan B?
Oh, and it's not a shoe-in that the valuation on Blencowe will adjust to 15-20% of npv, post-DFS.
Only this week, Ferro Alloy (FAR.Ln) came out with its long awaited DFS (sans offtake deals), producing an NPV8 of $748mn. The sp promptly nose-dived and its valuation stands at £33mn, or just 6% of that npv. Different metal, different location, but I'm just saying..... Even so, on a comparative basis, 6% of your projected $1.2bn npv would take Bres to 11p, so quite a bit of upside even being ultra cautious.
In both cases, definitive offtake deals and full upfront financing with minimal equity dilution will be needed to extract real value.