RE: Still ontrack dispite God's will27 Apr 2023 12:26
Production quantity is of course important as it reduces the cash costs for the business. However, the weak ZAR will have helped offset that for Q1.
All the factors they have put into place over the quarter signal a promising Q2 production figure, won’t take much to get that back and BMN clearly agree keeping production guidance for the year as is.
What is important near term for CLN resolution is sales. At a sale price of $40 and cash cost of $26 that’s a healthy margin of $14/kgv.
That should be a profit of about $14m for the quarter. Not factoring in a portion of those sales were of stockpile for which costs have already been recognised and incurred.
Capex also materially reduced for 2023, with weak ZAR lowering that also.