RE: Jason brewer4 Apr 2025 08:28
Davemcmanus. Suggest you consider a number of factors - potential size of dilution / increase in GP% since the last business case made / future direction of POG.
You need to stick your own numbers in until we know the facts.
We can take an educated guess at the Gross Profit Margin - POG less AISC
In the April 2023 corporate presentation (links on their website - https://caracalgold.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CP001.Caracal-Gold-Presentation-Mines-and-Money-April-2023.pdf), the business case stated AISC $1095 - at that time POG was circa $2K but I seem to remember from somewhere that they used $1650 in the calculation. So if I am near the mark, a GP of circa 35% in round numbers. Now with POG of say $3000 to be conservative and lets say AISC of $1500 for inflation and easy math, GP could now by 50% - so GP has increased in % terms (% of %) by 30% and of course that is on a POG which nearly double. Lets do some worked examples for an Oz of gold
2023 - 1650 POG / AISC 1095 = 555 GP (33.6%)
2025 - 3100 POG / AISC guess 1500 = 1600 GP (51.6%)
In monetary terms the actual GP per Oz has potentially increased by 200%!
Lets go on and take a wild guess at 2027...
2027 - 3500 POG / AISC guess 1700 = 1800 GP still 51.4% - but go to $4K POG and its 2300 GP / 57.5% on a larger number
I know it's all theoretical but people need to understand the correlation between the POG and AISC and frankly the wider market still hasn't fully woken to the impact on miners profitability ratios and ergo stock prices. They will catch up though in due course. The mismatch between POG and miners still needs to be considered in looking to the future with GCATs future MC.
Other factors to consider are of course the expansion plans and what is the planned output and within what timescale. I'm hoping that the company builds slowly but sustainably - the key is to delivering on plans going forward - it gives the market confidence and it allows the company to in part, organically grow and not be totally reliant on funding.
The other considerations is the size of the JORC resources and the potential for this to grow if the exploration resumes which I expect it to in time including TZ.
So in conclusion, I think that current investors will get something back but the company clearly has a number of milestones to reach first. Robbie has at long last got some support with JB and all that he can bring to the table. JB will have thought long and hard about associating himself with GCAT - he knows the business and opportunity inside out given his past association and he must believe that there is a good commercial operation here that can be resurrected.
Your question was about dilution which is valid but maybe think in terms of market capitalisation - at the suspended price $7M. Look at the 2023 presentation again and do some of your own calculations.
Personally although it might take 12 to 24 months, I think that CGAT has massive potential to really surprise investors p