Outlook from here30 Jun 2019 12:39
I am of the opinion that Q2 will show the company running at a near profit even though the throughput will show a big increase over the remainder of the year. The new management team do seem to have an understanding of what has been needed to secure a profitable enterprise.
The mine is looking to process around 320,000 tones this year before ramping up on a full year to over 400,000 tones.
2018 shows 3.28ct pht which with the new plan should see increase as the strip sections not processed. These low value areas have been identified by the new team as stated in the las report.
320,000 tons at 3.5ctht would give a profit for the year of $250,000. However we have already seen some large stones which will have lifted the $325 price per ct in Q1 and2 to around $375. If this was maintained for 2019 the profit would be $500,000.
If the ctht was raised to 4.5ctht then we would secure a profit this year of $1.25M.
All these figures are worked using the companies own fixed mining and operational costs.
We will have a better idea of how accurate these projection are when we here Q2 results in the next 10 days.
These projections have been calculated using real data and not the back of a fag packet which seems to be used bu the rainbow chasers who have not seen an instant reward and so sell then start to trash the company.