RE: Fantastico'8 Feb 2016 10:24
This is an unexpected but fantastic news.
So apparently they have changed the cut of grade and the way sapphires will be sorted.
In stead of separating 4mm Crt from lower quality, now they will produce and sort only 3mm and above Crt.
I was wondering if it was worth to sort lower quality material and this is the answer, at just above $1 per Crt sale price, it is not.
What is impressive is how focused RLD management is, in the effort to make this mining company profitable.......I would say very profitable, with cash cost coming down from $3 to £1.
This means that a $1 cash cost will be applied also to material of high quality and larger size, the mark up should be massive.
On ramp up production, with the change in grade and sorting, now we have a much clearer picture.
There is no doubt that this quarter we have exceeded the 250k Crt. forecast. but also in the 720k Crt produced this quarter, we have to include material ranging from 3mm to 4mm, as the 250k estimated production referred only to 4mm and above.
What is missing now is the price achievable for high quality material, I am sure that RLD BoD, already have a pretty good idea, of what that will be. One thing to keep in mind is that even high quality gems will have a wide price range, dictated by size, cut polished or rough, and also by market.
But hey... at $1 production cost, what ever is the price achieved it can only be profitable good news.
It wont be tomorrow but for those that can wait this surely is going to be a great investment.
I honestly can't see a point where RLD, would give me any doubt on my investment return.