Recap of BUY case here14 Jul 2021 11:31
I just added to my position at 20p btw. GREAT entry point.
Recap of investment thesis here:
1)Shares are up ONLY 50% since announcing a) a DOUBLING of the flagship Li resource AND b) raising group-wide resources by ANOTHER 50%. So, recent derating offers GREAT entry price. ZNWD currently has c1.1Mt LCE resource owned at 100%. The FS is based on ONLY 20% of this total resource=> plenty more value can be extracted.
2) ZNWD is next door neighbour of EMH, sharing the same Cinovec deposit on German side of border - ZNWD has a more advanced FS-stage project yet trades at less than HALF the resource multiple; and soon a QUARTER of the multiple, once EMH announces an offtake. This valuation differential makes no sense.
3)ZNWD is 35% owned by Bacanora, who received a takeover offer from Chinese giant Ganfeng. Takeover process ongoing, with key greenlight by Chinese authorities now obtained.
Ganfeng won’t sit idle with ZNWD minority stake. They either buyout or sell out. Either way, ZNWD is a takeover candidate, which warrants a PREMIUM valuation not a (significant) discount to peers as is currently the case. The implied takeout price for Bacanora’s Sonora asset offered by Ganfeng is c55% Sonora NPV. ZNWD trades at less than QUARTER of that multiple. A sale to EMH makes a lot of sense, in my view.
4) A takeover by EMH, which I am shareholder of, would be high double-digit value accretive to EMH shareholders before any synergies.
5) BIG synergies in consolidating ZNWD and EMH resource - saving on capex and growing IRR. Senior CEZ director (Czech utility which co owns Cinovec with EMH) has already talked of having only 1 processing facility for both assets.
6) VW the German company is about to decide to sign an agreement for a battery plant 50km away from Cinovec deposit - with Cinovec offtake. This obviously would have a POSITIVE readacross to ZNWD, which again sits literally bordering EMH.
7) Explo license announced which raises Li resource base by 50% at ZNWD effectively dismantles the arguments by those bearish on prospects of takeover on basis of smaller resource.
8) Hydroxide p keep rising and are now at $16k, meaning c55% higher NPVs to Li co resources yet stock oblivious to this.
BUY