Mintails/new solar plants/3.5x earnings is crazy17 Feb 2023 21:34
Loots says Pan African is partially insulated from Eskom owing to a renewables programme which has targeted 30MW in about 24 months – with more to come. “We can fasttrack that and do better,” he says. An announcement on this may be made in “two to three weeks”.
Mintails is scoped to produce 50,000 to 60,000 ounces of gold a year at an all in sustaining cost of $1,000/oz – a full $200/oz cheaper than Pan African’s current average AISC. At the current gold price, it will pay for itself in three years.
The company is hoping to catch up in the second half of its financial year in order to meet guidance of 195,000 to 205,000 oz, an effort that – if achieved – would match 2022 financial’s record output. And once developed, Mintails will boost production a further one quarter.