Updated 2019 forecast.23 Oct 2018 10:16
When you consider that FeV prices are already over $139 per kg and the supply deficit isn’t going anywhere for a few years. Also, demand is increasing and only very limited new supply is coming on line.
Let’s now pencil in FeV prices of $150 per kg for 2019, which is quite possible when you look at the current frenzy.
Secondly - Costs.
Previously I used $35 per kg. Let’s increase costs by a further $2 per kg to cover the additional royalties due, making $37 per kg.
Finally - Production.
Production will be 3,750 tonnes pa at 1st January 2019 and then increasing up to 5,000 tonnes by the end of the year. Therefore, you would expect production for 2019 to be somewhere in between those two figures.
I will use the lower production capacity of 3,750 pa to keep the forecast reasonably conservative.
Using the above figures, an exchange rate of $1.3/£, Vametco share of 74%, our share of post tax profits for 2019 becomes a crazy £174m!
We would only need a PE of 5.75 for our share of Vametco to be worth £1 billion (90p per share).
A PE of 15 gives a share price of £2.35.
A PE of 25 gives a share price of £3.92.
That’s just for Vametco on 3,750 tonnes of production.
That doesn’t include Bushveld Energy, Mokopane vanadium, Brits vanadium, electrolyte production, Imaloto coal, iron ore, titanium, phosphate or Afritin Ltd!
A very exciting future lies ahead for all shareholders :)