RE: ANR looks to be an excellent rare earths play5 Oct 2021 12:53
ANR moves significantly on almost zero volume and looks completely mispriced at the current tiny £3.4M market cap which seems all the more ridiculous considering almost half is cash.
The LSE listed rare earth stocks are MKA, RBW and PRE and they have market caps of £44M, £71M and £164M, so even the cheapest has a market cap 13 times greater than ANR. They are of course all more advanced than ANR, however ANR's Monte Muambe project looks excellent with high grade, long length intercepts from surface which stack up very well against all of these company's deposits. I see no reason why ANR will not develop in a similar way as the resource is proved up over the next 18 months and other pending projects are added. The surge in rare earth prices only underscore the huge undervaluation here.
In my opinion, the erratic price moves and undervaluation are simply due to the listing on Aquis. Once ANR moves to the LSE investors will actually be able to buy the stock eliminating the eratic movements and closing the valuation gap. I think the board should ignore the threadbare pricing signal being sent by the Aquis listing and do the LSE IPO at a higher price that better reflects the assets and investor appeal of ANR. I you sell steak priced as hamburger, people will think it's rubbish. Start as you mean to go on.
In the meantime, I see this as a strong buy for anyone lucky enough to have access pre LSE IPO.
GLA