RE: Prof22 Jan 2021 19:19
Hi Mickey
Apologies for responding a bit late to the question below you posed earlier:
" I make a resource of 1.5m oz -750k to us around £1.65? Can you confirm "
In order to meaningfully provide you with a response, I had to do some research on any one company which would be appropriate and to first provide an analysis on this company. Therefore I chose to look at Continental Gold (with its Buritica project). You might say why the hell did I pick this company which had announced 11.3 million ounces of combined Measured, Indicated and Inferred resource.
The reason for this will become clearer when, at the end, we compare Continent's CAD $4 price per share (OR £2.30 based on exchange rate of £1 to CAD $ 1.7376) in January 2019 following its NI43-101 Report depicting its 11.3 million ounce total resource with the share price for PAT following its 1.5 million possible ounces from JUST Labola.
One further observation to make is that PAT is an exploration company and Continental too was an exploration company back in January 2019 when it produced the NI 43-101 Report. Continental's accounts for 2019 showed an operating (loss) of some $8.4 million which you would expect.
CONTINENTAL GOLD
1) RESOURCE IN MILLION TONNES
a) Measured = 1.4 MT
b) Indicated = 14.6 MT
c) Inferred = 21.9 MT (The point to note here is inferred is nearly 1 and 1/2 times more than combined measured + indicated
2) Gold price in January 2019 = $1,278
3) AIS Costs (ASSUMED) = $800 ( I will assume the same later for PAT)
4) Margin = $1,278 less $800 = $478 per ounce
5) Profit over life of mine = 11,300,000 oz X $478 = $5,401,000,000
6) Outstanding shares in Jan 2019 = 203,000,000
7) Market value in Jan 2019 = $812 million
8) Therefore, in Jan 2019 the market value is 15% of the total future profits ( i.e. $812,000,000/$5,401,000,000)
9) Share price = $812,000,000 / 203,000,000 shares = $4 per share.
10) Share Price in pounds = $4 / 1.7376 (exchange rate in 2019) = £2.30.
PAT - WITH LABOLA 1.5M OZ RESOURCE ESTIMATE
1) Gold price in Jan 2021 = $1,800
2) AISC = $800 (Assumed same as in Continental Gold)
3) Margin = $1,800 less $800 = $1,000 per ounce
4) Profit over life of mine = 1,500,000 oz X $1,000 = $1,500,000,000
5) Outstanding shares = 86,000,000
6) Market value % as per Continental Gold = 15% X Profit of $1,500,000,000 = $225,000,000
7) Therefore Share Price = $225,000,000 / 86,000,000 shares = $2.60 per share
8) Share Price pounds = $2.60 / 1.37 = £1.90.
The above analysis indicates that even though Continental Gold had a resource estimate of 11.3 million ounces back in January 2019, the share price is not far out from the ESTIMATE which works out for PAT based on Labola estimated resource of 1.5 million ounces.
This is due to :
1) The gold price being much lower in Jan 2019 by almost $600 per ounce (EXACT TODAY = $1871 less $ 1,278 in Jan 2019)
2) The exchange rate difference.
So, Mickey, your estimate of the price of £1