RE: RNS31 Oct 2022 15:08
I always find this a trifle confusing. 12 months to June 2021 they made a gain of $24.5m just on the exchange rate. From April 2020 to June 2021 the ZAR/USD went from 1 / 0.0520 to 1 /0.0736 or in other words, USD/ZAR - from 1/19.2 to 1/13.58
So at the start of the period I walked into a SA bank with $1 and walked out with 19 Rand. At the end of the period, I walked in with $1 and walked out with only 13.5 Rand.
Given that SLP have expenses payable in Rand one might assume that a 30% reduction in purchase power might offset any USD gain, but this appears not to be the case.
So in summary, if that is correct, and the USD/ZAR is low -13, 14 - this looks to be good. The higher it gets, the worse the currency impact.