toll refining3 Mar 2019 12:30
Hi guys, something I am unclear on the more I think about it is what the plan is with the toll refining. MC explained recently that pursuing the toll refining was a 'change in strategy'. What is the strategy. $110m is needed for the mine and I am just wondering what does the toll refining income (which will be considerably less than that) do for us. I don't think I have heard clearly from MC what the plan is after this and maybe we have to wait, but it is tricky to value this company because we don't know how much new equity is going to be needed to fund the mine which is what gives the company its value. Short-term, getting some cash flow is useful but in itself it doesn't really help us because the cash won't go back to shareholders so ultimately all it does is maybe reduces the capex from $110m to $100m, let's say. Does anyone know what the plan is i.e. how much we are targeting to earn from this and then where we go from there? I suppose all I can think is that it will slightly reduce the overall amount that needs to be raised through debt/equity issuance or forward gold sales, but difficult to see how it can help us out in a big way?