Value20 Jul 2024 10:21
Current m/cap @ £112m or $145m. Looks like shallows deal is a formality and if it completes Casper will receive $73m net of licence commitments. Add in CE cash @c $10m, the B8 loan repayment of $5m and that equates to 60% of current m/cap. The CE is on the BS for peanuts and it's true value ? Caspian believe it's at least $60m following the charter to ENI/KMG so if we needed to sell it, total cash could equal current m/cap ! Everything else carries zero value ? Airshagyl & North Yelemes deeps, B8 deeps, the rigs, West Shalva or the oil and poss commodities trading business.
They've extended the appraisal licence for 2 years on the BNG deep acreage, whilst concluding the reserves appraisal process on NY. They're applying for 25 year licences separately, that gives them the opportunity to sell them individually with a lucrative prod licence if approved.
Block 8 deeps x 2 are waiting to be tested following licence approval and our CC believes that they could be producing 2000 bopd from this prospect and WS by year end. This statement was made pre the discovery of a new interval at 803 which is currently being tested.
I think we all believe that MJF/SY is being undersold but surely, they're doing this as they know that they can replace the volume in short order, bank the cash and acquire new assets eg the mining asset and other opps.
Caspian is undervalued at this juncture as sp is dictated by PIs that probably own c 250m shares and currently, the tail is wagging the dog. Many PIs carry the battle scars of drilling failures, the egg on face sagas, the mis-communication from HQ, all which contribute to poor sentiment and distrust. This is about to change in H2, starting with 803 and if it's good news it's the catalyst to a dramatic rerate of the sp. If it fails, the sp will retrace, probably to low 4ps but that won't last for long as the buying will resume as there is an abundance of material news to follow. If they fail at this unexpected zone, they drill on and the hype resumes and off we go again, waiting for the transformational news that creates the sp rerate.
803 is a bonus find, if it comes in, it will be transformational but if it doesn't, we're still way undervalued imo and H2 will prove to be the most important period in their 18 history. If it is good news, I hope the Zeus broker note is ready to go and some quality PR to follow.