WSA western areas limited

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    Welcome to the wonders of mining accounting. Your numbers are really way off base.

    Revenue stated was 159 million.
    This was 13,752 ton.
    Revenue 159 million / 13,572 = 11,715 A$ per ton.
    Revenue 11,715 / 2,240 = 5.22 A$ per lb.
    This means that the basic price for nickel is a lot lower and the smelter charges are a lot higher than in your calculation.

    Cash margin therefore is just 5.22 - 2.69 = 2.53 per lb.

    Total cash margin is 2.53 x 2240 x 13572 = app. 77 million.

    Deduct a lot of other costs such as administration, employee benefits, royalties, finance costs to end up near the 48 million operational cashflow.
 
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