LYC 0.39% $7.75 lynas rare earths limited

paterson's latest lyc report, page-38

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    Thanks FastSell, an interesting read.
    Here are my thought/quibbles on the details.
    Includes a debt of $400m and I'm not aware of other big liabilities. They're using 2.04bn shares issued which I think covers dilution from Mt Kellett & cap raising.
    Rather optomistic on basket price ($45/kg) and COP ($10/kg) but not over the top. Medium term $35 and $15 might be more realistic giving profit around 55% of their projections.
    They expect a 50% drop in Dy prices and 100% increase in La; I'd have thought the other way round was more likely.
    They seem to be predicting a slow ramp up with FY14 production @ phase 1 capacity only. Didn't NC say that phase 2 ramp up would be complete by the end of this FY? Maybe they expect underproduction initially through lack of demand.

    As for the Mt Weld valuation of $4.5 bn.
    I agree LAMP and concentrators must be included.
    What's the 'raw' value of the REEs?
    1.4 bn kg reserves x $20/kg profit gives round $28 bn but of course that's over 20 years....
 
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