equivalent values?, page-17

I am using a thing called enterprise value.

This is the market capitalization - assets + debt Here is a link to a site with a good description

http://goldnerds.com.au/o/content/view/76/79/

what it looks for is the value of a particular enterprise that a company is undertaking rather than the value of the whole company. In other words what is a mine worth to the company rather than all the other things a company may be doing.

With that said the Enterprise Value is guesstimated on a per Oz value and is a lot different to the current per Ounce cost of gold because it factors in production costs and everything else.

It is generally worked out by calculating it for a range of companies at a similar stage of exploration/development so you can see whether something is cheap or expensive with respect to industry peers.

As a rule of thumb

For a discovery that may not be economic at the present time
$50 per ounce seems to be the ball park. This is GOR's original resource. 750kOz - but low grade.

For a discovery that has reasonable chance of going into product but still some risk. $100 per ounce.

For a discovery with a high chance of going into production
$150 per Oz. This is Central Bore

Once into production above $150 but by then you should have the economics worked out and you can start working out costs per ounce, dividends etc.

To do it you dig out the most recent balance sheet and annual report you can find and workout

Market Cap
Assets
Debt
Gold Ounces

then calculate (Market Cap - Assets + Debt)/(Gold Ounces)
to obtain the EV per Ounce

Most explorers have no assets or debt so it becomes Market Cap per ounce.

Last time I calculated it (November 2010) for a range of goldies I came up with values as follows.


Code Name EV/Oz
NAV Navigator $104
DOM Dominion $364
AZM Azumah $152
AMX Ampella $324
GRY Gryphon $237
TRY Troy $178
TAM Tanami $65
IGR Integra $252
CAH Catalpa $175
AZX Auzex $23
FML Focus $70
SLR Sliver Lake $167
SAR Saracen $98
RMS Ramelius $63
KCN Kingsgate $258
IGO Independence $164
PRU Perseus $274
NGF Norton $24
AVO Avoca $165
SBM St Barabara $128
RSG Resolute $78
OGC Oceana $90
NCM Newcrest $248