The Kalkaroo Project provides Havilah shareholders with significant leverage to gold and copper prices.
As we all know, the Kalkaroo PFS is based on an open pit JORC Ore Reserve of 474,000 tonnes of copper and 1.41 million ounces of gold.
Per the PFS dated 18 June 2019, at metal prices of copper US$2.89/lb (A$3.86/lb) and gold US$1,200/oz (A$1,600/oz) and (using FX of A$:US$0.75) the Kalkaroo Project generates a pre-tax NPV7.5% (net present value) of A$564 million:
Using these same metal prices, Havilah said the post-tax NPV7.5% of the Kalkaroo Project was A$361 million.
I have prepared a post-tax NPV7.5% matrix (see below) to generate discussion:
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Column 4
Column 5
Column 6
Column 7
Column 8
Column 9
Column 10
Column 11
Column 12
Column 13
Column 14
Column 15
1
2
3
4
Post-tax A$ million NPV7.5% (estimated)
Gold A$/ ounce
5
Copper A$/lb
1,333
1,467
1,600
1,733
1,867
2,001
2,135
2,269
2,403
2,537
2,671
2,805
2,939
3,073
6
3.33
109
153
197
241
285
329
373
417
461
506
550
594
638
682
7
3.60
193
236
280
324
368
412
456
500
545
589
633
677
721
765
8
3.86
273
317
361
405
449
493
537
581
625
669
714
758
802
846
9
4.13
358
403
447
490
534
579
623
667
711
755
799
844
888
932
10
4.40
442
486
529
573
618
662
706
750
794
838
883
927
971
1,015
It is clear the Kalkaroo Project provides Havilah shareholders with significant leverage to current high gold prices.
For example, at the current spot metal prices of gold A$2,551/oz (US$1,744/oz), copper A$3.82/lb (US$2.61/lb) and FX A$:US$0.6834 results in an 85% increase in the post-tax NPV7.5% to ~A$669 million (from A$361 million, PFS base case of gold A$1,600/oz and copper A$3.86/lb).
From this post-tax NPV7.5% matrix, you are free to choose a gold price, copper price and/or FX rate to come up with your own post-tax NPV7.5% for the Kalkaroo Project.
Notes:
1. All tables are reported in Australian dollars.
2. Effective tax rate, I calculated from the PFS, was 36%.
3. The table for the PFS used a 49% recovery for Saprolite Gold ore: ~252,350 ounces of gold. The tables above exclude any improvement from the metallurgical test work which recovered 92% or an additional ~221,450 ounces of gold.
4. For every A$134/oz change in the gold price in the tables, the pre-tax NPV7.5% moves by A$69 million and the post-tax NPV7.5% moves by A$44 million.
5. A significant increase in metal prices will also increase the Kalkaroo Project's Internal Rate of Return ('IRR') from it base case post-tax NPV7.5% of 21% IRR.
6. Spot metal prices sourced from: https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/copper
Food for thought!
Cheers
These are only my thoughts and it does not constitute investment advice. Before acting on any information you read and before making any financial or investment decisions, you should always consult your advisor(s) or other relevant professional experts.
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