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* I hold ungeared positions.
Implats (JSE code: IMP) is buying a Canadian palladium miner for some R11.5billion. Now the deal looks decent, 3m ounces producing about 220k a year with an all in sustainable cost of some $820 and making EBITDA of some R1.6billion a year, so PE of 7x.
But those numbers are all grand with palladium just off all-time highs of $1,700. What happens when palladium falls?
This is the challenge of single commodity miners. You can't buy at the bottom because you have no money, but buying at the top screams a 'hail mary' pass.
The catch 22 is how else do miners grow? Every day the mine they lose some value as they mine reserves.
Maybe the smallish size of this deal is what saves it?
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* I hold ungeared positions.
Implats (JSE code: IMP) is buying a Canadian palladium miner for some R11.5billion. Now the deal looks decent, 3m ounces producing about 220k a year with an all in sustainable cost of some $820 and making EBITDA of some R1.6billion a year, so PE of 7x.
But those numbers are all grand with palladium just off all-time highs of $1,700. What happens when palladium falls?
This is the challenge of single commodity miners. You can't buy at the bottom because you have no money, but buying at the top screams a 'hail mary' pass.
The catch 22 is how else do miners grow? Every day the mine they lose some value as they mine reserves.
Maybe the smallish size of this deal is what saves it?
JSE – The JSE is a registered trademark of the JSE Limited.
JSE Direct is an independent broadcast and is not endorsed or affiliated with, nor has it been authorised, or otherwise approved by JSE Limited. The views expressed in this programme are solely those of the presenter, and do not necessarily reflect the views of JSE Limited.