Goldplat (GDP LN) - Fair value uplift as profits rise and growth opportunities realised

This week’s Q4 operating results from Goldplat reflected encouraging progress, with an outstanding quarter in Ghana and the company’s highest operating profit in five years. Goldplat produces gold (plus minor silver and Platinum Group Metals – PGMs) from by-products of mining and plant clean-up. It has two operating recovery plants – one in South Africa and one in Ghana. The company is cash-generative with an effective management team, strongly focused on growing the business. Following the rece

Goldplat (GDP LN) - Strong Q4 operating results

Goldplat today publishes its Q4 operating results for the period ending June 2024. As a reminder, Goldplat is a unique processor of the by-products produced as a result of mining, recovering gold and other precious metals from raw material generated by other producers; and acting, in our view, as a service provider to the mining industry from its two plants in Ghana and South Africa. Overall it generated its highest gross operating profit since the beginning of 2019 (see Exhibit 1), outperforman

Goldplat - Q3 results. Maintaining improvements

Goldplat today reports its March quarter results (Q3 FY 2024). Headline operating profits from its two gold recovery plants, in South Africa and Ghana respectively, was £1.6m (Q3 FY 2023 £1.5m) which led to a PBT for Goldplat of £0.9m (£1.7m) for the quarter. Profit was driven by Ghana (£1.5m) with the remainder from South Africa (£0.1m) – with the nine-month total for both operating plants up to a gross operating profit of £5.0m (£4.8m). Cash balance at the end of the quarter was £2.4m – up fro

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 19 April 24

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Goldplat (GDP) - Goldplat interims (H1 FY24) for the period ending December 2023

Goldplat is a precious metal producer from the by-products of mining and plant clean-up with plants in South Africa and Ghana and a process to purchase a warehouse in Brazil. It today provides its interim figures for H1 FY2024 (ending Dec 2023). Eps is reported at 0.7p/sh (from 1.0p in H2 FY2023). Despite the headwinds in period from electricity issues in South Africa, slow turnaround from smelters in Europe, lower-than-expected gold in the gravity circuit in SA and sell down of inventory in

Goldplat plc (GDP) – Q2 results. Good and bad

A disappointing quarter from South Africa which has usually been a very steady operation for Goldplat. We expect the problems in the quarter not to be a regular occurrence, given the long history of profits, but we reduce our FY expectations from a Gross Profit of £9.5m to £7.5m reducing our eps from 2.0p/sh to 1.0p/sh, which still leaves £1.5m in cash by year end. We will look to update our numbers when we have more clarity on the timing of the re-processing of the TSF and any update on the c

Hybridan Small Cap Feast: 07 Feb 24

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Goldplat (GDP) - FY23 audited figures – Solid plans and consolidating year despite headwinds

Goldplat is a precious metal producer from the by-products of mining and plant clean-up with plants in South Africa and Ghana. It today provides its final year figures for FY2023 (year ending June 2023). Eps is reported at 1.7p/sh (from 2.1p in FY2022). FY2023 was a successful year despite headwinds from electricity issues in South Africa, slow turnaround from smelters in Europe and a delay in the export licence in Ghana. Goldplat made the most of its flexibility and delivered a Group profit

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 10 Nov 23

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Goldplat - Q1 2024 update

Goldplat today provides an update on its Q1 operating update for the period ending September 2023. Goldplat recovers gold and other precious metals from the wastes produced as a result of mining, operating two recovery plants: one in South Africa and one in Ghana. Today's results are strong with operating profit of £1.87m for the quarter (£1.92m in Q1 2023 and last quarter Q4 2023 of £1.19m) with £0.76m from South Africa (£0.98m / £0.75m) and £1.11m (£0.97m / £0.44m) from Ghana. Goldplat retaine

Goldplat - Operating results for the quarter ending 30 June 2023

Goldplat, the Mining Services Group with operations in South Africa and Ghana, today reports operational results for the quarter ending 30 June 2023.

Morning Note – 7 October 2024

PetroTal (PTAL LN) - Q3 operations update

PetroTal has released its Q3 operations update, reporting a strong production performance and expectation of being towards the top end of full year 2024 production guidance. Development drilling at Bretana continues, the Block 131 acquisition is nearing completion, and there is also an update on the test exports via Ecuador.

Afentra - Off to the races

Following the successful completion of Afentra’s third acquisition in Angola, the company now holds a meaningful 30% non-operated interest in producing Block 3/05 and a 21.33% non-operated interest in development ready Block 3/05A. The result is a significant new African independent company, with c6,700bopd of production and 52mmbbls of 2P+2C reserves and resources, backed by material cash flow and a strong balance sheet. With a portfolio of both near-term, low-cost, short-cycle growth opportuni

PetroTal Corp (AIM: PTAL): Production and cash well above expectations

• 3Q24 production was 15,160 bbl/d. This is well above expectations of 13 mbbl/d. While the river levels were at record lows, PetroTal has maximized the barge fleet capacity during the quarter. • Production during the first week of October was 10.7 mbbl/d. With the end of the dry season in sight, production is expected to return to capacity by mid-November, • As a result, FY24 production is expected to be at the top end of the 16.5-17.5 mbbl/d guidance. • Petrotal held US$133 mm in cash (US$121

Oil & Gas - Cavendish sector note

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Jubilee Metals (JLP LN) - Audited results for FY24 (June)

Jubilee today announces its audited results for FY24 which ended in June. Revenues rose to $205.4m from $170.9m in FY2023 (Zeus estimate was $208.8m). Group EBITDA fell to $27.7m from $29.8m (Zeus $26.6m) with eps falling from 0.58c/sh to 0.21c/sh (0.3c/sh). Capex fell to $36.9m from $65.9m with gross cash at the end of the period at $19.3m from $15.9m at the end of June 2023. Chrome is now poised to take on more of a roll in operating cash flow and profits as the Thule plants are brought on str

Oriole Resources* (ORR LN) – FLASH NOTE – Abundant gold in Mbe trenching

Oriole Resources is an AIM-quoted gold exploration company holding an expansive suite of prospective gold licences across West and Central Africa, with a particular focus in Cameroon, a deeply under-explored and recently reformed mining jurisdiction. The Company provided an update for its 80% owned Mbe gold project in Cameroon, where Oriole is free-carried as BCM International earns up to 50% of the project.

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Petro Matad (MATD LN) - Heron updates; Gobi Bear-1 initial drilling result

Petro Matad has announced various operational updates. These include an important regulatory permission for permanent Heron production facilities; further progress on Heron offtake agreements; preparations for Heron-2 well testing and targeted 2024 production; and an initial result from the Gobi Bear-1 exploration well, where further analysis will be required preparatory to potential flow testing.

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