SP Angel . Morning View - Equities gain as economies look to ease lockdowns

SP Angel . Morning View . Monday 27 04 20

Equities gain as economies look to ease lockdowns

 

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Aura Energy* - (AURA LN) – Issue of shares

Altus Strategies* (ALS LN) – Tabakorole geophysical survey identifies new targets

Caledonia Mining* (CMCL LN) – AGM Procedures

Chaarat Gold* (CGH LN) - BUY – Completion of a $13.8m placing

Empire Metals* (EEE LN) (formerly Georgian Mining GEO LN)  – Acquisition of control in Australian Palladium Deposit

Mkango Resources* (MKA LN) - COVID-19 safety measures for Malawi

Scotgold Resources* (SGZ LN) BUY – 119p – Earnings update: delivering gold at Cononish

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Serabi Gold* (SRB LN) –– Appointment of non-executive director

Vast Resources* (VAST LN) – Baita Plai parts and equipment shipment update

 

Shanghai base metal inventories continue to fall as China managed COVID-19

Wuhan announced no COVID-19 patients currently hospitalised with a total of 46,452 infections and 3,869 fatalities though many think the figures are higher (The Times).

• Deliverable base metal stocks were down across the board on Friday, amid continued supply disruptions from outside of China and a recovery in demand. 
• Copper stocks fell 14.6% to 259,040 tonnes. 
• Aluminium stocks fell 5.6% to 458,403 tonnes. 
• Lead stocks fell 10.3% to 7,074 tonnes. 
• Zinc stocks fell 9.3% to 133,349 tonnes.
• Nickel stocks fell 1.8% to 27,461 tonnes. 
• Tin stocks fell 3.3% to 3,702 tonnes. 

China reduces subsidies, excluding EV models

• China announced last week that it will cut subsidies for EVs by 10% this year with further cuts to follow over the next 2yrs. (Electrek)
• The reduced subsidies are only available for vehicles costing less than 300,000 yuan ($42,400).
• This upper limit means Tesla’s Model 3 Sedan is not included along with models from BMW and Daimler. They will also raise the requirements for driving range and power.
• The subsidies will be cut a further 20% and 30% in 2021 and 2022, respectively.
• The government will support the sales of cars with swappable batteries and prioritise NEVs when buying vehicles for government use. (Reuters)

 

Fatalities year-to-date:

• 207,254 - Coronavirus
• 156,458 - Seasonal flu
• 315,420 - Malaria
• 344,832 - Suicides
• 434,084 - Road accidents
• 540,577 - HIV/AIDS
• 804,274 - Alcohol
• 1,607,535 - Smoking
• 2,641,028 - Cancer
• 4,174,532 - Communicable diseases

*Stats from Worldometers.info

 

Dow Jones Industrials		+1.11%	at	23,775
Nikkei 225		+2.71%	at	19,783
HK Hang Seng		+1.85%	at	24,272
Shanghai Composite		+0.24%	at	2,815

 

Economics

US Coronavirus - some social-distancing measures will remain in place through the summer (NBC News).

• Expect a slow reopening of states over the next few months according to Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator for the White House Coronavirus Task Force reported.
• The US will be ramping up testing for coronavirus antibodies.

 

UK - Ministers discussing lockdown exit strategy

• 140 businesses have applied for help to pay wages through the government furlough scheme
• Ministers debating on how to pay for the lockdown through higher taxes, restrictions on spending or increased borrowing (BBC).

UK – insurers put virus payouts to UK firms at just £1.2bn

 

US – The House passed $484bn aid package addressed for small businesses, hospitals ($75bn) and coronavirus testing ($25bn).

• Boeing walks away from Embraer deal.

 

China - Industrial profits fall 34.9% last month YoY

• PBoC cut the rate charged on its targeted medium-term facility by 20bp to 2.95%.

• Industrial profits also fell 36.7% last month YTD compared to 2019, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.

 

Japan - Bank of Japan ramp up stimulus with bond-buying pledge

BoJ not ruling out deepening negative interest rates from future policy options

• The BoJ will buy an unlimited amount of government bonds and quadruple its purchases of corporate debt as it steps in to protect the country's economy from the coronavirus pandemic. The previous target was JPY 80tn (Nikkei).

• This move brings the Japanese central bank in line with other major central banks which have adopted a policy of attempting to spend their way out of the economic fallout as a result of the virus. 
• The BoJ will triple the maximum amount of corporate bonds and commercial debt it buys to 20 trillion yen. 
• It also cut its growth production for the current fiscal year to a range of -3 to -5%. 

 

Major European economies report positive Covid-19 data 

• European data released yesterday suggests that deaths caused by Covid-19 across major economies in Europe are falling. 
• The UK reported 413 coronavirus deaths, the lowest since the 31st of March. 
• Italy reported 260 virus deaths yesterday, the lowest since the 14th of March. Italy is to begin easing lockdown measures on the 4th of May as Europe watches on, assessing the pros and cons of restarting public life. 
• The construction and manufacturing sectors will be the first to reopen, with retailers and museums to follow two weeks later, and bars/restaurants potentially on the 1st of June. 
• Spain reported 288 virus deaths yesterday, the lowest in over a month, and France reports its fewest deaths since the 25th of March. 
• Spain have begun outlining plans which suggest a return to public life, as Children under the age of 14 are now allowed to exercise as recent figures show a "clear descending trend" according to the country's chief health minister. 
• France's lockdown measures are expected to continue of the time being, however Prime Minister Philippe is set to propose an exit strategy on Tuesday for parliament to vote on.
• The Stoxx Europe 600 Index opened 1.8% higher at 335.57 this morning. 

 

Spain - prime minister said the country would allow adults outside to exercise beginning 2 May if figures continued to improve.

 

Australia - Mining sector drives trade amid Covid-19 pandemic 

• The country's natural resources sector has been largely attributed to the 29% improvement in the value of Australia's goods exports in March compared to February.
• According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, exports of goods increased to AU$36.1bn in March compared to $28bn in February. 
• This was predominantly driven by a 20% increase to $4.7bn in the value of exports of non-rural goods.
• Australia's growth in iron ore exports to support China's rebounding economy, as well as increases in the value of gold, coal and petroleum exports have resulted in the value of exports rising. 

 

Peru - Government extends lockdown to the 10th of May 

• Quarantine was previously due to end on the 26th of April; however, the country's infection curve is still on the rise and President Vizcarra has decided to postpone the reopening of the country for two more weeks. 
• The country had had 20,914 confirmed cases of Covid-19 on Friday compared to 13,489 people a week earlier. 
• The country is the second largest producer of copper and zinc in the world, however most of its mines are either suspended or running at lower capacity, and companies have adjusted production which is expected to amount to 66-77% of Peru's 2019 production. 

 

Currencies

US$1.0846/eur vs 1.0729/eur last week.  Yen 107.15/$ vs 107.70/$.  SAr 18.842/$ vs 19.160/$.  $1.244/gbp vs            $1.231/gbp.  0.646/aud vs 0.635/aud.  CNY 7.080/$ vs 7.082/$.

 

Commodity News

Precious metals:          

Gold US$1,718/oz vs US$1,729/oz last week - Gold prices likely to rise further with inflation a likely side effect of the massive Quantitative Easing required to drag economies out of recession

• The amount of money in the US is increasing at the fastest pace since 1946 according to Morgan Stanley.
• ‘The age of running economies, public sector and businesses on minimal overheads should be over. There needs to be more fat in the system to absorb systemic shocks like that of COVID-19.’ (Paul Tucker former head of the Bank of England)

   Gold ETFs 95.5moz vs US$95.2moz last week

Platinum US$764/oz vs US$772/oz last week

Palladium US$2,045/oz vs US$2,022/oz last week

Silver US$15.19/oz vs US$15.29/oz last week

            

Base metals:    

Copper US$ 5,221/t vs US$5,137/t last week - LME copper prices near six-week highs 

• The price of copper on the LME touched its highest level in nearly six weeks this morning, as major economies begin to ease coronavirus restrictions. 
• Examples of economies reopening businesses include Italy, which will allow factories and building sites to reopen from the 4th of May. More US states are expected to ease restrictions this week. 
• The prospect of Japanese stimulus also helped sentiment, as the Bank of Japan expanded monetary stimulus for the second month in a row in order to cushion the economic implications as a result of the pandemic. 
• Three-month copper prices on the LME rose as much as 2.3% this morning to $5,260/t. (Reuters). 

Aluminium US$ 1,514/t vs US$1,508/t last week

Nickel US$ 12,375/t vs US$12,175/t last week

Zinc US$ 1,912/t vs US$1,883/t last week

Lead US$ 1,638/t vs US$1,650/t last week

Tin US$ 15,305/t vs US$15,095/t last week

            

Energy:            

Oil US$20.0/bbl vs US$21.8/bbl last week

Natural Gas US$1.661/mmbtu vs US$1.816/mmbtu last week

Uranium US$33.30/lb vs US$33.20/lb last week

            

Bulk:    

Iron ore 62% Fe spot (cfr Tianjin) US$81.4/t vs US$81.5/t

Chinese steel rebar 25mm US$526.7/t vs US$527.4/t

Thermal coal (1st year forward cif ARA) US$53.3/t vs US$54.0/t

Coking coal futures Dalian Exchange US$116.0/t vs   US$126.0/t

            

Other:   

Cobalt LME 3m US$30,000/t vs US$30,000/t

NdPr Rare Earth Oxide (China) US$36,937/t vs US$36,928/t - China's rare earth exports up 19.2% last month 

• Rare earth exports increased 19.2% to 5,551 tonnes in March compared to a year earlier according to the General Administration of Customs. 
• In the first three months of 2020, China exported a total of 11,041 tonnes of rare earths, down 2.3% compared to last year (Xinhua). 

Lithium carbonate 99% (China) US$5,368/t vs US$5,366/t - 

AVZ Minerals lithium project blocked by Australian Federal Government

• The project in Central Africa has hit a major roadblock after Australia's Foreign Investment Review Board advised that that the investment application would be rejected by the Federal Government. 
• The blocking is a result of new tough scrutiny of Chinese investment in the country's minerals sector. 
• Yibin Tianyi Lithium Industry withdrew its Foreign Investment Review Board application to invest AU$14.1m in AVZ after the investment was deemed "contrary to the national interest". 
• The ordeal has set a marked precedent, showing that ownership and not necessarily the location of a critical minerals project is what matters to the Australian government. 

Ferro Vanadium 80% FOB (China) US$27.5/kg vs US$27./kg

Antimony Trioxide 99.5% EU (China) US$4.9/kg vs US$4.9/kg

Tungsten APT European US$215-225/mtu vs US$240-245/mtu

Graphite flake 94% C, -100 mesh, fob China US$530/t vs US$540/t

Graphite spherical 99.95% C, 15 microns, fob China US$2,450/t vs US$2,550/t

 

Battery News

China focusing on swappable batteries

• The government has included swappable batteries with no upper limit on price in their new subsidies for NEVs. (China Daily)
• Swappable batteries solve issues of slow charging, a primary hurdle in widespread adoption of EVs.
• Chinese EV start-up NIO has built 125 battery swapping station across 53 cities in China. 400,000 batteries have been swapped to date.
• BJEV a subsidiary of BAIC has produced 16,000 vehicles capable of swapping batteries which are in 15 cities.
• A lack of standardisation amongst batteries has prevented swappable batteries from gaining traction in the US but tighter state control in China could overcome these issues. (Electrek)
• China has increased efforts to establish common industry wide standards enabling batteries to be swapped quickly without error. (Bloomberg)

 

Zinc-bromine flow batteries to be used in mobile and broadband network

• Redflow (ASX listed) has received an order from a JV including the NZ and mobile network operator Vodafone, Spark and 2degrees called Rural Connectivity Group. (Renew Economy)
• The order is for an additional 10 zinc-bromine flow batteries to add to the 8 ordered in November 2019.
• The additional batteries will be installed in 2 off grid telecommunications towers on New Zealand’s North Island.
• Long life, heat tolerance and theft resistance have been cited as reasons why zinc-bromine batteries are well-suited for use in off grid transmission.

 

Company News

 Aura Energy* - (AURA LN) 0.17p, Mkt cap £3.2m – Issue of shares

• Aura Energy reports the issue of a further 60m shares on the conversion of Convertible Notes issued to the Lind Global Macro Fund.
• ʺ The issue of shares referred to above relates to the eleventh Conversion Notice received from Lind to convert A$120,000 of convertible notes into fully paid ordinary shares.ʺ
• We estimate that the new shares represent approximately 3% of the enlarged capital of Aura Energy.

*SP Angel are Nomad and Joint-Broker to Aura Energy

 

Altus Strategies* (ALS LN) 33p, Mkt Cap £23m – Tabakorole geophysical survey identifies new targets

• The Company released results from the a 25km2 high-resolution ground magnetic survey at the Tabakorole gold project in the Massagui gold belt in southern Mali.
• The survey showed excellent correlation between geophysics and known gold mineralised shear zones.
• Initial interpretation of the geophysical data identified nine priority magnetic anomalies with accumulative strike length of over 8km.
• Those targets are viewed as an extension to the know shear zone as well as splays or sub-parallel or splay structures.
• The anomalies are typically coincident with geochemical samples that returned high gold values.
• The survey was completed by the Altus team under the JV agreement with Glomin who funded the programme.
• The next phase of exploration works at Tabakorole will include trenching and drilling across new targets as well as in the area od the Historical Mineral Resource (240koz at 0.94g/t in Indicated and 350koz at 1.03g/t in the Inferred category).
• Tabakorole fieldwork has been temporarily suspended due to the COVID-19 containment measures.

Conclusion: The JV partner funded geophysics survey showed good correlation with historic geochemical anomalies and identified nine new targets for over 8km in additional strike length.

*SP Angel acts as nomad and broker to Altus Strategies

 

Caledonia Mining* (CMCL LN) 960p, Mkt Cap £110.6m – AGM Procedures

• Caledonia Mining reports that, following the decision of the Government of Jersey to extend restrictions on public gatherings until 11^th May and to limit attendance to a maximum of two people, the company’s AGM scheduled for 6^th May will now be limited to the minimum quorum of two people and ʺOther shareholders will not be allowed to attend and anyone seeking to attend the AGM will be refused entry on the grounds of safetyʺ.
• While acknowledging the importance of the AGM to its shareholders, the company is urging them to exercise their proxy voting rights ʺby appointing the Chairman of the AGM or the Management Nomineesʺ.

Conclusion: The restrictions on the AGM are entirely understandable in the present circumstances however, the company has made significant progress during the last year with the implementation of its long-term development strategy to expand production and ensure the long term future of the Blanket mine. We imagine many shareholders will be disappointed that they will not have the opportunity to hear news on this progress at first-hand.

*SP Angel mining analysts have visited Caledonia’s mining operations in Zimbabwe

 

Chaarat Gold* (CGH LN) 26p, Mkt Cap £127m – Completion of a $13.8m placing

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• The Company completed a $13.8m equity raise through an issue of 42.1 shares at 26p, marking an increase from the previously announced $12m.
• 13.0 shares were acquired with existing shareholders and new investors.
• 25.4m shares were taken up by Labro Investments.
• 3.8m shares were placed with directors (including 2.6m bought by Martin Andersson) and senior management.
• Following the placing, Martin Andersson and Labro Investments, the majority of shares where Martin Andersson is directly beneficially interested, will have a 39.8% holding in the Company.
• In response to the level of interest, Labro reduced its participation from $10m to $8.3m with $6.3m invested through a conversion of outstanding debt to equity and additional $2m in the form of cash subscription.
• Following the conversion, the outstanding amount under the Labro loan facility is zero with $6.5m remaining available for drawdown.

Conclusion: The expanded equity placing in the current challenging market conditions is a welcome news for the Company allowing the team to reduce outstanding debt as well as providing capital to continue works on its growth projects in the Kyrgyz Republic.

*SP Angel acts as Broker to Chaarat Gold

 

Empire Metals* (EEE LN) 1.2p, Mkt cap £2.42m – Acquisition of control in Australian Palladium Deposit

(formerly Georgian Mining. The company also holds the Kvemo Bolsni copper, gold project in Georgia)

• Empire Metals has agreed to acquire a 41% interest in the Munni Munni Palladium Project from Artemis Resources
• Empire also has a first right of refusal on a further 29% interest in the project.
• The project is in the West Pilbara 55km south of the port of Karratha. and is reported to be the largest undeveloped primary PGM resource in Australia.
• The JORC 2004 resource (SRK, 2002, Snowden, 2003, contains: 
  • 24mt @ 2.9 g/t Platinum Group Element (PGE) plus gold
  • 12.4mt Measured,
  • 9.8mt Indicated,
  • 1.4mt Inferred),

Containing:

• 1.14moz palladium,
• 0.83moz platinum,
• 152,000oz gold
• 76,000oz rhodium
• All likely extensions are thought to be contained within Munni Munni exploration tenements
• Empire Metals are issuing 95m new shares at 1p/s plus a cash option payment of £25,000 for its stake worth £975,000 at the time of issue.
• The company formerly Georgian Mining recently received confirmation on the tenure of its two of our primary projects in Georgia and with an appeal process commenced on a third key asset.
• This feels like a significant advance toward restarting work at Kvemo Bolnisi though the Georgian government are busy dealing with the COVID-19.
• Georgia like most other countries is going to look for cash generative projects to help restart the economy and drive employment.
• The development of Kvemo Bolnisi will immediately create significant new employment and tax revenues for the government when ministers sign the necessary permits.
• Platina Resources (PGM AU, Mkt cap A$4.6m) holds 30% of Munni Munni. Platina is allowing Empire to acquire the Artemis stake subject to a loan to Almeera of £100,000 made in the form of an issue  to Artemis of 10,000,000 to satisfy the consideration due to Artemis for the acquisition of a 10% stake in the Munni Munni licence. See RNS for further details on the loan.
• Conditionality: The deal is conditional on due diligence, execution of a formal joint venture agreement between the Parties and necessary regulatory approvals and third-party consents and approvals.
• Geology: The late Archaean Munni Munni Igneous Complex is a layered mafic-ultramafic intrusion emplaced into granitic rocks of the West Pilbara Block and is the largest (25km x 9km) and one of the best preserved of a number of complexes, which occur throughout the Pilbara.
• Empire intends to update the resource to comply with the JORC 2012 standard.
• Metallurgical test work completed in 1988 indicated that conventional flotation would concentrate the PGE sulphide mineralisation.
• Further work in 2001 also showed moderate PGE recoveries of the high sulphide and low sulphide ore of 70% and 66% respectively. 
• Modern processing and reagents may well improve recoveries from here.

Conclusion: Australian PGM projects are generating interest among the PGM majors due to high prices, project scarcity and the potential to improve metallurgical recoveries to economic levels.

Technical problems associated with mining in South Africa, which produces around 75% of the worlds platinum and 40% of palladium is causing consumers and miners to look overseas for diversification.

Empire Metals offers investors exposure to an interesting Australian PGM project while hopefully advancing again on the Kvemo Bolnisi project in Georgia.

*SP Angel act as nomad and broker to Empire Metals

 

Mkango Resources* (MKA LN) 3.1p, Mkt cap £4m - COVID-19 safety measures for Malawi

• Mkango Resources, which are developing a REE mine in Malawi have been following strict social distancing procedures for the last month.
• Full PPE including soap are provided to all Exploration team members in Malawi and full training has been provided to follow strict WHO, UK and Canadian Covid-19 guidance.
• Mkango are currently arranging a large shipment of PPE to arrive into Malawi to be delivered to the Doctors and Nurses at the Queen Elizabeth Central Teaching Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi as PPE is in short supply. Malawi has 650 medical doctors and 4,500 nurses in country for a population of ~18m people so it is critical that the medical specialists in Malawi are properly protected.

*SP Angel act as nomad and broker to Mkango Resources

 

Scotgold Resources* (SGZ LN) 49p, Mkt Cap £25m – Earnings update: delivering gold at Cononish

BUY – 119p

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• The high grade Cononish gold project is expected to come online this year offering investors exposure to rising gold prices amid increased investment demand, heightened volatility in financial market and downgraded economic growth forecasts seeing monetary and fiscal authorities embarking on unprecedented stimulus measures.
• On project development status, the Company reported the arrival of all seaborne equipment parts in Oct/19 and an engagement of a local construction firm to build a dedicated plant building and tailings management facility in Sep/19.
• Development works encountered delays due to changes in construction scheduling as the team altered the site layout to accommodate environmentally sensitive peat areas and heavy rainfalls recorded earlier this year exceeded planned allowances. The team identified and had approved a new peat cell layout, and decided to downscale the earthmoving machinery, making it less sensitive to wet conditions but in turn that has meant a delay to the Cononish commissioning.
• In March, in line with the Scottish government’s coronavirus guidance, all underground work and all non-essential surface work was placed on hold. Around half the total workforce has been furloughed to keep running costs down (~$0.1m per month). Operations are ready to restart once the lockdown is lifted, with the site kept on care and maintenance for now.
• In the latest operations update, the Company highlighted mobilisation risks and uncertainty over how fast contractors can restart construction and plant assembly works.
• In our updated earnings and cash flow estimates, we adjusted the start of operations to H2/20 with a slow ramp up processing <10kt through="" to="" the="" end="" of="" year="" compared="" 36ktpa="" full="" phase="" i="" capacity="" li="">
• On available liquidity, the Company had A$4.6m (~£2.4m) in cash as of YE19 and £3.5m remaining undrawn under the £7.5m secured loan facility provided by Nat le Roux, its major shareholder (44%).
• As temporary lockdown remains in place and the timing of commissioning is uncertain, the Company may run into a liquidity gap. While we expect the current quarantine to be relatively shortlived, we argue that the shortfall is likely to be limited and attractive economics of the project with favourable precious metals environment can carry more leverage that may be utilised to close the gap.
• Using $1,600/oz gold price and 1.3 GBPUSD exchange rate, the project at full 72ktpa and 23kozpa capacity yields £19m EBITDA and £16m FCF (excluding corporate expenses), implying strong earnings margins (~65% project EBITDA margin) that the Company can potentially leverage off if required. Additionally, high grade nature of the deposit and easy metallurgy means the project remains economical at weaker gold prices as well.

Conclusion: We maintain our buy recommendation on the Company having revised our gold price ($1,600/oz from the start of CY21 onwards compared to $1,455/oz use previously), exchange rate (1.3 USDGBP rate v 1.4 before) and discount rate (8%, down from 10%) assumptions as well as pushing out the Cononish commissioning to Q4/20 adjusting for the lockdown related delays. Target valuation and NAVPS increase to £63m and 119p, respectively. We attach a sensitivity table for NAVPS versus different gold price and USDGBP exchange rate assumptions (all using 8% discount rate).

(Jun year end)		FY18	FY19	FY20e	FY21e	FY22e
Gold price	US$/oz	1,298	1,261	1,564	1,627	1,600
Gold price	GBP/oz	964	974	1,222	1,251	1,231
AUDGBP	A$/£	1.74	1.81	1.87	1.90	1.90
Gold sales	koz	-	-	-	6.9	16.3
TCC	GBP/oz	-	-	-	520	371
Sales	A$m	-	-	-	16.3	38.0
EBITDA	A$m	-1.9	-3.1	-1.6	7.6	24.7
PAT	A$m	-1.9	-3.5	-2.7	4.8	18.1
Basic EPS	A$c	-7.9	-7.8	-5.3	9.4	35.2
FCF	A$m	-2.0	-9.9	-19.1	4.8	8.9
EV/EBITDA	x	-	-	-	7.0	2.2
PER	x	-	-	-	10.2	2.7
Prices as of 22/04/20 (49p) Source: SP Angel, Company

*SP Angel acts as Nomad and Broker to Scotgold Resources

 

Serabi Gold* (SRB LN) – 82p, Mkt cap £48.3m – Appointment of non-executive director

• Serabi Gold confirms the appointment of Mr. Luis Mauricio Ferraiulio de Azevedo as a non-executive director with immediate effect.
• Mr. Ferraiulio de Azevedo is described as an experienced resources industry professional with over 37 years’ experience who is both a ʺlicensed lawyer and geologist with over 27 years of business and mining experience, specifically in Brazilʺ.
• He currently ʺthe Managing Partner at FFA Legal Ltda, a legal firm he founded with its main office in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and which is focused solely on natural resources companies …[and is] … is also an Executive Director of Harvest Minerals Limited and Jangada Mines plc, GK Resources, Five Start Diamonds, and previously worked for Western Mining Corporation, Barrick Gold Corporation and Harsco Corporationʺ.
• The company also announced ʺthat Mr Felipe Swett who has served as a Non-executive Director since September 2014 has stepped down from the Board with immediate effectʺ.
• Mike Hodgson, CEO, thanked Mr. Swett for his contibution as a director and welcomed Mr. Ferraiulio de Azevedo to the Board saying that his experience as legal counsel to Serabi over many years had given him a ʺstrong understanding of the Company and its future plans and with his intimate knowledge of the mining industry in Brazil will provide valuable insight to the Board.  His expertise and experience will be invaluable going forward, and helping the Company successfully see Coringa into production.ʺ

Conclusion: Serabi Gold is restructuring its Board while retaining a strong local Brazilian representation through the appointment of its legal counsel as a non-executive director.

*An SP Angel analyst has visited the Serabi’s gold mining operations in Brazil

 

Vast Resources* (VAST LN) 0.17p, Mkt Cap £17m – Baita Plai parts and equipment shipment update

• The first shipment of equipment for Baita Plai from China has arrive at the Port of Constanta in Romania.
• The equipment including railway tracks and locomotives is being loaded for transport to Baita Plai located ~500 miles from the port.
• The shipment of the remaining parts and equipment remain on track.

*SP Angel acts as Broker to Vast Resources

 

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Sources of commodity prices
Gold, Platinum, Palladium, Silver	BGNL (Bloomberg Generic Composite rate, London)
Gold ETFs, Steel	Bloomberg
Copper, Aluminium, Nickel, Zinc, Lead, Tin, Cobalt	LME
Oil Brent	ICE
Natural Gas, Uranium, Iron Ore	NYMEX
Thermal Coal	Bloomberg OTC Composite
Coking Coal	SSY
RRE	Steelhome
Lithium Carbonate, Ferro Vanadium, Antimony	Asian Metal
Tungsten	Metal Bulletin

 

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SPA, its partners, officers and/or employees may own or have positions in any investment(s) mentioned herein or related thereto and may, from time to time add to, or dispose of, any such investment(s).

SPA is registered in England and Wales with company number OC317049.  The registered office address is Prince Frederick House, 35-39 Maddox Street, London W1S 2PP.  SPA is authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority and is a Member of the London Stock Exchange plc.

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SPA research ratings – Based on a time horizon of 12 months: Buy = Expected return of more than 15%, Hold = Expected return between -15% and +15%, Sell = Expected return of less than 15%