Jim HuangRed Back Mining IncRBI.TOBUY ON WEAKNESSApr 19, 2010
Focused on gold in West Africa. Have done a good job exploring for new resources and have an existing mine. Recently released some good numbers. Looks a little expensive.
Caller wants to replace because she is not happy with Kinross’s (K-T) recent connection. To get something similar, you are looking for something with growth over the next few years. He likes Allied Nevada Gold (ANV-T) and Iamgold (IMG-T).
Kinross (K-T) just put in $600 million to get almost 10%. This is smart money. One of their key assets (in West Africa) is about 5 million ounces. He sees this ability at 10 million.
Has been on a tear recently because it is working in a large gold discovery in West Africa. Good for gold exposure on a company that is growing dramatically. Should be trading in the $20 level. Speculative.
Great intermediate gold producer with 2 mines. Potential of producing 1 million ounces annually for the next couple of years. Investing about $22 million this year in CapX, which could take their reserves from 5 million ounces to 11 million. In the region of a couple of majors so could be a takeover target.
Gold in Africa, South America, Surinam and a little in Quebec. Had a nice run like all golds. Prefers Iamgold (IMG-T), which is cheaper on a price to net asset value as well as better growth.
There is a very short list of intermediate producers in the gold industry including El Dorado (ELD-T), Red Back (RBI-T) and Centamin Egypt (CEE-T) and they are very special companies. This has country risk. Stock is probably priced efficiently so you are not getting the benefit.
Mid-cap gold stock with assets in West Africa. Have nice growing production with 280,000 ounces this year and 400,000 next year. No debt. Feels very strongly that the US$ will continue to move lower and gold looks like it is about to break out again to new highs.