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You really have to look at the free cash flow growth. $150 million this year, and is going to grow to $350 million over the next few years. Has an 8% free cash flow yield, and you don’t find names with that kind of free cash flow yield very often. It has assets that are large and desirable for majors, which he thinks is what is ultimately going to happen. It also has good exploration potential. Trades at 1X NAV versus its comps at 5X NAV.
A producer in Northern Ontario with 320,000 ounces a year. They just bought St. Andrews Goldfields, a company that was perpetually starved for capital. They are just digesting those assets now, and thinks they are going to come out with greater financial resources and balance sheet. He also likes the main assets in the Macassa mine, which has grade that goes up as they dig deeper. Over the next 2 years you are going to see the head grades go from 15 g a ton to 18 g a ton. As grades go up, all things being equal, the cash flows going to go up. He sees cash flow expanding by about 15%. Have just had a sudden CEO departure. Rumours are that there was a rift between the CEO and the Board as far as M&A and strategic direction. That has worried a lot of investors which has really weighed on the shares.
(Market Call Minute.)