Caledonia Mining (CALVF:NASDAQ, LON:CMCL, TSE:CAL,), which released sparkling second quarter/first half results this morning, is worth 15 pence (C$0.23) a share, according to company research boutique Edison.
Gold production in Q2 was 141 percent higher than the 3,408 ounces of gold produced in the second quarter of 2010.
Higher gold prices underpinned the performance, with the average price per ounce sold during the quarter coming in at US$1,512 compared to US$1,192 in the second quarter of last year.
Gross profit before depreciation, amortisation and administrative expenses totalled C$6.23 million, over 300 percent higher than the $1.53 million achieved in the second quarter of 2010.
Net profit before tax totalled C$3.84 million, more than 800 percent higher than the C$413,000 achieved last time.
On a further encouraging note, cash operating costs at Blanket during the quarter were US$585 per ounce of gold produced, compared to US$648 per ounce in the first quarter of 2011 and US$816 per ounce in the second quarter of 2010. In a note, Edison said that its valuation of C$0.23 per share was based on valuing Blanket at around 40,000 ounces of gold per annum production rate for 10 years from 2012.
But it added: "With much of the detail surrounding the proposed policy of indigenisation still unknown, we also provide a second scenario whereby 51 percent is relinquished by 2015 to an indigenisation partner (for zero consideration) and Caledonia also undertakes a programme of capital expenditures to expand production to around 70,000 ounces per annum."
"On this basis we value Blanket at C$0.28," it said.
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