Topic: Mining Stocks

Mining stocks: New Gold’s speculative appeal shines a little brighter with new mine

New Gold

The decline in the price of gold over the past three years has pushed down the price of senior and junior gold mining stocks alike. Yet gold stocks with high-quality properties have appeal for investors seeking more aggressive investments. Today we look at New Gold, which has four producing gold mines and recently began building a fifth at Rainy River in Ontario. The company also sold its stake in a Chilean property to senior producer Goldcorp, a deal which raised cash and reduced debt at the same time. New Gold stands to benefit from rising production, even more so if there is a substantial improvement in gold prices.  

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NEW GOLD (Toronto symbol NGD; www.newgold .com) has four mines: the Mesquite project in the U.S., Cerro San Pedro in Mexico, the Peak mine in Australia and the New Afton mine in B.C.

New Gold also owns 30% of the El Morro copper/ gold project in Chile, 100% of the Blackwater property in B.C. and 100% of the Rainy River project in Ontario.

In the three months ended June 30, 2015, New Gold’s cash flow per share fell 8.3%, to $0.11 from $0.12 a year earlier. That’s because the company’s gold and copper production fell, as did prices.


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Mining stocks:  New mine in Rainy River slated to begin production in mid-2017

New Gold recently started building a mine at Rainy River; it aims to start production in mid-2017 at an average of 325,000 ounces of gold annually.

To help fund the project, New Gold has entered into an agreement with Royal Gold (Nasdaq symbol RGLD). Royal will pay $175 million U.S. for a small share of Rainy River’s gold and silver output.

New Gold has also just agreed to sell its El Morro stake to Goldcorp (Toronto symbol G) for $90 million in cash, 4% of El Morro’s gold output when a mine is built and the cancellation of a $93-million loan.

Prior to the Royal Gold and Goldcorp transactions, New Gold’s long-term debt was $879.3 million. That’s a high, but manageable, 63% of its market cap. It also held cash of $326.8 million, or $0.64 a share.

Like most gold firms, New Gold’s shares will be heavily influenced by the direction of gold prices. Meanwhile, its positive cash flow and rising production outlook give it speculative appeal.

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