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Hi Pat: I would like your opinion on Kirkland Lake Gold.

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Kirkland Lake Gold, $5.20, symbol KGI on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 70.2 million; Market cap: $362.7 million; www.klgold.com), has one producing asset—the Macassa gold mine in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. Macassa produced about 99,000 ounces of gold in 2012. The company is now undertaking a big expansion of the project, but it has experienced operational delays, mainly software and electronic issues that are reducing the mine’s hoisting capacity. It could take until 2014 to complete the expansion. Even so, Kirkland Lake Gold will likely maintain its output at 99,000 ounces this year, but that could rise to 174,000 ounces next year and more after that. The stock trades at 10.6 times the company’s forecast 2013 cash flow of $0.49 a share. Cash flow could rise to as high as $1.64 in 2014. The shares trade at 3.2 times that estimate. Kirkland Lake Gold will rise and fall in large measure along with gold prices, but its rising production outlook adds appeal. The stock is…