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Outlook: Turkish precious and base metal developer

After deducting C$7.1m in net cash as at 31 December 2014, Aldridge’s enterprise value of C$11.6m, or US$9.3m, equates to US$10.20 per in situ ounce of gold. That is close to the Canadian average of US$9.78/oz including by-products (see Gold – The value of gold and other metals, published in February 2015). However, in this case by-products account for more than half the value of the resource. Once these are taken into account, the company’s resource multiple declines to just US$3.04/oz AuE. Finally, Aldridge’s EV equates to just 3.8% of the net present value of its project. This is consistent with a company that has completed a scoping study or preliminary economic assessment (PEA), but cheap for a one that has concluded a feasibility study, for which a more typical valuation would be 20% of NPV.
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Aldridge Minerals Inc.

Aldridge Minerals is a junior exploration company engaged in identifying, acquiring, exploring and, if warranted, developing mineral properties. Co. is in the process of exploring its mineral properties and has not yet determined if the properties contain ore reserves that are economically recoverable. The recoverability of the amounts shown for the mineral properties is dependent upon the existence of economically recoverable reserves, confirmation of title, the ability of Co. to obtain necessary financing to complete the development, and upon future profitable production.

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