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Doing everything you want a gold miner to do

Caledonia Mining (CMCL) beat its FY16 production target of 50kozpa by recording 50.4koz Au produced, with AISC costs down 12% y-o-y to US$912/oz, while C1 costs dropped 9% due to a commensurate annual increase of 18% in gold ounces produced. Investment continues at Blanket to raise production towards 80kozpa by 2021, with US$36m spent in the past two years alone, and another US$18m due in 2017 before capex drops off markedly. The central shaft is on track and on budget for completion in mid-2018 and is two thirds-complete. While this investment takes place, CMCL carries a sound cash balance of US$14.3m at end December 2016. The dividend yield is a high 3.8% and the stock is trading on a very low P/E of c 4x vs the FTSE miners index at 2.1% and 40x respectively.
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Caledonia Mining Corporation Plc

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Tom Hayes

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