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Sehr gute Frage, weil Forsys ein EXZELLENTER Pick ist! Klar. Ist zwar in den letzten Tagen schon gut gelaufen. Aber Forsys wird nach allem was man weiß zum PRODUZENTEN werden - und zwar per 2009! Das ist für Uran-Verhältnisse superschnell. Schon heute werden Förderungen von 2012 (!) vorausverkauft bzw. vorausGEkauft.
Im Februar kommt ein sehr wichtiges geologisches Gutachten zu Forsys heraus. Das (positive) Ergebnis ist nach meinen Infos eher eine Formfrage und dieses Gutachten wird Forsys auf den Radarscreen der Instis bringen. Welches Bewertungspotenzial beim Sprung vom Explorer zum Produzenten lauert, ist ja bekannt. Ganz konkret zeigt das die nachfolgend reinkopierte Analyse zu Forsys auf. Ich habe richtig viel davon gekauft - und bin daher auch nicht mehr objektiv - aber der Bericht überzeugt m.E. absolut! STRONGEST BUY. Das Ding hat mehrere 100% Potenzial.
Near-Term Uranium Producer a Carbon Copy of $3B Paladin?
By D. J. DesLauriers
18 Dec 2006
TORONTO (ResourceInvestor.com) -- Forsys Metals [TSX:FSY], which plans to produce approximately 2.5 million pounds of uranium in 2009 from its Valencia property in Namibia, closed today at C$3.64 per share, giving it a market capitalization of about C$170 million. Uranium investors will know that this compares extremely favourably with names like Urasia Energy [TSXv:UUU], International Uranium Corp. [TSX:IUC], SXR Uranium One [TSX:SXR] or Energy Metals [TSX:EMC; NYSE:EMU], which all enjoy valuations that are quite literally 5X-10X that of Forsys.
More than that though, we believe that Forsys is almost an exact replica of the C$3.2 billion market capitalization mammoth Paladin Resources only about 24 months earlier. As we will illustrate, it looks as though Forsys deserves a significant upward re-rating, as it goes down the track towards production.
Why the Lack of Recognition?
Forsys is not very well known because it has a fairly short-listed market history in its current incarnation and has not been marketed in the same manner as some of the other better known near-term uranium production situations. The company only closed on the acquisition of its principal uranium asset in Namibia a little under one year ago - just before Christmas 2005.
Until that point, Forsys was focusing on some quite attractive high-impact non-uranium assets in the same country, which will be spun out to shareholders in the New Year and to which no value is ascribed for the purposes of this piece. Indeed, just the uranium seems compelling enough.
Timeline and Recognition Catalyst
What we believe will catalyze both institutional and retail investment into this story are the results of a pre-feasibility study, due out in early to mid February - or just two months time. We think that those numbers, which we can already compute in a general way, should take the share price to a valuation that is closer to that of its peers, of C$6-C$8 per share, or a market capitalization in the C$275-C$375 million range.
Not only will the study lay out the economics of production, but it will factor in drilling over the last year which it would appear could reveal a boost in the 43-101 compliant uranium resource on the Valencia property from roughly 20 million pounds of currently, to 30 million pounds of yellowcake.
Here are the numbers.
Production and Cash Flow
Forsys has designed this pre-feasibility study around a production rate of 2.5 million pounds per annum which seems easily achievable given similar operations, and their Measured & Indicated uranium resource.
The company estimates that the CAPEX on the project should come in around $120 million, with costs per pound of production ranging somewhere between $20/lb and $25/lb - investors need to keep in mind that Forsys has a perfect permitting and operational template in Paladin who has just done the exact same thing in the same country with a project that has similar grades and attributes. This is all laid out in the Forsys presentation on pages 25-27.
At any rate, given the CAPEX and cost per pound of production, we envision two scenarios:
In the more optimistic case, Forsys which currently has 47 million shares outstanding and about 61 million fully diluted, (which would bring in C$25 million in cash) would dilute at $5 per share to the tune of say 10 million shares, no warrant because the uranium market is so hot. That gives us 71 million shares fully diluted. The rest would be debt finance.
In this scenario and using the low cost number of $20 per pound, plus today’s uranium price of $72 (nice spike last week), FSY would cash flow something like $1.80 per share.
In the more dilutive case, assuming all equity to cover the CAPEX at C$5 per share or a raise of 30 million shares. This would give 91 million shares fully diluted. Now at $25/lb cost, and at current uranium prices, we get cash flow of about $120 million, or roughly $1.30 per share.
The truth will lie somewhere in between - so lets split the difference and use $1.55 per share in cash flow and a probably quite conservative multiple of 15X (even though many producers are trading at 30X plus) - we get a 2009 price target of C$23 per share.
That represents more than a six-bagger from current levels, and is a big number, but all of the figures are fairly straightforward and we can’t see any political, personnel, production or financing issues that could derail Forsys from following the Paladin roadmap and delivering on its goals.
Sticking to the Plan
The X factor is timing and FSY Chairman Duane Parnham told Resource Investor that the company is looking at ways to fast track to production and believes that it can meet the 2009 time frame for start of operations.
Indeed, they have already applied for the environmental permits and Namibia goes a lot faster in that regard than the state governments that some of the near-production hopefuls in the U.S. have to deal with.
This is an aggressive group that we believe can get the job done in the targeted time-frame, and it helps that there are two uranium mines operating in Namibia where title is well respected, and that Forsys has a template to go on in every area - construction, permits, contracts, etc. - thanks to Paladin’s Langer Heinrich operation.
Conclusion & Target
We believe that relative to peers, Forsys represents outstanding value. Not only given projected production levels and profitability in 2009, but also from the standpoint of the current market capitalization.
Whether it occurs between now and February, or it takes the pre-feasibility results for investors to take notice, we think that FSY deserves an immediate re-rating and should be trading between C$6-C$8 by Valentine’s Day if it is to be in any way in line with comparable situations.
Of course, the C$23 2009 price target contemplated here does not take into account the value that shareholders will reap when the other mineral assets in the company are spun out, future acquisitions, the fact that in reality uranium producers trade at more than 15X cash flow, or the trend in uranium prices.
As we stated in a recent popular article, “companies that have hedged out some of their uranium in long-term contracts, and companies operating in far less mining-friendly countries are achieving valuations of 30X to 60X cash flow per share thanks to the dearth of listed uranium producers.”
That being the case, it is fair to say that FSY, currently trading at only 2.3X projected 2009 cash flow at current uranium prices, could go much, much higher.
We think that Paladin with a market capitalization of almost 19X that of Forsys ought to be a guide as to where FSY shares are headed – and that assumes that the price of uranium stays flat.
If we go to $100 on yellowcake, hold on for the ride!