Bill Cara

Cara Community GSM 50: Kinross Gold

Kinross Gold (TSX: K) (NYSE: KGC) reviewed 10-01-2020

Market Cap:       $11.2 B (USD)

Share Price:        $8.89 (USD)

Shares outstanding: 1.25 Billion

Cash: $1.527 B (USD) as of 30 Jun 2020

Total liquidity: $2.2 B (USD)

Long-term Debt: $2.671 B (USD) as of 30 Jun 2020

Credit facility:    Revolver $811 M (USD)

Current operations: Yes

Insiders: Low

Institutional: 520 institutions own 70% of shares

Website: kinross.com

Investor Presentations: https://www.kinross.com/news-and-investors/default.aspx

President & CEO: J. Paul Rollinson

Gold major

Large portfolio of developed resources

Principal mines: Fort Knox, Round Mountain, Bald Mountain (USA), Paracatu (Brazil), Tasiast (Mauritania), Chirano (Ghana), Kupol and Dvolnoye (Russia)

Kinross Gold Produced 571,978 Au equivalent ounces in Q2 2020; (648.251 in Q2 2019), but production was impacted by COVID-19 and reduced operations at Paracatu, Round Mountain, and Chirano

Metal sales were $1.887 B (USD) at 30 June 2020

AISC stated at $983 (USD) at 30 June 2020

Operating cash flow of $196 M (USD) in 2nd qtr 2020, compared to 2019 at $71.1 M (USD)

PFS for Lobo Marte, Chile adds reserves of 6.4 M Au oz

Announced a 70% purchase in Peak Gold project in Alaska on 30 Sept 2020

Bottom line:

  • Solid, well-known Major and respected mine operator with core expertise in building producing gold mines
  • Perennial two million+ ounce gold producer
  • Could improve the balance sheet
  • I personally own it with a +8.58% portfolio weighting