Bill Cara

Cara Community GSM 50: Pretium Res

Pretium Resources (TSX:PVG) (NYSE: PVG) reviewed 10-03-2020

Market Cap:       $2.4 Billion (USD)

Share Price:        $12.82 (USD)

Shares outstanding: 184,595,000

Cash and cash equivalents: $124.7 M (USD) as of 30 June 2020

Debt: $382.76 M (USD) as of 30 Jun 2020

Credit facility: Unknown

Current operations: Yes

Insider holdings: Low

Institutional:  234 holders at approx. 75% of float

Website: pretivm.com

Investor Presentations: https://www.pretivm.com/investors/presentations/default.aspx

President, CEO and Director: Jacques Perron

HQs in Vancouver, Canada

Operations: British Colombia, Canada. Has one mine in operation, Brucejack

Gold production was 173,307 oz. for the 1st half of 2020, at mill grade of 8.3 g/t and 96% recovery

Pretium’s Brucejack Mine produced 90,419 oz Au and 109,332 oz. Ag in 2Q 2020. The mine poured its one millionth ounce of gold in May 2020

Expected 2020 production is 325,000 – 365,000 oz Au

AISC is $911 (USD)

Free cash-flow is probably around $125M (USD) at $1500 gold

Good exploration potential

The Snowfield (100% owned) project is 21 km south of Barrick’s historic Eskay Creek mine in BC

Bottom line:

  • Two large projects in the Golden Triangle of BC

Needs to address the balance sheet, and will need help to build out Snowfield, but Brucejack is clearly already a winner. Total est. 50 M oz Au & 200 M oz Ag reserves (both properties)