APEX MINERALS NL (AXM)



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General Information
Company Name: Apex Minerals NL
Stock Code: AXM
Website: www.apexminerals.com.au
GICS Sub-Industry: Gold
Market Cap ($M): 5
Equiv. Shares (M): 318

Current Price Data+
Current Price Open High Low Last Close Volume Price Movement
$ 0.015 $ 0.015 $ 0.015 $ 0.014 $ 0.015 294,484 0%

Current Broker Consensus Recommendation more
Recommendation: Hold
Recommendation Date: 26th Aug 2009
12 Month Target Price (average): $0.2
Brokers Surveyed: 1

Company Overview

Business Description:
Apex Minerals NL (AXM) is gold mining company focusing on its projects in Western Australia. AXM currently aims at its flagship Wiluna Project.

Strategy Analysis:
AXM have assembled a new management team in April 2006 who had previously worked together for 8 years. AXM identified a strategic opportunity for a regional consolidation in the Eastern Goldfields, Western Australia focusing on high grade refractory gold deposits. Many of the discovered deposits had fragmented ownership and were lacking the critical mass for efficient operation. AXM address this by creating a central processing facility, fed by several consolidated high grade deposits. This has been led by the Wiluna project where AXM have consolidated it with the Youanmi and Gidgee projects. This has enabled the combined establishment of 4 years reserves at all 3 deposits making it economically viable. Future gold production is expected at 200,000 oz by 2009 with exploration upside. Apex Minerals reported positive cash flow of $44,000 for quarter ended 31 March 2009. Operating cash flow for the period was $(17.66m). Payments for exploration and evaluation were $(1.2m). Investing cash flow was $(2.18m). Financing cash flow was $19.89m. Cash in hand at the end of the quarter was $2.9m.


Financial Summary
Year to Jun NPAT EPS EPS chg (%) PER DPS Yield (%) Franking (%)
2012  A -51.2 -64.6 -234.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 --
2011  A 20.2 47.9 -- 3.2 0.0 0.0 --
2010  A -115.8 -422.2 -- 0.0 0.0 0.0 --
Source: Aspect actuals / Thomson IBES estimates

Peer Comparison
EPS Growth (%) P/E (%) Dividend Yield (%)
Company Mkt Cap 2010 A 2011 F 2012 F 2010 A 2011 F 2012 F 2010 A 2011 F 2012 F
Apex Minerals (AXM) $5 M -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.0000 -- --
Evolution Mining (EVN) $556 M -- 0.2435 0.2132 11.3112 9.0962 7.4976 0.0000 0.0115 0.0242
Newcrest Mining (NCM) $11,153 M -0.0378 -0.4474 0.0888 10.2834 18.6085 17.0915 0.0241 0.0222 0.0241
OZ Minerals (OZL) $1,284 M -0.6077 -0.7395 2.7051 10.1561 38.9862 10.5224 0.0709 0.0175 0.0381
Regis Resources (RRL) $1,722 M 0.7775 1.2655 0.3111 23.8472 10.5263 8.0284 0.0000 0.0552 0.0807

Market Comparison
Earnings P/E Ratio P/B Ratio P/E Growth P/S Ratio
AXM -- -- 0.12 -- 0.02
Market 0.83 14.4 1.22 1.88 1.72
Sector 0.59 8.57 0.69 2.00 7.29

Directors
Name Position Start Date
Mr Jeremy Robinson Company Secretary,Non-Executive Director 01 May 2013
Mr Eduard Eshuys Executive Chairman 19 April 2012
Mr Kim Robinson Non-Executive Director 13 April 2006
Mr Ross Clive Hutton Non-Executive Director 19 April 2012
Mr Matthew Sheldrick Non-Executive Director 06 May 2011
Mr Joseph Sponholz Non-Executive Director 20 May 2013
Mr Haydn Lynch Non-Executive Director 20 May 2013

Management
Name Position
George Viska General Manager Commercial
Corey Doust General Manager Wiluna

Substantial Shareholders
Holding Name
23,897,993 (12.42%) UOB Kay Hian Private Limited
38,229,613 (19.87%) JP Morgan Nominees Australia Limited
12,325,003 (6.41%) National Nominees Limited

Calendar of Events
Date Event
23 April 2014 Report (Quarterly)
30 January 2014 Report (Quarterly)
29 October 2013 Report (Quarterly)
07 October 2013 Report (Annual)
30 July 2013 Report (Quarterly)
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