STRAITS RESOURCES LIMITED. (SRQ)



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General Information
Company Name: Straits Resources Limited
Stock Code: SRQ
Website: www.straits.com.au
GICS Sub-Industry: Diversified Metals & Mining
Market Cap ($M): 16
Equiv. Shares (M): 1,164

Current Price Data+
Current Price Open High Low Last Close Volume Price Movement
 $ 0.014 $ 0.015 $ 0.015 $ 0.014 $ 0.015 497,783 $ -0.001  -6.667 %

Company Overview

Business Description:
Straits Resources Limited (SRQ) is a mining and exploration company focused on copper and gold in Australia and Asia. SRQ has two operating mines - the Tritton Copper Mine in New South Wales and the Mt Muro Gold Mine in Indonesia.

Strategy Analysis:
Straits aims to advance its re-investment into its core mining operations at Tritton and Mt Muro with short goals aimed to achieve optimum production from Tritton and Mt Muro. The exploration strategy at Tritton and Mt Muro continues to focus on resource and reserve definition drilling to extend the life of these assets. Straits Resources reported net loss of $139.22m for the year ended 30 June 2012. Revenue from ordinary activities were $253.80m. Basic and Diluted EPS were (38.9) cents compared to (5.9) cents last year. The net operating cash outflow was $36.86m compared to an outflow of $550,000 in the pcp. No dividend was declared.


Financial Summary
Year to Jun NPAT EPS EPS chg (%) PER DPS Yield (%) Franking (%)
2012  A -136.5 -36.1 -- 0.0 0.0 0.0 --
2011  A -19.1 -5.6 -- 0.0 0.0 0.0 --
2010  A 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
BHP Billiton (BHP) $104,990 M -0.1359 -0.2624 0.1727 10.3794 14.0717 11.9990 0.0336 0.0342 0.0366
Iluka Resources (ILU) $4,279 M -0.2536 -0.7035 2.1615 11.3266 38.2056 12.0847 0.0342 0.0231 0.0290
Rio Tinto (RIO) $23,335 M -0.3874 0.0604 0.1054 11.0609 10.4309 9.4363 0.0300 0.0331 0.0366
Sims Metal Management (SGM) $1,839 M -0.6378 -0.2361 1.9362 26.7300 34.9922 11.9174 0.0222 0.0120 0.0410
Straits Resources (SRQ) $17 M -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.0000 -- --

Market Comparison
Earnings P/E Ratio P/B Ratio P/E Growth P/S Ratio
SRQ -- -- 0.05 -- 0.02
Market 0.82 14.1 1.19 1.94 1.63
Sector 0.54 8.13 0.58 2.01 6.08

Directors
Name Position Start Date
Mr Ravinder Singh Grewal Alternate Director 10 December 2010
Mr Willie Andre Labuschagne Chief Executive Officer,Managing Director,Executive Chairman 20 December 2012
Susan Vearncombe Non-Executive Director 23 May 2011
Mr Michele Muscillo Non-Executive Director 01 May 2013
Mr William (Alastair) Edward Alastair Morrison Non-Executive Director 10 December 2010

Management
Name Position
Scott James Huffadine --
Matthew Nigel Smith Company Secretary
David Greenwood Executive General Manager External Affairs & Exploration
Nic Earner Executive General Manager Operations
Peter Storey Executive General Manager Strategy & Business Development
Ivan Jerkovic General Manager Exploration
Don Zwart General Manager Human Resources
Harry Holle General Manager Technical Services

Substantial Shareholders
Holding Name
73,992,498 (16.21%) Merricks Capital Pty Ltd
84,181,857 (18.40%) Standard Chartered Private Equity Limited and its related bodies corporate

Calendar of Events
Date Event
28 April 2014 Report (Quarterly)
30 January 2014 Report (Quarterly)
28 October 2013 Report (Quarterly)
30 August 2013 Report (Annual)
30 August 2013 Report (Prelim)
30 July 2013 Report (Quarterly)
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