AgAu Global Producer Fund August 2009 Strictly Private and Confidential
Mar 26, 2015
AgAu Global Producer Fund
August 2009
Strictly Private and Confidential
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DisclaimerAgAu Capital Pty Ltd
History RepeatingAgAu Capital Pty Ltd
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Table of ContentsTable of ContentsTable of ContentsTable of Contents
I. Overview of AgAu Capital
II. Market Opportunity
III. Investment Strategies
IV. Team
V. Performance Record
VI. Fund Terms
VII. Appendices
AgAu Capital Pty Ltd
Overview of AgAu Capital Pty Limited
Compelling Market Opportunity
Gold/Silver is the only Currency not beholden to a Government. Gold/Silver is traditionally the most effective hedge against loose
monetary policy. Gold/Silver equities offer leveraged exposure to gold price rises Gold/Silver equities are massively undervalued relative to gold Low/No correlation to other assets, notably in extreme market
conditions.
Fundamental Approach Select companies with lowest cost per ounce of reserves Select companies most likely to convert resources into production. Select companies with highest cost of production which provide greatest
leverage to increasing gold price Historic Gold Producing landholders Diversify production to minimize Sovereign risk
Experienced Team Senior team 20 years experience in Investment Banking, Trading and Commodity Price Risk Management.
Pre-eminent market insight/analysis, trading and risk management skills. Producer Financial Risk Management, Central Bank Operations, Project
Finance Analysis, Proprietary Trading, International Investment Bank Commodity Exposure and Risk Management, Market leading Macro-Economic analysis
Strong Performance Significant outperformance of traditional Equity returns. Reduced volatility versus comparable indexes. Negative Interest Rates for equivalent rated assets.
A Uniquely Experienced Team and a Compelling Market Opportunity
I. Overview
Gold Since the Nixon DefaultII. Market Opportunity
Industry Overview
Global Mine Supply in Significant Decline- Peak Global Gold production seen in 2001- South Africa, Australia, USA suffering increasingly large production declines- No significant discovery of Precious Metals deposits this decade - Significant Reserve depletion via Mine Production- Silver to outperform Gold in coming years. No stockpile. Inelastic supply- Discontinuance of Central Bank Sales and Producer Hedging
Massive Increase in Global Demand for Physical Precious Metals- Investment Demand (Traditional and Situational)- Fiat Currency rejection- Safe Haven Currency / Risk Diversification- Capital Preservation versus Capital Appreciation
II. Market Opportunity
Declining Supply & Rising DemandII. Market Opportunity
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Equity Market OverviewII. Market Opportunity
Gold equities form a tiny component of the overall equity market. A minor increase in capital allocation to the Precious Metal sector will have a dramatic effect on associated equity prices.
The HUI Index of 15 largest Un-hedged Gold Producers has comparable market capitalisation to technology developer GOOGLE.
Every Gold and Silver mine in the World can today be bought for about the same as the market capitalisation of Microsoft.
Precious Metals equities are massively undervalued relative to the physical metal.- Gold shares, when valued versus the gold price are cheaper than when gold was $270 per ounce in 2002.
Natural Leverage of Producers to the Metal Price. - The inherent call option of unhedged gold in the ground.
Compelling Market OpportunityII. Market Opportunity
• The HUI Gold Index component companies have a combined market capitalization of approximately US$140 Billion – Billions less than Google.
• HUI Gold Reserves combined total over 550 Million ounces (17,000 tonnes)• The largest single Central Bank Gold reserve is USA with 260 Million Ounces (8000 tonnes)• Comparatively small capital inflow will see significant upward revaluation of the sector.
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Equity Market OverviewII. Market Opportunity
Gold Producers, when valued in gold terms, are cheaper than when gold was $270 per ounce in 2002.
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Macro Economic OverviewII. Market Opportunity
Gold – A True Store of Wealth.- Dow Jones 30 Index devalued over 75% in gold terms since 2002.- Gold has appreciated 2000% in US Dollar terms since 1971.- Investment in US Treasuries today guarantees a capital loss via Negative Real Interest Rates.- Financial Asset Insurance Policy – Low correlation with other asset classes.
Macro-Economic analysis incredibly bullish for Precious Metals.- Massively inflationary policies from Governments/Central Banks globally via bailouts/stimulus addressing the “Financial Crisis”. - Current stimulus of over 14 Trillion Dollars.- Competitive Devaluation of ALL currencies.- Inevitable flight from Fiat Currency to tangible assets. China and India.- Paper Metal versus Physical Metal. Refer the 1966 London Gold Pool.
Macro Economic Overview - CorrelationsII. Market Opportunity
Compelling Market OpportunityII. Market Opportunity
Monetary InflationInflation Adjusted Gold
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Investment StrategiesIII. Investment Strategies
Buy gold reserves cheaplyConcentrate on the companies whose reserves are most attractively valued.
Invest in high cost producersHigh cost producers have the greatest operational leverage to an increase in the gold price. Optionality.
Gold is harder to find. More will be found where it was before.Companies who control significant historic production sites mothballed for decades due to price and indifference.
Diversify globally.Evaluate country risk and diversify accordingly.
Synthesize Silver ProductionSilver is significantly undervalued relative to Gold. Limited market. Synthetically convert gold production to silver
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Strategies
Buy Gold Reserves CheaplyIII. Investment Strategies
Metal in the ground provides shareholders with a very real call option on the metal itself. - No hedging is a fundamental requirement
Market Capitalisation divided by Proven and Probable Reserves. The lower the better.
Proven and Probable Reserves – not Resources that are as yet uneconomic.
Price of Gold used to calculate Proven and Probable Reserves understated in our view. - Many Producers using $500-600 per ounce to calculate reserve base.
- Reserves Increase at higher prices in most cases. - Economic conversion potential of Resources to Reserves. Strip Ratio’s.
Invest In High Cost ProducersIII. Investment Strategies
Unlike many other equity investments, we prefer exposure to Producers with high costs and therefore very tight margins. Natural leverage to higher prices inevitable.
- Consider the following example of a gold price of $800 per ounce.
Miner A produces at $400 per ounce. Their margin is $400 per ounce.Miner B produces at $700 per ounce. Their margin is $100 per ounce.
- The Gold Price subsequently rises to $1000 per ounce.
Miner A still produces at $400 per ounce. Their margin is now $600 per ounce. An increased profit margin of 50%.Miner B still produces at $700 per ounce. Their margin is now $300 per ounce. An increased profit margin of 200%.
- The share price of miner B should mirror the obvious outperformance.
Historic Goldfields…More to Yield.III. Investment Strategies
Many historic multi-million ounce gold producing regions have been dormant for more than a Century. Many simply shut after the mid 1800 gold rushes or the end of World War 1 due to costs, lack of a labour force and lack of capital.
- Many historic mining regions have not been seriously re-worked or explored with modern methods and technology.
- Many suffered due to disjointed and fractured ownership. Some regions are consolidated under one focused owner for the first time in their rich history. Examples such as:
- Ballarat/ Bendigo in Victoria, Charters Towers in Queensland, Mt Lyell in Western Tasmania, the Carlin Trend in Nevada, Bathurst/Hargreaves in Western New South Wales.
Gold doesn’t appear in the crust in single “pipes” like diamonds. Where there is one gold mine there will be others. Red Lake Ontario, now controlled by Goldcorp Inc.
Pure Silver mines are located in Mexico, Peru and Argentina. Historic areas again.
Synthesize Silver ProductionIII. Investment Strategies
There are very few pure Silver producers available anywhere to invest in. The Silver supply-demand imbalance suggests significant outperformance of Gold as an investment.
- Silver is generally a bi-product of lead zinc and copper mines.- Supply is inelastic until pure silver mines from Mexico, Peru and Argentina
become viable at much higher prices.
Use of simple derivative contracts (with superior rated global banking institutions) allows AgAu Capital to convert Gold production to Silver production.
- Buy silver / Sell Gold contracts effectively converts 1 ounce of Gold production to 80 ounces of silver production.
- We expect the silver / gold ratio to fall from 80 to 1 at present to around 16-1 in the next 5 years.
Gold/Silver RatioIII. Investment Strategies
We expect significant outperformance by silver in coming years.
Historic Bi-metallic monetary standard set at 16 to 1.
Geologically the ratio is 14 to 1 but currently trading at 80-1
Industrial and Monetary applications ensure strong demand into falling production.
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Diversify GloballyIII. Investment Strategies
Australian Investors have very few options when looking at attractive Precious Metal investments in the local market.
- We see significantly better value outside Australia.
International Investors must be cognizant of Sovereign Risk when looking at Precious Metals as an asset class. Diversification is essential for risk management.
- Nationalisation of Mines – Crystallex Inc in Venezuela - Exchange Controls – Zimplats in Zimbabwe.
AgAu Capital monitors sovereign risk and adjusts portfolio balance accordingly.- Preference for companies incorporated in Commonwealth countries with
operations in mature economies.- Manage exposure to African and South American production depending on
country risk.
Global ProductionIII. Investment Strategies
Global Gold Production has changed dramatically over the past 3 decades.
A Precious Metals portfolio cannot ignore developing economies and countries of lesser sovereign risk
Experienced Licensed TeamIV. Team
RelevantExperience(years)
Previous Firms Experience Highlights
Investment Professionals
Laurie McGuirk
22 Citigroup
Transmedia Group
Head of Energy Derivatives Asia Pacific. Three times voted No 1 Corporate Risk Manager for Strategic Advice by Australia’s top 500 companies.Analysis, structuring and implementation of significant Precious Metals hedge books for major Gold Mining Companies and Central Banks.Construct and manage the groups Investment portfolio particularly PM’s and Equity portfolio.
Mark Long 20 Merrill Lynch
Citigroup
Managing Director and Head of Commodities for Asia Pacific. Responsible for trading, structuring, sales and risk management of all commodities in Asia.Head of Commodities – Asia Pacific
Kyle Shortland
14 Suncorp Metway / Westpac / Next Financial
Various roles including Senior Portfolio Manager, Prop trader, and Model Development as well as writing financial market commentaries for a number of global sources.
Illustrative Investment TermsVI. Fund Terms
Citco Fund Services (Australia) LimitedFund Administrator
DLA Philips FoxFund Lawyers Australia
WalkersFund Lawyers Caymans
Investment Strategy Earn an attractive risk-adjusted return by creating a globally diversified portfolio of gold mining stocks. Absolute Return Strategy employing both Fundamental and Technical analysis with a Long Delta position at all times. Specific sector concentration with commensurate risk diversification. Appropriate strategic futures and derivatives trading to enhance return and ameliorate risk.
Target Size US$ 1 billion (Soft close at $600 million with excess capacity allocated to initial investors).
Base Currency US$
Fund Structure Master-Feeder Cayman Islands Domiciled
Investment Period 3-10 years
Management Fee 2% of committed capital paid monthly.
Performance Fee 20% of profits paid quarterly with a high water mark.
Preferred Return 15%
Expenses The Manager will be reimbursed for all financing costs and all direct and indirect operating costs and expenses and all out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the operation of the assets and the provision of administrative services
Diversification Requirements Company Exposure: Not more than 10% FUM exposed to any one company, Not more than 5% of a single company. Not more than five days average daily volume.Geographic: Appropriate Diversification of Sovereign risk.
AppendixAgAu Global Producer Fund
I. Mitigating Risks
II. AgAu’s Portfolio
III. Representative Transactions
IV. Australian Financial Services License
Mitigating RisksAppendix
Risk Protection/MitigantMetal Price Overwhelming physical market demand underpins price.
Significantly Reduced Official Sales and Producer Hedging Futures Market for our portfolio hedging and positioning. Derivatives both OTC and ETO. No Gold or Silver Lease exposure permitted. Employ both Fundamental and Technical analysis for strategic positioning/Hedging/re-weighting.
Operation/Project Core portfolio production cost at industry standard. Low Cost eg Goldcorp. Analysis includes Geology, Underground vrs Open Pit, Production History, Infrastructure, Costs,
Experience of Contract miners. Production diversity. Single mine companies rate lower than multiple production sites.
Liquidity Exchange Listed Equities No more than 10% FUM exposed to any entity. No greater than 5% ownership of common shares of an entity. Exposure no greater than WAV (weekly average volume) for last 12 months. OTC derivatives must be a function of either Gold or Silver price. No Exceptions.
Management Reputation. Know their pedigree. Experience. Accountants don’t make good explorers. Geologists don’t make good CEO’S. Horses for courses. Skin in the game. Board Experience, involvement and oversight.
Sovereign Diversification. Multiple production sites offset some of the risk. eg Newmont. Continual monitoring via respected independent sources. Common Sense.
Lowest cost Proven and Probable Reserves in the world.
Significant exploration potential – Gold production since 1873.
Ghana based production possibly the best sovereign risk in Africa.
High cost producer. (+$700).
Difficult ore-body now understood and to be profitably exploited.
Production Cost declines expected
Exchange Traded Options
Infrastructure completed
Negative market sentiment
Reserves Calculated at $560
Massive undervalue on Peer Comparison basis.
Portfolio Composition/Stock SelectionAppendix
Profile
Listing: NYSE, TSE
Production p.a. 2.5 mio
Reserves (P+P off US$550) 50 Mio +
Mine Life 15 YEARS+
No of Operations 16
Share Price US$29.60
Market Cap 23 Billion US$
Shares issued 731 mio
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Resources 25 million +
Cost per Oz Reserve. $450
Cornerstone investment of the AgAu Portfolio.
“Bombproof” gold investment.
The lowest-cost and fastest growing multi-million ounce gold producer. (-$300)
Canada/USA production.
Significant Silver exposure
Highly liquid
Exchange Traded Derivatives and Options markets.
Control one of the worlds most lucrative and under-explored Gold zones. Red Lake.
Massive exploration upside potential and budget.
Dividends.
Debt Free
Non Hedger.
Reserves calculated at $550
Goldcorp Inc Golden Star Resources Limited
Profile
Listing AMEX, TSE
Production p.a 300K
Reserves (P+P) 5.1 Mio
Mine Life 12+ years
No. of Operations 3
Share Price US$0.80
Market Cap US$200 mio
Shares Issued 240mio
WAV (NY-TOR) 15 million shares
Resources 2 million ozs
Cost per Oz Reserve $80
AgAu Capital selects appropriate Precious Metal equity investments following intensive analysis focussed on maximum leverage to the gold price via proprietary qualitative and quantitative measures. Examples such as :
Portfolio Composition/Stock SelectionAppendix
Silver Standard Resources Inc
Profile
Listing: NASDAQ, TSE
Production p.a.
Soon to Commence
Reserves (P+P off US$11 ag) 200 Mio +
Mine Life 10 YEARS+
No of Projects 15
Share Price US$18
Market Cap 1.2 Billion US$
Shares issued 67 mio
WAV (NY-TOR)8 million
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Resources(ag) 1 Billion +
Cost per Oz Reserve Ag. US$6
Cornerstone Silver investment.
Largest in-ground silver resources in the world.
Projects in USA, Canada, Australia, Mexico, Peru, Chile and Argentina.
Control of historic silver producing areas
Pure Silver Call Option
High cut-off grades for Reserve and Resource estimates
Transition to Silver Producer on budget and timetable.
Exchange Traded Derivatives and Options markets.
Massive exploration upside potential and budget.
Debt Free
Non Hedger.
Lihir Gold Limited
Profile
ListingASX,TSE,
Nasdaq
Production p.a 1mio
Reserves (P+P) 24 Mio
Mine Life 15+ years
No. of Operations 3
Share Price US$2.00
Market Cap US$4.5 Billion
Shares Issued 2.2 Billion
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Resources 35 million ozs
Cost per Oz Reserve US$180
Low cost Proven and Probable Reserves.
Significant exploration potential Victoria – Gold production since 1850.
Total control of historic Ballarat Goldfield
Recent close-out of hedge book.
Geothermal Power Station on site.
PNG Sovereign risk negligible due to Geography.
Medium cost producer. (+$450).
Exchange Traded Options
Infrastructure
Reserves Calculated at $600
AgAu Capital selects appropriate Precious Metal equity investments following intensive analysis focussed on maximum leverage to the gold price via proprietary qualitative and quantitative measures. Examples such as :
Representative TransactionsAppendix
Sell Oil – Buy Gold at 7 Barrels per ounce- Strategic Long term trade first published at Minyanville.com - August 30, 2005 (and every month or so thereafter).
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Representative TransactionsAppendix
Sell Dow Jones 30 Index – Buy Gold at 25- Strategic Long term trade first published at Minyanville.com – June 20, 2005.
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Australian Financial Services LicenseAppendix
AgAu Capital is regulated by the Australian Securities and Investments commission (ASIC)
AgAu Capital has held an AFSL (306152) since Nov 06