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ALKANE RESOURCES LIMITED (ALK)

ALKANE RESOURCES LIMITED (ALK)

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General Information
Company Name: Alkane Resources Ltd
Stock Code: ALK
Website: www.alkane.com.au
GICS Sub-Industry: Gold
Market Cap ($M): 316
Equiv. Shares (M): 269

Current Price Data+
Current Price Open High Low Last Close Volume Price Movement
 $ 1.175 $ 1.205 $ 1.210 $ 1.165 $ 1.205 991,868 $ -0.030  -2.490 %

Current Broker Consensus Recommendation more
Recommendation: Buy
Recommendation Date: 27th Oct 2011
12 Month Target Price (average): $1.92
Brokers Surveyed: 1

Company Overview

Business Description:
Alkane Resources Ltd (ALK) is a minerals exploration company, primarily engaged in gold and other rare earth minerals projects in the central west of New South Wales. ALK currently focuses on its flagship projects, Tomingley and Dubbo Projects, in New South Wales.

Strategy Analysis:
Alkane Resources reported negative cash flow of $3.69m for quarter ended 31 December 2011. Operating cash flow for the period was $(3.56m). Payments for exploration and evaluation were $(2.32m). Investing cash flow was $(131,000). Financing cash flow was nil. Cash in hand at the end of the quarter was $9.52m.


Financial Summary
Year to Dec NPAT EPS EPS chg (%) PER DPS Yield (%) Franking (%)
2010  A 7.8 3.1 244.4 15.5 0.0 0.0 --
2009  A 2.3 0.9 -- 33.0 0.0 0.0 --
2008  A 0.0 0.0 -- 0.0 0.0 0.0 --
Source: Morningstar analyst estimates.

Peer Comparison
EPS Growth (%) P/E (%) Dividend Yield (%)
Company Mkt Cap 2008 A 2009 F 2010 F 2008 A 2009 F 2010 F 2008 A 2009 F 2010 F
Alkane Resources (ALK) $324 M 2.3655 -- -- 38.4984 -- -- 0.0000 -- --
Newcrest Mining (NCM) $25,947 M -0.0667 0.2254 0.0953 23.0670 18.8235 17.1860 0.0147 0.0102 0.0128
Oz Minerals (OZL) $3,551 M 2.3431 -0.4213 -0.2218 6.2320 10.7685 13.8371 0.0621 0.0447 0.0319
Regis Resources (RRL) $1,730 M -- 0.6101 2.5876 46.1358 28.6545 7.9870 0.0000 0.0000 0.0388
Resolute Mining (RSG) $1,403 M 0.0735 1.2523 0.0000 19.2793 8.5600 8.5600 0.0000 0.0049 0.0119

Market Comparison
Earnings P/E Ratio P/B Ratio P/E Growth P/S Ratio
ALK -- 37.5 6.42 -- 11,750
Market 0.82 12.5 1.38 1.18 1.90
Sector 0.63 12.4 1.31 0.66 20.8

Directors
Name Position Start Date
Mr David Ian Chalmers Managing Director 06 October 2006
Mr John Stuart Ferguson Dunlop Non-Executive Chairman 04 July 2006
Mr Ian Jeffrey Gandel Non-Executive Director (other) 25 July 2006
Mr Anthony (Tony) Dean Lethlean Non-Executive Director (other) 30 May 2002

Management
Name Position
Lindsay Arthur Colless Company Secretary
Karen E V Brown Joint Company Secretary

Substantial Shareholders
Holding Name
70,911,964 (26.36%) Abbotsleigh Pty Ltd

Calendar of Events
Date Event
16 January 2013 Report (Quarterly)
25 October 2012 Report (Quarterly)
26 July 2012 Report (Quarterly)
26 April 2012 Report (Quarterly)
13 April 2012 Report (Annual)
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