Loncor Gold Inc.
Well Positioned Amidst Rising M&A in Junior Gold
Published: 1/8/2024
Author: Sid Rajeev, B.Tech, CFA, MBA
*See important disclosures at the bottom of this reportSector: Basic Materials | Industry: Gold
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Highlights
We are reinitiating coverage on Loncor Gold. In December 2023, LN announced a deal to sell its Makapela property, located near its flagship Adumbi gold deposit in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the “DRC”), for C$13.5M. This transaction provides Loncor with significant non-dilutive financing for advancing Adumbi.
LN’s Imbo project hosts multiple targets including Adumbi, Kitenge, and Manzako. The flagship Adumbi deposit hosts a large/high-grade open-pittable resource totaling 3.7 Moz gold (2.4 gpt). The project is 220 km from Barrick’s (TSX: ABX) Kibali mine, the largest gold mine in Africa, and has mining permits in place.
A 2021 Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) returned an AT-NPV5% of $600M, and an attractive AT-IRR of 25%, using $1,600/oz gold. LN is trading at just 6% of the AT-NPV. AT