Magna Gold Corp.'s (MGR:TSX.V; MGLQF:OTCQB) quickly growing into a mid-tier producer led to another brokerage adding the company to its coverage universe. M Partners just initiated coverage on Magna, assigning it a Buy rating and a CA$1.70 per share target price, analyst Ben Pirie reported in a Nov. 10 research note. Magna's current share price is about CA$1.05.
"Magna Gold Corp. represents a unique opportunity as it quickly ramps up production to 100,000 ounces per year (100 Koz/year) with plans to grow to 200 Koz/year by 2024," Pirie wrote.
Also compelling about this Canadian gold and silver producer, Pirie noted, is where it is currently trading, at about a 35% discount to peers. Miners producing 100 Koz/year trade at multiples of Magna's current share price. However, this should change soon for this miner, with a rerating, "as management proves its ability to turn around the San Francisco mine and begin to develop its other properties."
As for San Francisco, Magna's cornerstone asset, the miner began production there earlier this year, and it continues. Also there, the company is in the process of a 30,000 meter, infill and expansion drill campaign, ahead of a revised mine plan expected in Q2/22. M Partners forecasts that update will be significant in that it will outline a gold production ramp-up from 70 Koz/year to 100 Koz/year by the end of 2022.
Along with the opportunity for ample growth at San Francisco, Pirie pointed out, Magna has significant exploration potential with its six other properties in Mexico: Margarita, Mercedes, Vetatierra, La Pima, San Judas and Los Muertos.
Along with San Francisco, Mercedes already has a resource. It stands at 41 Koz gold equivalent but could be grown extensively through lots of drilling. The company's other five projects have shown anomalies through sampling and high-grade interceptions via drilling. To fund further exploration on these properties, Magna will use the nondilutive cash flow San Francisco generates.
Margarita is a priority project for Magna, Pirie indicated. The company is currently conducting an infill drill program there and working on a preliminary economic assessment. Magna aims to release the completed document by the 2022 annual conference of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada scheduled for early March. This will be the next potential stock-moving event for Magna.
Because the company continues seeking attractive mergers and acquisitions opportunities, any such future transactions will also serve as stock catalysts.
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