Lepidico (ASX: LPD)

Last close As at 18/03/2024

AUD0.01

0.00 (20.00%)

Market capitalisation

AUD46m

Via its Karibib project in Namibia and unique IP, Lepidico is a vertically integrated lithium development business that has produced both lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide from non-traditional hard rock lithium-bearing minerals using its registered L-Max and LOH-Max processes.

In the light of its updated DFS, we conservatively value Lepidico at 5.39c/share, plus a further 0.68–1.66c/share for a significantly risk-adjusted full-scale, 20,000tpa lithium carbonate equivalent Phase 2 plant. However, if Benchmark Mineral Intelligence’s lithium hydroxide price forecasts are used in our model (rather than our own), this valuation almost doubles to 10.17c/share.

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Equity Analyst

Lord Ashbourne

Lord Ashbourne

Director of Content, Mining

Key Management

  • Joe Walsh

    CEO

  • Shontel Norgate

    CFO

Balance Sheet

Forecast net debt (A$m)

34.4

Forecast gearing ratio (%)

42

Share Price Performance

Price Performance
% 1M 3M 12M
Actual (7.7) (33.3) (45.5)
Relative (7.9) (35.7) (50.5)
52 week high/low A$0.0/A$0.0

Financials

Lepidico’s patented technologies produce lithium hydroxide (plus by-products) in an environmentally friendly way, sourced from less contested minerals such as lepidolite. On 30 October, it released updated economics in relation to its 2020 DFS for an integrated lithium hydroxide mine and chemical plan, which indicated an NPV (8%) of US$457m or c A$697m (9.4 Australian cents per share) on a pre-funding basis. Based on our previous research, this would imply a pre-funding valuation for Lepidico of 2.9c/share, to which its shares are currently trading at a substantial discount.

Y/E Jun Revenue (A$m) EBITDA (A$m) PBT (A$m) EPS (fd) (c) P/E (x) P/CF (x)
2022A 0.0 (4.8) (7.9) 0.0 N/A N/A
2023A 6.4 (1.2) (3.0) 0.0 N/A N/A
2024E 0.0 (3.1) (3.7) 0.0 N/A N/A
2025E 0.0 (3.1) (6.9) 0.0 N/A N/A

Research

Flash note

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Lepidico — Materially extended Phase 1 opportunity

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Lepidico — Coming in sight of the Rubicon

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Lepidico — Big swings and small roundabouts

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Lepidico — Binding offtake signed with Traxys

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Lepidico — Phase 2 coming into view

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Lepidico — Fine tuning the mine and chemical plant

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Lepidico — Convertible bond acquired with DLI fully retired

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