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Conclusion p16
Contacts p19
3 things you need to
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financing in mining
4 3 things you need to know about alternative financing in the mining industry Alternative financing in mining
What are today’s Public equity Strategic
financing options? (IPOs/FOs) investor
Private/state Financial
Equity financing
owned investor investor
Project
Private debt
financing
Asset financing
Alternative Royalty
funding financing
Stream
financing
3 things you need to know about alternative financing in the mining industry Alternative financing in mining 5
Total state-backed investment nearly
doubled from 2009 to 2012.
State-backed investors have
the cash reserves and the $16.2bn
investment time horizon to 2012
invest at low points in
the cycle.
$8.9bn
2009
1. Strategic and
financial investors –
the rise of South Korea
6 3 things you need to know about alternative financing in the mining industry Alternative financing in mining
State-backed enterprise transactions % of state-backed investment compared to all investment
range from acquisition of existing
shares at the top-listed company level
16%
01-Jan-08
01-Jan-09
01-Jan-07
01-Jan-10
01-Jan-12
01-Jan-11
State-backed investors have the
access to cash and the investment
time horizon to invest at low points
in the cycle.
All investment ($) State-backed investment ($)
On a global basis, state-backed
investment activity focused on HSBC Mining index % of investment
Australasia, with 33% of all investment
Source: Thomson One, PwC Analysis
($13.7bn) being into parent companies
based in the region. Unsurprisingly,
both North America ($6.5bn) and
Europe ($5.8bn) have received more
investment than Africa and
US$ value of state-backed investment grouped by continent (ex intra-China)
Central Asia ($5.2bn). These are into target contingent (2007 – 2012)
traditional centres for raising finance
and where most mature mining Source continent
companies are headquartered. North America
This suggests that state-backed
Europe
investment is generally looking for
more established projects with lower Central and
Latin America
development risk. The attractiveness
Australsia
of the transparency and reporting
regulations of these markets is also Asia
reflected. This is echoed by the Africa, ME and
significant investment in Central and Central Asia
Latin America ($7.6bn) over the period. 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
US$ bn
When looking at state-backed
investment by continent where the
Target continent (where parent is based)
principle asset is located, Australasia
Australia
remains dominant with 34% of all
Africa, ME and Central Asia
investment. Mines in Africa and
Asia
Central Asia received 23% of all
North Americas
investment ($9.5bn) with Central and Central and Latin America
Latin America receiving 20% ($8.3bn). Europe
3 things you need to know about alternative financing in the mining industry Alternative financing in mining 7
The rise in state-backed investment is predominantly flowing from
Asia with 74% of total state-backed acquisition and investment
coming from the region
US$bn
25
No.
is flowing into Australasia ($13.7bn) 4.5
20
with more flowing into North America 3 15
(17%, $5.2bn) than Africa and Central 1.5 10
Asia combined (13%, $4.1bn). 0 0
<$10m
$10m to
$25m
$25m to
$50m
$50m to
$75m
$75m to
$100m
$100m to
$200m
$200 to
$500m
$500m to
$1,000m
$1,000m+
Over the period there were 144
investments from state-backed entities
that had a disclosed value, with 58%
of these transactions coming from Value of M&A activity ($m)
China at an average investment of
Source: Thomson One, PwC Analysis No. of transactions
$308m each.
State-backed investment is not
just limited to large “statement”
transactions. Between 2009 and 2012 Nation No. of Size of transactions Average value
there were 69 transactions of less than transactions (US$m) (US$m)
$50m, worth $1.3bn to the sector. China 84 25,850 308
It comes as no surprise that China has Chile 2 2,900 1,450
the most state-backed investment into
South Korea 16 2,188 137
the sector with investment focused on
the companies based in the traditional Utd Arab Em 1 2,000 2,000
mining economic centres of Australia,
Russian Fed 5 1,788 358
Canada, South Africa and the UK.
Kazakhstan 2 1,347 674
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The surprise is that South Korea has
completed the second highest number
of state-backed investments during China state-backed activity by target country 2009-2012, total $25.9bn
our review period. The South Korean
investment strategy revolves around Australia
investment through a consortium that Canada
South Africa
has some form of state backing.
United Kingdom
A consortium backed by Korea Brazil
Resources Corporation, a majority Sierra Leone
owned unit of South Korea state, Hong Kong
LG Corporation, Japan-Korea Joint Eritrea
Smelting Co Ltd, SK Networks Co Ltd Liberia
and Iljin Mater has repeatedly invested South Korea
into Baja Mining’s Boleo Copper Project
as the project faced significant capital
expenditure over-runs. The average
state-backed investment is smaller than
other nations, at $137m. South Korean state-backed activity by target country 2009-2012, total $2.2bn
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In our experience to date, traditional
private equity is more interested in
gaining investment to the commodity
cycle through investment in supporting
industries, in particular, mining
services companies.
The role of private equity
What to expect from due
Whether there is a role for private diligence by strategic and
equity in mining is still uncertain. financial investors
Since Goldcorp championed a hedge
free policy in the late 1990’s and with It is fundamental to distinguish the
Barrick Gold unwinding their hedge intentions of the many different
book in 2009, investors have wanted strategic and financial investors.
miners to give them direct exposure Take sovereign wealth funds (SWF).
to commodity price changes. Hedging These can have very different
production would however give a PE purposes. Qatar Investment Authority
house the more stable cash generation is set up to get a financial return from
it requires. any investment it makes (as witnessed
by its active role in the Xstrata/
Whilst the disconnect between Glencore merger). Its sister company
commodity prices and miners Qatar Mining, is set up to secure supply
share prices may have created an of certain commodities for the country
advantageous environment for and to become a diversified mining
financial investors, we have seen little company in its own right. Therefore it
transaction evidence that PE houses is looking to acquire significant stakes
without existing mining expertise in projects.
are looking to move into the sector.
It seems very unlikely that traditional The type of return an investor is
PE houses would ever look to invest looking for will have a significant
before the production stage due to the impact on the part of the mining value
high resource risk as well as the high chain a strategic or financial investor is
likely capital expenditure required. willing to invest in. Strategic corporate
We expect this to remain the domain investors are typically looking for
of specialist funds. security of supply and therefore tend to
look at companies in production or at
Much of the recent specialist fund the latter stages of development.
raising has centered around natural
resources rather than exclusively
mining funds. However, some funds
are forming around former execs
from industry. There was PE interest
in BHP’s Ekati asset, a diamond mine
with a short remaining mine life. The
attraction was to develop a ‘buffer zone’
for expansion but the mine ultimately
was sold to a trade player, Dominion
Diamond Corporation (formerly Harry
Winston). In addition there has been
PE interest in Rio Tinto’s iron ore assets In our experience strategic and financial
in Canada although the business plan
is likely to rely on expanding the port investors have very high information
and rail infrastructure and therefore demands during the due diligence process
require significant capital outlay. to help them understand risks.
Should the disconnect between project
value and share price continue, private
equity might take a closer look at
mines that do not require significant
capital investment.
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In our experience strategic and conducted their due diligence on the
financial investors have very high Company’s social and environmental
information demands during the footprint will be a differentiator for the
due diligence process to help them company in
understand risks. future with respect to their ability to
raise capital.
The whole process can take a
significant amount of time as internal A key focus for the IFC was on
approval has to be made, typically by understanding the history and legal
management who are less familiar nature of the project, the shareholders
with the particular issues facing and where they got their shareholdings
miners. This often involves an from, the mining licenses and the
education process, a role frequently links they had with key suppliers.
filled by advisors. We have seen that The process itself took the best part
SWF transactions can be very lengthy of 6 months and the different focus to
to complete and it is important to traditional due diligence meant that a
appreciate that the key sign off may significant part of senior management
be by an individual who has had very time was taken up. We are also seeing
little involvement in the underlying an increase in reputational and anti-
transaction process. bribery due diligence, influenced by
the anti-bribery act brought into the
Not all strategic investments
UK in 2010.
are made entirely for financial
injection. Hummingbird Resources
(“Hummingbird”) recently agreed a
$5m capital injection from the IFC.
Tom Hill, Finance Director, believes
that the rigour with which the IFC
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2. Convertible bonds –
coming to the UK
Lending to the global mining industry Global mining – debt raised (US$bn)
has declined slightly since 2011, but
remains more than twice the level seen 160
in 2009. This suggests that lenders
140
have not changed their appetite to
global mining risk. Indeed, we have 120
seen global miners raising bonds at 100
record low yields. For example, in 2012 80
Rio Tinto raised $3.0bn of bonds in 60
the US marketplace due in 2017 at a
40
coupon of 1.625%.
20
The global debt market has seen
0
a similar trend for smaller miners
looking to raise less than US$250m. 2009 2010 2011 2012
The decrease in lending for less
Loans
than <$250m in Canada, Australia,
Bonds
UK and US was only 11% in 2012
Convertibles
to 2011, compared to 14% in all
lending. We have looked at lending Source: Thomson One, PwC Analysis
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There has been a noticeable shift in Debt raised where proceeds <$250m, Canada, Australia, US and UK
the type of lending occurring in the in
these countries: 6
80 7
15
What to expect from due diligence 9 5 51 1.0
11
in issuing a convertible bonds? 60 13
34 16
In issuing a convertible bond to the 40 27 0.5
public market, the amount of due 41 44
20 32 25
diligence for a listed company is
0
minimal, from all of the technical, 0
2009 2010 2011 2012
legal, tax and financial angles. Where
a convertible bond is being issued to a
Other Australia
strategic investor, such as Glencore’s
convertible bond issued in 2009, UK Canada
companies should expect due diligence USA Total proceeds
more inline with that of traditional Source: Thomson One, PwC Analysis
M&A.
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3. Royalty and
streaming finance
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Cash invested by streaming/royalty companies
2012 $1.7
2011 $1.6
2010 $1.2
2009 $1.0
US$ bn
Source: Review of annual financial statements of Silver Wheaton Corp, Sandstorm Gold Ltd, Sandstorm
Metals Ltd, Blackrock World Mining Trust plc, Premier Royalty inc, Callinan Royalties, Abitibi Royalties,
Bullion Monarch Mining, Virigina Mines, Franco-Nevada, Anglo Pacific Group, Royal Gold, Gold Wheaton
With traditional equity financing The timescale compares very Tom Hill, Finance Director of
drying up, more companies have been favourable to debt financing, although Hummingbird, noted that it is
turning to royalty and streaming deals it should be noted that streaming and fundamental to consider the impact
to secure investment that offers less royalty financing is more akin to equity that a royalty or streaming deal in the
dilution to the overall company than than debt because a key part of any future would have on your ability to
raising equity at depressed prices. transaction is to enable the streaming raise debt. An agreement should not
Royalty and streaming investment or royalty company to benefit from the limit a mining companies ability to
has gained traction recently due to upside of increased commodity price, raise debt financing and the company
the disconnect between the NPV of increased reserves and resources or should also consider what creditor
projects and the market capitalisation increased production capacity. preference is given to the royalty or
of companies. Consequently, Erfan streaming company and the impact
In December 2012 Hummingbird
Kazemi, CFO of Sandstorm Gold Ltd that might have on your ability to raise
agreed a $15m royalty from Anglo
explains, streaming and royalty deals finance in the future.
Pacific Group. This deal was unusual
currently offer companies better value
because it comes at an earlier stage A royalty or stream investment will
based on just the NPV of the project,
in the lifecycle than has been seen in not be made simply to keep the lights
rather than the pricing implied by the
many other royalty or streaming deals. running in a company for a few more
equity markets.
Indeed, Hummingbird only announced months. The investor will be assessing
What to expect from due completion of their scoping study in management’s ability to arrange the
diligence by royalty and April 2013. John Theobald says that the complete financing required for the
streaming investors? ability to stage gate payments based on project and this will almost always
specific milestones to be achieved by involve additional debt and equity
Erfan Kazemi estimates that the Hummingbird was vital in the context investment if the mine is at a pre-
average streaming deal takes 4 to 6 of the deal because it enabled APG to construction stage.
weeks to complete and he has seen help mitigate the risk of investing in an
deals complete as quickly as two and exploration stage project.
a half weeks. From a due diligence
perspective, Sandstorm perform
much of their work from publically
available information using their
in-house expertise. When requesting
access to management, they require
the company’s life of mine models
and geological mapping as well as a
site visit.
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Conclusion
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The major financing rule remains
to plan your financing needs
earlier than you imagine you
should and evaluate all options
for as long as possible.
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Author Contacts
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Deals Telephone: +44 20 7213 2515
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Email: jonathan.m.lee@uk.pwc.com
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