Dual-asset gold producer Kaiser Reef has wiped a key debt from its books after a solid September quarter, a move expected to unchain about $600,000 a month in operating cash flow.
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The company banked 6263 ounces of gold during the period, boosting its cash and bullion balance to a healthy $40 million and allowing it to fully repay the senior secured gold loan used to acquire its flagship Henty gold mine in Tasmania.
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Production from the company’s two Australian assets continued to build momentum during the period, with total gold output rising to 6263 ounces from 6000 ounces in the prior quarter.
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The cornerstone Henty mine churned out 5692 ounces of gold and a further 5259 ounces of silver, while its Maldon project in Victoria chipped in another 572 ounces of gold.
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Impressively, the Maldon operation has now lifted its output for three consecutive quarters, jumping 65 per cent since March.
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‘We head into the December quarter with a fully funded balance sheet and clear operational priorities at both assets.
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Total production generated an underlying cash flow of $5.6 million for the quarter, which more than covered $2.8 million in debt and deferred payments, allowing Kaiser to increase its net cash and bullion position by a hefty $2.8 million.
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The strong financial position enabled the company to make a final delivery of 104 ounces of gold in October, wiping the slate clean on the 1872-ounce Auramet gold loan.
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With that facility retired, Kaiser’s only remaining gold delivery obligation is a deferred payment to Catalyst Metals as part of the Henty acquisition, requiring 50 ounces per month through to October 2030.
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However, the company says repaying the principal acquisition loan from the mine’s own cash flow is an important milestone.
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Kaiser Reef managing director Brad Valiukas said: “Kaiser delivered 6263oz of gold across Henty and Maldon during the quarter, while increasing cash and bullion to A$40 million, paying down debt and advancing Maldon.
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We have completely repaid the Auramet gold loan, on schedule, with the final delivery made in October.
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The gold loan helped us acquire Henty, and repaying it from Henty’s own cash flow is an important milestone for Kaiser.
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The impressive quarterly report further underscores a remarkable full-year turnaround for Kaiser, which swung from a $20.24 million statutory loss in FY2025 to a $16.8 million after-tax profit in FY2026, backed by an impressive $44.7 million cash inflow from operations.
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The Henty mine, nestled in Tasmania’s richly endowed Mount Read Volcanics belt alongside the legendary Rosebery and Mount Lyell operations, remains the company’s gold-producing workhorse.
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A recent resource and reserve update effectively offset mining depletion, maintaining the mine’s ore reserve at 198,000 ounces of gold and its overall resource at 429,000 ounces.
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In a shrewd move to sweat its assets, the company is also working with fellow ASX-lister Flynn Gold to process its ore through Henty’s 300,000-tonne-per-annum processing plant.
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As part of the expansion plan, Kaiser has applied to increase its tailings capacity by two million tonnes.
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While Henty provides the cash flow, Kaiser’s Maldon operation in Victoria’s fabled Golden Triangle offers a significant high-grade growth opportunity.
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The project, with a strong track record of producing 1.75 million ounces at a staggering 28 grams per tonne (g/t) gold, is anchored by the fully permitted 200,000-tonne-per-annum Porcupine Flats processing facility.
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Its Union Hill deposit hosts an inferred resource of 187,000 ounces grading a solid 4.44g/t gold, with site stockpiles adding a further 11,700 ounces.
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All up, the company’s global resource stands at 5.53 million tonnes grading 3.46g/t gold for 615,000 ounces.
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With FY27 total production targeted at around 32,000 ounces and no hedging in place, the gold producer appears well positioned to capture more upside should the bullion price remain steady.
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The new development will provide access for underground diamond drilling to test the northern extensions of existing workings at Maldon’s Eaglehawk, Linscott’s, Ladies and Sailors Reefs targets.
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The underground push adds another dimension to a busy surface exploration campaign aimed at building a pipeline of fresh drill targets.
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Recent infill soil sampling has outlined strong, continuous gold and arsenic anomalies across multiple structures, with some promising trends extending over 1.5 kilometres of strike.
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This work has been bolstered by a helicopter-borne magnetic and radiometric survey, providing a clearer picture of the structural architecture, with a surface diamond drilling campaign also ongoing.
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With the Henty operation humming along and paying the bills, Kaiser appears to be in an enviable position of being largely debt-free and sitting on a sizeable cash pile as it methodically advances exploration across one of Victoria’s most celebrated high-grade goldfields.
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With no hedging in place and a production target of 32,000 ounces for FY27, the company looks to be fully exposed to any upside in the gold price.
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As drill rods turn on both surface and underground hotspots at Maldon, punters will likely be watching closely for the results to start flowing.
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