BlackRock World Mining Trust Plc - Portfolio Update
December 19 2019 - 8:40AM
PR Newswire (US)
BLACKROCK WORLD
MINING TRUST plc (LEI - LNFFPBEUZJBOSR6PW155) |
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All information is at
30 November 2019 and unaudited. |
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Performance at month
end with net income reinvested |
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One |
Three |
One |
Three |
Five |
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Month |
Months |
Year |
Years |
Years |
Net asset value |
1.3% |
-2.5% |
10.9% |
22.2% |
39.7% |
Share price |
3.8% |
0.0% |
11.9% |
24.1% |
36.0% |
EMIX Global Mining Index
(Net)* |
0.5% |
-2.6% |
18.3% |
29.4% |
48.1% |
(Total return) |
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Sources:
BlackRock, EMIX Global Mining Index, Datastream |
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At month end |
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Net asset value
including income1: |
404.52p |
Net asset value capital
only: |
395.66p |
1 Includes
net revenue of 8.86p |
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Share price: |
349.00p |
Discount to
NAV2: |
13.7% |
Total assets: |
£802.6m |
Net
yield3: |
6.0% |
Net gearing: |
14.2% |
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Ordinary shares in
issue: |
175,475,382 |
Ordinary shares held in
treasury: |
17,536,460 |
Ongoing
charges4: |
0.9% |
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2 Discount to NAV including income.
3 Based on quarterly interim dividends of 4.00p per
share declared on 14 November 2019, 20 August 2019 and
2 May 2019 in respect of the year ending
31 December 2019 and a final dividend of 9.00p per share
announced on 28 February 2019 in respect of the year ended 31
December 2018.
4 Calculated as a percentage of average net assets and
using expenses, excluding finance costs, for the year ended 31
December 2018. |
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Sector |
%
Total |
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Country
Analysis |
%
Total |
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Assets |
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Assets |
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Diversified |
40.7 |
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Global |
66.5 |
Gold |
23.9 |
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Latin America |
10.1 |
Copper |
19.8 |
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Australasia |
8.2 |
Silver & Diamonds |
5.9 |
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Canada |
6.5 |
Industrial Minerals |
5.1 |
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South Africa |
3.5 |
Materials |
3.8 |
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United Kingdom |
1.2 |
Nickel |
0.9 |
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Other
Africa |
1.1 |
Coal |
0.4 |
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Indonesia |
0.9 |
Zinc |
0.2 |
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Sweden |
0.9 |
Aluminium |
0.2 |
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USA |
0.8 |
Iron Ore |
0.1 |
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Russia |
0.7 |
Current liabilities |
-1.0 |
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Kazakhstan |
0.5 |
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Argentina |
0.1 |
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Current liabilities |
-1.0 |
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100.0 |
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100.0 |
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Ten Largest
Investments |
Company |
%
Total
Assets |
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BHP |
9.9 |
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Rio Tinto |
9.1 |
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Vale: |
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Equity |
5.0 |
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Debenture |
3.8 |
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Anglo American |
5.3 |
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Barrick
Gold |
5.1 |
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Newmont Mining |
4.9 |
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First Quantum
Minerals |
4.3 |
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OZ Minerals Brazil: |
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Royalty |
2.3 |
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Equity |
1.8 |
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Agnico Eagle Mines |
3.9 |
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Wheaton Precious
Metals |
3.7 |
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Commenting on the markets, Evy
Hambro and Olivia Markham, representing the Investment Manager
noted: |
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Performance |
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The Company’s NAV increased by 1.3%
in November, outperforming its reference index, the EMIX Global
Mining Index (net return), which returned 0.5%. |
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General equity market sentiment
improved in November on a perceived easing of geopolitical tensions
as confidence increased that the US and China were close to signing
a phase 1 trade deal. US President Donald Trump stated towards the
end of the month that the US and China were “in the final throes of
a very important deal”. Meanwhile, China’s official PMI came in at
50.2, up from 49.3 in October and indicating modest expansion.
Amidst this backdrop, global equity markets performed well, with
the MSCI World Index rising by 2.8%. |
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In the mining space, the month saw
mixed performance from mined commodities. Bulk commodity prices
were generally positive, with the iron ore (62% fe) price finishing
up by 4.7%. Base metals were mixed, however, with the copper price
rising by 1.3% but the nickel price off by -18.4%. The sharp move
down for nickel followed news that the Indonesian government had
delayed implementation of its ban on nickel ore exports until
January 2020. Meanwhile, the precious metals were generally weak,
with the gold price falling by 3.2% on reduced ‘safe-haven’ demand
and US dollar strength. (Figures shown in USD.) |
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Outperformance over the month was
driven in part by our exposure to the copper sub-sector. Our
position in Ero Copper was the top performer at the stock-level,
for example. The company performed well on the back of the rising
copper price and after announcing stronger-than-expected results in
which it raised 2019 production guidance. |
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Strategy and Outlook |
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We see an attractive valuation
opportunity in mining today. The mining sector is generating close
to record free cash flow, whilst balance sheets are in strong shape
and companies remain focused on capital discipline. Whilst US-China
trade tensions are fuelling uncertainty, our base case remains that
we have positive global economic growth for the next 12-18 months,
albeit at a slower rate than was expected this time last year.
Barring an economic recession, we expect the mining sector to
re-rate as the miners continue to generate robust free cash flow
and return capital to shareholders through dividends and buybacks.
We expect most mined commodity prices to be stable to rising
through the remainder of this year. On the commodity demand side,
we do not anticipate a hard-landing type event in China and we have
been encouraged by stimulus measures beginning to feed through into
improvements in some economic data points. On the commodity supply
side, supply is tight in most mined commodity markets and, given
the cuts in mining sector spending since 2012 (down ~66%), we
expect it to remain so. |
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All data points are in GBP terms
unless stated otherwise. |
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19 December 2019 |
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