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Senior Producers, Larger-Cap Near-Term Production

Aluminum   Price Shrs O/S Mkt Cap Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Cash Flow Per Share  Price/Cash Flow EV/EBITDA Div Yld
Symbol Rating 18-Apr-14 (MM) (US$MM) 2013 2014E 2015E 2014E 2015E 2013 2014E 2015E 2014E 2015E 2014E %
Alcoa Inc AA 2.8 US$13.56 1078 $14,618 0.33 0.45 0.63 30.3 21.5 1.48 1.35 1.60 10.0 8.5 9.5 0.9%
Alumina Ltd AWC 3.3 US$1.28 2806 $3,598 (0.00) 0.01 0.05 NM 28.3 0.02 0.05 0.08 26.3 17.1 -- --
Aluminum Corp China Ltd (ADR) ACH 3.4 CNY$2.38 3944 $1,510 (0.58) (0.21) (0.08) -- -- 0.61 0.55 0.80 4.3 3.0 21.1 --
Century Aluminum CENX 2.8 US$14.08 89 $1,249 (0.71) 0.49 0.95 28.7 14.9 0.21 1.71 1.90 8.2 7.4 9.3 --
United Company Rusal Ltd (HK) 486 3.1 US$0.43 15193 $6,564 (0.03) 0.02 0.05 19.2 9.3 0.03 0.02 0.04 21.2 10.8 18.8 --
Average                 26.1 18.5       14.0 9.3 14.6  
Iron Ore                                   
African Minerals Ltd (UK) AMI 1.7 US$2.18 332 $723 (0.25) 0.40 0.27 5.5 8.0 (0.60) 0.92 1.04 2.4 2.1 3.0 --
Atlas Iron Ltd (AU) AGO 2.7 AUD$0.97 915 $832 -- 0.13 0.10 7.5 9.6 -- 0.30 0.30 3.2 3.2 2.2 3.1%
China Vanadium Titano Mag (HK) 893 3.0 HK$0.79 2075 $265 0.09 0.09 0.10 8.4 7.8 0.01 -- -- -- -- 0.8 2.2%  
Cliffs Natural Resources CLF 3.1 US$18.65 153 $2,855 2.37 0.86 1.07 21.7 17.5 6.57 4.81 5.00 3.9 3.7 7.6 3.2%
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (AU) FMG 2.2 US$4.97 3114 $15,476 -- 1.01 0.86 4.9 5.8 -- 1.42 1.11 3.5 4.5 4.0 3.8%
Kumba Iron Ore Ltd (SA) KIO 3.1 ZAR$380.00 322 $11,639 48.02 45.39 36.96 8.4 10.3 71.59 55.35 48.26 6.9 7.9 -- 10.5%
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty (CN) LIF 2.4 C$31.07 64 $1,806 2.33 2.73 2.77 11.4 11.2 1.91 2.52 2.56 12.3 12.1 -- 3.2%
MMX Mineracao E Metalicos (BZ) MMXM3 3.7 BRL$2.68 162 $194 (2.26) (0.69) 0.14 -- 19.9 -- 0.82 1.08 3.3 2.5 2.2 --
Mount Gibson Iron Limited (AU) MGX 3.1 AUD$0.83 1091 $848 -- 0.11 0.06 7.6 13.3 -- 0.20 0.13 4.1 6.5 2.3 4.8%
Average                 9.4 11.5       4.9 5.3 3.2  
 
Note:  Currency shown is that used by the company for financial reporting.  Currency does not always reflect the country/market in which the company/stock symbol trades.  GAAP may differ between stocks due to countries and markets.
The tables are compiled from the Thomson One Analytics database of consensus Ratings & Estimates of equity analysts. The historicals and estimates of earnings and cash flows exclude non-operating, special items.
Thomson Consensus Rating System: Buy (1.0), Buy/Hold (2.0), Hold (3.0), Sell/Hold (4.0), Sell (5.0) 
Base Metals & Diversified
Large Cap   Price Shrs O/S Mkt Cap Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Cash Flow Per Share  Price/Cash Flow EV/EBITDA Div Yld
Symbol Rating 18-Apr-14 (MM) (US$MM) 2013 2014E 2015E 2014E 2015E 2013 2014E 2015E 2014E 2015E 2014E %
Anglo American PLC (UK) AAL 2.7 US$25.98 1397 $36,277 2.09 1.95 2.25 13.3 11.5 5.31 5.09 5.56 5.1 4.7 -- 3.7%
Antofagasta PLC (UK) ANTO 3.0 US$13.91 986 $13,715 0.67 0.84 0.87 16.5 16.0 -- 1.81 1.72 7.7 8.1 5.6 7.6%
BHP Billiton Ltd BHP 2.1 US$35.53 3212 $114,105 -- 2.67 2.69 13.3 13.2 -- 4.48 4.55 7.9 7.8 4.4 3.4%
First Quantum Minerals (CN) FM 2.0 US$19.13 591 $11,305 0.96 1.05 1.77 18.2 10.8 1.54 2.18 3.19 8.8 6.0 6.3 1.7%
Freeport McMoran C&G FCX 2.2 US$33.01 1038 $34,278 2.66 2.55 3.10 13.0 10.7 6.04 7.33 7.76 4.5 4.3 6.1 3.8%
Glencore International PLC (UK) GLEN 2.4 US$5.27 13278 $70,042 0.33 0.37 0.50 14.1 10.6 0.83 0.84 0.97 6.3 5.5 8.7 3.1%
Grupo Mexico (MX) GMEXICOB 2.2 US$3.16 7805 $24,627 0.23 0.21 0.26 15.1 12.2 0.38 0.21 0.30 15.3 10.4 6.8 2.2%
KGHM Polska Miedz (PO) KGH 3.0 PLN$112.45 200 $7,424 15.09 11.63 12.09 9.7 9.3 24.63 18.30 19.35 6.1 5.8 -- 8.7%
MMC Norilsk Nickel (RU) GMKN 3.0 US$153.21 158 $24,245 4.73 13.63 16.39 11.2 9.3 26.64 20.95 22.68 7.3 6.8 9.9 5.8%
Rio Tinto PLC (UK) RIO 2.2 US$55.22 1414 $78,061 5.53 5.58 6.08 9.9 9.1 8.16 8.06 8.83 6.8 6.3 5.9 4.0%
Sesa Sterlite Ltd (ADR) SSLT 2.5 INR$192.70 2965 $9,463 -- 17.73 28.58 10.9 6.7 -- 65.66 68.90 2.9 2.8 -- 0.8%
Southern Copper Corp SCCO 2.2 US$29.84 834 $24,873 1.92 1.76 2.08 17.0 14.4 2.21 1.94 2.35 15.4 12.7 9.4 1.9%
Teck Resources Ltd TCK 2.5 C$24.31 567 $12,520 1.74 1.17 1.78 20.8 13.7 4.98 3.59 4.43 6.8 5.5 7.1 3.7%
Vale SA (ADR) VALE 2.4 US$14.10 3186 $44,918 2.38 2.01 1.84 7.0 7.7 2.87 3.05 2.96 4.6 4.8 2.6 11.3%
Average                 13.6 11.1       7.5 6.5 6.6  
Mid Cap
                                 
Assore Ltd (SA) ASR 3.8 ZAR$427.01 140 $5,669 -- 41.80 34.77 10.2 12.3 -- 41.02 34.13 10.4 12.5 11.8 1.9%
Aurubis AG (GR) NDA 2.2 EUR$39.52 45 $2,454 -- 3.64 4.03 10.9 9.8 -- 8.05 6.34 4.9 6.2 -- 2.8%
Boliden AB (SW) BOL 2.8 SEK$96.30 274 $3,992 6.43 6.62 10.26 14.5 9.4 12.81 18.51 19.16 5.2 5.0 6.2 1.8%
Eramet (FR) ERA 2.7 EUR$93.00 27 $3,410 (2.82) 0.60 4.33 NM 21.5 6.14 11.12 14.58 8.4 6.4 9.3 --
Exxaro  Resources Ltd (SA) EXX 2.4 ZAR$142.00 358 $4,836 14.59 16.97 15.56 8.4 9.1 6.06 15.72 14.49 9.0 9.8 -- 3.9%
Hindustan Zinc (IN) HZ 1.8 INR$131.70 4225 $9,218 17.20 16.95 18.03 7.8 7.3 -- 16.75 17.86 7.9 7.4 -- 2.4%
Iluka Resources Ltd (AU) ILU 2.4 AUD$9.10 419 $3,570 0.14 0.21 0.64 43.3 14.3 -- 0.91 1.26 10.1 7.2 12.6 1.0%
Jiangxi Copper Co "H" (HK) 358 2.8 CNY$10.88 1387 $2,426 1.03 0.89 0.91 12.2 12.0 -- 1.52 1.25 7.2 8.7 -- 4.6%
Kazakhmys PLC (UK) KAZ 3.2 US$3.93 447 $1,755 0.37 0.06 0.10 60.7 40.8 -- 0.77 0.85 5.1 4.6 5.0 --
Lundin Mining Corp (CN) LUN 2.0 US$4.77 585 $2,793 0.23 0.26 0.53 18.2 9.0 0.26 0.45 0.84 10.7 5.6 8.8 --
Sumitomo Metal Mining (JP) 5713 2.5 JPY$1,450 582 $8,250 -- 136.08 148.17 10.7 9.8 -- 192.32 209.91 7.5 6.9 6.3 2.6%
Turquoise Hill Resources TRQ 3.0 US$3.84 2012 $7,719 (0.09) 0.09 0.06 42.1 63.8 (0.49) 0.25 0.23 15.6 16.8 -- --
Vale Indonesia Tbk PT (ID) INCO 2.7 US$0.31 9936 $3,094 0.01 0.01 0.01 33.3 23.2 0.03 0.02 0.02 19.9 13.5 11.2 1.6%
Vedanta Resources PLC (UK) VED 2.8 US$15.43 267 $4,121 -- 0.82 1.22 18.8 12.7 -- 14.03 15.37 1.1 1.0 5.1 4.2%
Average                 22.4 18.2       8.8 8.0 8.5  
Small Cap   Price Shrs O/S Mkt Cap Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Cash Flow Per Share  Price/Cash Flow EV/EBITDA Div Yld
Symbol Rating 18-Apr-14 (MM) (US$MM) 2013 2014E 2015E 2014E 2015E 2013 2014E 2015E 2014E 2015E 2014E %
Capstone Mining Corp (CN) CS 1.9 US$2.58 381 $983 0.02 0.30 0.29 8.6 8.9 0.23 0.55 0.55 4.7 4.7 5.4 --
China Molybdenum Co Ltd (HK) 3993 2.6 CNY$2.90 1311 $610 0.23 0.27 0.27 10.8 10.7 0.27 0.28 0.46 10.3 6.3 -- 4.8%
Hudbay Minerals HBM 2.5 C$8.92 193 $1,564 (0.02) 0.22 0.95 40.4 9.4 0.84 0.61 1.78 14.5 5.0 10.3 0.2%
Independence Group NL (AU) IGO 2.9 AUD$4.19 233 $916 -- 0.34 0.41 12.1 10.2 -- 0.66 0.77 6.3 5.4 5.9 1.0%
Mechel OAO (ADR) MTL 3.7 US$1.99 416 $828 (2.40) (0.88) (0.55) -- -- 0.97 0.75 1.09 2.7 1.8 -- --
Mitsui Mining & Smelting (JP) 5706 2.5 JPY$252 573 $1,413 -- 27.16 33.20 9.3 7.6 -- 71.28 79.78 3.5 3.2 7.0 1.2%
MMG Ltd (HK) 1208 2.3 US$0.26 5290 $1,364 0.02 0.02 0.02 13.9 10.5 -- 0.13 0.11 2.0 2.3 4.2 3.9%
Nevsun Resources Ltd NSU 2.0 US$3.37 199 $672 0.06 0.64 0.61 5.3 5.5 0.08 1.10 1.04 3.1 3.2 1.5 4.2%
Nyrstar NV (BE) NYR 3.6 EUR$2.77 170 $651 (0.83) (0.49) (0.02) -- -- 1.94 0.80 1.06 3.5 2.6 5.5 --
Outokumpu (FN) OUT1V 3.4 EUR$0.19 10387 $2,726 (0.15) (0.02) 0.01 -- 26.0 0.01 0.01 0.03 21.5 7.1 20.6 --
Oz Minerals (AU) OZL 2.5 AUD$3.76 303 $1,069 (0.18) 0.01 0.10 NM 36.3 0.59 0.89 1.15 4.2 3.3 3.3 5.3%
PanAust Ltd (AU) PNA 2.3 US$1.51 636 $960 0.12 0.08 0.12 18.1 12.5 0.29 0.24 0.30 6.4 5.0 5.8 3.7%
Philex Mining Corp (PH) PX 3.3 PHP$8.90 4937 $989 -- 0.54 0.45 16.5 19.6 -- 0.62 0.62 14.3 14.4 8.8 0.6%
Sherritt International (CN) S 2.1 C$4.84 297 $1,307 (0.21) (0.24) 0.19 -- 25.3 0.34 0.47 1.00 10.2 4.8 14.0 0.8%
Taseko Mines Ltd TGB 1.8 C$2.32 194 $408 (0.07) 0.18 0.33 12.7 7.0 0.35 0.49 0.57 4.8 4.1 6.0 --
Thompson Creek Metals TC 3.2 US$2.79 172 $479 (0.13) (0.09) 0.15 -- 19.2 0.26 0.64 0.72 4.3 3.9 6.5 --
Volcan Cia Ninera VOLABC1 2.6 US$0.39 2241 $874 0.06 0.08 0.08 5.2 4.9 -- -- -- -- -- 3.4 2.9%
Western Areas NL (AU) WSA 2.5 AUD$3.94 232 $858 -- 0.13 0.28 29.9 14.2 -- 0.51 0.65 7.8 6.0 7.7 0.3%
Average                 15.2 14.2       7.3 4.9 7.2  
Note:  Currency shown is that used by the company for financial reporting.  Currency does not always reflect the country/market in which the company/stock symbol trades.  GAAP may differ between stocks due to countries and markets.
The tables are compiled from the Thomson One Analytics database of consensus Ratings & Estimates of equity analysts. The historicals and estimates of earnings and cash flows exclude non-operating, special items.
Thomson Consensus Rating System: Buy (1.0), Buy/Hold (2.0), Hold (3.0), Sell/Hold (4.0), Sell (5.0) 
Gold
Large Cap   Price Shrs O/S Mkt Cap Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Cash Flow Per Share  Price/Cash Flow EV/EBITDA Div Yld
Symbol Rating 18-Apr-14 (MM) (US$MM) 2013 2014E 2015E 2014E 2015E 2013 2014E 2015E 2014E 2015E 2014E %
AngloGold Ashanti Ltd AU 3.0 US$17.46 403 $7,039 0.31 1.32 1.64 13.2 10.6 3.07 3.97 4.69 4.4 3.7 5.5 1.6%
Barrick Gold Corp ABX 3.0 US$17.98 1165 $20,941 2.51 0.97 1.23 18.6 14.7 4.15 2.54 2.88 7.1 6.2 7.5 1.1%
Franco-Nevada FNV 2.2 US$46.31 147 $6,818 0.94 0.95 1.06 48.9 43.9 1.69 2.05 2.19 22.6 21.1 17.7 --
Goldcorp Inc GG 2.5 US$23.60 813 $19,185 0.78 0.68 1.08 34.9 21.8 1.18 2.01 2.69 11.7 8.8 10.9 --
Kinross Gold Corp KGC 2.6 US$4.07 1144 $4,658 0.28 0.20 0.22 20.0 18.2 0.69 0.88 0.89 4.6 4.6 5.1 --
Newcrest Mining Ltd (AU) NCM 3.1 AUD$10.24 767 $7,355 -- 0.58 0.76 17.8 13.4 -- 1.30 1.78 7.9 5.8 8.3 --
Newmont Mining NEM 3.2 US$23.54 498 $11,721 2.49 0.84 1.40 28.1 16.8 3.13 3.54 4.57 6.6 5.1 9.1 2.5%
Polyus Gold International (UK) PGIL 3.6 US$3.23 3032 $9,801 0.17 0.12 0.12 27.8 26.7 0.14 0.19 0.20 16.8 16.4 6.5 --
Randgold Resources (ADR) GOLD 1.7 US$78.70 93 $7,280 2.98 3.47 4.29 22.7 18.3 5.04 6.19 7.41 12.7 10.6 13.8 0.6%
Yamana Gold Inc AUY 2.4 US$7.96 753 $5,996 0.36 0.35 0.46 22.8 17.1 0.87 0.95 1.18 8.4 6.8 8.1 1.9%
Average                 25.5 20.2       10.3 8.9 9.3  
Mid Cap                                  
African Barrick Gold Ltd (UK) ABG 3.2 US$4.35 410 $1,784 0.26 0.26 0.35 16.8 12.3 0.46 0.92 1.25 4.7 3.5 5.8 0.8%
Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd AEM 2.6 US$28.39 174 $4,946 0.88 0.59 0.74 48.0 38.2 2.54 2.95 3.23 9.6 8.8 9.7 1.1%
Alamos Gold AGI 2.1 US$9.09 127 $1,158 0.56 0.09 0.19 99.4 47.9 0.68 0.47 0.59 19.5 15.5 12.6 2.2%
B2Gold Corp BTG 1.6 US$2.74 676 $1,849 0.10 0.11 0.17 24.3 16.4 0.22 0.25 0.38 10.9 7.2 9.8 --
Buenaventura (ADR) BVN 3.1 US$12.73 275 $3,499 (0.40) 1.08 1.24 11.8 10.3 1.65 0.82 1.10 15.6 11.6 7.0 0.2%
Eldorado Gold Corp EGO 2.2 US$5.79 716 $4,147 0.27 0.23 0.26 25.6 22.5 0.53 0.49 0.54 11.7 10.6 9.5 0.3%
Gold Fields Ltd (ADR) GFI 3.3 US$3.94 775 $3,052 0.08 0.23 0.33 17.1 12.1 0.69 1.09 1.07 3.6 3.7 4.9 2.6%
Harmony Gold (ADR) HMY 1.0 US$3.07 436 $1,338 -- 0.27 -- 11.3 -- -- 0.77 -- 4.0 -- 2.9 --
Iamgold Corp IAG 3.3 US$3.44 377 $1,296 0.36 0.16 0.20 22.0 17.2 0.65 0.81 1.03 4.2 3.3 4.1 --
New Gold Inc NGD 2.4 US$4.98 504 $2,508 0.13 0.14 0.20 35.9 25.2 0.35 0.55 0.70 9.0 7.1 9.1 --
Osisko Mining Corp (CN) OSK 2.9 C$8.00 440 $3,196 0.27 0.30 0.34 26.9 23.8 0.60 0.69 0.77 11.5 10.4 10.0 --
Polymetal International PLC (UK) POLY 2.9 US$10.30 389 $4,012 0.30 0.56 0.63 18.3 16.4 1.19 1.12 1.26 9.2 8.2 1.6 0.9%
Regis Resources Ltd (AU) RRL 2.5 AUD$2.40 500 $1,124 -- 0.21 0.29 11.5 8.2 -- 0.32 0.42 7.6 5.7 6.1 6.3%
Royal Gold Inc RGLD 2.2 US$64.70 64 $4,170 0.92 1.21 1.64 53.7 39.5 2.75 2.94 3.32 22.0 19.5 15.0 1.3%
Sibanye Gold Ltd (SA) SGL 2.8 ZAR$26.28 741 $1,853 3.48 3.17 2.16 8.3 12.2 9.57 6.67 5.47 3.9 4.8 0.0 4.3%
Zijin Mining Group (HK) 2899 3.5 CNY$1.52 6008 $1,464 0.10 0.10 0.10 15.0 15.3 -- 0.25 0.30 6.1 5.1 9.1 6.6%
Average                 27.9 21.2       9.6 8.3 7.3  
Small Cap   Price Shrs O/S Mkt Cap Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Cash Flow Per Share  Price/Cash Flow EV/EBITDA Div Yld
Symbol Rating 18-Apr-14 (MM) (US$MM) 2013 2014E 2015E 2014E 2015E 2013 2014E 2015E 2014E 2015E 2014E %
Alacer Gold Corp (CN) ASR 2.6 US$2.32 290 $673 0.39 0.20 0.10 11.8 23.4 0.64 0.39 0.26 5.9 9.0 3.7 0.9%
Allied Nevada Gold ANV 3.6 US$3.62 104 $376 0.12 (0.40) 0.05 -- 77.4 (0.23) 0.45 0.81 8.0 4.5 10.7 --
Argonaut Gold Ltd (CN) AR 2.0 US$3.45 154 $532 0.18 0.16 0.20 21.3 17.4 0.17 0.40 0.48 8.7 7.2 7.2 --
AuRico Gold Inc  AUQ 2.4 US$4.07 248 $1,010 0.05 (0.00) 0.07 -- 56.9 0.24 0.34 0.49 11.9 8.3 11.3 3.9%
Centamin Egypt (CN) CEE 2.0 US$0.89 1140 $1,015 0.17 0.12 0.10 7.6 8.5 0.21 0.17 0.17 5.2 5.2 -- --
Centerra Gold (CN) CG 2.6 US$4.80 236 $1,135 0.64 0.30 0.42 16.1 11.5 2.04 1.45 1.45 3.3 3.3 1.9 3.0%
Gold Resource Corp GORO 2.0 US$4.60 54 $249 0.00 0.35 0.60 13.1 7.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Highland Gold Mining Ltd (UK) HGM 1.8 US$1.12 325 $365 0.14 0.15 0.16 7.4 7.2 0.32 0.31 0.34 3.6 3.3 3.9 8.2%
Hochschild Mining PLC (UK) HOC 3.0 US$2.79 367 $1,023 (0.15) (0.01) 0.18 -- 15.6 0.19 0.42 0.60 6.6 4.7 -- --
Kingsgate Consolidated Ltd (AU) KCN 3.7 AUD$0.99 224 $206 -- 0.02 0.04 45.6 27.8 -- 0.27 0.28 3.6 3.5 5.7 --
Kirkland Lake Gold (CN) KGI 3.0 C$3.00 70 $191 (0.06) 0.16 0.37 18.9 8.2 0.34 0.70 0.78 4.3 3.9 5.7 --
Lake Shore Gold LSG 2.8 C$0.83 417 $314 (0.02) 0.03 0.02 29.0 41.5 0.17 0.22 0.22 3.8 3.7 4.6 --
Medusa Mining Ltd (UK) MML 2.3 US$1.72 208 $358 -- 0.29 0.41 6.0 4.2 -- 0.37 0.67 4.7 2.6 4.3 --
Nord Gold NV (UK) NORD 3.1 US$1.69 378 $639 0.31 0.24 0.00 7.2 NM 0.82 0.89 0.76 1.9 2.2 -- 12.9%
Petropavlovsk PLC (UK) POG 3.7 US$1.38 198 $273 (0.43) (0.26) (0.05) -- -- 1.57 0.88 0.69 1.6 2.0 7.5 2.7%
Primero Mining Corp PPP 1.8 US$6.08 158 $963 0.36 0.15 0.29 39.4 21.3 0.64 0.65 0.85 9.4 7.2 7.7 --
Real Gold  Mining Ltd (HK) 246 -- CNY$7.07 909 $1,032 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.2 --
Semafo (CN) SMF 2.3 US$3.58 276 $989 0.04 0.12 0.30 29.2 12.0 0.28 0.35 0.57 10.3 6.2 9.3 --
Zhaojin Mining Industry Co Ltd (HK) 1818 3.1 CNY$3.88 874 $546 0.25 0.24 0.24 15.9 16.4 -- 0.68 0.55 5.7 7.1 9.3 2.6%
Average                 19.2 22.3       5.8 4.9 6.3  
Note:  Currency shown is that used by the company for financial reporting.  Currency does not always reflect the country/market in which the company/stock symbol trades.  GAAP may differ between stocks due to countries and markets.
The tables are compiled from the Thomson One Analytics database of consensus Ratings & Estimates of equity analysts. The historicals and estimates of earnings and cash flows exclude non-operating, special items.
Thomson One Analytics Rating System: Buy (1.0), Buy/Hold (2.0), Hold (3.0), Sell/Hold (4.0), Sell (5.0) 
Silver   Price Shrs O/S Mkt Cap Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Cash Flow Per Share  Price/Cash Flow EV/EBITDA Div Yld
Symbol Rating 18-Apr-14 (MM) (US$MM) 2013 2014E 2015E 2014E 2015E 2013 2014E 2015E 2014E 2015E 2014E %
Alexco Resource Corp AXU 4.0 C$1.42 63 $81 (0.07) (0.04) (0.00) -- -- 0.05 (0.02) 0.25 -- 5.7 -- --
Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp CDE 3.0 US$8.51 103 $878 (0.78) (1.04) (0.49) -- -- 1.16 0.78 1.12 11.0 7.6 11.8 --
Endeavour Silver Corp EXK 2.6 US$4.15 100 $414 0.15 0.16 0.15 26.6 26.9 0.77 0.52 0.56 8.0 7.4 6.9 --
First Majestic Silver Corp AG 2.0 US$9.24 117 $1,085 0.56 0.39 0.56 23.8 16.5 1.17 0.98 1.31 9.5 7.0 8.3 --
Fortuna Silver Mines FSM 2.1 US$3.78 126 $477 0.07 0.18 0.27 20.8 14.2 0.36 0.41 0.51 9.3 7.5 6.2 --
Fresnillo (UK) FRES 2.9 US$14.57 737 $10,740 0.38 0.34 0.45 43.1 32.2 0.61 0.85 0.97 17.2 15.0 15.1 2.2%
Great Panther Resources GPL 3.0 C$1.06 139 $133 0.00 0.02 0.05 46.0 20.2 0.06 0.12 0.17 8.9 6.4 7.7 --
Hecla Mining Co HL 3.0 US$3.07 343 $1,053 (0.04) 0.01 0.09 NM 34.6 0.08 0.31 0.43 9.8 7.1 9.4 0.3%
Mandalay Resources (CN) MND 1.8 US$0.86 340 $294 0.09 0.08 0.08 11.3 10.8 0.21 0.17 0.19 5.0 4.6 0.0 3.7%
Pan American Silver PAAS 3.0 US$12.86 152 $1,948 (0.32) 0.24 0.35 54.5 36.5 1.43 1.15 1.25 11.2 10.3 7.2 3.9%
Silver Standard SSRI 2.5 US$9.60 81 $775 (0.84) (0.49) (0.06) -- -- 0.24 0.36 1.02 26.4 9.4 11.8 --
Silver Wheaton SLW 1.8 US$21.87 357 $7,816 1.08 0.94 1.11 23.3 19.8 1.50 1.46 1.68 15.0 13.0 16.4 1.3%
Silvercorp SVM 2.3 US$1.95 171 $334 0.06 0.17 0.26 11.5 7.4 -- 0.18 0.46 10.9 4.2 5.1 0.9%
SilverCrest Mines SVLC 1.9 US$1.71 119 $203 0.15 0.12 0.17 14.1 9.9 0.11 0.20 0.29 8.5 5.9 8.2 --
Tahoe Resources TAHO 2.2 US$21.01 147 $3,078 (0.45) 1.13 1.28 18.6 16.4 (0.45) 1.38 1.60 15.2 13.1 13.2 --
Average                 26.7 20.4       11.8 8.3 9.1  
Platinum Group Metals                                
African Rainbow Minerals (SA) ARI 2.2 ZAR$207.94 217 $4,284 -- 22.26 21.94 9.3 9.5 -- 26.42 26.70 7.9 7.8 -- 2.5%
Anglo Platinum Ltd (SA) AMS 2.9 ZAR$505.21 270 $12,956 5.56 16.49 26.17 30.6 19.3 23.29 36.34 42.13 13.9 12.0 13.3 --
Aquarius Platinum Ltd (UK) AQP 2.7 US$0.67 471 $317 (0.29) (0.00) 0.01 -- 67.2 -- 0.08 0.14 8.2 4.7 9.2 --
Impala Platinum (SA) IMP 3.1 ZAR$122.01 632 $7,335 -- 5.42 7.94 22.5 15.4 -- 9.67 11.93 12.6 10.2 10.8 0.5%
Ivanhoe Mines Ltd (CN) IVP 1.8 US$1.58 576 $911 (0.19) (0.23) (0.19) -- -- (0.36) (0.19) (0.15) -- -- 0.0 --
Lonmin PLC (UK) LMI 2.5 US$4.89 569 $2,785 -- 0.20 0.36 24.8 13.6 -- 0.48 0.65 10.2 7.5 8.9 --
North American Palladium PAL 3.8 US$0.34 274 $86 (0.21) (0.07) 0.01 -- 33.2 0.03 0.04 0.14 8.3 2.4 9.0 --
Northam Platinum Ltd (SA) NHM 2.9 ZAR$41.56 398 $1,571 -- 1.34 2.72 31.0 15.3 -- 2.42 3.99 17.2 10.4 15.5 --
Platinum Group Metals Ltd PLG 2.1 C$1.11 551 $556 (0.04) (0.02) (0.00) -- -- -- (0.02) (0.01) -- -- -- --
Stillwater Mining Co SWC 1.8 US$15.50 120 $1,854 0.47 0.48 0.79 32.2 19.7 1.26 0.49 0.91 32.0 17.0 10.8 --
Average                 25.1 24.1       13.8 9.0 9.7  
Fertilizers   Price Shrs O/S Mkt Cap Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Cash Flow Per Share  Price/Cash Flow EV/EBITDA Div Yld
Symbol Rating 18-Apr-14 (MM) (US$MM) 2013 2014E 2015E 2014E 2015E 2013 2014E 2015E 2014E 2015E 2014E %
Agrium Inc AGU 2.5 US$93.10 144 $13,379 6.94 7.30 8.91 12.8 10.5 11.98 10.36 11.76 9.0 7.9 7.8 3.2%
Arab Potash Co (JR) APOT 3.5 JOD$27.91 83 $3,286 1.68 1.12 1.37 24.9 20.4 2.73 1.56 1.21 17.9 23.0 15.3 9.0%
CF Industries CF 2.7 US$242.34 54 $13,162 23.60 19.67 21.09 12.3 11.5 24.78 28.57 28.75 8.5 8.4 6.5 1.7%
Compass Minerals  CMP 2.8 US$85.84 34 $2,876 3.80 4.04 4.55 21.2 18.8 7.13 5.79 8.03 14.8 10.7 11.7 2.8%
Incitec Pivot Ltd (AU) IPL 2.2 AUD$2.84 1645 $4,377 -- 0.22 0.27 12.9 10.7 -- 0.34 0.41 8.4 6.9 7.6 3.2%
Intrepid Potash IPI 3.6 US$15.11 76 $1,150 0.31 0.07 0.32 NM 46.8 0.86 1.40 1.56 10.8 9.7 15.6 --
Israel Chemical (IS) ICL 2.8 US$8.92 1273 $11,357 0.64 0.66 0.75 13.5 11.9 0.88 0.95 1.09 9.4 8.2 9.3 9.5%
K & S Aktiengesellschaft (GR) SDF 2.9 EUR$23.30 191 $6,161 2.27 1.29 1.43 18.1 16.2 3.95 2.32 2.42 10.1 9.6 7.1 1.1%
Mosaic Co MOS 2.7 US$48.72 390 $18,993 -- 2.83 3.53 17.2 13.8 4.76 5.02 5.87 9.7 8.3 7.8 2.1%
Potash Corp POT 2.7 US$34.90 852 $29,720 2.09 1.66 2.03 21.1 17.2 3.68 2.52 2.87 13.9 12.2 12.0 4.0%
Sociedad Quimica Minera (ADR) SQM 3.2 US$32.32 120 $3,891 1.77 1.52 1.75 21.3 18.4 -- 2.61 2.52 12.4 12.8 7.0 2.8%
Uralkaliy (RU) URKA 3.5 US$4.65 2936 $13,652 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.3 2.3%
Yara International ASA (NO) YAR 2.8 NOK$272.30 279 $12,700 24.79 22.66 23.35 12.0 11.7 43.69 30.61 35.65 8.9 7.6 6.6 3.7%
Average                 17.0 17.3       11.1 10.4 9.1  
Note:  Currency shown is that used by the company for financial reporting.  Currency does not always reflect the country/market in which the company/stock symbol trades.  GAAP may differ between stocks due to countries and markets.
The tables are compiled from the Thomson One Analytics database of consensus Ratings & Estimates of equity analysts. The historicals and estimates of earnings and cash flows exclude non-operating, special items.
Thomson One Analytics Rating System: Buy (1.0), Buy/Hold (2.0), Hold (3.0), Sell/Hold (4.0), Sell (5.0) 
Uranium   Price Shrs O/S Mkt Cap Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Cash Flow Per Share  Price/Cash Flow EV/EBITDA Div Yld
Symbol Rating 18-Apr-14 (MM) (US$MM) 2013 2014E 2015E 2014E 2015E 2013 2014E 2015E 2014E 2015E 2014E %
Cameco Corp CCJ 2.3 C$25.11 396 $9,025 1.12 0.92 1.32 27.4 19.0 1.34 1.40 2.01 17.9 12.5 17.6 1.6%
Denison Mines DNN 2.2 US$1.52 485 $736 (0.08) (0.04) (0.03) -- -- (0.05) (0.03) (0.03) -- -- -- --
Energy Resources Australia (AU) ERA 3.0 AUD$1.35 518 $655 (0.23) (0.27) (0.22) -- -- (0.03) 0.04 0.10 33.3 13.4 -- --
Paladin Resources Ltd (AU) PDN 3.0 US$0.42 964 $405 0.21 (0.02) 0.02 -- 18.7 0.18 (0.02) 0.08 -- 5.5 22.9 --
Uranium Participation Corp (CN) U 1.9 C$5.36 117 $569 -- 1.26 -- 4.3 -- -- (0.05) -- -- -- 3.9 --
Average                 15.8 18.9       25.6 10.5 14.8  
Coal
Large - Mid Cap   Price Shrs O/S Mkt Cap Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Cash Flow Per Share  Price/Cash Flow EV/EBITDA Div Yld
Symbol Rating 18-Apr-14 (MM) (US$MM) 2013 2014E 2015E 2014E 2015E 2013 2014E 2015E 2014E 2015E 2014E %
Adaro Energy TBK (ID) ADRO 2.6 US$0.09 31986 $2,746 0.01 0.01 0.01 8.7 8.4 -- 0.01 0.02 5.9 4.8 -- 2.9%
Alpha Natural Resources ANR 3.1 US$4.40 221 $974 (2.15) (2.31) (1.71) -- -- 0.49 0.37 1.22 11.8 3.6 14.6 --
Banpu Public Co Ltd (TH) BANPU 2.8 THB$28.50 2582 $2,284 1.22 1.81 2.25 15.8 12.7 5.11 4.96 5.47 5.7 5.2 -- 4.2%
China Coal Energy Co (HK) 1898 3.3 CNY$3.46 4107 $2,287 0.29 0.27 0.31 12.8 11.3 0.51 0.84 0.91 4.1 3.8 9.0 2.3%
China Shenhua Energy Co (HK) 1088 2.2 HK$17.72 3399 $9,684 2.27 2.09 2.17 8.5 8.2 2.73 3.51 3.53 5.0 5.0 4.7 5.1%
Consol Energy CNX 2.0 US$41.81 230 $9,607 2.54 0.98 1.69 42.5 24.8 2.86 3.45 4.58 12.1 9.1 11.9 0.6%
Fushan Int'l Energy Group (HK) 639 2.9 HK$2.49 5302 $1,703 0.21 0.18 0.19 13.5 13.0 -- 0.31 0.30 8.0 8.4 -- 4.2%
Neyveli Lignite Corp (IN) NLC 1.0 INR$69.55 1678 $1,933 -- 9.54 -- 7.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.0%
New Hope Corp Ltd (AU) NHC 2.9 AUD$2.97 831 $2,312 -- 0.08 0.11 39.2 26.5 -- 0.13 0.17 22.3 17.2 13.2 3.7%
Peabody Energy BTU 2.1 US$16.71 271 $4,534 0.34 (0.25) 0.59 -- 28.5 -- 2.39 3.34 7.0 5.0 11.0 2.0%
PT Tambang Batubara Bukit (ID) PTBA 2.5 IDR$9,700 2304 $1,955 822.00 765.59 887.08 12.7 10.9 923.84 674.76 903.39 14.4 10.7 8.7 4.8%
Yanzhou Coal Mining Co Ltd (HK) 1171 3.4 CNY$4.99 1958 $1,571 0.14 0.38 0.44 13.2 11.2 (0.45) 1.42 1.47 3.5 3.4 8.8 0.4%
Average                 17.4 15.6       9.1 6.9 10.5  
 
Small Cap                                  
Arch Coal ACI 3.0 US$5.01 212 $1,064 (1.08) (1.56) (1.01) -- -- 0.26 0.48 0.78 10.4 6.5 16.8 0.2%
Borneo Lumbung Energi & Mtl (ID) BORN -- IDR$115 17693 $178 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.7 --
China Qinfa Group Ltd (HK) 866 3.0 CNY$0.26 2078 $88 0.01 0.16 -- 1.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- 6.7 3.0%
Cloud Peak Energy CLD 2.3 US$20.75 61 $1,273 0.73 0.18 0.49 NM 42.4 2.96 2.31 2.59 9.0 8.0 7.9 --
New World Resources (UK) NWRN 4.0 EUR$0.47 265 $173 (0.87) (0.49) (0.27) -- -- (0.16) (0.07) 0.23 -- 2.0 18.1 --
PT Bumi Resources (ID) BUMI 3.4 US$0.02 20773 $382 (0.03) (0.01) (0.00) -- -- -- 0.01 0.02 1.8 0.9 8.6 --
SouthGobi Resources (CN) SGQ 3.4 US$0.57 187 $107 (0.52) (0.21) (0.26) -- -- 0.04 0.03 0.07 18.8 8.3 36.6 --
Walter Energy WLT 3.0 US$7.91 63 $495 (3.37) (4.82) (2.41) -- -- (0.43) 0.16 1.66 48.2 4.8 22.4 0.5%
Average                 1.7 42.4       17.7 5.1 15.2  
Limited Partnership                                  
Alliance Resource Partners LP ARLP 2.3 US$84.60 37 $3,133 7.26 7.24 8.42 11.7 10.0 19.07 12.17 13.70 7.0 6.2 5.1 5.7%
Natural Resource Partners LP NRP 2.7 US$16.17 110 $1,776 1.54 1.22 1.38 13.3 11.7 2.25 1.84 2.03 8.8 8.0 10.5 8.7%
Penn Virginia Resource Prtns LP PVR 1.9 US$16.95 66 $1,111 (0.49) 0.09 0.55 NM 30.7 4.20 5.54 6.81 3.1 2.5 -- --
Rhino Resources Inc RNO 2.7 US$13.81 29 $402 0.44 0.22 0.33 62.8 42.5 1.84 1.16 0.95 12.0 14.5 7.6 12.9%
Average                 29.3 23.7       7.7 7.8 7.7  
Note:  Currency shown is that used by the company for financial reporting.  Currency does not always reflect the country/market in which the company/stock symbol trades.  GAAP may differ between stocks due to countries and markets.
The tables are compiled from the Thomson One Analytics database of consensus Ratings & Estimates of equity analysts. The historicals and estimates of earnings and cash flows exclude non-operating, special items.
Thomson One Analytics Rating System: Buy (1.0), Buy/Hold (2.0), Hold (3.0), Sell/Hold (4.0), Sell (5.0) 
Recent and Forecast Commodity Prices
Cash Price (18-Apr-14) 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014E 2015E 2016E 2017E 2018E
Aluminum ($0.83 / lb) $0.99 $1.09 $0.92 $0.84 $0.85 $0.91 $0.95 $1.01 $1.08
Copper ($3.01 / lb) $3.43 $4.00 $3.61 $3.33 $3.25 $3.22 $3.22 $3.25 $3.35
Lead ($0.96 / lb) $0.97 $1.09 $0.94 $0.97 $0.98 $1.00 $1.01 $1.01 $0.98
Nickel ($8.16 / lb) $9.91 $10.38 $7.95 $6.81 $6.81 $7.17 $7.59 $7.95 $8.93
Zinc ($0.93 / lb) $0.98 $1.00 $0.88 $0.87 $0.94 $0.98 $1.03 $1.08 $1.15
Gold ($1295 / oz) $1,226 $1,571 $1,668 $1,411 $1,296 $1,316 $1,325 $1,330 $1,344
Palladium ($794 / oz) $528 $733 $643 $725 $781 $819 $866 $686 $875
Platinum ($1408 / oz) $1,611 $1,719 $1,549 $1,485 $1,560 $1,627 $1,681 $1,650 $1,808
Silver ($19.65 / oz) $20.24 $35.29 $31.13 $23.82 $22.12 $22.45 $22.71 $22.80 $22.16
Uranium ($33.00 / lb) $45.97 $56.32 $48.97 $40.42 $43.17 $55.92 $67.71 $68.56 $80.00
Base metal prices are LME cash prices quoted in US$ per lb.  Precious metal prices are London spot prices quoted in US$ per oz.         

Bill Matlack is associated with Scarsdale Equities LLC, a registered broker/dealer and member FINRA, SIPC.

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