Teranga Gold: 3 Different Insiders Have Purchased Shares This Month

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In this article, I will feature one gold miner that has seen intensive insider buying during the last 30 days. Intensive insider buying can be defined by the following three criteria:

1. The stock is purchased by three or more insiders within one month.


2. The stock is sold by no insiders in the month of intensive purchasing.


3. At least two purchasers increased their holdings by more than 10%.

Teranga Gold Corporation (OTC:TGCDF) engages in the exploration, development, and production of gold in West Africa.

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Insider buying during the last 30 days

Here is a table of Teranga's insider-trading activity during the last 30 days by insider.

Name	Title	Trade Date	Shares Purchased	Current Ownership	Increase In Shares
Alan Hill	Executive Chairman	Dec 17	500,000	1,195,000 shares	+71.9%
David Savarie	VP	Dec 17	39,000	79,000 shares	+97.5%
Katherine Sipos	VP	Dec 18	25,000	135,000 shares	+22.7%

There have been 564,000 shares purchased by insiders during the last 30 days.

Insider buying by calendar month

Here is a table of Teranga's insider-trading activity by calendar month.

Month	Insider buying / shares	Insider selling / shares
December 2013	564,000	0
November 2013	0	0
October 2013	0	0
September 2013	40,000	0
August 2013	0	0
July 2013	0	0
June 2013	0	0
May 2013	0	0
April 2013	0	0
March 2013	0	0
February 2013	10,000	0
January 2013	0	0

There have been 614,000 shares purchased and there have been zero shares sold by insiders this year. The month of December has seen the most insider buying.

Financials

Teranga reported the third-quarter financial results on November 6 with the following highlights:

Revenue	$50.6 million
Net loss	$0.4 million
Cash	$36.2 million
Debt	$76.4 million
Production	36,874 ounces
Total cash costs	$748 per ounce
All-in sustaining costs	$1,289 per ounce

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(Source: November presentation)

Outlook

Teranga's 2013 full-year guidance is as follows:

Production	190,000-210,000 ounces
Total cash costs	$650-$700 per ounce
All-in sustaining costs	$1,000-$1,100 per ounce

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(Source: November presentation)

Teranga's 2014-2016 guidance (without OJVG) is as follows:

Production	210,000-240,000 ounces per annum
All-in sustaining cash costs	~$1,000 per ounce
Free cash flow	$150-$200 million

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(Source: November presentation)

News

On December 12, Teranga and Franco-Nevada (FNV) announced that they have agreed to enter into a $135 million stream transaction that has allowed Teranga to enter into definitive share purchase agreements with Bendon International Ltd. and Badr Investment & Finance Company to acquire the balance of the OJVG that Teranga does not already own and to retire $30 million of Teranga's $60 million debt facility with Macquarie Bank Limited.

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(Source: December presentation)

Upcoming milestones

Teranga's upcoming milestones include the following:

Milestone	Timing
Combined mine plan	Q1/2014
File 43-101 technical report on a combined basis	Q1/2014

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(Source: December presentation)

Competition

Teranga's competitors in Africa include Banro (BAA), and Golden Star Resources (GSS). Here is a table comparing these companies.

Company TGCDF BAA GSS Market Cap: 139.86M 108.66M 102.06M Employees: N/A 2,074 2,000 Qtrly Rev Growth (yoy): -0.52 2.12 -0.12 Revenue: 362.60M 118.72M 521.47M Gross Margin: N/A 0.45 0.18 EBITDA: 200.71M 37.32M 72.36M Operating Margin: 0.36 0.10 -0.03 Net Income: 93.29M 5.42M -119.66M EPS: 0.37 0.02 -0.46 P/E: 1.30 17.96 N/A PEG (5 yr expected): N/A N/A -0.33 P/S: 0.39 1.00 0.21 P/B: 0.31 0.24 0.51

Teranga has the lowest P/E ratio among these three companies.

Here is a table of these competitors' insider-trading activities this year.

Company	Insider buying / shares	Insider selling / shares
BAA	470,000	330,000
GSS	62,000	0

Only Teranga has seen intensive insider buying during the last 30 days.

Conclusion

There have been three different insiders buying Teranga and there have not been any insiders selling Teranga during the last 30 days. All three of these insiders increased their holdings by more than 10%.

Teranga is trading at a P/E ratio of 1.30 and the company has a book value of $1.52 per share. I believe the stock could be a good pick below the book value based on the intensive insider buying.

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(Source: December presentation)

Source: Teranga Gold: 3 Different Insiders Have Purchased Shares This Month

Disclosure: I am long BAA, GSS. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article. (More...)

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