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Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund Inc T.NCA


Primary Symbol: NCA

Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund, Inc. (the Fund) is a diversified closed-end management investment company. The Fund's investment objective is to seek current income exempt from both regular federal income taxes and California personal income tax. Its secondary investment objective is the enhancement of portfolio value. The Fund invests in municipal securities that are exempt from federal and California state income taxes. The Fund invests at least 80% of its managed assets in securities rated, at the time of investment, investment grade or, if they are unrated, are judged by the manager to be of comparable quality. The Fund may invest up to 20% of its managed assets in municipal securities rated below investment quality or judged by the manager to be of comparable quality, of which up to 10% of its managed assets may be rated below B-/B3 or of comparable quality. It also invests in inverse floating rate municipal securities. Its investment adviser is Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC.


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Post by retiredcfon Nov 01, 2017 8:44am
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NewCastle Gold Inc.

(NCA-T) C$0.78

Equinox Gold: Fully Funded to Mid-tier Gold Production Event

On October 25, NewCastle, Trek Mining (TREK-V), and Anfield Gold (ANF-V) announced a merger to form Equinox Gold (EQX-V). The new company will be led by famed mining entrepreneur Ross Beaty as Chairman (who is investing US$20mm at the deal price) and Christian Milau as CEO (from Trek previously).

Impact: POSITIVE

We view the transaction positively. It seems to us to be a classic case of the combined company being more than the sum of its parts. In essence, we have what we view to be two unfunded and poorly understood development stories merging with a cash shell to create a higher profile company, both in terms of its leadership and market size, with a fully funded path to eventual mid-tier production.

The re-rating potential is very attractive to us. Developers in our coverage universe are trading at 0.3x-0.6x NAV, with the companies at the higher-end of the range reflecting greater market visibility and confidence in their paths to production, particularly with respect to funding. Junior and mid-tier producers are trading at 0.8x-1.3x NAV, with multi-mine producers at the higher-end.

Christian Milau has suggested opportunities for portfolio rationalization, including the sale of assets from Anfield potentially raising $40mm in Q4/17 and the spin-out of copper assets in Mexico (La Verde — 746 Mt @ 0.4% CuEq M&I+I), Ecuador (Warintza — 195 Mt @ 0.6% Inf.) and Chile (Ricardo — concept/exploration) in 2018.

The combined company is expected to have $98mm in cash plus a US$85mm credit facility with Sprott and a US$200mm development facility. A 2017 Feasibility Study estimated pre-production capex for the Aurizona project (startup: late-2018) at US $131mm. A Pre-Feasibility Study for Castle Mountain is expected in Q1/18.

TD Investment Conclusion

Our valuation is based on 0.9x our Equinox ("Newco") NAVPS. We view the combination to form Equinox Gold positively as it offers up re-rating and portfolio optimization potential in a higher visibility and more liquid vehicle led by Ross Beaty that is fully funded to eventual mid-tier production. As such, we have changed our recommendation to TENDER from Speculative Buy, reflecting our view that shareholders should support the proposed combination (see page 5 for definitions/ our rating framework) 


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