[ET Net News Agency, 8 January 2020] Goldman Sachs lifted its target price for Zijin
Mining Group (02899) to HK$4.8 from HK$3.5 and maintained its "buy" rating.
The research house revised earnings estimates for Zijin by +1% for 2019, +12% for 2020,
and +19% for 2021 to reflect updated on SHFE (Shanghai Futures Exchange) copper price,
recent new share issuance, and project updates.
Goldman expects SHFE copper price to improve by 5% to US$2.90/lb in 2020 and US$3.11/lb
in 2021. It maintained its 2020/21 gold price forecast of US$1,600/US$1,600. Under rising
copper/gold prices and volume growth from new projects, Goldman expects Zijin net profit
to increase to Rmb6,040mn in 2020E and Rmb8,439mn in 2021 from Rmb4,276mn in 2019. (KL)