Alkane Resources Ltd (ALK) AI Stock Analysis

Company Guidance

Alkane reiterated full year fiscal '27 production guidance of 163,000 to 177,000 gold equivalent ounces and said it was on track to meet guidance for both production and cost, with $160 million to $190 million of growth capital planned over this fiscal year, $215 million to $255 million invested collectively on production, resource and mine-life expansion, and $40 million to $50 million of growth CapEx at Bjorkdal and $30 million to $40 million at Costerfield; the Newell Highway realignment project is expected to complete over the next 6 months, Storheden is targeted to be online within 2 years, 6,600 meters of follow-up drilling is planned in this quarter at Peak Hill, a 4-kilometer RC drill program is planned at Boda, the project approval application is targeted for the end of calendar 2027, midway through financial year 2028, with an FID later in 2029, and Nagambie requires $12.5 million over 3 years; the company also announced a share buyback program of up to $50 million over the next 12 months, expects to deliver 21,000 ounces of gold at around $2,850 per ounce for the rest of this financial year, and expects a final true-up tax payment of around $55 million to $60 million in the December quarter.