** Jefferies maintains "buy" rating for Aurelia Metals AMI.AX, leaves price target of A$0.28 unchanged as well
** Brokerage says co's strong base metals contributions from the South Mine were offset by weaker gold grades in its recent quarter
** Co produces 7.3 koz of gold in the June quarter, while achieving overall FY25 guidance
** However, brokerage highlights low medium-term risk for the miner, underpinned by robust cash margins, mine life optionality
** Mentions co's growth path is "infrastructure-led, sequential, and self-fundable", which Jefferies believes will allow co to lift mill utilisation, recoveries
** Shares of co up 11.8% YTD at A$0.19 per last close, vs Jefferies PT of A$0.28
** All five analysts rated "buy" on AMI with median PT of A$0.31, per LSEG compiled data
(Reporting by Nichiket Sunil in Bengaluru)
((Nichiket.Sunil@thomsonreuters.com))