REG - Baker Steel Res.Tst. - Investment Update and 30 November 2025 NAV

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RNS Number : 1341K  Baker Steel Resources Trust Ltd  04 December 2025

BAKER STEEL RESOURCES TRUST LIMITED

(Incorporated in Guernsey with registered number 51576 under the provisions of
The Companies (Guernsey) Law, 2008 as amended)

 

4 December 2025

Investment Update and 30 November 2025 Unaudited NAV

Net Asset Value ("NAV")

Baker Steel Resources Trust Limited (the "Company" or "BSRT") announces its
unaudited net asset value per share as at 30 November 2025.

NAV per Ordinary Share: 115.5 pence. Total NAV £122.9 million.

The NAV per share at 30 November 2025 increased by 2.2% from the last
published NAV at 31 October 2025 largely as a result of increases in the
listed share prices of Silver X Mining Corp and Blue Moon Metals Inc.

 

Total Voting Rights

The Company had a total of 106,462,502 Ordinary Shares in issue with a further
700,000 shares held in treasury as at 30 November 2025.

 

Top 10 Investments

                                     30 November 2025  30 November 2025  31 December 2024  31 December 2024

                                     £m                %                 £m                %
 Cemos Group plc                     31.9              25.9%             30.0              31.4%
 Futura Resources Ltd                30.6              24.9%             31.9              33.4%
 Blue Moon Metals Inc*               11.4              9.3%              7.3               7.6%
 Bilboes Royalty                     10.2              8.3%              8.4               8.8%
 Tungsten West Plc                   9.9               8.1%              3.2               3.3%
 Silver X Mining Corporation         6.2               5.1%              2.1               2.3%
 Metals Exploration Plc              5.5               4.5%              3.3               3.5%
 Caledonia Mining Corporation Plc    5.5               4.5%              3.2               3.4%
 First Tin PLC                       3.8               3.1%              2.6               2.8%
 Kanga Investments Ltd               1.6               1.3%              1.4               1.6%
 Other Investments                   1.0               0.7%              1.8               1.6%
 Net Cash, Equivalents and Accruals  5.3               4.3%              0.3               0.3%
 Total                               122.9             100.0%            95.5              100.0%

  *During the year Blue Moon Metals Inc acquired Nussir ASA

 

 

Investment Update

 

Bilboes Royalty / Caledonia Mining Corporation ("Caledonia")

 

On 25 November 2025, Caledonia released the results of its Feasibility Study
for the Bilboes Gold Project in Matabeleland, Zimbabwe, which confirmed that a
single-phase development of the Project will provide the optimal economic
return.

 

The mine will be based on Proven and Probable Reserves of 1.75 million ounces
of gold at a grade of 2.26 g/t with the construction of a 240,000 tonne per
month plant utilising BIOX® technology for processing.

 

Economic Highlights (based on a gold price of US$3,648) are as follows:

 

·    Total Gold Production:           1,511,200 ounces

·    Life of Mine:                           11
years

·    Peak Funding:                         US$484
million

·    All-In-Sustaining-Costs:         US$1,061 per ounce

·    NPV(8%):
US$1,234 million

·
IRR:
50.4%

·    Payback period:                      1.1 years

 

Caledonia announced its decision to proceed with the project, which is
expected to be funded by a combination of non-recourse senior debt, internal
equity and flexible instruments (including royalties, streaming arrangements
and mezzanine funding). Caledonia planned that the mine would commence
production in the second half of 2028 with the first full year of production
being 197,000 ounces of gold in 2029.

On 27 November 2025, the Zimbabwe government announced its budget for 2026
which included an increase in government royalties from 5% to 10% of revenue
should gold prices be above US$2,500 an ounce. Our initial evaluation suggests
that this would reduce our estimates for the NPV by some US$100-150 million.
The NPV will also be affected albeit to a lesser degree by an additional
change in the rate of capital allowances for tax.

 

 

Trevor Steel, Chief Investment Officer of the Investment Manager, Baker Steel
Capital Managers LLP commented:

 

"The Company's 1% royalty on Bilboes is not directly affected by the revised
government royalty rate in Zimbabwe. However, it could result in an extension
to the financing timetable even though the project remains attractive despite
the higher government royalties. Based on the feasibility study production
profile, we calculate that the Company would continue to be entitled to
approximately US$7 million in royalty payments from the first full year of
production at current gold prices. The Company will review the valuation of
its Bilboes royalty at the year end taking into account the revised production
profile from the feasibility study and the increased gold price since the last
valuation in June."

 

Further details of the Company and its investments are available on the Baker
Steel Capital Managers website www.bakersteelcap.com
(https://url.avanan.click/v2/___http:/www.bakersteelcap.com___.YXAxZTpzaG9yZWNhcDphOm86MjdlZGQ1NzE1MDA2OWIwMWI0NzUxYWYwYjc5OWUzNTk6NjpiYzEwOjkzMDBjNGMzNDY1MGVhOGQwZjg2Yjk0OWEzY2U2ODYwZDI0MDYxY2Y3MmU3MDM0OWJkOTAyZWZhZWViMDM0NTI6cDpUOk4)

 

Enquiries:

Baker Steel Resources Trust Limited             +44 20 7389 8237

Francis Johnstone

Trevor Steel

 

Shore Capital
                       +44 020 7408 4050

Henry Willcocks (Corporate Broking)

Gillian Martin, Daphne Zhang (Corporate)

Adam Gill (Sales)

 

 

The Net Asset Value ("NAV") figure stated is based on unaudited estimated
valuations of the underlying investments and not necessarily based on
observable inputs. Such estimates are not subject to any independent
verification or other due diligence and may not comply with generally accepted
accounting practices or other generally accepted valuation principles. In
addition, some estimated valuations are based on the latest available
information which may relate to some time before the date set out above.

 

Accordingly, no reliance should be placed on such estimated valuations and
they should only be taken as an indicative guide. Other risk factors which may
be relevant to the NAV figure are set out in the Company's Prospectus dated 26
January 2015.

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