Global Commodities, Mint Finance

Srinidhi Raghavendra

Global Commodities

Deep Fundamental Analysis

Mint Finance

Mint Finance's investment research blends deep fundamental analysis with technical & quant insights. Investment strategies straddle across multiple asset classes with risk management embedded into every trade to deliver an outsized reward-to-risk ratio.

Mint Finance's research is centered around three key themes. First, energy transition and climate change. Second, artificial intelligence. Third, shifting world order with its impact across politics and monetary economics.

Equity Bottom-Up

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Unmatched Operating Leverage: As gold prices surge, miners’ fixed costs allow for disproportionate earnings growth; Kinross leads this trend with a staggering 259% price rally since early 2025.</li>
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 Self-Funded Strategic Expansion: Kinross’s three new U.S. projects boast a 55% IRR and $4.1 billion NPV, fully funded by robust cash flows without compromising a lean, debt-reduced balance sheet.</li>
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Valuation Disconnect: Despite record production and rising ROE, Kinross trades at a discount to peers, offering a high free cash flow yield and significant untapped upside potential.</li>
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Unmatched Operating Leverage: As gold prices surge, miners’ fixed costs allow for disproportionate earnings growth; Kinross leads this trend with a staggering 259% price rally since early 2025.

 Self-Funded Strategic Expansion: Kinross’s three new U.S. projects boast a 55% IRR and $4.1 billion NPV, fully funded by robust cash flows without compromising a lean, debt-reduced balance sheet.

Valuation Disconnect: Despite record production and rising ROE, Kinross trades at a discount to peers, offering a high free cash flow yield and significant untapped upside potential.


Kinross Gold Is Self Funded, High Yield & Still Cheap

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Index Rebalance

Zijin Gold International / Index Rebalance

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<li>There are 5 additions for the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/vaneck-gold-miners-etf-usa" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:32924:1" rel="noopener">VanEck Gold Miners ETF/USA (GDX US)</a> in December. <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zijin-gold-international" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45448:1" rel="noopener">Zijin Gold (2259 HK)</a> is a surprise add (as are some of the others).</li>
<li>Estimated one-way turnover is 15.2% and that leads to a round-trip trade of US$8.8bn. There are many stocks with multiple days of ADV to trade from passive trackers.</li>
<li>The MarketVector Global Gold Miners Index has just passed its earlier highs, but a lot of the adds have broken out and are trading much higher than their prior highs.</li>
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There are 5 additions for the VanEck Gold Miners ETF/USA (GDX US) in December. Zijin Gold (2259 HK) is a surprise add (as are some of the others).
Estimated one-way turnover is 15.2% and that leads to a round-trip trade of US$8.8bn. There are many stocks with multiple days of ADV to trade from passive trackers.
The MarketVector Global Gold Miners Index has just passed its earlier highs, but a lot of the adds have broken out and are trading much higher than their prior highs.


Gold Miners ETF (GDX US) Dec Rebalance: 5 Adds and US$8.8bn Trade; Zijin Gold Added

Global Materials | Industrials | Commodities

Rahul Jain

Zijin Gold International / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Zijin trades at senior multiples after its IPO re-rating, with valuation now anchored to execution and cost normalization rather than index-driven flows.</li>
<li>Elevated gold prices support cash flows, but upside from here requires sustained bullion strength or visible AISC improvement.</li>
<li>December GDX non-inclusion removes a near-term catalyst but does not alter asset quality or medium-term fundamentals.</li>
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Zijin trades at senior multiples after its IPO re-rating, with valuation now anchored to execution and cost normalization rather than index-driven flows.
Elevated gold prices support cash flows, but upside from here requires sustained bullion strength or visible AISC improvement.
December GDX non-inclusion removes a near-term catalyst but does not alter asset quality or medium-term fundamentals.


Zijin Gold Intl (2259 HK): Gold Leverage Intact; December GDX Non-Inclusion a Near-Term Overhang

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<li>Structural copper tightness, strong gold cash flows, and rising silver prices position Zijin for multi-year earnings growth and a valuation re-rating in 2026.</li>
<li>Leadership transition reduces founder dependence, strengthens governance credibility, and enables multiple expansion as Zijin aligns with global copper-scarcity peers.</li>
<li>Base valuation is HK$40–41; spot and peer convergence support HK$48–50, implying 35–40% upside with clear catalysts across copper expansions and gold stability.</li>
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Structural copper tightness, strong gold cash flows, and rising silver prices position Zijin for multi-year earnings growth and a valuation re-rating in 2026.
Leadership transition reduces founder dependence, strengthens governance credibility, and enables multiple expansion as Zijin aligns with global copper-scarcity peers.
Base valuation is HK$40–41; spot and peer convergence support HK$48–50, implying 35–40% upside with clear catalysts across copper expansions and gold stability.


2026 High Conviction Idea: Zijin Mining – Copper Scarcity Rerating to HK$48

Dundee Precious Metals  / Index Rebalance

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<li>The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/vaneck-gold-miners-etf-usa" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:32924:1" rel="noopener">VanEck Gold Miners ETF/USA (GDX US)</a> transitioned from the tracking the NYSE Arca Gold Miners Index to the MarketVector Global Gold Miners Index in September.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/dundee-precious-metals-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:42245:1" rel="noopener">Dundee Precious Metals (DPM CN)</a>'s stock price has continued to move higher and is likely to be added to the index in December.</li>
<li>Stock moves over the last month have shrunk the capping trade massively. Estimated one-way turnover is 1.8% and the round trip trade is US$1.75bn.</li>
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The VanEck Gold Miners ETF/USA (GDX US) transitioned from the tracking the NYSE Arca Gold Miners Index to the MarketVector Global Gold Miners Index in September.

Dundee Precious Metals (DPM CN)'s stock price has continued to move higher and is likely to be added to the index in December.
Stock moves over the last month have shrunk the capping trade massively. Estimated one-way turnover is 1.8% and the round trip trade is US$1.75bn.


Gold Miners ETF (GDX US) Dec Rebalance Preview: Stock Price Moves Shrink Capping Trade

Canada

Barrick Gold Corporation is an international gold company with operating mines and development projects in the United States, Canada, South America, Australia, and Africa.

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Barrick Gold (ABX CN)

Kinross Gold Is Self Funded, High Yield & Still Cheap

Kinross growth plans are self-funded, delivers high yield and is still cheap. How Kinross turned a 72% gold rally into a 259% gain?

Mint Finance

Gold Miners ETF (GDX US) Dec Rebalance: 5 Adds and US$8.8bn Trade; Zijin Gold Added

The flows have changed following the non-inclusion of Zijin Gold in the index. With cornerstones locked up till end-March, Zijin Gold will not be...

Brian Freitas

Zijin Gold Intl (2259 HK): Gold Leverage Intact; December GDX Non-Inclusion a Near-Term Overhang

Zijin's valuation now hinges on execution and cost normalization post-IPO re-rating. GDX non-inclusion doesn't change asset quality or medium-term...

Rahul Jain

2026 High Conviction Idea: Zijin Mining – Copper Scarcity Rerating to HK$48

Zijin poised for multi-year earnings growth and valuation re-rating in 2026 with strong copper, gold, and silver positioning, leadership...

Rahul Jain

Gold Miners ETF (GDX US) Dec Rebalance Preview: Stock Price Moves Shrink Capping Trade

DPM Metals could be added in Dec, while Zijin Gold should miss inclusion. Recent stock moves over have shrunk the capping trade. Estimated 1-way...

Brian Freitas

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Kinross Gold Is Self Funded, High Yield & Still Cheap

Kinross growth plans are self-funded, delivers high yield and is still cheap. How Kinross turned a 72% gold rally into a 259% gain?

Mint Finance

Gold Miners ETF (GDX US) Dec Rebalance: 5 Adds and US$8.8bn Trade; Zijin Gold Added

The flows have changed following the non-inclusion of Zijin Gold in the index. With cornerstones locked up till end-March, Zijin Gold will not be...

Brian Freitas

Zijin Gold Intl (2259 HK): Gold Leverage Intact; December GDX Non-Inclusion a Near-Term Overhang

​Zijin's valuation now hinges on execution and cost normalization post-IPO re-rating. GDX non-inclusion doesn't change asset quality or medium-term...

Rahul Jain

2026 High Conviction Idea: Zijin Mining – Copper Scarcity Rerating to HK$48

​Zijin poised for multi-year earnings growth and valuation re-rating in 2026 with strong copper, gold, and silver positioning, leadership...

Rahul Jain

Gold Miners ETF (GDX US) Dec Rebalance Preview: Stock Price Moves Shrink Capping Trade

DPM Metals could be added in Dec, while Zijin Gold should miss inclusion. Recent stock moves over have shrunk the capping trade. Estimated 1-way...

Brian Freitas

Zijin's valuation now hinges on execution and cost normalization post-IPO re-rating. GDX non-inclusion doesn't change asset quality or medium-term...

Zijin poised for multi-year earnings growth and valuation re-rating in 2026 with strong copper, gold, and silver positioning, leadership...