Mining Financial Model & Valuation

Build a DCF valuation model for a mining asset in Excel

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Mining Financial Modeling & Valuation Course Overview

Master the art of building a financial model to value a mining company, complete with assumptions, financials, valuation, sensitivity analysis, and output charts. In this mining financial modeling course, we will work through a case study of a real mining valuation for an asset by pulling information from the Feasibility Study, inputting it into Excel, building a forecast, and valuing the asset.

Mining Financial Modeling & Valuation Course Objectives

By the end of this mining valuation course you will be able to:

Understand key mining terms and definitions used in the industry and in valuation
Understand the mining life cycle from start to finish for assets, projects, and operating mines
Read and extract the important information from a mining technical report (feasibility study)
Input key assumptions into a financial model that will drive revenue, expenses, and cash flow in the forecast
Calculate production statistics based on a detailed mine plan from the technical report
Build financial statements based on the mine plan
Perform a discounted cash flow DCF valuation of the mining asset in Excel
Build sensitivity analysis to test for different input assumptions
Output relevant graphs and charts to illustrate the investment opportunity
Understand valuation methods such as Net Asset Value (NAV), P/NAV, P/CF, Total Acquisition Cost (TAC)

Who should take this mining valuation course?

Master mining valuation and learn how to value a mining company in Excel. This course is designed for professionals seeking careers in investment banking, equity research, corporate development and financial planning an analysis (FP&A). This course simulates the experience of working as a corporate development professional at a mining company evaluating an acquisition opportunity. The objective is to take all the information from the technical study, put it into Excel, and determine the net asset value (NAV) of the mine. The completed model will serve as a useful tool for testing different metal prices and other assumptions such as grade, recovery rate, unit operating costs, capital expenditures, and more.

Prep Courses

This is an advanced mining valuation course and assumes a solid understanding of the following courses:

Excel Crash Course
Building a Financial Model in in Excel
Business Valuation

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This Course is Part of the Following Programs

Why stop here? Expand your skills and show your expertise with the professional certifications, specializations, and CPE credits you’re already on your way to earning.

Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst (FMVA®) Certification

Skills Learned Financial modeling and valuation, sensitivity analysis, strategy
Career Prep Investment banking and equity research, FP&A, corporate development

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What Our Members Say

Great Course

I really appreciated the mining valuation course and the opportunity to better understand this sector in natural resources.

Fraser Pogue

Insightful course on mining

The course was challenging and extremely insightful and I would recommend the course to anyone interested in financial modelling and/or mining valuation!

Brett Hannigan

A great course, liked it.

I really liked the course - well prepared, clear and crisp.

Raushan Mamatkulov

Mining Financial model & Valuation

More Valuable than most Financial Modeling, Valuation courses in Mining, Petroleum, Oil and Gas industries online. Skillful for professionals

Teka Derick Tikum

The Best Course Ever

I was doing research for a long time for my doctorate thesis. I have reviewed many video lessons and contents on the internet. There are not many sources and narrations about Mine Valuation, and those are clearly inferior. This course is truly a blessing for mining engineers who are concentrated in the field of finance. You should start absolutely without thinking.

Furkan Kasa

Mining Financial Model & Valuation

Excellent mining example with full modeling and explanations of the calculations. Awesome work!. Great definitions and dynamic model!

Delbert Adivnovak

Appreciation

This is a course that will bring me into my first job

KANNY SIBOZA

This particular course will add more flavour if the instructor spends more time in explaining certain assumptions taken in the model and its rationality.

Ashok Mishra

Exactly the info I needed to catch up to my colleagues in the Investments team

I recently joined my company's Investment Evaluation team (major mining company) as a technical subject matter expert, yet my ability to follow along and make inferences about the Investment Evaluation Model was limited. This course provided the exact info that I needed. Clear breakdown of concepts, and the blank investment model is a great learning tool to fill in as you progress.

Allison Coppel

Awesome course

Mahlogonolo Strayson Vermeulen

Excellent

I am not from the industry, I took this elective course to repeat the DCF modelling , but once more -the way it was presented it made me follow easily the topic and understand the concept . Another excellent course , thank you !

Gabriela Mackie

Quick Course to understand the mining cycle in financial analysis terms

In a short time, I have come to understand the mining industry from a financial analyst view.

John Sackey-Incoom

Positive

Great organization and broad knowledge!!

Tural Muradov

Comments on the course

Great topic for financial analysts

Richard Mwiinga

Mining financial modelling

A very unique and insightful approach to mining financial modelling. I enjoyed the course

Matome Tsholetsa Malema

Good course

This course includes basic concepts for mining financial model & valuation. It is very good for beginners.

CHUNJUN (JANET) HUANG

Review of the course "Mining Financial Model & Valuation"

Overall the contents, delivery of topics and financial modeling including DCF, Sensitivity Analysis and Charts and graphs, all very well covered in the course.

Abhay Kumar Sinha

Mining Financial Model & Valuation

An Excellent Course: Very well structured and of very high quality

Roland Olivier ZIDA

Mining financial modeling

This was a very exciting and practical course I really enjoyed and that make me feel able to model a real-time mining project. Thanks a lot to the team for this great learning time.

Sassire Napo

Great learning and revision

It was a great learning experience, especially would say a great way to learn new things and revise the basic concepts that were already studied.

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