Priced like the old business, running like a new one: management is redirecting the call away from the metric investors
The model's full reasoning — Q4 2023 call → NOWe need answer only YES or NO. Need analyze transcript for phenomenon. Need determine if management repeatedly redirects attention away from conventional yardstick to different part already earning, and says record not caught up. Let's parse. Company Avino Silver & Gold Mines, silver/gold producer. Conventional yardstick: production/costs of silver equivalent from Avino mine? They discuss Q4 results, production, costs. They also discuss La Preciosa, Oxide Tailings, growth. Need see if management sets aside conventional yardstick and points to different part already earning, with record not caught up. Key: La Preciosa is a development project, not yet producing? They signed land use agreement, commenced hauling old surface stockpiles to mill for processing. They expect to process stockpiles in Q2. They have not budgeted fresh production from La Preciosa. So La Preciosa is not yet earning? They are hauling stockpiles, but not yet processed? They say "we will be processing that hopefully in Q2" - so not yet earning. They also have Oxide Tailings PFS, future. So no. But maybe management redirects to "cost reductions" or "stockpiles"? No. Need see if management identifies conventional yardstick and sets it aside. They discuss production results, costs, etc. They don't set aside. They talk about growth plan, La Preciosa as top priority, but that's prospective. They don't say "silver equivalent production is no longer the right thing to watch." They don't point to a different part already earning. They mention "we have three assets within 20-kilometer footprint" but not already earning except Avino mine. They say "Our goal is to scale up by 2029 through production from these three assets." That's future. Thus answer NO. Need be careful: Is there any part where they say "we have a large ore stockpile" and "we will be processing stockpiles" - that's not yet. They also mention "December production saw noticeable increase in grade and recovery and trend continued into Q1 2024" - that's normal. No redirection. So NO.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| LPTH | LightPath Technologies, Inc. | Q4 2021 | 2021-09-09 | D |
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