Street View: Newmont seen exceeding divestiture target after Akyem sale
** Shares of top gold miner Newmont NEM.N marginally up premarket
** Company after market close on Tuesday said it would sell its non-core Akyem Gold Mine Project in Ghana to China's Zijin Mining Group 601899.SS for $1 billion; as part of ongoing program to divest non-core assets
NET-DEBT TARGET WITHIN REACH, ASSETS SALES TO SURPASS $2 BLN
** Bank of America ("buy") raises PT to $68 from $66
** "We like this transaction as it far exceeds both the book value and NAV hurdles, lines up with NEM guidance for a mostly cash sale, is well on schedule for before year-end, and further demonstrates an ability to divest non-core assets for value" - BofA
** Jefferies ("buy", PT $63) says, "NEM will already be very close to its net debt target at the end of Q3 2024 and hence much of these proceeds are likely to go to shareholder returns"
** NEM's $2 bln divestiture target would "clearly be surpassed with...CC&V, Eleonore, Porcupine, Musselwhite and the Coffee project still in the deal pipeline" - Jefferies
** TD Cowen ("hold (2)", PT $48) sees company exceeding $2 bln figure in asset sales, expects significant share buybacks
Reporting by Seher Dareen and Arunima Kumar in Bengaluru
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