IN BRIEF: Yellow Cake uranium assets hit USD2 billion amid price spike
19th Jul 2024 12:00
Yellow Cake PLC - investor in uranium founded by Bacchus Capital Advisers - Net asset value on March 31, the end of the company's financial year, is USD1.88 billion in total, or GBP6.88 per share, up 82% and 63%, respectively, from USD1.04 billion and GBP4.23 a year before. Yellow Cake holds 21.7 million pounds of U3O8 - a compound of uranium known as yellowcake - as of Wednesday, up from 20.2 million on March 31. Yellow Cake bought that uranium at an average cost of USD34.64 per pound, while the spot price was USD87 on March 31, up 72% from USD50.65 a year before. The price hit USD107 per pound in February, pushing the value of Yellow Cake's holdings briefly above USD2 billion. Read More