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The board of Baker Steel Resources Trust (BSRT) has announced a new capital allocation policy targeting a 5% return of capital per year. This is intended to be delivered through an annual dividend equal to 3% of NAV (paid semi-annually out of capital and/or from net income after operating expenses), with the balance allocated to buybacks or further dividends. BSRT intends to declare an interim dividend commencing in September 2026 and then in April 2027 from FY26 audited results. The board expects the dividend to become progressive once royalty income streams from its portfolio commence. Furthermore, BSRT committed to allocate at least 50% of profits from significant asset realisations to return of capital, either through a tender offer (if BSRT’s discount to NAV exceeds 25%, and subject to a sufficient cash level) or through enhanced share buybacks or dividends. The revised capital allocation policy is subject to the board’s full discretion considering factors such as BSRT’s discount to NAV (currently at 22%), the overall liquidity of BSRT’s portfolio, as well as follow-on funding requirements of its portfolio companies.
BSRT’s new capital allocation policy aims to reconcile differing investor preferences with respect to re-investments, dividends in the medium term and on-market buybacks or tender offers. In our previous research, we highlighted that, upon full production ramp-up of its mature assets, BSRT’s portfolio should generate significant royalty and dividend income. This is now gradually coming to fruition.
First, Futura Resources (19.6% of BSRT’s end-March 2026 NAV), the owner of two coking coal mines in Australia (Fairhill and Wilton), fully refinanced and upsized its debt package via the issue of a Nordic bond to cover the remaining capital expenditures on mine infrastructure during the production ramp-up process, which is further aided by rebounding coking coal prices. Futura’s near-term income potential comes primarily from BSRT’s 1.5% gross revenue royalty, while dividends (BSRT has a 25.3% equity stake) are a more remote prospect as these are restricted by a covenant in Futura’s new debt package. Second, the Moroccan cement producer Cemos Group (18.2% of end-March 2026 NAV) successfully commissioned its compact calcination unit to significantly reduce its production costs. Together with the completion of construction of its second grinding line (which BSRT’s manager expects by end-2026) to double production from 2027 onwards, this should support Cemos’s plans to introduce a progressive dividend policy.
Further medium-term income potential comes from Tungsten West (22.8% of end-March 2026 NAV), which targets full plant commissioning in Q127. Tungsten West estimates that at the recent tungsten prices, the mine should generate an EBITDA of $294m per year once in full production. Moreover, BSRT holds a 1% net smelter royalty in the Bilboes gold project in Zimbabwe, where production is expected to start in H228 according to its owner, Caledonia Mining Corporation (CMCL, in which BSRT has an equity stake from which it receives regular dividend income).
BSRT’s maturing portfolio (of which c 50% by value was in listed holdings at end-March 2026) also offers the prospect of potential realisations. In FY25, BSRT received c £8.5m in proceeds, largely from the sale of its net smelter royalty in the Prognoz silver mine in Russia and partial sale of its CMCL and Metals Exploration shares. It recently made two new pre-IPO investments: $2.0m in Chancery Royalty and $1.5m in MacKay Gold and Silver.
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Zinc Media’s FY25 record results provide clear evidence that its multi-year three-pronged growth strategy is gaining traction with outperformance versus its peers, while some of the commissioning markets, notably the UK, are challenging. It is moving beyond being a traditional production company towards a more diversified content business with: greater intellectual property ownership and downstream monetisation; a growing international presence in structurally growing markets; and emerging digital revenue streams. Management believes the adoption of AI is a net positive, creating new revenue streams (at £3m in FY25), opening up previously uneconomic markets as well as helping to drive efficiencies.