Guolian Securities·2024-10-16 08:30Investment Rating - The investment rating for the company is "Buy" (maintained) [7] Core Views - The report analyzes the complete layout of the company's metal assets from the perspective of new energy metals, highlighting its operations in world-class copper and cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo, its stake in the Huayue nickel-cobalt project, and its partnership with CATL to develop lithium salt lakes in Bolivia, establishing it as a leading global producer of new energy metals [3][11][13]. Summary by Sections Lithium - The company is advancing into Bolivia to develop world-class salt lake resources, with an initial investment of $1 billion planned to build two processing plants with a combined capacity of 50,000 tons of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) [11][13]. Nickel - The company holds a 30% stake in the Huayue nickel-cobalt project, which has an annual production capacity of 60,000 tons of nickel and 7,800 tons of cobalt. The investment income from this project significantly increased from 726 million yuan in 2022 to 2.483 billion yuan in 2023 [11][14]. Copper and Cobalt - The company operates two major copper-cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with TFM mine achieving an annual production capacity of 450,000 tons of copper and 37,000 tons of cobalt, while KFM mine is expected to maintain high production levels with an annual capacity of 150,000 tons of copper and 50,000 tons of cobalt [11][15]. Financial Forecasts and Valuation - The company is projected to achieve net profits of 12.087 billion yuan, 13.402 billion yuan, and 15.774 billion yuan for the years 2024, 2025, and 2026, respectively, with corresponding year-on-year growth rates of 46.51%, 10.88%, and 17.70%. The current stock price corresponds to a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 14.3, 12.9, and 11.0 for the same years [11][17].