Roger Smith
Analyst · Roth Capital Partners. Please go ahead
Thank you, Jeff and thank you for those kind words, we certainly try to do a good job and hats off to my team and everybody else that helps us with that process. Anybody that works in a regulatory environment, reporting environment knows it's a daunting task. So we very much appreciate all their assistance. As Steve indicated in the first two quarters of 2015 we've been moving towards our targeted production rate of approximately 70,000 pounds per month. As we approach this rate, in the steady state we are beginning to see positive results in the form of lower production costs per pound. And result in lower cost per pound sold as well. This chart demonstrates our declining cost per pound sold trend, particularly in Q2 after higher cost pounds from earlier periods have now made their way through the system. In Q2 our all in, cost per pound sold had decreased below $30 a pound to $28.98 a pound, which includes ad valorem and severance taxes of $2.78 a pound, cash cost of $16.15 a pound and non-cash cost of $10.05 a pound. This chart also indicates that our margins for the year are improving, as the gap is widened between our average term contract price which is $50 a pound for this year and our year-to-date all in cost per pound sold, which is now down to $32 a pound for the year. Moving towards the steady state has also allowed us to improve our operating efficiencies. Next slide please. Improving our operational efficiencies has in turn given us the opportunity to build inventory, which now stands at 175,000 pounds, this included 79,000 pounds of in process inventory, 30,000 pounds of dried and drummed inventory at the plant and 66,000 pounds of finished product at the conversion facility. As you know our non-cash costs are fixed and do not fluctuate very much at penny. Our cash cost which are primarily process based do not necessarily fluctuate with production. So as production levels increase to our targeted rate, the cost per pound in inventory will decrease, so long as our cost remain on target. The line in this chart demonstrates this as it shows the all in cost per pound in ending inventory at the conversion facility by the way, so this is our finished product, which has now decreased to $27.37 at the end of Q2, down from the average that we had in Q2 driven for our cost of the goods sold. It is made up of ad valorem and severance taxes of $2.30 a pound, cash cost of $15.48 a pound, which is down from $16.18, which was our average cost per pound sold in Q2 and non-cash cost of $9.59 a pound. I believe this point, paints a pretty good picture as we head into Q3 where we are hopeful to see similar if not better cost profiles. Thank you.