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West Wits Mining Limited

WWI.AX
25
Gold · Basic Materials
Price
A$0.48
+0.03 (+6.59%)
Market Cap
A$21.1M
Exchange
Australian Securities Exchange
Winston Score
25
Winston is worried
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.
Based on the IPO prospectus (annual filing). This score will refine automatically once the company reports its first quarters.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Good
Valuation
Data not available

Share count rising — dilution

+98.2% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 12.7M (2021) → 25.2M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

West Wits Mining is a small Australian gold exploration and development company. Its main asset is the Witwatersrand Basin Project (WBP) in South Africa, one of the most historically gold-rich regions on Earth. The company is working to bring this underground gold deposit into production, targeting gold miners and commodity markets as its end customers.

West Wits currently generates little to no meaningful revenue, which explains the deeply negative operating margin. It is funded primarily through equity raises rather than product sales, which is typical for early-stage mining companies. The company operates almost entirely in South Africa, and its competitive position depends heavily on the quality and size of its gold resource at the WBP. The key risk is the long and expensive path from exploration to actual gold production, where cost overruns, permitting delays, or falling gold prices could significantly pressure the business before it reaches cash flow.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+171.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

-133.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

A$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (3%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

31.6%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~14 months

A$12M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Adequate runway but may need to raise capital within 2 years

Revenue accelerating

West Wits Mining Limited grew revenue 171% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
100.0%
Premium pricing power — 100.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-4057.4%
Losing money on operations — -4057.4%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-4.7%
Weak — -4.7% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+92.9%
Fast-growing sales (+92.9% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
N/A
Data not available

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-8809.3%
Burning cash (-8809.3%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.02
Conservative — low debt load (0.02)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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