Golddigger, a gold exploration and development company, currently pays no dividends. Using the company's assay reports, analysts

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Golddigger, a gold exploration and development company, currently pays no dividends. Using the company's assay reports, analysts have determined the following possible outcomes of Goldigger's exploration efforts in one year:
Annual Dividend Probability 40% per Share $8 Event High quality gold vein Medium-quality gold vein 50 No gold 10

If gold is found, the mine is expected to operate for 20 years and then be exhausted. If investors expect to earn 9% on gold mining stocks, what will be the price of the stock today?

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Fundamentals of Corporate Finance

ISBN: 978-1259024962

6th Canadian edition

Authors: Richard Brealey, Stewart Myers, Alan Marcus, Devashis Mitra, Elizabeth Maynes, William Lim

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