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Pan African Resources PLC (PAF.L) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Pan African Resources PLC

PAF.L in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Pan African Resources mines and sells gold in South Africa, running the Barberton underground mines and the Elikhulu tailings retreatment plant, and also explores for copper and cobalt. It is headquartered in Johannesburg and operates within the gold segment of the basic materials sector.
Where it sits in the stack
Pan African Resources carries no seat in our index; it sits in the gold-mining sleeve of the wider basic-materials universe the diary tracks outside the AI build-out stack.
Who it is priced against
The diary does not hold a defined peer group for this name; the comparison the market often draws is with Harmony Gold, another South African gold producer.
Why Closelook tracks it
It holds no Closelook index seat and carries no score yet, so the diary has not built a module read for it; coverage so far is limited to chart-structure readings rather than editions or quotes.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether output from the underground mines and the tailings plant holds steady as the gold price moves, since that balance shapes the read on the stock.

Pan African Resources PLC (PAF.L) trades on the LSE exchange in UK.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for PAF.L, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Gold · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Gold

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against PAF.L on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.68%, semi-annual · last 0.55 GBP on 2026-03-12

Dividends and capital return

What PAF.L pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.19 GBP per share · a 1.68% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 2 distributions, paid twice a year 2026-09-18
  • Last distribution 0.55 GBP per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-03-12
  • By calendar year 2025: 1.64 GBP (partial) · 2026: 0.55 GBP to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-11-27

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Pan African Resources PLC (PAF.L)?

Pan African Resources PLC trades as PAF.L on the LSE exchange (UK) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is PAF.L in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Pan African Resources PLC is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

Where does PAF.L trade against its moving averages?

Recovery attempt under the 200-day: Trades +15.7% vs the 50-day and +1.9% vs the 200-day average, 31.3% below the 52-week high and +73.9% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 52 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Pan African Resources PLC do?

Pan African Resources mines and sells gold in South Africa, running the Barberton underground mines and the Elikhulu tailings retreatment plant, and also explores for copper and cobalt. It is headquartered in Johannesburg and operates within the gold segment of the basic materials sector. The diary does not hold a defined peer group for this name; the comparison the market often draws is with Harmony Gold, another South African gold producer.

Where does Pan African Resources PLC sit in the AI build-out?

Pan African Resources carries no seat in our index; it sits in the gold-mining sleeve of the wider basic-materials universe the diary tracks outside the AI build-out stack. It holds no Closelook index seat and carries no score yet, so the diary has not built a module read for it; coverage so far is limited to chart-structure readings rather than editions or quotes.

Does Pan African Resources PLC pay a dividend?

Pan African Resources PLC has paid 2.19 GBP per share over the last twelve months, paid twice a year, a trailing yield of 1.68% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.55 GBP on 2026-03-12. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for PAF.L, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Gold, then Basic Materials. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.