Loki, watch MML's October14 investor meeting (video link is/was on their website or Facebook page?). CEO and COO discuss the short reserves life span in some detail, with particular reference to another gold firm which had a much shorter lifespan of reserves but kept updating those reserves for 2 decades. The reserves issue is (I recall) apparently due to characteristics of vein mining.
As for PE=3: This is based on FY15 consensus estimates. Actually, FY15 PE=4.2 due to recent share price increase; Fy16 PE=3, but of course much less reliable. Several posters and I have provided detailed calculations on this. Quarterly FY15 estimates seem to be Pretty amazing when analysts and fundies are getting spooked over current high valuations of other ASX stocks!
MML Price at posting:
90.5¢ Sentiment: None Disclosure: Held