Gold Alliance Company needs to raise $52 million to start a new project and will raise the money by selling new bonds. The company will generate no internal equity for the foreseeable future. The company has a target capital structure of 65% common stock, 5% preferred stock, and 30% debt. Flotation costs for issuing new common stock are 7%, for new preferred stock, 5 %, and for new debt, 3%.
What is the initial cost figure Gold should use when evaluating its project? (Round answer to 2 decimal places. Do not round intermediate calculations).