SolGold Share Chat (SOLG)

Could be the canadians have seen this is going nowhere and do not wish to get caught. I looked on Yahoo earlier and if its correct McDonald pays himself $357k per annum. A,wise investment with the,way things,are. No wonder they are selling shares. Ned

Everybody keeps talking about CGP not being able to finance their contribution to Cascabel, nor borrow the money to repay it.

The following seems to make it clear that CGP don't have to repay anything until earnings start coming in...i.e. 2025 or after...

Delighted to be corrected.

"SolGold is to be repaid out of 90% of CESA's distribution of earnings or dividends from ENSA or the Cascabel Tenement to which CESA would otherwise be entitled."

Exactly Scrat. Exciting times here. Common Nick , throw us an Alpala hole 5 at Porvenir to kick-start proceedings.

Concur. Just like Ebay. The runner up sets the price. No-one With an ounce of wit bids early if they can avoid it. Keep your powder dry and be ready to pounce with your best and final offer. Bit steep to process via PayPal though.

That has lead me on to conclude that I believe most majors will have already discussed SOLG internally, and they will already have decided on the price they are willing to pay when the bidding starts...just like an auction. The prospectus is out (PEA) and an upgrade is in the offing (PFS).

Truly, there will be fireworks when that first bid flies. The winner will have to pay top dollar because all the other majors will force them into it; if my competitor is going to win a fantastic prize, I will make him pay dearly for it.

Rcgl2 - you also make a good point there. And it's the same logic that I applied to the BHP takeover of SOLG and then sweating out CGP, for eventual purchase of $3.5m.

I suppose the difference is size. If BHP buy SOLG, they then own 85% of ENSA (yes there are shareholders within that, i.e. NCM/CGP but BHP will be the managing directors, making the decisions). There then remains 15% of ENSA outside of their control under CGP.

So, in that situation you have 85% vs 15%. In the situation in which you get an NCM/BHP/CGP ****tail, that's just shy of 50% of ENSA vs 50% freefloat. BHP is the muscle in that situation again (I don't rate NCM's firepower - they had to go to the market only recently to raise cash), as it is in the 85%/15% scenario. But clearly, there's a huge difference between the two - will Barrick/Rio sit idly by while BHP takes out 50% of one of the best prospects out there by a country mile? Serious competitors will make BHP pay top dollar for it (if I were in their shoes, say Barrick, I would internally set the highest bid price that I'd be willing to pay - I would then push BHP up to that level - if BHP back down, hey presto I get what I wanted anyway).

If the material information is non-public and has been withheld from Cornerstone shareholders, then how would Cornerstone even know that Solg had such information in the first place?

And as Quadi said, surely it would be irresponsible and possibly market abuse to release bits of information piecemeal before all the results have been obtained, checked, verified and the PFS fully completed and signed off? What if they decided to release some amazing information which sent the share price rocketing up, only for that information to be massively watered down in the final PFS after everything had been checked and confirmed.

I'd like to see NCM sell their stake to Barrick or another then duff up Sangha Irwin & Chamandry - [SIC for short - which is about right] aka CGP.

Feel a bit sorry for Brook MacDonald putting his name to this bs...........

Shame really - I think they make him & CGP look poor & CGP have a great relationship with the Ecuadorian gov't - they have a jv with Enami.......

One thing we keep missing on this bb is that Sangha & Irwin are not short of a bob or two, so it is not beyond the realms of possibility they could support CGP through the funding issues associated with costs reimbursement & ongoing mine development costs.........if they chose to do so.........and it doesnt necessarily need to be equity..........although as I write I think I'm correcting myself here as Nick definitely said something about CGP NOT being able to debt finance their stake in Cascabel.....

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BN.c

ps - Copperpot - hope you get your power back soon buddy!

What did it for me was when they mentioned it will take them “x number of years” to sell their holding in SolGold....!

They need to look at their own shares’ illiquidity before pointing the finger at ours!

They will not be bought out by Newcrest - the liabilities to SOLG are too high. No one wants them, why else has their price dropped 5% today back down to 3.60 CAD.

Lots of new posters here - some good and some otherwise imo.

If I and many long term holders have our way, things will come to a head within 6 to 12 months.

At what price ? ........... 80 to 100p per share is my guess.

gla

I was doing a bit of reading on this earlier.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3513932
Is a good bit of case law on it.
First solg isn't an insider. It's frankly silly to suggest it . It has no board representative and less than 10%.
Secondly the PfS is being produced independently it will be silly to draw any recommendations and unlawful.
The more you dig into the cgp arguments the more you realise how rubbish they are.

Good point Miagi... Do you think the other majors will want to get involved in a bidding war against two other majors who are already invested and therefore have a lot of incentive to keep bidding up to secure the prize? Will Barrick etc realistically think they can win the fight against BHP? I hope they do of course, because a 3 or 4 way bidding war between majors is exactly what we want to see to get the final price up into the £1+ range isn't it.

Native, are you referring to SOLG's takeover bid for CGP there? If not, see Quady's reply. If so, then CGP's assertion is ridiculous - it's like saying AAL would have to disclose all their innermost secrets to ARCM if they were to take them over...never going to happen.

Regarding the withholding of PFS info - good luck to CGP trying to prove that one. It will be impossible for them to do so, even if it is true that SOLG have been withholding (and I'm not saying that they have).

whole projects going cheap £6 a share..
just being silly at this point.
BUT< WHO KNOWS

GLA

Good afternoon Native, they are currently developing the PFS, you cannot print bits of it in isolation, it may lead to false assumptions. Also we are not required to provide enhanced disclosure, if we have not had a takeover deal. If we have had a takeover put to us, then confidential agreements would be signed. So Cornerstone would not be aware. Cornerstone would only be made aware, if it was a bid for Alpala separately.

HI NEDK.
I'm fully loaded in my isa so can only spread bet on this.
£200 a point.
GOOOOOOO SOLG

GLA TRUE INVESTORS

Food for thought regarding Solgold integrity per Cornerstone legal review: “ ...SolGold has withheld and continues to withhold material non-public information in respect of the Cascabel Project (including information on the progress of the ongoing pre-feasibility study at the Cascabel Project) from both the market and Cornerstone shareholders;
is not compliant with Canadian securities laws, including the requirement that an insider (which would include SolGold by virtue of its participation, including as operator, in Exploraciones Novomining S.A. (“ENSA”), the Ecuadorian company owned by SolGold and Cornerstone that holds 100% of the Cascabel concession) provide enhanced disclosure and a formal valuation in connection with a take-over bid...”

rcgl2, even if this board does get ousted (and I'm of the mind that it won't) and they install NCM/BHP stooges, do you imagine the likes of Barrick etc won't be interested in offering a bid higher than 30p for one the best Cu/Au porphyries available, plus a world class pipeline of projects?

Hi. Just curious to know if any of the CGP shareholders are looking in over here to know what they think of the bid being rejected when they are about to pay us $35m after the EGM fails. Ned

Hi. Just placed a small order through interactive with no problems. Price paid 21,5p Ned

I've just been firmly bid for 700,000 shares at 20.6 immediately before the close...they want your shares!!!!!

Just to make crystal clear Miagi, it could not be more clear on this Board that I do NOT foresee a takeover at 40/45p, nor would I be happy with that...

My view has consistently been that if there were a first bid at 40/45p it would not be taken seriously and would be quickly countered by at least one major...and that if an auction develops we could be taken out at least 100p , maybe 125p...

Just clarifying...more to come...

Lowering price to trigger auto sells.
Desperate for shares me thinks.
GLA

Sorry to hear, Copperpot, please let me know, what fixes it.

It’s all a gamble. Red or Black.