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Shareholders are well familiar with the trials & tribulations at Lace but there is no doubt that the final nail in the coffin is failure to obtain refinancing. Why were creditors & current/new investors so unwilling to rescue to participate in a sound economic resource? Why did trade union negotiations fail & even take on a militant tone to obstruct remediation & repair of the mine? Why the rapid decay in international investor sentiment towards S.A. investments & geographically located operating companies? Why such a rampant exit of foreign investment from the country at the end of 2016 and 1st quarter 2017 still prevalent today? Who drove the sacking of the then Finance Minister, Pravin Gordham whom was at the forefront of investigations into corruption allegations into the Gupta/Zuma dealings? The hearing under way into Bell Pottinger 'dirty tricks' campaign in South Africa may answer many of these questions? Just a PR firm hired to restore the Gupta & Zuma reputations? Or an subversive attempt to create geo-political chaos by diverting attentions from the corruption allegations lodged against both the aforementioned (clients) for the purpose of perverting justice by sowing widespread racial tension and geo-political chaos through [their] alleged ruthless PR propaganda campaign by means of fake twitter accounts, slogans and racial baiting? The article & both audio links are very informative - http://www.702.co.za/articles/263454/bell-pottinger-is-no-ordinary-pr-firm-it-runs-dirty-tricks-campaigns-globally CEO James Henderson the BoD's and the 'scape goat-ess' lead partner Victoria Geoghegan certainly have a lot to answer for whereas their previous denials of wrongdoing has necessitated back peddling & sacking of employees as part of damage control when the facts started to emerge and large corporate clients dumped them. http://www.fin24.com/Companies/Investment-Holdings/crunch-time-for-bellpottinger-over-dirty-tricks-for-guptas-oakbay-20170706 The facts will emerge in days/weeks to come but don't discount the effects of economic sabotage resulting from the alleged Bell Pottinger UK dirty tricks campaign. DiamondCorp/LDM woes were widespread though navigable but attempting to negotiate refinancing in such a 'staged' geo-politically destabilized country was doomed to fail. Our BoD's, Creditors & Shareholders should pay particular attention to this case as it develops. Civil suits may likely follow? ATB