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China, the world's top processor of rare earths, banned the export of technology to make rare earth magnets yesterday, adding it to a ban already in place on technology to extract and separate the critical materials.
Alternatives to Chinese suppliers are becoming more attractive - good news for PRE.
Defacto ban was already in place.
Three western miners/processors have failed to an extent with the processing tech. That doesn't bode well for others trying to raise finance without proven technology.
Smart punter on the topic of failed technology how are the K tech results going? Chairman Zero still selling?
Weird idea you have about the chairman of RBW, he has recently raised his ownership to 14%., George Bennet owns over 6%.. remarkablely high for a company that had raised over 50% of its equity funding for its first project. As for the lateness of the CIX/CIC backend pilot plant producing RE oxides, TechMet assured Congress that it would start soon, and they have previously produced RE oxides from other sources and phosphogypsum. Optimisations take time.
https://www.lse.co.uk/rns/RBW/conditional-shares-issue-share-options-exercise-vbq3n7he64z8ec6.html
SmartPunter it appears that Chairman Zero has been relentlessly selling over the past six months. These transfers are to an account which does not require any disclosure when sold. Hence the reason why his holding is decreasing The question you should be asking is what does he know that you don't?
29-Aug-23 08-Aug-23 Transfer To Adonis Pouroulis 13.65 GBX 5,602,357 -
26-May-23 15-May-23 Transfer To Adonis Pouroulis 9.25 GBX 7,763,632 -
10-Feb-23 07-Feb-23 Transfer To Adonis Pouroulis 12.25 GBX 43,105,436 -
10-Feb-23 01-Feb-23 Transfer To Adonis Pouroulis 12.25 GBX 46,084,036 -
01-Nov-22 31-Oct-22 Buy George Bennett 9.90 GBX 435,000 35,596,294
09-Aug-21 06-Aug-21 Buy J. Peter Pham 13.50 GBX 250,000 250,000
19-Jul-21 14-Jul-21 Transfer To Adonis Pouroulis 12.25 GBX 1,328,148 76,478,864
15-Feb-21 12-Feb-21 Buy Alexander Lowrie 12.00 GBX 320,000 6,075,124
27-Oct-20 27-Oct-20 Notification of Holding Atul Bali - - - 3,657,992
30-Jun-20 30-Jun-20 Sell Shawn McCormick 3.00 GBX 1,329,186 9,316,571
30-Jun-20 30-Jun-20 Buy Adonis Pouroulis 3.00 GBX 1,329,186 76,478,864
22-Jun-20 19-Jun-20 Buy Atul Bali 2.90 GBX 1,783,332 3,567,992
22-Jun-20 19-Jun-20 Placing Alexander Lowrie 2.90 GBX 458,332 5,755,124
22-Jun-20 22-Jun-20 Placing Adonis Pouroulis 2.90 GBX 3,359,648 75,149,678
22-Jun-20 19-Jun-20 Placing Shawn McCormick 2.90 GBX 1,787,518 5,026,757
22-Jun-20 19-Jun-20 Placing Shawn McCormick 2.90 GBX 458,332 5,026,757
22-Jun-20 19-Jun-20 Placing George Bennett 2.90 GBX 1,993,779 34,726,294
29-Oct-19 28-Oct-19 Buy Adonis Pouroulis 3.00 GBX 5,464,481 71,790,030
29-Oct-19 28-Oct-19 Buy George Bennett 3.00 GBX 5,464,481 5,464,481
24-Oct-19 23-Oct-19 Buy Jim Wynn 2.60 GBX 844,688 844,688
24-Oct-19 23-Oct-19 Sell Jim Wynn 2.50 GBX 844,688 844,688
22-Jul-19 19-Jul-19 Sell Martin Eales 2.85 GBX 701,351 3,523,195
22-Jul-19 19-Jul-19 Buy Martin Eales 2.85 GBX 701,351 3,523,195
19-Jul-19 19-Jul-19 Notification of Holding Shawn McCormick - - - 8,858,239
19-Jul-19 19-Jul-19 Notification of Holding Alexander Lowrie - - - 5,296,792
19-Jul-19 19-Jul-19 Notification of Holding Atul Bali - - - 1,874,660
19-Jul-19 19-Jul-19 Notification of Holding Martin Eales - - - 3,523,195
19-Jul-19 19-Jul-19 Notification of Holding Robert Sinclair - - - 4,568,425
19-Jul-19 19-Jul-19 Notification of Holding Adonis Pouroulis - - - 66,325,549
25-Jun-19 31-Jan-18 Sell Adonis Pouroulis 10.00 GBX 1,626,016 47,217,28
As the buys and transfers point out, Adonis and Bennett have been buying.
Hence the latest RNS showing their beneficial ownership now stands at over 20% between them.
The RNS being a record of truth.
Not correct i am afraid Smartpunter.
As clearly stated in the most recent RNS Chairman Zero has not purchased any shares at all. He has transferred his holdings to an account managed by Sanlan. The question you have to ask yourself is why? Does this mean that the shares can now be or have already been sold by Sanlan?
Beneficial owner has not changed as stated in the RNS.
Smartpunter So you agree that you were wrong. - there has in fact been no purchases at all by Chairman Zero? Rather a transfer to another holder. if the beneficial owner has not changed then why the announcement?
Big question for you is will Sanlan disclose Chairman Zeros sales when it sells?
Mortgaged ?
Lessee, if you could write Plain English instead of gibberish I might bother to reply.
Https://www.marketscreener.com/business-leaders/Adonis-Pouroulis-06578L-E/biography/#:~:text=Summary,Chairman%20for%20Alufer%20Mining%20Ltd.
Interesting summary SmartPunter.
So how many of these Companies ( Petra, Chariot, Alufer ... RBW??) have collapsed and gone to Zero?
Did Chairman Zero sell/transfer his shares before each of the crashes?
He founded Petra diamonds which was worth multiple billions for a decade.
No idea why he quit and the company sp went tits up.
The mines were producing the biggest diamonds in the world, maybe they gave run dry, multiplecwarning that diamond production was down.
It's got naff all to do with RBW, he's registered as owning 14% plus two other companies, his net worth is $150m +
George and his team have built over 20 mines and processing projects, including a REE mine. More relevant.
SmartPunter he is worth $150 million despite the companies he founded going "tits up" as you so delicately put it.
This wealth creation suggests that he has form in baling out of companies before they go "tits up" which could be what is happening with RBW now?
He and George have just increased their shareholding, as has been documented.
Why would they sell up?
The MRES (Mixed Rare Earth Sulphate) has been proven in the pilot plat and has 60% pay-ability at a cost at a proportionate cost of of the final oxide production cost ($31/kg).
The project is de-risked.
Funding on a project basis, over 50% of the equity (40:60) share of the project cost ($295m) has already been provided by the DFC and a promise to take part in the bond by the DFC .
There may well be no more dilution from further raises (which have all been at a premium to the current share price).
None of this is reflected in the current share price, other than its stability (its up 40% on YTD, but not overpriced even for the MRES scenario)
Not correct SmartPunter.
As pointed out below Chairman Zero has been transferring his holdings to Sanlan over the past 6 months.
The question for you is - why?
Lessee - Let him find out the hard way, RBW toxic waste dump with unproven technology at scale, they are waiting for their first 350 kgs mixed rare earth sulphate thru their pilot plant to the back end in Florida with the results well overdue, give you a little clue, will be somewhere in between dismal and disastrous.
>>results well overdue
Results due this quarter, so not over-due yet.
SP - RBW Results expected early in Q4 2023, So next week 3 months overdue, as I said results will be somewhere in between dismal and disastrous.