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I will have whatever your smoking 😊
I wonder if Paul Obambi's Sapro, Niari Region, close to Zanaga, would be interested in taking a stake in Zioc, via Shard? Would Paul let foreigners take over near his patch? He did buy Exxaro and started shipping Iron Ore to Port Noire after all. Just speculating.
Just had a few pints at Budapest Airport. Beardozer you're.......lovely guy :)
Keep looking..
The main issue is who Marty hasn't checked after 6 months - ZIOC shareholders.
Apart from AD Ports, Jindal and Ausenco, has Marty checked anyone else of interest ?
TIA
Personally I dont understand the ones that are selling at these levels, knowing that they are forecasting to come with the EPC costing report during April, according to the last RNS. If it has been completely silence for last 9 month, I see someone could decide to sellout even at these levels. But for me personally the news flow has been very encouraging the last 9 month and better than in the past, and they have given a lot of information, that maybe...just maybe will lead to things staring to happen here. Who knows. I am still waiting patiently and are not concerned about the selloff these days, also considering the low value of the trades happening. if selloff was happening with huge trades, I would personally probably be more concerned. But no one knows what will happen, so just my personally view. I also did not get any reply to my latest email to the company, asking for a call with either Marty or AT.....
Wish we could send 'the market' down the rabbit hole, 'the market' does not currently seem overwhelmed by our Thursday statement.
Looks like some have found the rabbit hole.. go a little deeper for some true gems though..
Indeed asp2014, and Marty has also just liked two articles on AD Ports Group. Including one explaining their expansion plans:
"Captain Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi, our Managing Director and Group CEO, believes that our strategic focus for 2024 will be to leverage our cutting-edge infrastructure and advanced fleet for further dynamic growth both regionally and internationally."
Our new big cheese might be quiet publicly, but he occasionally pushes the 'like' button on interesting LinkedIn articles:
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More than 80 per cent of China’s iron ore comes from Australia and Brazil but Beijing wants to de-risk that supply. And the West African nation, along with other countries including Guinea, Liberia, Cameroon and Congo-Brazzaville, are the key to making that happen.....
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The whole article is on his easily findable linkedin profile.
Thanks Matski for the good cheer 😁. A super week and good luck to everyone!
Meanwhile over on BBC1 at ZIOC teatime……..
4.30pm. (Vision) Blue Peter - Special guest Andrew Trahar tries his hand at investor relations by making a slurry pipe out of unbranded F***y liquid bottles and glueing together a scale model of a container port using cardboard from unbranded K******s cereal packets not made in China.
5.10pm Newsdround - Beardozer presents specially-curated news items to depress the younger market share.
5.30 Tongs of Praise [featuring the Baowu Steel calypso quartet]
6.00. Six o’clock News with Ex-Trader
6.30 Regional News with Ex-Trader in all regions, everything, everywhere all at once.
7.00pm A Place in the Sun - Nibj dials in from his dinghy. Beardozer buttdials in from an overcast Wendyland.
7.30 Room 101 - Guest DANNYBAREY banishes his pet hates.
8.00pm – Film Premiere – Your Place or Mine (2023)
10.30pm – The Sky at Night - To mark the month of the RNS, Starbright holds a séance with ZIOC shareholder Sir Patrick Moore to mine and divine an astronomical SP for 2024.
11.00pm Early Closedown [subsidised by the BBC with your licence fee & additional overseas aid from the PRC].
Your morning BBC Radio 4 Schedule (ZIOC special)
04.43 (Xi Jinping) Thought for the Day
04.45 The Shipping Forecast (extended version sponsored by Container Port Weekly)
05.30 Farming Today - Presented by AllThatGuff - ATG gets up early to explore why methane and other troughs of hot air are bad for your Ethereum.
06.00 Today programme - Currant Affairs & News - Hosted by Ex-trader
Live from Congo-Brazzaville. ET examines why raisin prices in CB are responsible for currant shortfalls and why traders are turning to sour grapes in a bid to retain market share in a fizzy pop market. ET takes the temperature on the street (hot) and obtains an exclusive interview with local psychic Mystique Megawatte about predictions for hydro-electric prospects and helping the national football team mitigate national budget deficits. Yawn… and other news.
09.00 Start the Week - Presenters find out why special guest Jiving feels more optimistic at the start of a four-day working week.
10.00 You and Yours – An (un)Wellness Industry investigation. Guest Beardozer discusses why he has swapped his ZIOC shares for stocks of iron-ore supplements to combat Inflationary Bowel Syndrome. [listener advisory warning]
11.00 From your own correspondents – Board optimists Veteran10, Mitch984 and AlwaysHoping host. Eddsy reports on recent aviation traffic of note. Driving tops up again. Shaun86 corresponds and 4Kandles trials a new version of Solitaire. Marcusg71 and Shrewdude67 fill in for Ex-Trader.
12.00 In Our Time - Melvyn Bragg gets a major migraine meeting Emeritus professor of everything - Minor Miner; discusses Wittgenstein’s theory of epistemological incommensurability and struggles with the theoretical publication of MM’s seminal theory playbook, the ‘Unified Theory of Everything’ theory.
12.30 Gardeners’ Question Time live from Congo-Brazzaville. Presenter TBA
Biggus Dickus
What have the Romans ever done for us!
Valeas quam optime.
.." a group of Congolese athletes being stuck in a transient hotel in Africa and the local football team having to bail them out.."
You've clearly no awareness of the importance of the 'diables rouges' ...and the passionate following they have in local media.
The Romans understood the importance of 'bread and circuses' even if you don't.
Have a nice day.
PS Depeches front page headline today :
.."WATER AND ELECTRICITY
The government is concerned
Faced with recurrent complaints from the population about the disruption in the supply of drinking water and electricity in Brazzaville, Prime Minister, Anatole Collinet Makosso, on 29 March visit to the facilities of companies La Congolaise des eaux (LCDE) and Energie électrique du Congo (E²C) to find out more about the real causes of this situation..."
More details on page 3
Page 2 leads with the National Assembly being tasked with waiving parliamentary immunity for an MP who's complained about a breakdown in law and order and manifest public corruption :
.." the MP for Moungali I sits on the Defence and Security Committee of the National Assembly. He was detained by the security services for having openly denounced the growing insecurity observed in recent years in the country's major cities, and the Minister of the Interior and the law enforcement agencies, whom he feels are not up to the task
the task assigned to them.
In a telephone exchange, he also criticised the mismanagement of public affairs, in particular financial mismanagement of the country, marked, he said, by "the massive misappropriation of public funds by the elite and administrative officials, and the non-payment of parliamentary emoluments of members of parliament in recent months".
These audios caused a buzz on social networks..."
It's interesting because Depeches is owned by Jean-Paul Pigasse .."A friend of Denis Sassou N'guesso, the President of Congo-Brazzaville, Jean-Paul Pigasse runs a press agency specialising in Central Africa and publishes "Les Dépêches de Brazzaville". "We are one of the only press agencies active in the entire region", he explains. Opponents prefer to refer to him as the "spokesman" for the Congolese government..."
https://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/la-justice-enquete-sur-l-ami-du-president-congolais-
"It's complicated"
GLA
Ex, may I remind you and all reading your the poster who thought it worthy of informing the board of a group of Congolese athletes being stuck in a transient hotel in Africa and the local football team having to bail them out was indicative of the regime :-) .I am sure the powers that be who are going through the updated FS have taken that diplomatic incident into consideration and have factored that into any deal ;-). Really is that what you have become, trawling though news to find any miniscule negative!
Your days on here are numbered, you are irrelevant and it does not matter what you post anymore. This has moved on so stop posting nonsense and get with the programme. There's a good chap.
Eddsy from 27 March : .."I suggest you go back to the drawing board, if you think posting spurious in country news is productive and worthy of your time!.."
Eddsy today : .." Great post MM, I too follow the in country politics, especially the Chinese. .."
Well, it IS April 1st...and a classic example of 'confirmation bias' in action....
;->
GLA (including you, Eddsy)
I am glad you are feeling better, Jiving :)
GL all
Might we be witnessing our dream scenario of competing bidders? After all it is decision time for all concerned, once the Strategic Partner deal is signed the project is spoken for. Key points: the 2024 FS will be complete in April; the economics of the project are way better than Simandou; the ore quality is exactly the type required for the key 'green steel' of the future; & critically we are ready to roll with mining licence, environmental permit & mining convention (years of work) all in place.
The ME bidders may have been first off the mark due to their speedy decision making, but the Chinese & Japanese have a way larger need for quality ore for their vast steel industries. The Chinese clearly are on the inside track with their Nguesso relationship, existing projects & lead role in the whole EPC process - they also have the power MOU, maybe they want the Port MOU as well to have total control! The November presentation seemed targeted at them, here is the lead point on P11 :
"Zanaga benefits from a supportive Government, actively encouraging mining-related investment,
experiencing significant engagement from China – the largest consumer of iron ore globally"
Atg, if a deaf person listened to David Attenborough narrating.. they would still understand what is going on. Oddly, you still don’t seem to know what’s going on..
Great post MM, I too follow the in country politics, especially the Chinese. The Chinese ambassador for a good while has been pushing, progressing and guiding the Congolese along the path of mutual interest. The coordinated ramping of relations between the two countries In the past few months has gone to new levels. Especially with Big D’s hour long interview with the Chinese recently.
I am expecting big things this month especially from the Chinese.
Thanks again.
You know on TV wildlife programs, they film various bits of animal behaviour, then the make up a narrative to illustrate some outcome..