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At last the West is attempting to do something about China's stranglehold on essential minerals.

14 nations have joined the Mineral Security Partnership which is will assist key mining projects in raising both public and private funding. So far 20 projects have been identified and 4 will be put on a fast track in the coming weeks. The US is making funds available via the International Financial Development Corporation and the UK is also going to be involved.

I'm fairly sure we're not on the list, but at least the move demonstrates the West, and hopefully our friends in Ecuador, now understand the level of the threat from China.

Fort, as long as the shares are held in Treasury they have no votes. That changes once they've been sold...obviously.

I think you should put pressure on them, but it'll have no effect. The stall has been set out and it isn't going to change. And I stick by my view it would an act of massive self-harm to vote against them.

To the past nine months, this week has been interesting.

Apart from the revelation about the number of ndas and site visits, the statement didn't contain anything new. But, it was concise and clarified exactly what's been going on and what the team are intending to deliver. It's a pity Caldwell hasn't been able to do this in any of his previous public presentations, but hey, ho, he's done it now.

Although I thought Berry's activism was a good thing at the time, life has moved on and their departure from the share register is no bad thing - I wish we knew with whom they placed their shares.

All-in-all I reckon this is the best week we've had for a very long time.

Tesla, I have absolutely no idea how you reached that conclusion. I was merely referring to what Newmont had said about political risk in Ecuador and what discount they applied. Not that complicated, is it?

Tesla, that's not what I was saying, is it?

SM, thanks.

Tesla, I seem to recall Newmont stating that they apply a 10% political risk discount to assets in Ecuador and that this was already priced in. (if it wasn't Newmont themselves it was an analyst looking at the NCM takeover) Incidentally, I wonder how long it will be before Newmont declare their hand with regard to their 10% holding?

As for your point about the quality of the asset, it's not just people on here saying it, is it?

I've jerked around all day wondering whether to add and finally did so. Two x 50000 trades at 8.78. Not the bottom, but I'm comfortable...at the moment! First time I've bought more for ages.

MR, as you know, you can take a horse to water...

"the Company is currently in the strongest position it's ever been".

RK's sold again :)

Sid, that's what SC meant by getting the project to 'turn-key' status.

Anon, because I'm an optimist, I don't think we'll get to that point. And I hope your last point is right!

It specifically states sufficient cash to end FY24 i.e June. And that's without selling the Subsidiary Shares. It couldn't be clearer. It's equally clear he's hoping something will happen before then in order to avoid having to sell them.

Highflyigman, I imagine the off-book trades we've seen in recent days were Berry transactions.

Anon, read it again.

Given the amount of uncertainty in the markets at the moment, when I saw the headline "Solgold update' on the Stock Exchange RNS page, my heart sank. So often at the moment, when a company leads with that heading, it's a precursor to bad news. Thankfully that wasn't the case.

Although Q is right to say there's nothing new, I believe it draws together everything that's been achieved by SC and provides clarity in a way that didn't exist before. There's no doubt this has been forced on them, but at least they've replied and have produced a coherent explanation of where we are and what he hopes to achieve.

Hopefully this has also put to bed any suggestions that we need cash in the short term. He refers to the approaches they've received for the old CGP shares and goes on to say; 'depending upon the outcome of the SR there may be no need to to place the Subsidiary Shares in the future'. I think most of us would agree with that!

If you say so, Q. I'm not sure how many people will interpret it that way, but there you go.

Bozi, couldn't agree more. It answers many questions and the explanation of the sp fall is clear...Berry have been selling. Full stop.

At last we have a clear indication of our future direction.