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Another startling contribution Samson. Really insightful and intelligent. I’m sure that convinced everyone and emphasis your points as always.
Still no update on anything substantial then? Maybe if tb says something you can quickly note it down to repeat it.
So reading between the lines… the solicitors emails were genuine, lhs isn’t going to plan, a raft of irregularities have occurred that possibly border on the illegal and all this lot can say is… if you didn’t visit on Easter Sunday, we ain’t telling you the secrets.
I think I’ve heard all I need to. Samson and tb, you may owe a lot of people more than a pint for your attitudes on here pushing the company when answers were required. Silence says more than you could.
I think an easy one would be trading while insolvent. Or not fulfilling their corporate responsibilities. The promise of jam tomorrow doesn’t negate liquidity issues as one of the board members asked the solicitors.
If the board knew they needed cash to continue and went on a pr spin campaign talking of millions in the ground whilst withholding key facts such as the grades arnt tallying or profits are going to be lower or engaging with administration lawyers at the same time, it will be damming.
TB I think you should answer iggy question. The seriousness of it is more important than meeting face to face in a pub.
Is it time police scotland got involved? Or serious crime? If they can investigate 600k with the political parties then surely multiple millions would be of interest.
Emails, disclosures, insider trading, pumping the stock, pre packed administrations, non disclosures of critical information, withholding key facts, all potential considerations in certain historical cases.
Some good points well made there by iggy and blakeney to be fair.
Tb, as for the ore turning to waste, why did it take so long to report it? I’d be interested to know why it took so long to find out it had turned to waste too. Why did it take months to report the company is exploring administration options.
A lot of unanswered questions and you can not blame the people with integrity on this journey to ask simple logical questions when their has been failings. If this collapses, I foresee a class action.
That must be a code or something. All the 4s. It should be all the 9s though, as in 999 for this lot. No updates on lhs is worrying. I’m sure they’re blasting but I’m not convinced on what the grades will be. Rumour has it the vain narrows too much for lhs to be a success. Who knows. 4 weeks will tell.
Time for bed for me. Up in 4 hours.
Morar, appreciate the kind offer.
TB, My two questions remain. You're silence is deafening.
Samson, stay tuned, you could buy a samsung telle with you're remaining funds if you exit quick enough. Watch James Bond on it perhaps.
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I can make my own way. I'm less than an hour away and i'm old enough to drive, young enough not to have given up the car (35) but appreciate the offer. Of course. It would be an interesting conversation.
Early next month would be good. Subject to any disasters being announced prior.
Morar, leave it with me and I MIGHT come back to you if I can be hassled. It won't be until after the 27th at the earliest but if I can get a day in between then and now, i'll do my best.
I might bring the cake. In return, you can come on here and tell TB, Samson and co, I'm not 70, not james bond, and I am actually who I say I am. Heaven forbid they have actually spent hours trying to work out who I am when I'm actually me!
TB, I seen a gold pour prior to administration surfacing. Why would one after it's surfaced change my mind. You seem to think the grand tour, gold pour, spin thing will work. If you had any degree of experience you would know it's not possible to "see" successful LHS. It's a mound of ore than needs graded to determine it's worth. Even if it was worth 1M, if it's cost 1.1M to extract, it's meaningless. I'd be more interested in seeing the books than a pile of rocks. You'll learn.
Samson, good luck to you. Ask the type of thing i'm asking, if you're not afraid of the answers.
Morar, happy to meet the CEO for a coffee if Glasgow is convenient? No interest in the mine as looking at rocks won't show me anything. It won't be this week but i've got time after the 24th. I'm in france on 24th - 27th but just before or that week after is fine.
Morar i'm starting to worry.... two "old" men are trying to get me to visit them to go into a dark place to show me something. Promising me riches in return. I'm sure my mum told me not to trust people like that. Verbage enough?
Jokes aside, I've lost interest in visiting the mine at the moment. Loosing money on it will do that to you. Not to mention the rubbish i've got to listen to on here than i'm 007, i don't know my own investments, I don't know my own age etc etc just because I want to ask about grades or LHS.
Tell me you'll be there will NLR or and my cheque for 4k and I might be more interested.
Or as I said, happy to burn half hour in glasgow for a coffee. That's easier for me than a day at tyndrum. At least for the new couple of weeks.
Or lets do it publicly morar. Ask me a local question i'll answer it if I can? Something on tyndrum or glasgow or loch lomond? Something recent. Roadworks or something? Happy to prove I'm local.
I've nothing to hide as i've said all along. Some just won't have you believe it because if what I say is true, it's curtains. So they'd rather try to discredit me.
Morar,
I'd honestly be happy to pay you a visit in a friendly way. For a coffee or a chat. Then you can see i'm 35 and I am who I say I am. Then you can tell them on here, i'm not james bond or someone else they think. Do you have an e-mail and we can arrange? Happy to meet you in Glasgow city centre if you want to remain anonymous to an extent? Or a mobile number that you can discard? Happy to call you to arrange. I'm 35 though and do have a busy week but happy to accommodate something if you are?
Samson, why don't you just ask the questions i've raised. Perhaps you can take the last of the money in here and take the good mrs for a coffee down the coast or something. Or maybe it's all going great and TB is just too bashful to reveal it. What do you think?
The only thing I can do here is to try and get honest answers so noone else is duped into believing it's a company worth billions while they talk about administration. Or perhaps get honest answers for a robust share price for long term growth. Either way, hiding the truth won't end well as we have seen to date. I'm not your enemy, i've not lied to you and you need to start engaging your brain to look at this properly.
Samson, why arn't you asking what i'm asking?
Believe it or not... i've never lied to you. I've mocked you and provoked you perhaps. But i've told you no lies. If I was trying to manipulate something as you seem to think, would I not be spreading disinformation rather than asking people who are involved with the company questions?
Why is asking for transparency and ASKING a question such an issue. I'm not making a statement about grades or LHS. I'm asking.
Why arn't you?
I think you've let your anger cloud your judgement. No jokes. No digs. Don't let your suspicions of me (which are wrong btw) get in the way of logic.
Very good samson. 10 out of 10 ya numpty. Put down you're incredible skills of deduction for a second. Now why not ask the same questions i'm asking that might actually benefit you more than trying to work out if i'm someone who has been here before or someone trying to engineer an outcome etc etc.
Ask my two questions, see if you get an answer. Or is it silence for a reason.
TB, what you got to hide? Or spin? Tell it here. You're acting like james bond with the cloak and dagger stuff.
Morar, i've never had an alias on this. My name is Andrew, i'm 35. Believe it or believe them, it makes no difference. But ask them to answer the questions i've asked about grades and LHS. It benefits more than me. I'll be happy to hear of great success. But why is it so hushed up?
TB, I'm asking two simple questions. Please answer them for all of the investors in here. If the company is doing great, that's incredible and good on them. But if they're not, lets hear it.
LHS?
GRADES?
Or are you leading your fellow investors down the garden path again because your investment is so tied up.
February/March: it's a billion pound company worth hundreds of millions. This 3M will allow us to bring in 10M this year and 20M next year.
April: We're being forced to tell you we might face administration because someone leaked we had been talking about it to solicitors. Btw, we need an emergency 500k loan to stay afloat.
Odd set of circumstances.
No answer on the grades then? No answer on LHS then?
Leave that with me. I've a meeting this week so I think I just will. Enough is enough. Time for some transparency.