RE: The bigger picture13 Sep 2022 10:53
Hi John
Your historical review of what happened is not telling the whole story, turned around to give a view that it was given away.
That is certainly not the case.
Newcrest invested heavily on the bases of 2 drills, resource unknown, a 6 years joint venture squashed into 2 years.
70% seems to be an industry average requirement for a Major to form a joint venture.
If we hadn’t gone for a joint venture we would have faced years of dilution and been unable to obtain debt and possible administration.
Antipa deal with Newcrest was not a good one compared to Ggp’s, with Newcrest .
Newcrest took 9% of Antipa from the start we would have been in a very weak position if they had 9% of Ggp during those 5% negotiations.
Where have you seen them giving away Royalties that’s not true.
The tolling charge according to Shaun was a great deal for Ggp