RE: AGM 23 Jan1 Jan 2023 12:14
Trek HNY,
Yes agree companies uses them as a back stop and they're pretty standard.
The problem Caracal had is that they maxed out the amount of shares they could issue. To the extent that they couldn't fullfil £2m worth shares to Orca and they also knew they were going to owe Mayflower 50m shares which they knew they couldn't issue.
They were expecting a much higher SP but with so many
extra shares being flipped it backfired on this expectation.
The company had to take TWO discreet loans and then found themselves needing to apply for non dilutive funding before they had the production capability to meet their intended CAPEX , we know this because OCIM only provided a conditional offer which they can afford but had to apply for another offer to make up the difference for the CAPEX.
I'm not expecting the company to be profitable for the majority of 2023 because running two exploration campaigns is going to take a big slice in operating costs.
The key going forward is for the company to maintain minimal dilution but any further asset purchases will involve a degree of dilution.