RE: Isnt it obvious5 Sep 2024 15:04
They can't provide commercial detail until the feasibility study and complex reservoir modelling are complete, as clearly explained in the interview. They've already estimated that the Rukwa project has positive economics for the company if it can be developed at scale with institutional level finance (which suggests that it's not a project they would seek to develop alone, on the basis of small shareholder capital raises, but rather they would be approaching banks or/and partners to fund the more major infrastructure). That requires time and negotiation. Conversely, the Colorado project is on a scale where it can be developed now to deliver near term cash income within the existing capital resources HE1 and Blue Star have already raised (drilling six wells and tying them into existing infrastructure). We have the numbers for that and so the strategy seems very clear - in the next six months they focus on bringing the Galactica project into production, while waiting for a mining licence to develop Rukwa and completing the specs and costings for that proposed venture (at which point there would be a prospectus or a competent person's report setting out the detailed case. I don't think it's too hard to understand.