RE: TPLF and OLA further retreating5 Dec 2021 22:02
“The Company has refined contractual terms for project construction and operation, together with having assembled the full funding consortium and set the conditional terms for the development funding package of c.US$356 million, to be triggered as soon as normal conditions are satisfied including security.”
I wonder now what constitutes ‘normal’. The financiers we’re going to sign while the civil war was ongoing, it was only the kidnapping of the KEFI employees and then the worsening war situation that prevented signing this month. That leads me to believe that once the EG position relative the the TPLF becomes unassailable, I.e. TPLF are boxed in Tigray region, then the the signature process should get back underway. These are institutions in Ethiopia that have monies they want to invest. We also have China seeing Ethiopia as a key partner in the region for their belt and roads expansion, along with a number of international mining companies sniffing around in regions much closer the the war than us. Many are waiting for Ethiopia to open for business which they should be shortly. The EG are going to be desperate for inward investment.
On the project front, work continuing at the mine and positive developments with the satellite deposits to keep this running for years to come. Profit to KEFI is around $400-$600 per oz. with 190k oz per year targeted. Gold price is getting ready for another move up IMO which will pig us in the spotlight when the funding is announced.
Just £18m MCAP, and with out Saudi project(s) too!
GLA