Calling...BMR21 Jun 2018 18:42
I asked AB about the dates of the meeting between JLP and the ZG. He said with it being Africa they seem to flex dates and it sounds like the meeting will take place next week. There have been multiple meetings recently but they can't keep announcing them, they try to stick to announcing more critical updates.
JLP have been in talks with ZEMA about producing Vanadium from the off, they are considering a few different ideas at the moment. JLP want to build a plant that is of the right size and generates good profit, they are pretty excited about scaling up. Sound like the plans have pretty much been finalised, he said wait for the announcement but the main focus is to build a profitable plant.
We have some BMR representatives involved who are based in Zambia. He tells me Colin is keeping an eye on things, doesn't sound like he's having an awful lot of involvement where BMR are concerned at the moment, I asked him what Colin is like, and he said he's a nice guy, he's difficult to get hold of sometimes as he's based in Dubai.
I asked AB what his plans are surrounding BMR and if he's going to stick around. He said he's got to deliver this for shareholders, it's important to him. We need a resolution going forward and, if he wasn't there, there probably wouldn't be much hope for the company. I said hopefully you can pull it off, he said absolutely, it's my job.
I asked him when are we likely to resume trading, he just said “over the next couple of weeks we have a pretty exciting work programme being developed in Zambia and we will announce that when we can.”
I asked about the remaining JLP shares we own, he said they don't have any intentions to sell any at the moment. He mentioned the lock in period and I said I thought that it had been lifted, he said it was only lifted to pay Blue Square? (I’m pretty sure we can sell up to 50% anyway after a 6 month period has lapsed, which it has).
On a final note I asked him what are the plans for the Star-Zinc JV, when are we likely to introduce the Zinc from there into Kabwe? He said that's the idea but it's at least 12 months away... He said keep an eye out for an RNS's and we are coming up to a critical time which is exciting...