RE: Re: down nearly 9%1 Jun 2020 18:37
17:07 I agree DW is the man at the top and so shoulders ultimate responsibility but it's also important to understand that in the operational side of the business he will be led to his decisions by the information and opinions of others who are qualified in reservoir engineering and oil geology etc.
DW has been responsible for taking us into Alaska, doing the jv deal with BEX and rightly or wrong building the acreage including some 3D, doing the deal for Winx and negotiating the FO with PMO and ultimately raising the cash to keep the ship moving if ever so slowly it seems.
As I have said many times if the explorations credits scheme had continued, even if SOA pulled the scheme but paid as per historically so we cleared our debt and avoided hefty interest payments things may have been happier, instead we have had 3 + years of interest payments that may reasonable not been expected, that plus the loss of Paul has changed the picture some what.
Look at the original Great Bear, BRPC and other junior explorers - Alaska is tough place, the exploration credits scheme mitigated much of that.
I am not apologising for DW's salary, all I am saying is there are a lot of factors at play here that some either are not aware of or choose to forget .