RE: RE: If you're not first24 Aug 2022 13:21
In my opinion there is definitely some significant news that will be announced before the investors conference call.
FIRST – THE ANNUAL ACCOUNTS
We know for a fact that the annual report will be out before the conference call as it is required to be issued by Aug 31st at the latest. We also know for a fact that the annual report will show a greater income than the company has ever had before as we know that this time period includes a year’s worth of production from Tunisia including the sale of $4.5 million worth of oil in July 2021.
Although the next sales of oil were not actually completed until after the accounting period ended, they will definitely be booked into the accounts on an accrual basis and so I would expect to see anywhere between $12-15 million worth of revenue booked in for this period. In addition to this we also have the Italian gas revenue. The company has released RNS announcements showing over 1 million of net profit but this was only for 5 out of the 12 months so I would fully expect this to round out at approx. €2 million for the whole period. Therefor I would assume that we will show revenue of between USD$14-17 million for this annual report. With the total administrative expenses expected to be approx. UD$10 million (based on the half yearly) then we should actually show a company profit of somewhere between $4-7 million before any accountancy BS such as depreciation etc is added.
I would regard the company showing the first real profitability of its existence as a huge milestone for both Zenith and its investors and it would certainly be considered “real and material” since the figures would all have to have been approved by independent auditors.
SECONDLY – ADDITIONAL NEWS
I am personally convinced that there will also be additional news before the conference call that is unconnected with the annual report. The reason for this is that the company announced that: “The Investor Call will now be held on September 8, 2022, at 10:00 AM BST/11:00 AM CEST via teleconference due to potential near-term progress, including publication of the Company's audited annual financial results for the year ended March 31, 2022.”
Firstly, if they did not expect additional news other than the annual report then why would they add the bit about “near-term progress” and secondly, they would not have needed to delay as long as September 8th.
My supposition is that this additional news will either be that we are about to sign off on Tilapia or that we are about to acquire another asset. Either news, on top of the announcement of the suspected record-breaking annual report should be enough to propel the share price to new highs.
We shall find out in the next two weeks, but the market is already reacting very positively to the possibility of major news both in London and Oslo and it is a very exciting time to be a Zenith shareholder.