RE: Settlement of claim against the Mozambique Government for the expropriation of Mining Concession 4623C25 Mar 2025 14:07
The RNS states
The Company has agreed with Luangwa that if any value in the New Licences is realized through either a disposal, share sale, listing or a farm-in agreement, then if the aggregate amount of cash available for distribution following such event is less than US$7 million, Luangwa's reasonable costs up to a maximum of US$2 million shall be taken into account prior to any cash distribution to the Company. In the event that the distributable cash available is greater than US$7 million, then these costs will not be taken into account.
What concerns me is the possibility that the first licence to be disposed of could be worth less than $ 7 m which is nothing in comparison to the settlement ranges I heard about. $ 150m to $ 1.5bn the latter being wishful thinking. And $ 2m is 28% of $ 7 m. Has the board satisfied itself that the $ 2 m costs are legitimate. Recall Acumen spent £ 1 m to buy IM.
So what are the anticipated values of the 5 licences? It would be good if the board 1) asked the question; and 2) told us. There must have been some valuation done before agreeing to settle through the tranfer of the licences.