RE: Am I missing something31 Oct 2022 17:22
About 10 minutes into the attached, Neil states that Cote d'Ivoir is included in the 50/50 contract with Piedmont. He also says that if the deal had been done today, it would have been better, but it was a very good deal at the time and he still thinks it is, given the stability it provides.
Personally, I see no problem with the deal. Piedmont have basically bought the right to purchase 50% of all our spodumine at market rate at time of purchase. In return we received 103m dollars funding. If that had been a placement, it would have decimated the SP at the time and nobody would have been happy. What is the alternative...that we go to auction and get more or less than market rate?
Everything seems good to me and if you do the numbers based on double current resource and current market price for spodumine they are mind blowing!!!
I am no expert on this and there are many others who know far more than I do so please DYOR.