RE: Get some facts straight9 Jul 2022 05:20
Beware the "Analyst", or Market commentator.
I have noticed recently, that with the recent prospectivity in Rare Earth development, there is now an upsurge of Financial commentators ie Company sponsored "Analysts" ! Who for a fee will write a glowing and speculative report on the Companies proposed operations; quite often projecting seemingly astronomical valuations on the outlook for the future Share Price. The subsequent use of such "Reports" by Companies to promote (Ramp) their Share Price should at the very least ring alarm bells with Investors.
Why ? Firstly, the authors of these reports, more often than not, have little to no expertise in the fields of Rare Earths or Mining. Most could never qualify as "Competent or Qualified Persons" under JORC or NI 43-101 ! Many of the Authors don't even have "Operational" experience ! A Phd in Economic Geology and/or ten years in Journalism is not considered relevant if it was obtained by writing a thesis on the redevelopment of a WA Gold mine or designing a new sampling procedure !
Secondly, The whole "Company - Analyst" relationship stinks of being a "Symbiotic". Even 'Blind Freddy would realise that if an "Analyst" wants any further work from the Company he had better write a glowing Report. How long then before the relationship becomes "Parasitic" ie when the Analyst realises that he can also negatively influence a Companies SP if a prospective Client does not award him a lucrative commission ? It is then but a short step before the Analyst is offering to provide their Client an additional service ie that of spreading FUD against their sponsors competition ?
How can we spot these people ? Well as I said they are not "Experts", admittedly some do have a basic knowledge of the Industry, but most, quite often make basic and fundamental mistakes in their commentary, Statements like "value is US$5.0bn at US$139/t, equivalent to 3.0Moz at 2.3g/t " are a dead give away as "the grade 2.3g/t" is totally immaterial. Or "Acid consumption is 200t per ton product" ! clearly that Author does not even have a basic understanding of the Industry.
That Rainbow has stooped to using such Reports and Commentary suggests to me that all may not be as sound as the Directors would have us believe ? that, or the Directors are totally ignorant of the misinformation campaign being carried out by their supposed Hirelings ?
Makes you wonder just who is DP working for doesn't it ?,