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Fair play Eric, I must try using statistics on wifey...I wondered where I had been going wrong all these years! Must try harder...

Eric, I'm glad you are getting a 'rise'. I might cancel my porn subscription & concentrate more on this coming deal...............seems to be working for you! Puts a whole new perspective on the hyped-up 'Liquidity Event'!!

Crude...ooh ya!

Jez, you say you won't make the mistake of ignoring Tom Winifrith's advise again...you might want to re-examine what you said. You are more or less saying good ole Tom is the Sage of AIM & whatever he says defines how you should react with your stock market decisions...sounds like the Pied Piper of Hamlyn to me.
Regarding my Sound stockholding: I retain all my shares & have not sold any since that tranche at 89p: I have since added to my holding. I may buy more if the SP declines to 2.50 as that would mean something like £27 million cap & I am happy to buy more at that value. But it is splitting shares at todays prices. I must be married to this stock as two of my best stockmarket buddies Appiamma & Ponkey both sold out. Even much lauded and enigmatic investor come geologist Silverfish sold out around a year ago...some of the more switched on posters may remember his contributions here. So I do take exception to folk (mainly Jones) who think I sold out...I am here for the duration which now means production & hopefully successful exploration!
Cheers & Merry Christmas to all.

In the spirit of Fallingknive's adapted lyrics, here are some of my own, courtesy of 10CC.

'It's one thing to know it but another to admit we're the worst board in the world but we don't give a sheit'!
If Fastow was CFO & Jeff Skilling CEO, then we'd be nothing more than a bunch of conning bums - so So pay up, pay up!
Well we've never done a days work in our life
And our shares were selling in zillions
It irrigates my heart with greed
To know that you adore me
Up yours, up mine
But up everybody's? That takes time!
But we're working on it
Working on it (Ooh)

Poignantly, the lyric ends with "Buy me and you play me then my plastic turns to gold".......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99dWE01yC7I

Just a bit of fun & the song needs to be listened to but it is just a joke & definitely not meant seriously.......

Falingknife, very nice. Better adapt some lyrics & join you.

Ozzy, Ozzy, Ozzy, oi, oi, oi! I think I will have a lunchtime toast to that stunning Tory victory! It wasn't just Brexit "wot won it"...even hardened socialist balked at the prospect of Comrades Corbyn & McDonald running the country (down). But Jo Swinson losing her seat was the icing on the cake...she paid the price for turning the Liberal Democrats into the Liberal 'un-democrats'!! Also, what a pity the 'Beast of Bolsover' won't be in Parliament to torment Tories from the backbenches...oh well never mind! We have also seen the back of all those meddlesome interfering Tories such as Ken Clark & crew & now Michael 'Tarzan' Hesseltine can go & crawl back from under the rock he crawled out of as his 'vote Liberal Democrat instead' policy backfired in his face!! Sadly the SNP grew stronger. I am very much a unionist & want to keep the Kingdom intact but it seems the Scot Nats won't necessarily get their independence referendum in any case so maybe nothing to fear on that score. All in all a fantastic result!

Scarf, I've been here longer than most - it is water off a ducks back! I could care less what some people think!

With a market cap of £31 million & buy price in the 2.80s I am very tempted to grab a few hundred thousand more of these little beauties, sit back & count my dividends! If/when the deal is signed I can't see them dropping below the current price. I might wait until next week to see which way the wind of fortune is blowing.

On the subject of boardroom scrutiny, someone asked why previous Chairman Richard Liddel (a non-Executive Director but previously Chairman) should not have taken up the post when it became vacant due to Simon Davies's sudden illness? I think it is a valid question. But maybe the Chairmans role never sat so easy on Richard's shoulders - at least that is the impression I had in Morocco. Richard is a good solid northerner; slightly shy but very personable & someone you would imagine has morals. He was sorely missed by private investors & needs to be replaced by someone of similar character.

Jez, no need to spit the spam! I'm not trying to big myself up - you mentioned mugs, not I!

Jez, I agree with StMary...coming over here denigrating the folk that remain invested as "mug punters" is pretty low of you! I know people who have sold for a loss but who are the mugs? Sell for a loss or hold for a gain? Some here have low averages but many are high averaged & hoping to recoup their paper losses. You can't accuse punters of being mugs because they think their luck might change on the AIM...YOU place enough bets on this casino & see how your luck holds!

Trellis, I'm only embracing the new reality, with the hope we can all progress from this hiatus & make some money - or at least claw some hard earned back......

DWF, who the hell are you anyway.? When did you rock up? Excuse me if I didn't notice you at any of the AGMs I have attended over the last decade........

Jez, I can understand punters who may want to see the deal signed & delivered. It reminds me of when I was buying & selling property...planning permission adds whole new strata of value to a project - without it the value is commensurate to its current worth...but once a plan is approved the value is instantly recognizable. Admittedly the planning takes time & effort - but boy is it worth it! I trully believe when our deal is signed our value will become apparent. Like house renovations, it is all in the paperwork...get that signed off & you can really start to build!

Festive cheer to you both - Jez & Simon. With all that sprout consumption at crimbo I do hope you have taken the wise precaution to install a 'Blow Out Preventer'!! You don't want any embarrassing 'kickbacks' whilst entertaining with festive fritters!

Simon, pay that mortgage off - I highly recommend it! When I walked into the bank having sold some Sound shares at 89p & paid off the mortgage I never felt so good in my life - outside of the bedroom! But it was a happy coincidence that my mortgage was due & the SP was high............that is why I will never change my car plates - P90 SOU!! But now the share price is low & our prospects are once again pretty good...I want more & I hope all LTH or beleaguered shareholders are able to take advantage of these low prices. I remember when sentiment was this low, just before James took the helm - now he is leaving Mohammed can once again breath life into this Company that JP did when Sound Oil & investors sorely needed it!

Bav, James is passing on the reins of power & is "focused on the deal & the handover". I don't know if James's resignation was a surprise to the Board but in amicable circumstances, it is not unreasonable to expect a 'changing of the guard'. James no doubt has to hand over his role & remains for a few months as adviser to the new 'King'. Why anyone gets hung up about that is beyond me as it really is just a matter of weeks before he finally leaves...when the 'Nominations Committee' vote Mohammed new CEO of Sound Energy.

Certainly brought a smile to my face Jez. Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year to you & your 'bro'. Good to hear you had a lovely holiday back in the old country. I once spent a very cordial couple of weeks in Pathos a few years back...lovely...though I wouldn't swap it for Sussex!

Trellis, I think you are doing a great job but you may be on a hiding to nothing. You cannot please all or represent everyone but well done for trying. I haven't signed up because I am looking to the future now & past recriminations will not, imo, serve shareholders.

What we now need is for the new, evolving board to get the job done & only in that way can shareholders ultimately hope to be compensated for their belief in the project. We have a majority Moroccan shareholding with Mohammed Seghiri as new CEO & an exciting acreage that the moroccans are desperate to succeed...this project will go ahead because it is too important not to!

Lossgain, certainly a first in all the years I have been here. I thought we had a pleasant moment of abstinance & self reflection...either that or punters reached their boredom freshold & could not be bothered to post!

John, no worries - as per your instructions...I wont defend you!

Fair enough Trelis, I certainly had my disagreements with Aapi re Sound; we remain good friends but he has bragging rights with SOU for his exit price...but we wont mention a certain African miner down Zimbabwe way..............