RE: For heaven's sake12 Apr 2019 22:09
I forecast well over a year ago that HNR needed £20m fund raise to self fund ED. HNR broker note also said something similar.
Once they diluted the project initially which reduced the revenue which made the self funding almost impossible. They needed around £20m to cover the huge overheads and much increased drill costs. To do this, they would need to quadruple the shares in issue which they did not have the authority to. As soon as this was announced, 5p nominal value was the best price the would have achieved or a consolidation would be required to at least change the nominal value.
It was quite clear with a simple cashflow forecast with these increased drilling costs, huge overheads and reduced revenue generated by not achieving the initial non dilutive funding that RP promised and expected, £20m was required to be self financing but the city would have hammered the SP.
If self funding was possible and achievable with this great project, they would have but they could not. They sold their 49,5% share at the best price they could get as all monies had gone and still have huge administrative expenses and a large cash outflow. The selling of this percentage saved their bacon or HNR would have been in serious trouble.