RNS 14.04.1614 Apr 2016 11:44
I am struggling with the announcement because the company, as Corbs has pointed out, has no need for the money.
Costs are coming down, there was a hangover of unsold product at year end 31.12.15 which if hypothetically sold would have enabled the company to about break even, the final paragraph of the Sembehun announcement of 22.03.16 made it clear in the final paragraph that "Sierra rutile does not have a requirement to commence construction of the Sembehun Dry Mine...........over the next five years".
It also appears on the face of it to run contrary to Pala's normal investment policy which from the detail on its own website implies invest, inject Pala expertise and the sell on to make a profit.
I calculated some time ago that the average price paid by Pala over the past 5 years for SRL stock has been between 15 and 18 pence. Double that and add and one has a figure of say 45 pence upwards (jmo).
What John Sisay stated on a recent videoed interview towards the end of the interview was that the company intended to move to the main market. That requires free liquidity of 25% of the issued capital. How does today's announcement provide for that? It does not imo.
So is this no more than a part freebie for Pala and new iis or if they do not need the money is there another reason.