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2.82 revision? PG have gotta be "'having a laugh" at all punters with this "oh so precise" increase from their current opinion. Even more suspect is the headline on this board that London stocks have declined for miners - when, surprise,surprise, our own little nest egg, Ariana, have managed an extraordinary 14% upwards leap. Maybe there is a higher octane reaching the right spots?. Who knows - I might even be persuaded to increase my holding by New Year. No worries, though.....fake news is a daily happening (we are told) on my side of the pond.

Hushup, VanVan....or I'll nail your other foot to the ground as well (lolol).

Okay, guys, I know I've been "stirring the pot" but nevertheless I appreciate your comeback and especially enjoyed levistubbs' comments hereunder...probably 'cos he struck a chord with my thinking.

The particular bit of AAU which rankled me was their placing taking preference over a delayed "first pour" which I felt immediately screwed any chance of our SP advancing. Up to that point I firmly believed we were on the threshold of at least an instant doubling or trebling of potential investment value. The follow up rewards to BoD I fully believe caused would be investors to wonder if this was the start of a typical "snouts in the trough" that we have witnessed all too often with AIM-listed companies and could well account for a lack of interest or, if you prefer, a scramble to buy our shares ever since ( the De Villiers duo being the exception...but a sceptic could pass even that off as a clever ploy to promote excitement, since the sums involved are no great deal for a wealthy personage).

VanVan and I have generally expended similar views about many companies and mostly on the iii chat boards over quite a period of time. Clearly we differ at this moment but nevertheless I have the highest regard for the way he interacts with everyone. I seldom venture onto ADVFN because there is imho too much profanity and vulgarity by some folk trying to shout down others. ( I see enough of that sort of bully-boy behavior on almost a daily basis from our President Number 45 --- hopefully soon to be investigated,plucked and stuffed in the New Year). Sadly iii (which I enjoyed) lost its way ... and many of its contributors.

However right now I am rather dismayed by VanVan's para...which I quote verbatim for specific reference

"This is an Exploration and Development Co. not a yielder. If you want dividends invest in something like Taylor Wimpey. We want free cash to be invested in developing our assets like Salinbas to generate capital growth.
The Board have always been totally clear that Ariana is an E&D Company. Dividends are not on there agenda and I suspect won’t be unless the Board unfortunately run out of ideas of how to invest our money for growth"

That evokes a charter, pure and simple, for "jam tomorrow". I'm sorry, VanVan, but to me it stinks. I am too close to octogenarian and having come so far with investing in this Company I want to be in a position to sell out at a time of my choosing but most certainly at a profit. That should, at the very least, be steadily increasing from the point that the miner is starting to earn money. My support and trust for the directors should blossom accordingly. Otherwise what guarantee do I have that they do not have an agenda to optimize growth for personal gain, possibly at the expense of we PIs....or, even worse to regularly hike up their emoluments and benefits?. Remember, this is AIM !

No, my friend, we have to see either dividends or share scrip issues coming back to us and fairly soon now.

The simple fact is that Ariana have been going now for many years and very few of us have made any money from our investment. Yes, I have squeezed a little bit back by selling on the little ripples and re-investing on the subsequent dips. Kerim is lauding that everything looks good and the Company is intending to pay back a substantial proportion on what it has borrowed. Great...so why not a token dividend?

VanVan has been hyper extolling what a terrific Company we are invested in. However to-date the SP is not going the way he most certainly forecasted whereas, with respect, I told it right and the reasons why.. Incedros has at times sought to introduce some coolant realism and is castigated on the assumption he has no skin in this venture. So bloody what? Maybe he has it invested in Taylor Wimpey! The building trade might be okay if Corbyn takes over and thousands of new Council houses are constructed but otherwise right now I would be very wary of UK until the EU thing is sorted (either way) and the rest of us have a clear picture of where ya'all seem to be going ...the real one....not your government or media bs.

Thanks John but I've kinda expressed my concerns and it remains to be seen how things are going by next Spring and possibly the business of our next AGM ...unless of course anything else is convened affecting shareholders in the interim.

It is just possible that the SP might hit 2p by Easter 2019. I've said many times that something has got to come back to investors but ya'all poo-pooed the idea of a small divvi. So it's wait for "jam tomorrow"- maybe - if you are lucky and it isn't all put back into forever drilling (like Herencia and Condor did and look where it's got them).

I am also mindful of a local mine I am invested in. They've done everything right....new electric powerline and road in... and I can see their lights burning brightly at night. Silver and gold is coming out right on schedule and the spoil has even been sold and regularly delivered tor the construction industry.. And the share price? 52% down since last New Year first gold pour. With everything else going on in the world, the message is clear.....right now gold sucks! Time to drink and be merry! Have a super weekend!

How many are aware of how little appears to be known about Ariana outside the UK share charts/chats?

For example AAU (or even its full name, Ariana) are not listed on Ameritrade or WalletInvestor websites whereas other AIM "hopefuls" like W Resources, Condor Gold, Herencia and even the horrendous (imho) Arian Silver are in full detail.

Maybe this lack of "fame" needs to be addressed by Panmure and anyone else paid to promote us? It might be another hindrance to SP. Just a thought, folks.

Firstly...My sincere apologies, O Donnell, for mis-spelling your name. I used to get a pal's name wrong too...Connolly instead of Connelly.

VanVan - Yep, there is a tendency for folk on this board to shy away from political debate (unlike say many of the Banking boards) but right now reality is that politics have a much greater influence on share prices, especially in the context of Brexit than any wishful thinking that Panmure Gordon puts out. My own experience over several years is that their forecasts together with many others including "The Fool" (aptly named imho) are invariably way off mark. I wonder how they would assess May or Corbyn's chances in Number Ten for 2019?

I also remember coming upon a huge magic roundabout in Hemel Hempstead during the Eighties but "Rotaries" was a new one to me, John, and I had to look it up to discover that it emanated from a New England innovation (in the "Fifties?") ...but then. I've never visited our north-east Officially this side of the pond the correct terminology is "traffic island". I don't remember seeing any in Nevada but the ones we have in neighboring Arizona and Utah are usually referred to as "roundabouts". Drivers are somewhat hesitant when negotiating them and most Local Authorities tend to prefer installing "4-way stops" instead.

You're right - Ms Messenger is unknown to me but, as a Doctor Who fan, I was most appreciative of Piper. Many moons ago I was crossing a street in Southampton when I foolishly stepped off the kerb while looking the wrong way and Diana Dors' cadillac stopped just in time. She was not amused!

ODONNOLL - "We are approaching our 80s". Is that a warning to the rest of "us" or what? I have visions of those octogenarians who roll out of bed at the crack of dawn, put the cat out, take the pooch walkies, take up spaces on the early buses to displace workers and scholars and then hang around outside the supermarkets before opening time all eager to complain to their staff and set the mood for the day. So....for a change....let's fight the eurolanders on the beaches again. I'd better not even mention those damn Yankees.

But I do like your comment under 3). Spot on, Dear Boy.

.....Now, John,....."delights of Swindon indeed? You mean like that effin'"planetary roundabout" they made? More like an insanitary roundabout ! . Is it still there? Anyway that was a fair summary of AAU for the present.

It's Friday, the sun is shining, blue skies and 76F is forecast here even in November . Yet another Democrat has been elected after a recount. Next Year will be great....perhaps even for Ariana shares!. Don't be a pessimist, DJ.

Well, I ain't smiling right now. Trump is having a hissy fit and May could be in the fertilizer. My US stocks have taken a hammering, my Lloyds are way down and it's not worth coverting my sterling into dollars.

Sorry, John, but UK shopping long lost its appeal .... those days of "Are you being served ?" are just a great and wonderful memory and with your currency devaluation I doubt that many of my Brit friends will be coming over for winter sunshine or New York showtime. I do appreciate your offer to buy me a drink, though. On that subject my State has laws which severely limit what I can buy online or bring in across our State line - even from neighboring CA or AZ. I can't buy Abbott Ale locally anymore or purchase a bottle of Warninks Advocate for Mrs. Fortunately there is an acceptable Mexican substitute in our stores known as "Rompope Santa Clara" but stockists are rather few and it's pricey. Anyway we both had a profitable casino visit yesterday and "she" was buying dinner! My turn for Thanksgiving next week. Maybe AAU will rise again for that!

Mrs de V paid more for each shares than Kerim although both bought the same day, Nov 13.

All the good stuff ...Quarterlies out, RNS out but SP just went down again.. Six weeks to Christmas and that elusive 2p?
In your dreams, methinks, so shall we go for 2019 instead?

Our LSE here is headlining "Stocks to rise on US cues " but so far AAU seems oblivious.....

Anyway in response to yours hereunder, John (and any others who may wish to learn more), here is an excellent insight into the US Congress etc...

https://walberg.house.gov/about/how-congress-works

Each of our 50 States is allocated 2 Senators, irrespective of their land area or population. Representatives are averaged out at around 700,000 population and Nevada has 4 ....three Democrat and one Republican. California's economy has surpassed the total of the United Kingdom and is now 5th in the world. They have 53 Representatives to Washington DC

Bed for me! Maybe I'll awake to a halfpenny leap?

I won't even attempt to explain the US law-making process or the role of the Electoral College. It's for ya'all to "Google". Suffice to say imho that there is a lot of cheating in the way the voting is conducted and in these circumstances the power of a State Governor comes into its own so it is important to note changes thereto which will result from yesterday's voting. That may now need to be considered, John, in assessing Trump's chances of winning a second term. On a personal note I am of course delighted that my own State has voted in a Democrat Governor for the first time since 1994 and we now have both Senators and 3 of 4 Representatives representing the Democrats in Washington.

Either way, our Ariana SP remains static for the moment (what a surprise?) but it would seem LSE and NYSE have reacted favorably to our mid term election results

¡Arriba, arriba! ¡Ándale,ándale! I'm rooting for a different rodent ...the very fastest...Yeehaaaaaaaaaa!

Meantime we're sweating on the voting over here.

You can buy the famous mouse. There is even a gold one...how appropriate!

https://disney.co.uk/mickey-mouse

Yep, John, we do have a difference in spelling as well as a different way of speaking, and driving and giving rude signals. You can spot the euroland tourists mostly forking food with their left hands.Language dfferences too like the Brit, freshly landed at Las Vegas airport who innocently asked me where he could get a fag oops!.

Our local car museum has a DeLorean therein. By all accounts it was a miserable performer and should have used a V8 hemi engine at the very least.

While I concur with your belief that "return could come in the form of increased SP if the market can be convinced of AAUs virtues" the notion of "no chance of returning wealth to investors in the foreseeable future" might well be totally prejudicial to raising the SP in that same foreseeable future. (Which is why I have now set myself a timetable instead of remaining "in love" regardless...) Tempus fugit...and let us indeed beware the Ides of March (lol)

I guess my glass is half empty then but at least our sp didn't go down last Friday. I also don't think we shall see 2p by Christmas.

Anyway cutting through all the fuzzy,warm presentations we have seen recently and the excellent corporate efforts we must always be mindful of all the bad news and rogues who have also preyed on AIM punters over time.

So for me the "watershed" is whether Ariana shows its true colors by returning a little wealth to investors fairly soon or diverts all income into in-house priorities and projects while its BoD collect remuneration through salaries and bonus. In the former scenario our shares could become sought after and indeed rocket. In the latter we could languish ad infinitum.

...Well last week's actually. Methinks I read the tea leaves about right with 5% downward per John's question (a). Next time check will be 21 Nov 2019.

Budweiser? No way, José ! I've got a rather good cantina in mind locally which has draft Pacifico on tap.

I enjoyed the new video which clearly had a strong "human"content and that came over well. Unfortunately proven deposits don't always buy dinner (or slake John's thirst!) and it's now only around 50 plus days to Christmas to reach that 2p share price (or was that 3p,4p,5p?). With the British pound well down in value and Brexit very much a "mugger's buddle" it may well be 2020 before the sun shines a little more on our investment. I'll believe that if and when I see it. Merkel might be out, Trump locked up and Corbyn with the hammer. Meanwhile ya' all enjoy dancing round and and round this pole.