Just a thought14 Feb 2023 18:32
Just a thought, as previously mentioned and I’m not sticking up for Buck, as I believe he knew about the land issues surrounding Block XX when he decided not to drill it many years ago and went for Snow Leopard etc when he knew there was an excellent chance of an oil discovery at Block XX. Buck’s error is he should of sorted Block XX out years ago and I believe left it and thought it would just happen.
IMO with everything going on in Mongolia, with the government trying to sort coal theft corruption, brown paper bag payments. Licences/permits being held up by certain MP’s for their own agendas, I believe the Central Government now wants to put laws in place so there aren’t issues with land permits moving forward, so unless there is a valid reason for holding up a permit they are automatically granted locally. I don’t think the GOM want to overrule the local governments. The land belongs to the local people so I believe they want them to make the decisions so they benefit Don’t forget they have recently put in new laws for individuals who try and stop licence/permits being granted. These people now face imprisonment. The Deputy PM has recently been in Dornod province sorting out the Petro China issue with their lack of work with the local people. This is going to help Matad. The GOM have also now set up provincial offices in all the main exploration areas. Provincial (Central led) to help local governors on things like land issues. So I think they are putting all these in place so in future there won’t be the same issues as Matad have been having. I don’t think the Central government want to be involved in this anymore and to let it be sorted locally. I believe when the Mining Minister said 1 to 3 months, he was most likely genuine and Buck believed him hence why he said we were fully funded in December as he thought we would taking the oil out the ground early this year, but I believe the GOM are the ones who have now changed that and realized that it needs wholesale changes for the smooth running in the future not just a quick fix, meaning it’s not Buck’s fault, if the GOM have moved the goalposts. What I would like Buck to explain in detail tomorrow is his rationale/reasons for the new placing against what he said in December. Confirm why he has done it and what the money he has raised is being spent on and break it down for everyone and all explain and confirm the Heron issue in full, not a few notes in a RNS.
Anyway as said my thoughts, most probably wrong but lets see tomorrow