RE: Take Over Bid or 100% of the Company23 Feb 2026 21:19
It's not what I'd describe as a low ball offer and we shouldn't call it that.
A low ball offer would be flatly rejected, it wouldn't go into discussions, due diligence and legal advisors (that cost money). So I call it a reasonable offer that wasn't high enough, not low ball. Atlantic Lithium also suggest it was reasonable because it was along their lines of thinking for the value of Ewoyaa, it just didn't value the other licenses or Cote d'Ivoire which is why it was rejected.
Calling it low ball is doing ourselves a disservice, it makes it sound like they offered us half the value of Ewoyaa when in fact they offered around 100% of what the Board value Ewoyaa at.
The Board rejecting an offer that was that high means far more to me than suggesting it was paltry.
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Current Market Cap £141.89m.
Assore 2023 offer £222m flatly rejected, no discussions.
Multiple milestones hit since the Assore offer including increased resource, Felspar resource added and upgraded, MIIF funding, etc and Ratification imminent.
The board would only enter into negotiations if an offer was worth discussing, we know that from the flat rejection of the Assore offer, so with all the additional milestones, the offer must in my opinion have been £350m minimum. BUT, the board believes this company is worth more, and they should know, they have all of the figures plus the insider knowledge.