RE: Cairn28 Jul 2023 19:46
It's a very different case, but both fall under the India-Australia bilateral trade agreement. I highly recommend reading article 1, 12, and 13 of the trade agreement. Fasken think the agreement applies (which it definitely should). And under the BIT, the Indian government have no chance of winning.
The BIT took 5 years to settle in Cairns case, receiving around 1/5th the money they requested. In my eyes the worst possible scenario is we go the BIT route. It takes 5 years, we will win, we get anywhere from $2.5billion to $12billion (minus legal fees and LCM cut). Huge dividend, and all our other projects are fully funded off this.
The good case is we get an agreement in the next year. That'll require another 5 or so years to become an operational mine, with the share price climbing quickly.
The best case is Mark convincing the government to apply the mining fast tracking to gold mines. Then the SP goes out of this world.