RE: Starting to feel isolated10 Jan 2022 21:08
Of course the whole thesis is based upon maximising returns for shareholders and that depends on the investment opportunities (and sale opportunities) in front of the management a bit like a game of 3D chess.
For example does the sale (all or part) of Sonora, EMH or other assets allow 49% of Amapa and is that a better option than the reverse.
Sell our Amapa stake for £150m and fund another asset like Sonora or Yangibana another thought is what Indo want to do, for example a spin out of the "Amapa Iron Ore Company" for example so both parties can realise value, or a full on sale to a third party e.g Glencore.
We also don't know what other opportunities may come across Kiran's desk and what offers he might get from the likes of Ganfeng or others which de-risks the company.
Holding on to both assets is fine, but not when the market values them far below what they are worth.
In my estimation Amapa is likely to have an NPV well above $1bn and at some point that needs to be reflected in our market price, perhaps this is simply by holding on to the asset and waiting for the profits to come in 3 years time, maybe we keep a 10% interest and invest in other things, who knows, perhaps there is already a plan agreed with Indo.