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ZIOC's major shareholders' net investment cost is negligible - they were substantially repaid by the Directors' share sale at time of IPO.
GLEN's net investment cost is negligible, its stake was picked up as an afterthought/incidental byproduct of the merger-cum-takeover of Xstrata. Zanaga's value (if any) to GLEN probably lies in any marketing/offtake arrangement it could negotiate post-sale, which it would probably not want to share with ZIOC. It's not a charity, after all.
If there IS a buyer out there, it would be tidiest (for just about everybody - Including Elphick, AT and co, who can move on to other pastures) for GLEN to buy ZIOC out with some of its Treasury shares and then 'flip' the Zanaga concession.....

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Plausible !

.."Adjusting for pure iron content the Ukrainian reserves (9 billion tonnes of iron, 11.6% of the global total) are the world's third largest after Russia and Australia. .."

If he did, that would give Hanno abt 7.4% of the enlarged shareholding....

Headline in today's FT by the well-regarded Kate Bingham, former Chair of HMG Vaccine Taskforce...

.."Nimble UK regulator is a draw for drugmakers, says former vaccines chief
Kate Bingham urges fund managers to step up investment in life sciences.."

Don't know how 'nimble' the ethics review people within the regulator are, but the recommendation can't hurt !

Yes, AIUI the seasonality of Cahora Bassa is already an issue.....and why the new dam (repeat water capture) would in a sense be a doubling down on a future problem (aka more eggs in one basket)...

.."*cylinder ??.."

Freudian slip ? See pipeline from project # 3, the Mphanda Nkuwa hydro dam, also in Tete province...but with a much longer construction time (>2028).

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Hanno expected to be "able to unlock value through the delivery of key milestones before the year end", per this (sponsored) article.
Let's hope that something is, indeed 'imminent'.

Dated August 2020....?

This will be a 2parter, testing vaccinated and prev.infected volunteers with Delta...and a lookback at Wuhan (prev. done on naive volunteers), AIUI.

.."Zanaga can be yours BHP..."

And you could also pick up GLEN by-the-by...

https://www.asktraders.com/analysis/what-does-a-bhp-bid-for-glencore-mean-for-rio-tinto/...

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This is a disputed concession (being litigated by Clifford Chance on behalf of the expropriated former concession-holders, Sundance) and the rail link proposed last year was 500 Km to Kribi in Cameroon.

https://www.asiafinancial.com/cameroon-to-build-rail-link-to-disputed-iron-ore-project-with-chinese-firms

.."Sangha Mining said on Saturday that it will invest $10 billion to develop the projects.

"We plan to start work in the fourth quarter 2021, with a plan to start exporting in 2023 and eventually have an annual production of over 100 million tonnes of iron ore," Manuel Andre, the chief executive of Sangha, said at the signing ceremony on Saturday.
Sangha is little-known company backed by Chinese investment which is embarking on its first mining project. Andre did not comment on how the investment would be financed..."

.."the 1,000 km railway starts this year.."

I've been asleep at the back of the class....source, pls ?

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Just as well as it's 'just for info' as the only connection with SYME is that the comment was made by a Director who has a long standing interest in hydrocarbons...

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PS Has anyone, ever, seen ANY reference by SYME to hydrocarbons...?

.."trouble is 'fake and misleading information' according to detractors is akin to a different opinion.."

No, mick2. Whenever you and I have crossed swords, it's because your information is factually incorrect. Sometimes repeatedly.

If you can find an example where this is untrue, I'll be the first to apologize.

Best of British !

.."BHP boss Mike Henry recently said he wanted more “future-facing commodities” and was looking at “tougher jurisdictions”. Congo certainly ticks that box. .."

Wrong Congo - DRC - but still....

More to the point : a share buyback is usually a sign that management acknowledge that they don't have a better use for their/your money....and maybe an indirect way of putting up a 'For sale' sign.

Is that what AT is hinting at ?

I think you'll find that this is just the 'flash report' version of the study released a few days back.....as a pre print paper...

Bottom line (literally) :

13.The Committee recommends ongoing support for the human challenge work, particularly looking at infection dynamics in vaccinated individuals.

So (slowly) far, so good.....
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I'm not on twitter, what is supposed to be the catalyst ? Anything more tangible than an unsupported claim that AT has said that there'll be (unspecified) news ? Or do you suspect the usual P + D crowd ;-< ?

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Good stuff - thanks ! Snippets, AIUI :
- Delta brew 'nearly ready' per Chris Chiu, hopes to do the CHIM 'in a few months' time';
- this CHIM (on vaccinated/prev infected) will help understand how 'breakthrough' infection is possible;
- antiviral testing : CHIMs will allow the researchers to 'manipulate' when these are given (before infection; early on; later on) to work out optimal efficacy.
-'design work' on antivirals has already started...

In fact Fauci's position appears to have changed, from this in July 2020
https://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/diagnostics/fauci-says-human-challenge-trials-not-ethically-justified-experts-disagree

to this in Dec 2021 (he's one of the authors of the paper)....AND it's about coronavirus...

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/fauci-pushes-universal-coronavirus-vaccine-rcna8877

.."Testing universal vaccines in human challenge studies will be important, too, the authors argue. That type of research could accelerate vaccine development, but it’s ethically complicated because it involves intentionally infecting people to test a vaccine.
While many scientists view human challenge studies for Covid-19 as unethical because it is so severe, it might be possible to design responsible studies for viruses that cause colds or another proxy. Researchers have conducted challenge studies in influenza trials....etc.."

His overall record seems a bit questionable...but his influence (so far) isn't - as you yourself acknowledge - so I guess this apparent change of heart, even if buried in the article, is a Good Thing....

'Every little helps'

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