RE: Mike GP/Gibbo14 May 2020 10:36
Right, I have slept off my bad night's sleep. On re-awakening 10-15% drop seems a bit harsh given that we now have, for the very first time , clear confirmation of a profitable underlying business. Unfortunatley I think we might now be locked in at the 10-12p range until we start to see the real benefit of the third berth cargoes drop to the bottom line in H2 (don't forget the costs of operating the Tema contract are fixed), and clear evidence on Freetown re-opening date. I am hoping they will start some quarantine system for new arrivals. Still only 387 cases (not deaths) in the whole country so it will be interesting to see if the Govt want to get things started sooner not later. The vending machine deal ouldnbe pretty useful. A point I made ages ago is that we now apppear to be making a larher number of smaller tech sales- that much was confirmed today. That is useful because it means we are less exposed to the lumpiness of big contracts. Plenty to keep us ticking over for during the next 6 and a bit months.