V30 Jun 2018 19:40
I’m not suggesting that the intended JV shouldn’t be signed off and the Ministry of mines timelines met. The deal at the time would not have included V processing as there is no EIA. Of course BMR hold the upper hand, our material, land, licences and 60% of Kabwe Operations if the agreement is entered into. The plant will be on our land and put to use by Kabwe Processing Ltd to process Zinc and Lead, JPL providing the initial funding at a premium and taking a 40% cut of the spoils as the processors. We still have overheads on site, a geologist, Enviro Directors, although one was touting himself around, Geoff Casson and Jeff Livesey.
The announced dates have not been met, an update prior to the end of June has not been made. We have not had sight of the operating agreement. In my view JLP are acting in a managing operators, reluctant at that, they have no skin in the deal and own only rights to manage and process. The V is of considerable value and is the value driver but as yet there is no mapped out processing or licence to process. We await JLP’s efforts to finalise its initial design work programme and budget for the construction phase of the Kabwe plant and (ii) make its decision whether to proceed with the plant development.
We have no other details about the operating agreement, the plant size, production rates and materials volumes and type being produced. Everyone’s scribbling and musings on what may or may not be included in the framework of the documements are just that. Alex may have screwed up by allowing Jezzer to manage the ACI funding, we don’t know who approched BMR or JLP, was Jezzer a driving force once again? Alex will still have options and he is no mug when it comes to financing, it’s about time he took up the mantle and drove this project forward for the benefit of BMR and it’s stakeholders, he has skin in BMR and by all accounts a triumvirate of wealthy backers who may bear further influence. All the JLP holders that have appeared are equally opportunistic and have barrels of conjecture and misplaced support to offer the BB. Colin is a Non Exec and we await an appointment of a new executive director with experience of the African natural resources sector to be appointed as soon as practicable.
Everything else that Sirly and Sidecar and the other deranged multiple alias poster have to offer is pure conjecture, hope and speculation. Best if everyone stops churning out fantasy until we have more information. I am minded to be positive about a potentially lucrative ending to all involved. Whatever it is it must be workable, bought into and executed. At this time BMR is in pole position, IP not yet ceded and all the assets are in the BMR camp, those being above ground and carrying immense value.