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Cannacord appointed as broker for HUM - great move to see a solid broker on board now!

Brent............stop looking through my office window!!!! How did you know i was wearing my school girl outfit!!!! Pervert.............

I can see you point DB a few artisinal miners chucking stones at the army is worrying stuff for a potential interested buyer.......I mean when you balance it against free cash of $600 an ounce, well there is just no comparison.......

Sadly investors would rather buy high risk quick return stocks it would seem, for example..............MYSQ - what an utter dog of a company, forever diluting getting loan notes and other ways in which to keep raising funds and diluting etc, they have had 68 trades to our piddly 7! We are a very cash positive company, close to 50koz of gold produced since gold pour to end of 2nd Quarter 2018 with revenues likely to be around the $63 - $68m mark, huge upside potential when drilling already proven licence areas to increase LOM to 10 and beyond years. Frustratingly i cannot put my finger on it......why are we not attracting any buyers, why does it appear we have had a large buyer mopping up shares at 33p then 31p after the inncident and 32p as it moved forward. No TR1 because AIM rules are just disgraceful. Possibly a market being made and controlled rather than relying on supply and demand. Milestone after milestone, achievement after achievement and we are 25% lower than we were back end of 2017 whilst still building and commissioning the plant! We have broker notes above the 50p mark...............seriously what is there not to like about HUM as an investment! Frustrating is not the right word! I have no doubt though that the quarterly result will be stonking but shareholder value is not being realised and that is one element that is out of the control of HUM. I have complete faith they will deliver, they will increase LOM, they will acquire additional assets, pay down debt and go from strength to strength, do they need more strength from the recently appointed PR company, more interviews, more shares events, are HUM under the radar to a degree.............all interesting and equally frustrating topics to mull over. Meanwhile, patience will be the ingredient that overcomes all the negative elements associated with our lack of sustained and well deserved movement north. Patience................................

We will see a large buy or a few largish buys at 31.5p around 16.20pm to 16.30pm or even after trading auction. They are happy to give 30.7p on 75k shares. Just a hunch but there does seem to be a buyer collecting the shares. If everyone just held their nerve and didnt sell then they would have nowhere to go with the sp, if the buyer wants shares then they would have to get them at a higher price. Its all a clever "legal" sway to gently ease shareholder to the sell button.

Cheers OthodeLagery and Darola - Both interesting updates.

Mining companies in Africa have been dealing with artisinal miners for decades. It is an element that will always be apparent on licence areas. The government hold a strong stance if thier law and order agreements are broken or abused. The Malian Government relies heavily on investment into gold projects within its country and they have a protocol in place to uphold all the agreements. Sadly there are times when there are injury and even worse loss of life. Besides all this the large buyer that HUM has at the moment has obviously considered the risks associated with artisinal miners, the law and order and so on and is very happy to continue filling thier boots.......the old saying comes to mind "follow the money"! We need to be pragmatic as shareholders and realise that there is risk but there is far more reward in play as HUM are dealing with every eventuality with complete professionalism, control and skill. The sp dropped 10% on the news of the incident and the next couple of days trading saw it return to the same level pre incident. The market was comfortable that all was well and the incident, albeit tragic for the loss of life, did not affect mining operations and production of the Gold. Just a reminder......HUM are on track to producing a total of 50koz of Gold since first pour up to the end of the first quarter of commercial production........Yummy :)

DB......or should that be "Dear Me" best laugh of the whole week that one!!!! But in all seriousness, hang your head in shame for an utterly embarrassing post......... :( :( :(

Noms, Komana West is in the total opposite direction to where AMS / HUM are currently mining. They are mining Komana East at the moment. AMS are responsible for the whole mining contract (600 page contract document). Komana East wasn't affected in any way shape or form. The work that was being undertaken / is being undertaken is preliminary works inc drilling as discussed previously. There is no way that the incident caused any loss in mining activity at Komana East, KE and KW are accessed by different roads and so on and there was no loss of production at the plant either. The incident was solely based around the moving on, under government and local leader agreements, of the artisinal miners at Komana West. No loss of mining activity and certainly no loss of production occurred as a result of the incident. For someone 35 years in the industry you act quite ignorant to the facts. You of all people could offer invaluable experience and knowledge to this board but each post is a negative subjective and quite often unsubstantiated opinion or theory. The fact remains the incident was in a totally opposite direction to both the plant and the current mining activities at Komana East :)

Thanks BT for your comment, i will surely take it on board! By the way anyone see the large 225k buy at 32p - nice chunk of shares acquired by someone, if they keep swooping in and gathering shares up at that rate it surely cant be long before we see the next leg up in sp value. Was that ok BT?

Hi O & W. Bert is the company spokesman really, if you email or phone the company you are most likely to get a conversation or reply from him. I only really make contact when there is something that is worth trying to understand more and get more detail about. The answers to any emails or phone calls are only ever further detail on information or events that are already in the public domain. JV plans for Dugbe. This was discussed last October when a few of us PI's took a trip to head office to meet Dan & Bert, very basic discussion around Dugbe and some extended discussion around the economics of the project, nothing more that is already out in the public domain. Share repurchase plans. I have asked about this and we do have a special resolution within the AGM agenda covering the initial legalities and decision making around share buy back. However the answer from HUM has always been that they are at the early stages of commercial production and as stated in other interviews and news etc the emphasis is on paying down the debt. There is equal value in becoming debt free and it puts HUM in a stronger financial positions which ultimately benefits shareholders. 2019 exploration plans around Yanfolila. Only ever spoken about up coming exploration plans, targets and spending for this year. It is a good question and maybe if HUM have another CC with the next wave of results this can be covered! Civil unrest ahead of the election. Only really discussed the recent security issue and how it has reached a calmer conclusion. Again, a worthwhile topic to bring up with them! Plans for using Cora's gold resource down the road. Again nothing further than what we already know, the 34% holding in CORA is a big factor in how it positions both HUM and CORA in some potential lucrative alignment. In terms of anything more than that nothing more discussed. The important factor in all this is HUM are very approachable and are more than happy to discuss with their shareholders the asset, thinking and obviously non material news etc.

It looks as though our buyer is consistently paying 32p for shares. The mm's are trying as much as they can to gather stock for them. I just have a vision of them opening the hoover bag and sifting through the dust for nuggets of HUM gold shares..........lol Still frustrating but then watching the sp each day is never a healthy pastime, i would suspect the only sellers at the moment are those that just dont want to wait for the waltzers to start.......the cups and saucers ride is still going on until the buyer has filled their boots.....i would say the next 4 weeks of trading will be interesting as we enter the phase of anticipation on the first full quarter results from production..................exciting time ahead i feel!

TBTT - It seems like things are spicing up in Liberia, this really does bode well for HUM and shareholders, production on target and now Liberia experiencing some movement. The future is looking healthy for sure!!!

Last paragraph again because LSE message system cut it short.......... So good luck Perry in your investment in HUM and whatever else you are invested in but don't knock the efforts of those who are, to some degree, helping you to understand more and more about what it is you are invested in. I personally have learned a lot on here from some excellent posters. All the negative spin i have read in the last 6 months has never once helped me, why? Because it is generally unsubstantiated views from antagonistic posters who clearly have either hidden agendas or are simply just here to wind up the genuine holders! #goodluck

Perry - I am a large holder here too, i have been for some time now and its not about believing the company will deliver, it is literally witnessing them deliver. Anyone with any funds invested here wants to know that their investment is as safe as possible and that all the apparent risks have been researched. There will always be risks associated with investing, in particular the mining and minerals industry (which also includes oil and gas). So for me to build a relationship with the company i have my a chunk of my family's inheritance invested in, well perry, it is absolutely imperative that i get to know every nut and bolt so that i can judge as much as humanly possible what the ever changing risks may present along this shark infested journey. I respect other investors and indeed i have gained some "real" friendships through the various whatsapp, twitter and facebook groups. I see the positives in the company and express / report the reasons why i and others invest. If i spot danger then i will swing away and investigate those dangers and if necessary take action, reduce my exposure or indeed sell. I was an avid Sound holder and gained a great relationship with Sound management, however things changed for me and the risks, in my eyes increased to a degree that did not suit my personal risk profile, so i derisked and finally sold all my holding. I never once posted my full reasons because that would be disrespectful to other Sound holders and to their investment decisions. Much the same here, to date, all that HUM have said they were going to do they did. Until those fundamentals change for the worse i will continue to maintain a relationship with HUM management, promote the FACTS (oops) and convey all the elements i have learned and understood from phone calls, emails and other forms of communication. I run my own architectural practice and it cost me my time to go to Mali and then put together a comprehensive 70 page report. This wasn't for any accolade at all but a report for the PI's from first hand perspective of another PI. It took around 30 hours to put it together which included trawling through hours of scribbles and notes and sketches and so on. All that for a few accolades.....i think not. All that to know and understand to the highest level possible just what i was invested in and as equally important for all the other "genuine" PI's, be it long, medium or short term holder. So good luck Perry in your investment in HUM and whatever else you are invested in but don't knock the efforts of those who are, to some degree, helping you to understand more and more about what it is you are invested in. I personally have learned a lot on here from some excellent posters. All the negative spin i have read in the last 6 months has never once helped me, why? Because it is generally unsubstantiated views from antagonistic posters who clearly have either hidden agendas or are simply just here to wind up the g

Bye sunshine :)

Thanks Mostyn..................oh and "Tod Hoffman" that made me chuckle..................lol

Nomz, thanks for your posts they have been rather pointless and lacking any value whatsoever, lets just go back to the facts shall. By the way the following is 100% FACTUAL. 1. The security incident has dissolved now and all is well on site at Komana West. 2. HUM are now back working on Komana West, they are clearing and grubbing up the top surface and undertaking some grade control drilling. 3. They plan on introducing the Ore to the plant around October of 2018 (i have checked with Bert and he confirmed this! (By the way he told me to tell you to chill out they are smashing it out in Yanfolila)! I did say they plan to mine in October when in fact the correct fact is they are introducing the ore in October. However they will still be mining Komana West so its a moot point really in terms of discrepancy. 4. Ore will be stock piled as necessary in line with the wet season and HUM making sure that they are fully stocked on the Rom pad with ore as they feed the plant, they have a main crusher and a secondary crusher Also Nomz, by way of some additional information, during the�early�stages of ramp up and through key phases of commercial production�HUM�are�treating�mainly�oxide�material�and�they�have been consistently feeding�the�ball�mill�directly�with�ore�from�the�primary�crusher. � From�the�second�year�of�production�the�company�will�commission�the�secondary�crushing�circuit into production and from the 3rd year of production a tertiary crushing facility. I get that you feel it is a peeing contest and you are trying to flex your muscles by being as derogatory as you can if anyone else tries to demonstrate knowledge within the mining industry. I am a humble man and if it helps your ego i am happy to concede you know more about mining than i do. Its a big world and knowledge is valuable, i try to gain as much knowledge as i can along this roller coaster journey we are all on. So Nomz, my old chum, how about chilling out a wee bit and use your knowledge to analyse the facts and leave the negative speculation at the door........................ :)

Perry.......Nomz post was a negative spin on great news! However he feels the need to spin, correct or respond to the summary that has been reported......i literally do not care. The FACT remains, that they are back on KW doing preliminary work prior to mining. There was no discussion around the timing of the mining operation commencing other than in previous communications and documents released by HUM they have mentioned commencing KW in October. They began mining operations at KE in August 2017 and stockpiled the ore ready for completion of the commissioning phase and first gold pour. So to be factually correct, they will be mining KW shortly, it would appear, in preparation to stock pile and ultimately introduce ore into the plant around October 2018. The summary of the conversation stands as reported......... Finally I asked if they were back working KW again and I am happy to report they are! I then asked what they meant by "working on KW again"? Basically, this means clearing and grubbing up the top surface and some grade control drilling! If you recall the plan is to mine KW around October / November 2018. If you or him want to speak to HUM direct and report back on whether their mine plan has changed or whether they are getting ready for a smooth transition to bringing Ore into the plant from KW alongside operations at KE, then please, do us all a favour and find out for yourselves. The point is ALL IS WELL out in Yanfolila and they are back on the preliminary work at KW prior to mining and ore being introduced to the plant around October 2018...........................................

Oh dear oh dear oh dear.....NomZ that is very very embarrassing sunshine and here is why............... Grade control drilling While it is tempting to jump right into the mining process, grade control drilling should be done in order to find out exactly what type of minerals and ores it is that you are working with. Knowing the grade and variability of the ore being used is very important as it will assist you in deciding which types of drilling and mining are suited to the type of rock and mineral being mined. The task of doing grade control drilling falls onto the shoulders of the mine geologists. It is up to them to study the rock and advise the mine owners on the best mining practices available to them depending on the type of rock and the type of ore being mined. Grade control drilling is done by drilling out a sample and analysing it. Though this sounds easy, the process is not that simple. Grade control is the final step in the process before the mining can be done. "Grade control is the final step in the process before the mining can be done"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!