RE: Implications24 Jan 2026 15:25
I think it was a little more complicated than that. Without them we couldn’t have cheese grated Havieron or started the decline, which is where our SP increase came from. The issues came later as I think Newcrest knew that Newmont were coming. The talks of that merger would have started years before it actually took place. I think if that merger had never been the cards, we would have slowly progressed to production with Newcrest.
There were so many factors that came into play and still do with GGP, that you’d have been called crazy even writing a fiction book on it. No one would believe you.
I agree the big boys generally tend to wanna screw the up and comers, but if the contract is watertight, I feel good relationships can form. As I’ve said before, regardless of how much metal OMI find, jurisdiction is the biggest factor. I’m here till that first (which should be pretty quick) production, then I’m out. I feel once production is started, then a lot of the negative factors might start to come into play. Time will tell.