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I haven't received any missives from Solgold for yonks, but am delighted to have received an email from HQ detailing today's Project Update RNS. Nice to feel wanted again.

Osisko Gold Royalties is a separate company from Osisko Mining (the subject of the takeover), Royalties having been spun off when mining was bought out a decade or so ago.

Interesting.

https://www.miningweekly.com/article/gold-fields-buys-canadas-osisko-for-c216bn-2024-08-12

I filtered Quad years ago (one of my better decisions) but I see from others responses that he's still spouting his rubbish on a daily basis. He sits at his desk propounding his crazy theories 'backing' them up with copy and paste data and quotes which even if factual are irrelevant and generally sucking the life and humour out of anyone he comes into contact with. I believe his main employment is as a BBC fact checker.

Footy starts today for my club. Ko at 12:30 ffs! Something else to depress me. I'll be playing Leonard Cohen Cds by 3:00 if the sun doesn't come out!

GLA

Whoops! That did it!

Time they fixed this BB. Been down for hours!

Handsome - re your 16:51 - what's wrong sunshine, you scared of the truth? Viable (a respected poster on many BBs here - unlike yourself) was merely saying his day out was impeded by yet another demonstration by people with a grievance not necessarily shared by the rest of us!

If you're accusing someone of ray cisem (sic) try looking at yourself first. It cuts both ways!

Cperkin - Thanks for the x.com. Looks like a lunar landscape. Hope it sends our SP to the moon!

Noel - have you covered all bases? 5 BBs that I count!

Jazim - 'One of the first things I learnt about trading in shares'

Not being picky but haven't you described yourself as an investor, not a trader?

Eloro - Agreed. First minute or so he looks pretty well drained and in need of a few days rest and sleep. Some of that could be due to the camera being so much lower than his eyes (making them look almost closed) as when he occasionally leans forward and becomes almost level with the camera his eyes open wider and he looks more normal.

Apart from his eyes, you will notice he wasn't at the office and was dressed casually, so perhaps this was an interview he felt he should do but would rather have not!

Whatever, just hope he ensures he gets some downtime for his sake and obviously ours! He is in Ecuador yet the people he will be talking to will probably be in other time zones, so having your days regularly being disrupted can't be a good thing.

Maybe he can try the old trick of going incommunicado for a couple of days. He gets rested and he makes others wonder 'what's he up to?' 'who's he talking to if not me?'. Helps give them the move on!

Some posters here (eg BSR) are suggesting Mr S is being mean in his recent purchase of shares.

A little research would show that he was appointed at a lesser than usual salary (much like our CEO) but with a grant of options to ensure he has substantial 'skin' in the game. His options are as follows showing number, exercise price and vesting date:-

2,000,000 £0.1982 18 April 2024

2,000,000 £0.2100 18 April 2025

2,000,000 £0.2500 18 April 2026

Come on you guys, get real, he is VERY motivated.

If anything, his recent purchase is to me a signal that further good news is in the offing.

I see this topic is raising it's head again.

I'm no tax expert and my memory isn't as good as it once was but to paraphrase my understanding of the brief discussion by others on this BB regarding tax a few years ago was that:-

1) If SOLG were to sell off the Cascabel concession, SOLG would be liable for any tax on the Capital Gain.

2) If SOLG were to spin off the regionals in whichever way and leave only Cascabel within SOLG and a purchaser, having made an acceptable offer, buys all of the shares from the shareholders in that SOLG, then we (the shareholders) would be liable for any resultant Capital Gain. (Over the years I have sheltered my SOLG in my ISA, having foolishly expected sh*tloads of appreciation years before now. Lol)

Can anyone confirm this or am I being overly simplistic?

Affrm:- I've been catching up on yesterday's evening posts and with regards to yours of 20:35, my dear old Dad would have said 'why don't you shut your mouth and give your ears a chance!'

BHP have announced they are suspending the development of its West Musgrave Nickel operation for > 2 years because of low Nickel prices.

So that's Capex previously allocated, available to spend elsewhere?

Good news about Kestrel (RNS) but today BHP have RNS'd that they are suspending operations at West Musgrave Nickel from October 2024 to be reviewed by February 2027 due to week Nickel prices. Ecora had pointed out this might happen at last y/e.

Aren't we able to reclaim the withholding tax on our Self Assessment?

Top marks to the lady who dreamed up this headline:-

https://conservativewoman.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6378530ea3dde9537bada99f7&id=f9b9639a92&e=2ce2d19c0f

Bozi - re your post of 11:15 yesterday 'it might be better to refer to the ONS based on census projections for pulstion (sic) figures rather than the retail industry.'

So you are the guy who accepts ONS figures as being correct. Glad you finally owned up. For myself I wouldn't bet my kids' pocket money on anything they say being correct. I remember 10 or more years ago the Govt admitting that they had lost track of as many as 250k immigrants. Do you think thinks have changed in that respect? The chart you linked was an ESTIMATE up to mid 2022 only and carried the disclaimer 'Mid-year population estimates relate to the usually resident population. They account for long-term international migrants (people who change their country of usual residence for a period of 12 months or more) but do not account for short-term migrants (people who come to or leave the country for a period of less than 12 months) (or sometimes having arrived, don't leave - my words). This approach is consistent with the standard UN definition for population estimates which is based upon the concept of usual residence and includes people who reside, or intend to reside, in the country for at least twelve months, whatever their nationality.'

Retailers will know how much they are selling, they're a pretty slick group, and as such I would trust their estimate against that of a Govt funded body any day of the week in these times.

Bozi - 'Including all the kids and the illegal immigrants in your numbers now it suits 1984?'

The retail industry claim that according to their own figures, the amount of goods they are selling supports a population of over 80 millions.