RE: A fool and his money are easily parted....11 Feb 2024 02:43
I get what you are saying, but if you look only at the share price, there are many companies that seem to be raising money and don't have much to show for it.
The "story" of what we were looking at is what created the initial surge on listing. We were going to drill 3 wells and had the funds to do so.
We did a fair amount of seismic data logging which lasted from Feb-May 2021.
Jun 2021 - Tai1 we were drilling okay, but lost the drill string in the hole and could not recover it.
Jul 2021 - Tai1A sidetrack was started part way down original well.
Aug 2021 - Tai1A was completed. Wireline was getting hung up on washouts and hole conditions were deteriorating. As there was no free-gas found (only gas-cut-brine) DST were not done.
Tai2 well was started and completed. They were wanting to test the original shows, but found that the clay created a seal, so that could not be tested.
Nov 2021 - phase 2 seismic begun using the data from the wells to better identify targets.
Jan 2022 - seismic and completion of a multispectral satellite spectroscopy study announced. This helps identify the helium migration.
Feb 2022 - Electrical Resistivity Tomography ERT studies begun
May and Aug operational updates - were in discussions with a rig operator and also conducting a rig audit as the mineral rig used for Tai1 was too small a bore.
Nov 2022 - Alternative drilling rig sourced but this fell through in Jan 2023.
Dec 2022- Fundraise. £9.9M
Feb 2023 - new CEO
April 2023 - rig share LOI with Noble
May 2023 - CPR shows 61% estimated increase in resource.
Jul 2023 - acquisition of an Epiroc Predator 220 drilling rig. Tai-C well pad and access roads already underway
Aug 2023 - civil works complete
Sept 2023 - fundraise £6.3M and Tai3 commenced drilling
Oct 2023 - Tai3 drilled to 1,448m. Suffered mechanical and electrical breakdowns during drilling. Completed in Nov, but further drilling required as mud losses were incurred and parts needed after further breakdown.
Nov 2023 - wireline logs down to 1430m due to washouts. Samples recovered but no free gas. 7 inch casing run so they can return later.
Dec 2022 - £6.1M raised. No idea why they thought a 72% discount was required, but some people were able to profit from this.
Jan 2024 - ITwest1 drilled.
Feb 2024 - The Company identified three zones for well testing, and upon completion of each DST, all three zones successfully yielded downhole gas samples. 4.7% helium and 2.2% hydrogen.
£4.7M raised "which will enable us to fully focus on the next phase of the Company's growth."
I don't believe we have been told what the next phase is, but I would assume they are recompiling the seismic and downhole data to determine new targets, possible resource etc, so they can get a proper valuation.
They had serious problems finding a rig and then repairing the one they bought. The amount of good news has been lacking until late which is why the SP has been steadily dropping.