RE: why ORM ??6 Dec 2020 13:14
Watts, I can't see Orm wanting anything to do with another listed company, let alone focused on gold in Africa (graveyard of AIM miners). Listing a company in UK is an expensive business (circa £1m) so It's important for ORM to gain value from this listing by attracting non listed companies which would potentially gain value from the open market and access to the City.
Plus, as Ivans outlines, Orm is sat with a war chest of tax losses which is worth an absolute fortune to any near term producing asset, again, adding value to orm as an asset. Personally i think any gold investment would be madness, gold is near historical highs and any venture into this sector would be expensive. Additionally, if considering a gold venture, why look to divest their gold and copper assets in Spain?
Oil and gas is at the bottom of their relative cycles and value in M&A in Oil and Gas currently is perceived to be extremely high. (Likes of Kist, sqz and many others all looking for value acquisitions) .
I'm going to stick with my initial thoughts re Dunraven and if any merger, JV, RTO is to contribute towards a near term drill in ex Circle Oil assets, then you can expect fireworks for ORM shareholders. Additionally, if ORM move over to oil and gas I would expect a separate announcement around the Spanish gold and copper asset sales so the business can change it's investment criteria and appoint new board members accordingly. Maybe the delay is more related to an asset sale rather than where the business headed? Why the sudden price surge to 1.8p a month or two back....., someone certainly got excited about something. Either way, we'll find out in the next 12 days and valued just above cash currently, I see minimal downside at current price.