RE: AMG leak26 Aug 2025 15:53
I do partially agree however it was me that was banging the drum and adding and adding earlier this year. But my thesis, my argument, was that GRL was a binary risk but had appeared to be at least breaking even at the group level and was showing modest and steady month on month production growth (on the whole). I was also happy to accept that we probably won't see a big step up in production in April/May but from June onwards if all was well that's when it would come and there would be six to seven months of profit to pay down the gold loan either completely or at least the majority without further financing. This was the commentary in the March operational update:
'The preparatory work continues for the expansion of Pit 1, with the pushback of the benches to allow access to the ore. It is anticipated that mining operations will re-commence in Pit 1 this month, where expected grades are 1-1.2 g/t, which with increased stacking and the continued improvement in leach kinetic rates is expected to facilitate the achievement of our production target over the coming months. '
It's now five months since that comment and so you can see why someone like myself certainly doesn't see the risk/reward as as favourable as it was back then.