RE: Embarrassing - in a word16 Feb 2022 14:12
I am sure that he does act as a drag on the SP. The issue is, what would happen if he was binned? Well likely that DRC would not turn out as well. To get a result against Glencore we are going to need the DRC bods on our side and their cooperation. Most people on here think that this is about $20mil: it is not. The deal Glencore agreed to was significantly greater and our claim for damages would be a multiple of that. If we are successful against Glencore then RRR ends up with more from that than everything else put together. AB is key to the DRC/Glencore results.
He continues to be important in Kenya: see the recent arrest and deportation of 5 Chinese illegal miners. We also need him for Burkina Faso, Cote d'ivoire and Zimbabwe.
The discussion always assumes that there is this fantastical ideal bod to replace AB. First there may be, in which case why would he join RRR, and secondly, get me his cv. When it comes down to it, at this stage the perfect candidate doesn't exist and in any case would be unlikely to join if they did.
RRR needs to keep to its knitting for the moment: Elephant needs to list, NBGC needs to list, RRR needs to bring in some pre-IPO funding for some of its other deals and it needs to sort a JV on Kenya. Back end of the year RRR should look quite different.
DYOR