RE: Rns5 Nov 2020 08:23
Will be a better deal.
Path want DTU.
Gas Rock want the physical Kansas kit.
Path went to buy it all from us for shares in Path (that were tied in), and a royalty in the future on DTU.
Path then went to sell the physical assets for cash to Gas Rock...
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Gas Rock are drilling on their own land and want the additional leases and the equipment at Kansas, delays will be annoying for them as they were drilling on their own land and want the kit.
Path are tied up more as main market listed (or will be on re-admission) so more bogged down with paperwork with their prospectus, causing delays.
So we will now most likely sell the DTU patents separately to Path which is fine, they are just patents, if they make anything or do anything else also we can just get rid of the shares, there is no tie-in.
And most likely we will sell for cash the Kansas assets to Gas Rock, and conclude that quickly.
For Gas Rock they can now buy the physical assets immediately as they are simply a private company.
We are in a better position overall if that happens, and Gas Rock get the kit they want without any further delays to them...
Everyone is a winner...
Plus Zoetic isn't tied in to the shares from Path, nor will it have any ongoing royalty from DTU, so it will be able to be 100% oil and gas free.... which is where it wants to be.
That will help it in the long term as can be a green and clean company, further helping the investment case as it grows.
Nothing cash would have come in from that sale from Path for a while as tied in and would take time for them to develop DTU, by which point we would already be a successful and budding Global Brand with luck...
So I'm much happier with the approach as it is. It also means the only aspect that has any potential future costs associated with it can be removed cleanly and quickly now and isn't dependant on PATH re-listing.