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Starbright/Wolves - I count myself amongst the 'inexperienced investors' to whom you refer. I've read so many times that our shares are being 'stolen' from us by market manipulation, bent MM's, bent research houses putting out false information etc. I don't subscribe to this view at all. Ultimately, all holders have a choice to sell or not. If a holder decides to sell, it's their choice. If that decision is based upon poor understanding of the company in which they're invested, then I have zero sympathy. Rick Rule always points out that so many investors just aren't prepared to put in the time to carry out properly research and that's why they make poor decisions. Whilst I abhor any wrong-doing by the aforementioned MMs etc. we all have to take responsibility for our decisions. If people don't like the reality of what the market is, especially the London AIM market, then they should look elsewhere to invest.

Thank you, BMHLtd. Your responses are appreciated and help me to understand what can be a very opaque environment. The amount of time I have to keep up with news flow perhaps isn't sufficient to garner sufficient information, but that's my problem and no one else's! I must have missed Juho's comments in 2024.

Best wishes and, like you, I hope this plays out in the way you say it might.

BMHLtd. You appear to have started posting on FARN in April 2024 (that's the earliest post I can see and WG offers you a welcome) and I wonder what piqued your interest here. Your appearance coincides with the AGM that approved a significant fund-raising and, because I'm naturally cynical about what I read on CBs, it has crossed my mind if you could be being paid to promote this company. Would you be able to answer my first two questions and react to my cynicism?

Just to be clear BMHLtd, I'm not insinuating anything at all and have no intention to offend. I'm just stating an opinion as do others who think we are being 'played'. The challenge, for the likes of me, is to weigh up the veracity of the information I read and to consider the motives, if any. I see lots of posts using AI to support the belief that Faron is worth x and will by bought out by y and take the same approach. Again, you have written 'I do believe offers will already be on the table ' and, unless you have inside knowledge, this is just speculation and us mere mortals, with far less of an insight into this space, can only assume as much. I'm not suggesting that you're either right or wrong in any of your assumptions etc. but making the point we can't know. I. for one, appreciate your contributions, but take them 'in the round' and take note of other sources that take a different view. Having read about the 80% drop in the SP in 2018 following the poor results of the Traumakine Phase 3 trials, I'm very much aware that things can change very quickly. My view is, on balance, that we have enough of a chance of being successful that it makes me stay invested.

I certainly agree with BMHLtd that Biotech is volatile and not for the faint-hearted.

Unfortunately, Santhi , only Faron know the answer to that question. No matter what information and opinions are put out there by posters such as BMHLtd, WG and others, no one truly knows. I’ve been here a while, too, and my initial belief, that success will be forthcoming, is being tested. I recall Covgas making the comment ‘we’re all being played for fools’. Again, only time will tell and we all have to make a judgement call based upon our own circumstances.

Surely there are just too many variables at this stage to arrive at any meaningful valuation and it's all just speculation? Has anyone come across a brokers note/analysis for COB?

From my very limited knowledge, the RNS reads very well. The language is all positive with the words and phrases 'significant', 'high value', 'excellent grades', 'outstanding', 'eagerly awaited by management', being used. More patience is required as we head towards the end of the month! Those with a deeper knowledge of these things will be able to offer more than my simplistic overview.

Thank you for that, TGBZW. An interesting read and certainly useful for investors such as me who want to learn more about the opportunity. I’ve been invested for a while and don’t plan to sell until it plays out.

Does anyone know how we might be able to obtain one of the Havieron gold coins if and when they do get minted? I'm sure I'm not alone in having the 'romantic' notion of owning (at least) one and passing them onto the next generation of one's family. Has this been mentioned by SD in the past?

Hang in there SHs. Like so many posters are writing, mine shares aren't for sale. In fact the longer these shenanigans have gone on, the more resolute I've become!

Happy weekend all.

I feel sorry for the maintenance contractors who take care of the mills and other plant, machinery and equipment. To know that a day's delay costs $1.9m of profit must really focus the attention! Haven't we got a 10-day planned maintenance shutdown sometime soon?

Not testing mine at all, Figes! PB is a super-smart guy and will release information when it's accurate, ready and appropriate to do so. What's the rush? The fundamentals haven't changed and, in time, I believe we will be rewarded.

Does anyone else think this has run its course? I’m getting the impression that they just wanted to sell the stock they’ve got sitting in t vats in Switzerland and the DTC route was the easiest and cheapest way to do it. TM’s focus will be on IMM.

Apologies. I missed that. Thank you SS.

Does anyone know how to watch the webinar without subscribing? I cant find it anywhere else.

Whilst I understand your frustrations, The Doors, you need to acknowledge that everyone has a choice to sell or not. It’s not embezzlement. The truth is that AIM is dying. There are less than 700 companies listed on there now, which is less than half what there was 20 years ago. It’s a very lightly-regulated market and will become a victim of its own poor conduct. It does seem odd to me that GGP are still on there. With a MC of over £2B. it doesn’t seem an appropriate place to be listed. What do I know though! As another poster rightly commented earlier today, leave the running of the company to SD and his excellent team.

Maybe it’s a topic that can be asked at the next Town Hall.

Anyway. I asked the question to open a debate and the answers have been both interesting and informative. This is why I post on message boards and am grateful for the courteous responses. Thank you.

JS - Perhaps a poor choice of phrase on my part. By 'diversifying', I meant holding our profit in something other than cash.

Thanks, Element1. Did Shaun ever respond and indicate that they would consider it or explain why they can't/don't?

BB. That's one of the reasons I asked. GGP seem to have a lot of cash in the bank, which I assume they put on overnight deposit or fixed term deposit. So my thought was that they could diversify a bit and keep some gold.

Forgive me for what maybe a naive question as I know nothing of how this works! When the price of gold is heading north, do GGP ever hold onto any of the gold they produce in the belief that they could sell it at a higher price in the future? This may not be possible because they have contracted to supply x number ozs to customers and have a duty to deliver it at a certain price on a given date? Just a thought.