RE: Director alignment9 Jul 2025 12:40
Putting last week aside, it was great to see so many people engaged in the debate (including Saturday posts = hardcore) and sharing a range of opinions. It’s important to have differing viewpoints — otherwise, the LSE board just becomes an echo chamber. While I don’t agree with everything that’s said (and I’m sure not everyone agrees with me either), it’s healthy discussion.
Worth noting, the leadership do read these posts, so we should be mindful of that when writing — everyone has feelings. I’ll say it again: they’re all passionate about ORR and genuinely want it to succeed.
On the share buying point, it was interesting to see the warrants reduced; in fact, it’s now actually cheaper to buy in the open market. I’m glad the board all have skin in the game — ultimately, how much they choose to buy is a personal choice. Salary-wise, I want to see them compensated fairly to stay motivated, but at the same time, I also want to see clear results. Perhaps "Rosser & Smeeton" have an adequate holding of shares already; after all, this is still a high-risk play. In some sense, it’s gambling — big risk, hopefully big reward. Today’s RNS goes some way toward chipping away at the de-risk iceberg! Perhaps I’m the clown for holding over 100M shares, though I do take some comfort from Eileen’s holding!
However, our flagship asset, Mbe, still looks on track to deliver what we need — that’s probably where the real needle move will come in time. As mentioned last week, it would be great to see the board close out some of the old milestones, as it would give us some closure and show progress outside of exploration!
While it’s frustrating to see the share price at this level, the flip side is it could be an opportunity for those looking to top up. I have a few other shares in play, and if they yield some extra coin over the next few weeks, I’d be very tempted to add a few more million here at this level.
Another gamble — on whether the SP rises after Lanstead, or eventually after bagging over 2M oz at Mbe!