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Hi, Chicken, Sharetrader and Legal
Thanks for some sensible posts. I don't understand the motivation of bhargav and leematt in trashing the company; looks more like a personal vendetta than a paid hit-job. But they have enough energy and commitment to dominate the chatboard, which is unfortunate and off-putting to potential investors.
Brad told me in an email of 16th April, "The DD is mostly being undertaken by external legal and accounting teams as is best practice. " So Sharetrader is right to say that the delay is outside Brad's control.
Bhargav's very attached to the .... Leematt uses them very seldom; but this could of course be a managed difference.
Coleridge claimed that he could immediately recognise five lines by Wordsworth, without being told by whom they were written; but then we're not dealing with words that are worth much at the present time.
Hi, Legal
I feel I have a duty to defend the reputation of alcohol. I often post messages under the influence; and when I read them the next day, the grammar and spelling are perfect. It's just the opinions that are bizarre.
Hi, Sharetrader
This is a difficult one to decide, on stylistic grounds. My own view is that they are two separate people; bhargav's mistakes of grammar and spelling happen, because english is not his first language; and leematt's, because he's not very well educated. Leematt has a better mastery of colloquial english, e.g. "never heard so much rubbish in my entire life."
But they do have three things in common; they are addicted to attacking our CEO, demolishing our faith in the company, and posting frequent messages. As I post frequently too, perhaps both are masks for myself, who knows?
Best wishes
Loose is OK, chicken. Spelling only got standarised in the mid 18th c. The duke of Marlborough's spelling was all over the place; but that didn't stop him winning the battle of Blenheim.
Hi, TJ
I have looked through your past posts, and (speaking as a literary critic) they're a real pleasure to read. The difference between us, is that I'm too polite to denounce anyone as "mentally deranged" or "childish," perhaps because my own eccentricities are well-developed.
Best wishes
Sotolo's posts on Centamin, Tharisa and Hochschild are excellent, and well worth reading. But on the matter of OMI, I agree with Legal. It's all about market cycles and timing. And I think that Brad has done well, in difficult conditions. Newmont pulled the plug on the j.v. , not because Anza is garbage, but because (i) Colombian politics were adverse, and (ii) since the merger with Newcrest, Newmont has too many projects on its plate.
The only investment a buy and hold strategy works for, is an index tracker; that will carry you through a bear market into the next bull market with no problems; and you don't need to worry about it. I recommend it to Leematt.
Hi, NewboF
The answer to your question at 16.53 is no; he wants us to sell. But I don't fully understand why.
The faux sympathy for Bhargav is a memorable example of that kind of thing; he's never met bhargav, and couldn't care whether he lives or dies.
Absolutely, Masks. It passes the time....
Whatever bhargav's taking, I'd like some, too. But instead I'll have to get by with my Sauvignon Blanc.
If the directors were going to buy, surely they would have done it on the placing?
Volume is low, because everyone who wishes to buy, on the basis of present information, has already done so. The only thing that will change this is news (or a push by some financial influencer).
Hi, Dr
Thanks for this. Before I thought he was a fool; now I think he's a knave.
There is a much larger problem here; which is how to deal with the dishonest.
On the plus side, over time, one gets quite a good idea of someone's character from his (or occasionally, her) posts. There are some people here whom I would cross over the street to avoid; but then, they probably feel the same about me.
And there are others, to whom I am well-disposed. Among whom etc.
Hi, Zap
I'm surprised by this; you may be right, but I thnk not.
One has to make a judgement of character; and there are two points against Brad (he's not put any of his own money in; and doing a fund-raise before rather than after the RNS on the letter of intent was silly). But I think he does want to make a success of Anza, and the other projects.
He was kind enough to reply to my email, asking if he would be on site for the drilling at Pepas in May; the answer is yes. But it's not necessary, because the senior geo, Jáñez, has been with the company since 2013, and knows what he is doing.
I'm hanging on to my 2.17m.
Best wishes
I can add one more reason to Chicken's list. Orosur employs two "top notch" geologists to do the exploration; Jerónimo Jáñez and Ernesto Slavutsky, both from Argentina.
The praise comes from Brad, not myself.
@Tugmaster, cont'd
Obviously, spend some time on the company website. And watch the Flagstaff interviews with Brad, particularly the most recent one, 25th March.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a1sFDBvRc0&pp=ygUtRmxhZ3N0YWZmIGludGVydmlldyB3aXRoIENFTyBvZiBPcm9zdXIgTWluaW5n
Hi, Tugmaster
One very basic difference between GGP and OMI is market cap; £315m for GGP, £11m for OMI. Small caps rise and fall faster than large caps. So if both companies receive good news, the rise will be greater here.
Once upon a time, of course, GGP had a market cap of less than a million; but that's ancient history now.
There'll be a fund-raise after some good drill results; that's my guess.