RE: Good vibes31 Jul 2023 14:16
Anyone can read the agm transcript and read exactly what was said this is my take on it but I am sure others will have different views.
Eua has significant assets that are ready for development. West Kytlim, Moncetundra and MKT. The board is focused on getting those assets sold as quickly as possible.
The Political situation hasn’t made their job easy. Grant Thornton had a lot more work to do this year, but at present sanctions do not affect them, they provide Russians employment and no one is trying to stop them selling.
The previous raise was earmarked for machinery costs and project developments.
The Rosgeo agreement expired on the 26th Feb. This prevents any further value creation in Russia.
Eua can sell their stockpile if they want to. Eua has enough cash for the coming year.
The Queeld court case has no effect on the sale of these assets as they are held by the company not the shareholder.
Dmitry is still very active in the M & A area.
James had finished everything he needed to do and took the projects through to the milestone of being able to start production, we are not advancing Monchetundra so he has moved onto other projects.
The new Ceo will be appointed after a sale is concluded.
Eurasia version 2, is basically moving into the hydrogen economy, and in fact, renewable energy in general. It was previously linked directly to their mining projects in Russia.
Due to obvious political changes, they will now look at projects as a way of transitioning, maybe out of pure mining. But again, that relies on having a successful sale.
They are still developing Eua 2 and will give more information when there is a clear road map.
All shareholders are given the same information via an rns. Due to Aim rules they are restricted from speculating.
They are re-jigging how they mine WK to save on costs, the dragline is performing well.
The Japanese office does have different jobs to do during the year and needs expenses for this.
With everything to do with licensing, regulations and compliance, they must comply with Russian regulations.
They are very hopeful for a sale by the end of the year and have reasons for that but can’t tell us what they are, due to Nda’s in place. The most recent Nda was signed in June.
The Sinosteel contract is very attractive as it includes the financing, however their main priority is a sale of the assets.
Artem has a background in resources and is a specialist in corporate governance and helped Shell previously. (Sakhalin exit?) He has helped a lot in the sale process.
Eua expected to make a sale before the DFS, but it needed to be included due to Russian regulations.
The Board believes that this year is a very critical year for the company and feels it is important for the board to have maximum flexibility in being able to raise pre-sale for Eua2 if need be. However the sale takes precedent over everything else.