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Potter - bitter people or just shareholders who expect the board of the company to deliver on something people have invested their hard earned into? Covid caught a lot of businesses out and I take no issue with that being a factor in a delay, but when this is used time after time as the reason to push a deadline 4 times - come on.
Under promise over deliver? Why not have said Sept in the first place and got it done in August/Sept......longer delay would have been annoying at first glance but at least people would know where they stand.

100% Agree with you SirG. Sure Potter25 will be at me as a "bitter ex holder now deramping". However, I and others called this delay both times! That RNS was so lackadaisical it comes across as ah well we can just blame this on COvid. May became June became July became Sept. Nobody can argue this is a delay.....
I really really hope it is because there are 14 amazing deals on the table and they have a genuine opportunity to blow this out of the water. But something in my head says don't by any more as this could hurt.

Hes great at copying and pasting his RNS comments changing the dates.
Covid delays - blah
14 interested parties - blah
best interest of shareholders - blah

Not even a mention of that list of 14 being whittled down to a shortlist.

Might as well wait for 30th Sept no point selling and at least he has given some form of update. Treading thin ice again is old LC

Nothing that wasn't really said in the spongeshare interview but nice to get a reply to my question from Emma. Always adds a little confidence in mgnt when they are engaged with shareholders.

Good afternoon Emma,
I would firstly as a shareholder like to thank you for the great work you and the team are doing with progressing our pipeline of projects. I am also hoping this is a perfect storm with the price of gold looking very strongly positioned upwards.

One small area of concern for me is around the environmental permit, given this is the trigger to allow mining to start. Back in June as part of the GLA agreement RNS it was expected in “a few weeks”, which was still the case in the updated DEP RNS last week.
Are there any notable delays or issues with the permit applications that could hold up commencement of the project?
Regards,
J
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Dear J
Thank you for reaching out to GoldStone. I do firmly believe that we are in the perfect storm with the price of gold and the development staying "almost" on track, considering covid and a little stint in the naughty corner.
The environmental permit will be a process, Ghana was on complete lockdown for 8 weeks for this COVID19, as we were here in the UK, and the EPA were getting up to speed in June.
We are in the queue with several other companies all vying for the EPA attention. As you will see the Gov. of Ghana is very pro mining, https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/business/Parliament-approves-14-mining-leases-1009756
We have a meeting with the EPA this week to discuss the management plan, so we know we are close.
Just keep your fingers crossed that this COVID19 doesn’t rear its nasty head again, then we will keep it all on course.
With kind regards
Emma

Very good point BBN.

Could it be that AS meant a couple of weeks for the genuine "optimisation" part of this phase, which doesn't necessarily need an RNS on its own and what we are actually waiting for is an RNS to cover the whole lot as you mention below?

Would make logical sense given the pathway to regulatory approval and production lies in the fact we need to prove the test works with real patient samples. A POC is great but what works in a lab environment on a small scale under scientific conditions, is very different to what happens in the real world when you produce millions of them and put a test in the hands of Joe Bloggs

Interesting find ring the bell. As a swab test that is where Avacta will come into their own. Good to see a gauge on acceptable price points for “inferior” tests (assuming Avct test comes out as expected). Self service lft would be my co more beneficial in an airport than either having to have someone do the swabs or risk false results from self swabbing. Think the pitfalls of swabs are now we’ll know.
Agree that we could do with some news now though

EGTB I don’t think it’s a speeding ticket. It’s basically telling those journalists from yesterday shedding doubt and the numpties on the news that said “data was uninterpretable” to jog on.....
Something we may have to be careful of here too, the media can very quickly spin a great success story

Jimbo you’re complete pratt, please got bother some other board with your drivel

This kind of potential demand just adds to the need for the test to be gold standard. While there’s nobody currently ahead of us in this LFT antigen process, get the test as good as we possibly can. I’d rather wait an extra few days for that news and capture a booger portion of 30m a week, especially after it being pretty clear a vaccine is way off....

It’s usually around 11:30 they come out KDCS. You can sign up to Newcrest investor relations mailing list and they get emailed to you as soon as available

From the BBC article on AZ vaccine progress. This is a long way off being rolled out to the masses and even when it is available, people have to agree to take it.

"Yes, but there are side-effects.

There were no dangerous side-effects from taking the vaccine, however, 70% of people on the trial developed either fever or headache.

The researchers say this could be managed with paracetamol.

Prof Sarah Gilbert, form the University of Oxford, UK, says: "There is still much work to be done before we can confirm if our vaccine will help manage the COVID-19 pandemic, but these early results hold promise."

Very naive and first world comment positivevibes. Just because the developed western world has the resources to plough into greener projects, doesn't mean the developing world does. In the same way we went through the industrial revolution in the 18th/19th centuries, there is a huge importance to the developing world to get them basic necessities such as electricity that can run uninterrupted for a period. Whilst green technology is being developed, there will still be some need for fossil fuels - but a diminishing one at that yes.
Its very hypocritical of the western world to deny people the opportunity to do what we did, because now we are all "eco warriors"

PDMS is utterly delusional - it’s quite scary to think if antigen tests were available he/she wouldn’t take one as it’s useless....

So what Boris says is set in stone is it PDMS? Come on buddy, there is plenty of time for u-turns with so many unknowns around this virus.

K3VMC exactly that.....suppose everyone goes into a football stadium single file through one entrance? All 40,000 of them, PDMS is having a laugh there!

Think the only lingering question at the moment snowing is the extent to which the antibodies give you immunity. Once that is fleshed out things will be a lot clearer. Can’t imagine there has been enough research done yet to full prove nobody can be reinfected, especially with the ideas that this virus can very subtly mutate

Ethio.....at the time there was no alternative to the Roche antibody tests. They had to make it look as if they were “active” in the test and trace system. Which has proved to be a huge failure so far. Things are moving at a rapid pace but think that point is far off the mark. The govt would sink as much ££ as they could to cover their arse for their shambolic attempt at tracing. Makes it look like they are on top of it

Galactico.....finally a very good point. Funny how blinded people can be by the miracles of their investment. Let’s be honest, There’s so many unknowns about antibodies, antigens, vaccines, therapies this will be a learning curve for all.

Agreed alansugar......people get very precious when potential or even existing investors ask questions about their precious company. Let’s not forget there was a placing here at 27% discount not long after the consortium announcement. People are well within their rights to ask questions to engage in healthy debate if they are going to Part with their hard earned...

Great post ghia. In the same way if I went for a job interview you would expect some probing questions. Investing in a business requires due diligence. Just because a question may seem like playing devils advocate doesn’t mean people have ulterior motives - just trying to get a rounded picture. You can spot derampers a mile off.....”this share is going to tank tomorrow” etc and unsubstantiated claims. People asking genuine questions to open healthy debate shouldn’t be shot down!