RE: CFO6 Apr 2024 11:25
Eloro, good morning. I would like to underscore what Add has said on the subject of the CEO. NM is a geologist and an explorer, he most certainly isn’t Ceo material. He has no eye for detail nor all the work needed to take an explorer to a position where the company adds any value and is saleable. Having spent 30 mins with NM and Moller, albeit some years ago, it told me that I could neither trust the bloke nor believe in his vision. I thought him a p&d merchant. I should have sold up then, but greed got the better of me.
I think most can agree that DC was a complete and utter disaster, and galling to think we had to pay him £2m just to be shot.
SC inherited an appalling situation, where we had no money, couldn’t raise any, but had to advance projects to the point where someone might actually want to own all or part. He is ticking off the boxes as fast as he can but getting permits isn’t a five minute job. The team pulling the strings now is completely aligned with most shareholders (barring Quady) and is engaging with our major partners and potential buyers, not upsetting them as NM used to.
The sp fall on SC watch is partly because no one knew how bad the situation was, partly cos we had no money and partly cos the overall mining sector has been dire and junior explorers were worse than dire.
With the metal in the ground having a surface value of about $150billion, I would expect there to be a higher level of interest now that potential buyers are no longer in the most hated sector and will start to have a currency that can make investments.
Is SC the best ceo around? Absolutely not. Is he getting things done to make us saleable/investable in a way that NM could never do? Absolutely.
I added significantly to my holding in the mid 6s when I watched the SC interview. I think I can trust him a lot more than NM and am relatively happy to watch it all unfold.