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..on AIM?

Multiple companies- all overpromised, all underperforming, all move at snail paces, all dilution after dilution, all never meeting targets.

There cant be anyone worse in the whole European stockmarket?

That they are in talk with a potential offtake partner?

He can pretty much say what he wants- right? no way to prove or disprove otherwise?

We need to take a look at his record on AIM- atrocious. If had done even 10% of what he had done in his cyclical ramps- his investors would be all in the blue.

The guy is a one trick pony but who am I to criticise? He must wake up each morning and laugh at all of us.

Investors hand over their hard earned money to fund his very nice life in UAE or wherever he lives-

Has a hotline to CB

He is only on CB companies

Always defends him no matter what

Makes references to horse racings

If you havent figured it out by now....

No, Colin Birds 'strategy' is terrible.

There is a well documented model of how mining companies on AIM develop and how it is associated with the share price- Essentially initially you get dilution and the SP falls, then as you prove up reserves and progress towards mining, you de-risk and the SP re-adjusts. Colin Birds so called 'companies' are nowhere near that model. They are off the charts.

Because they drag on longer than other companies- that means higher running costs- which means more dilution.

Because he has his finger in so many pies- he cant attend to any of them with the attention they deserve. Every other stock I own- has one CEO/one company. None of them are even NEDs in other companies.

Because he ramps and over promises and under delivers

CB basically makes a mockery of investors.

Colin Bird is Colin Bird

He wont change, he cant change.

Both Roast and Archer are 'red flags' as far as Im concerned. And companies that resort to using their ilk...the same

I posted this on BZT and it sums up CB and why I think his other companies wont ever see a bounce in SP.

What Colin Bird has done is not the 'norm'

1) he has 5 (?more) AIM companies- Kendrick/BZT/Galileo/XTR/African Pioneer-

this is absolutely not the norm. he works off a deal he made in 2010 or whenever and is STILL using it

noone serious about building a resource can have a so many companies. even a younger energetic CEO would struggle with even 3 AIM companies

2) leading on from above, not only does CB have an 'unusual' amount of companies- each company has an 'unusual' amount of projects. Sometimes with overlapping interests like XTR and BZT in Kalengwa (do you even remember this- when he claimed to have had great assays from handheld copper studies and later lab studies showed it was not true- and before you say it- the handheld results were way out of the normal range of error- impossible rather than improbable).

When BZT was not going anywhere- he diverted to Kanye- (which, if you recall, had a conflict of interests)- we were told it was drill-ready- and this was proven not to be true. It has been 3 or 4 years- where are we with Kanye?

He moves from one project to the other like a hyperactive child will quickly get bored of toys. Typically- he will ramp a project, issue a placing when the price goes up, then you wont hear from him for months or years the project. Because he has 5 companies- the potential for income from placings is not insignificant. He oversells projects and underdelivers- every, single, time. The issue he has now is that the market is onto him now and the potential for his M.O are now significantly reduced

There are well documented models of how junior miners develop in terms of mcap/SP/placings etc- I suggest you have a look at them. CBs stable of companies do not follow the normal trajectories at all- nowhere close. They go backwards, sideways, diagonal, shake it all about....but mostly 1 sloooow step forward followed by 2 not-so-slow steps back

@MrT- yes not all negative- i actually think this may get back to 0.4ish. Looking at the other 3/4 companies he has- i feel sorry for them as I think BZT is his last play and the old ramping/placing cycle has run its course in companies like XTR (where he made *baseless* claims about potential buyout among other things which peaked the SP- which is now at 1/10th of what it was when he made said claims). CB has truly made mugs of investors for years and has got away with it due to the laissez faire regulation of AIM. If a FTSE100 company made claims about a potential takeover, the SP soared and the takeover did not happen- they would be asked to provide proof of any potential takeover and if they could not- they would be absolutely f*****- i am talking about prison sentence- not even a fine.

I dont think you, like most AIM investors, understand how junior mining works.

What Colin Bird has done is not the 'norm'

1) he has 5 (?more) AIM companies- Kendrick/BZT/Galileo/XTR/African Pioneer-

this is absolutely not the norm. he works off a deal he made in 2010 or whenever and is STILL using it

noone serious about building a resource can have a so many companies. even a younger energetic CEO would struggle with even 3 AIM companies

2) leading on from above, not only does CB have an 'unusual' amount of companies- each company has an 'unusual' amount of projects. Sometimes with overlapping interests like XTR and BZT in Kalengwa (do you even remember this- when he claimed to have had great assays from handheld copper studies and later lab studies showed it was not true- and before you say it- the handheld results were way out of the normal range of error- impossible rather than improbable).

When BZT was not going anywhere- he diverted to Kanye- (which, if you recall, had a conflict of interests)- we were told it was drill-ready- and this was proven not to be true. It has been 3 or 4 years- where are we with Kanye?

He moves from one project to the other like a hyperactive child will quickly get bored of toys. Typically- he will ramp a project, issue a placing when the price goes up, then you wont hear from him for months or years the project. Because he has 5 companies- the potential for income from placings is not insignificant. He oversells projects and underdelivers- every, single, time. The issue he has now is that the market is onto him now and the potential for his M.O are now significantly reduced

There are well documented models of how junior miners develop in terms of mcap/SP/placings etc- I suggest you have a look at them. CBs stable of companies do not follow the normal trajectories at all- nowhere close. They go backwards, sideways, diagonal, shake it all about....but mostly 1 sloooow step forward followed by 2 not-so-slow steps back

@MrT- yes not all negative- i actually think this may get back to 0.4ish. Looking at the other 3/4 companies he has- i feel sorry for them as I think BZT is his last play and the old ramping/placing cycle has run its course in companies like XTR (where he made *baseless* claims about potential buyout among other things which peaked the SP- which is now at 1/10th of what it was when he made said claims). CB has truly made mugs of investors for years and has got away with it due to the laissez faire regulation of AIM. If a FTSE100 company made claims about a potential takeover, the SP soared and the takeover did not happen- they would be asked to provide proof of any potential takeover and if they could not- they would be absolutely f*****- i am talking about prison sentence- not even a fine.

There are well documented models of how junior miners develop in terms of mcap/SP/placings etc- I suggest you have a look at them. CBs stable of companies do not follow the normal tra

Let us be honest- the man has been a disaster on AIM-

all his companies are significantly down in SP after placings after placings with little advancement in projects

It has served *HIM* well as he has made good money from these cash cows but for investors- it has generally been a miserable experience

I still dont trust him- with good reason- look at his record. I dont believe in this offtake deal till I see it with my own eyes. I dont believe production- will the very moment I see production. He has a history of saying things that dont transpire, usually followed by a placing to take advantage of the elevated SP- look what he did at XTR which is now trading at 1/10th of its peak when it was at a similar stage to where BZT is now- at the cusp of production. His ramping of possible takeovers and other things never saw the light of day and he may using the same play for BZT.

We can only hope for the best but expect the worst- this is Colin Bird, after all.

Any idea why he hasnt sold the remaining stock in Mankayan?

Looks like nothing is happening elsewhere in Colin Birds nest of businesses.

the AIM has served *him* well but he must be like 80 now and i all this ramping, placings etc must take a lot of energy. it seems that BZT is his last play and we *MAY* even get our investment back- both him and his wife have even bought shares.

For the rest of you- i wouldnt hold your breath.

PS- absolutely do not trust anything Charles Archer says- he is a paid PR guy.

BZT is where XTR was a few years back- I asked them where things went wrong (currently trading at 10% of the peak when things were looking good for them. Anyone thinking of liquidating their BZT shares should have a read of what happened, because the same is likely to happen with BZT. You need to be very on top of things and press 'sell' at the correct time.

Have a look at the XTR thread I started for further details

Thanks for everyone who replied. It pretty much confirms everything I had suspected- this will be really useful for me and other BZT holders.

A while back- we had these random posters who came from nowhere- at the same time- Colin Bird started pumping these hand-held results from Kalengwa (which XTR also has a presence if my memory serves me well)- the stock rocketed to about 80% of peak, then it seems these posters sold out because we never heard from then again. They appeared and vanished into the thin dust. A few months after- the lab results failed to back up the hand-held analysis- in fact, they were WAAAAAY outside the margin error of hand-held machine. Put it this way. Someone for sure made some money from that pump, I wont say anything more.

I really cant wait to sell up and forget about CB but I just need to try and choose the right moment- i think that is the key with CB companies. I already made 'some' money with XTR. The issue is- the more he issues placings- the harder it is for you to be able to ride these ramps.

And whoever mentioned 2009- I agree- he needs to stop going on about it- his record on AIM has been appalling and he has lost investors money- only thing that has been guaranteed is the monies that he pays himself from these companies.

Be careful of posters who ONLY post on CB companies and only ever have good things to say about him, there are a few on BZT and I am sure you have a few here too, one of them made an obscure horse racing reference last week....which got me thinking........

I find it interesting that there are regular posters here who have been on LSE for *years* but ONLY post on CB companies.

I also find it interesting that they lavish praise on CB, no matter what he does. Very unusual for someone to lavish such praise on a stranger. One of my favourites was from one of these posters- who is in the supposed 'Bezant Investment Group'- when we had not heard from Colin for a long time- they responded- to paraphrase 'Colin is in Namibia now and is working industriously on the project(s) as always'. I mean, I have no doubt he was in Namibia, but the rest- is unusual to say about some CEO of a company you had invested in. Another paraphrase- was after another typical Bird hiatus- 'Colin is in Europe taking a much-needed rest'. Again, I have no doubt he was in Europe, but an unusual post.

The B.I.G seems to know his whereabouts and what he is up to. I dont know what my own CEO where I actually work is doing.

I also noticed that one of these 'unusual posters' made an obscure parallel to some racing horse a few days ago- it reminded me that Colin Bird is a notorious hippophile......

Keep your wits about you with these posters everyone- without making any specific accusations or aspertions- i think there is more than meets the eye.

I find it very odd the way you lavish praise on CB, very odd indeed for someone to be saying about someone else that they dont know well.

Also, do you only comment on CB companies?

I find it all, very odd...very odd indeed.

Are people still talking about CBs record from 2009?

This is like that artist who had ONE hit song but everything else has bombed.

XTR- fail

GLL- fail

BZT- fail

look at the share prices of all of his companies. Dilution after dilution. Delays after delays. Half-completed projects after half-completed projected. 'Random' acquisitions (how is the Kayne Manganese going? or the mine in Kalengwa which had those high hand-held results which were proven to be absolute ****)....the only thing consistent has been the monies paid out to Bird et al.

Im surprised some people havent cottoned onto Charlie Archer being *PAID* PR. This is not some independent source like the Financial Times. He is one of many people who work, especially in AIM, to give companies good PR but it seems- superficially- rigorous.

I mean, this is a stock that is still 80% ish down from peak.

You can spin it how you like but do the math.

I remember when I said it would go sub 0.1- people laughed- they werent laughing after.

I am a holder in BZT,

BZT is probably at the stage that XTR was at 5 years ago and finally I may be able to get some of my money back (i am currently around 75% down). I would happy with 50% of my money back at this stage- which would mean the stock would 'only' have to double or so.

I obviously dont trust CB with a barge pole- can someone summarise what has happened since then- and why the SP is so low?

I only remember when he was pumping it the end of 2020 and the price went really high, then he promptly took advantage and issued a massive placing.

I vaguely recall people saying he had oversold it, in terms of potential- or had speculatively said it could be bought up by another party (which never happened- of course- i honestly think it should be against stockmarket rules to say such things unless you have actual suitors)

I actually briefly held some stock and sold it at a decent 30% profit in 1 week or so.

What has actually happened since then? Did you go into production? Did CB issue more placings?

Essentially- was it what you hoped for, if not, why do you think it failed?

Yes, I can look through the RNSs but would take ages to make sense of what happened.

Insertmyname- you are a smart person who knows CBs history.

You are right to question, MrT has a history of being an ardent defender of CB.

He is part of a group of posters who seem to post mostly or exclusively on CB firms- ALWAYS defending him, and seem to know his whereabouts etc. One day I will figure out who is behind those posters- like a ScoobyDoo reveal. It is rather odd, dont you think?

Is in the stockprice

the reality is- you go down 80%, then go up 20%

People are *actually* celebrating the SP heading towards 0.1 (insert laugh emoji)

Galileo, XTR, and whatever of Colin Bird's usual stable- are all down after some initial success in production. It is what he has done for years and what he will continue to do. Imagine how much he has paid himself via BZT and all these other so-called 'companies' over the last 5 years.

Saying that, there is probably a window where people can finally dump this share- XTR had a similar spike then in transpired that what Colin Bird had spun the company as (before a massive placing) did not quite transpire- as far as I remember- it spiked around 7 or 8 but is now sub-1.

Btw, do we still have THOSE posters? who strangely only post about CB companies, who always defend him, who see to know his whereabouts via the 'investors group'- I guess once day I may figure out who is behind those posters (insert arms up in confusion emoji)