RE: I'm mostly positive, for rational reasons.10 Nov 2024 12:47
Just reading back through a few posts from our most respected posters and came across the one below from Keith. The post includes Keith’s thoughts following the recent placing…. well worth another read imho. 😊
‘ I have more productive things to do with my time than trawl through 10+ pages of negativity, so probably some of what I will write has already been covered by others. Here's my thoughts to ignore or laugh at:
❎I don't like discounted placings that dilute my holding, and I don't like Novum doing them.
✅I am happy that this has gone to a single institutional investor:
✳️ This is very likely to be a Moroccan entity who can open doors
✳️They will have done extensive due diligence before putting down their money, so they (who effectively have inside knowledge) believe in the project, unlike some here who do not believe, and have very little knowledge.
✳️The share price is not likely to continue declining due to placing flippers as often happens.
✳️ They have effectively bought a 12.5% stake at 6.5p, with £3.2M to come from options exercise.
✅Paul has not lied about finances, as some here have wrongly stated. Finishing the MOU-3 testing programme as previously announced, drilling MOU-5, and workovers for 2 C-M wells were all covered by existing funds.
✅The funds raised yesterday are for additional work - ffs read the bloody RNS before sounding off.
✳️The shallow, high pressure section of MOU-3 was not on the original testing programme - indeed it was clearly stated to be an additional, possibly standalone, CNG project - with extent of 58km²
✳️If you are going to be serious about finding He, it makes sense to use multiple exploration techniques.
✳️Also sensible to look at Jurassic carbonate structure further appraisal with MOU-6, so you can follow on quickly.
✳️Irish General Election likely to be called for Friday November 29th, Greens will not be part of government, an expedited Corrib South approval probable early Q1, so best to be prepared to move immediately.
✳️The T&T acquisition looks very cheap, and lays the foundation for expanding a profitable business that will not require much management time. It will be nice to have some money coming in for a change. Dissemination of the CO2 EOR work should help to drum up some extra business that can be run as a separate services operation.
✳️The opportunity in Tunisia could be very large. I would prefer PRD to get at least one operation sold off before spreading management time more thinly, but assume this outlay gets a foot in the door without the need for further expenditure or operations until at least the back end of 2025, so hopefully this will not be a problem.’