RE: Excellent indications26 Jun 2025 12:32
Nearly 40% of the free float is with significant holders and/or management. None of the significant holders are operators who are going to want to take over. Amongst retail, there are also likely to be a great number in sticky hands. I'd hazard a guess at 15%-20%? Accordingly, it will be very difficult for a major to come in and acquire any controlling interest in Bres now. They would need to do a deal with our institutional investors, who won't be letting go cheaply, having waited patiently for their returns on this investment.
The DFC have first dibs, so maybe they could drive a hard bargain, but they are a funder, not an operator. Their remit is to secure resources for the US, rather than to make a killing themselves. Don't think the AFC are sharks either, when it comes to financing their projects. They will be happy to simply make decent returns on any funding they provide.
In these circs, and particularly if Bres has various funding and offtake options lined up, how does a major get this on the cheap? More likely to be a bidding war, or foul play?