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Let that sink in for a little while some of you baby investors here

£1000 invested in KEFI 15 years ago is worth

£5!!!!!!!! Today

On the contrary I'm actually upset for past investors who have lost lots of money here!

Example why didn't Harry offer pi's a special dividend

Another ai example to make you realise this is and imo will continue to Massively underperform!

If you had invested £1,000 in January 2011, your wealth today would look vastly different depending on where you put it. The last 15 years have been defined by a massive bull market in technology and the explosion of cryptocurrency.

Here are the top-performing assets and specific stocks from 2011 to 2026.

1. Bitcoin (BTC)

• Estimated Return: ~2,300,000%

• Current Value: ~£23,000,000

• The Story: In early 2011, Bitcoin was trading under $1. Today, it sits around £69,000. While extremely volatile, it is objectively the best-performing asset class of the last 15 years.

2. NVIDIA (NVDA)

• Estimated Return: ~31,000%

• Current Value: ~£310,000

• The Story: Originally a gaming chip company, NVIDIA's pivot to Data Centers and Artificial Intelligence caused its stock to skyrocket, particularly between 2023 and 2026.

3. Tesla (TSLA)

• Estimated Return: ~15,000%

• Current Value: ~£150,000

• The Story: In 2011, Tesla was a niche electric car startup with only the Roadster. Its mass-market success with the Model 3 and Model Y turned it into the world's most valuable carmaker.

4. Broadcom (AVGO)

• Estimated Return: ~5,200%

• Current Value: ~£53,000

• The Story: A quiet giant in the semiconductor space, Broadcom benefited immensely from the infrastructure needed for the smartphone revolution and the cloud.

5. Netflix (NFLX)

• Estimated Return: ~4,100%

• Current Value: ~£42,000

• The Story: Since 2011, Netflix successfully transitioned from a DVD-by-mail service to a global streaming dominant power.

6. Apple (AAPL)

• Estimated Return: ~3,200%

• Current Value: ~£33,000

• The Story: Already a giant in 2011, Apple continued to dominate through the iPhone ecosystem, wearable tech, and its massive shift toward services.

7. Microsoft (MSFT)

• Estimated Return: ~2,400%

• Current Value: ~£25,000

• The Story: Microsoft was considered "dead money" in 2011. Under Satya Nadella, its pivot to the Azure cloud platform and AI (OpenAI partnership) revitalized the stock.

8. Amazon (AMZN)

• Estimated Return: ~2,100%

• Current Value: ~£22,000

• The Story: Beyond e-commerce, Amazon Web Services (AWS) became the backbone of the internet, driving the majority of the company's profit and valuation growth.

9. S&P 500 Index (VOO / SPY)

• Estimated Return: ~650% (with dividends reinvested)

• Current Value: ~£7,500

• The Story: For those who didn't want to pick individual stocks, the broad US market delivered exceptional returns, far outpacing UK and European counterparts.

10. Gold

• Estimated Return: ~110%

• Current Value: ~£2,100

• The Story: While it doubled your money, gold significantly underperformed the stock market over this

Shouldn't Harry of given something back after 15 years+

A box of chocolates or something 😜🤩🤣🤭

Are they really KEFI good

What an illiterate ignorant response

Why did Harry not do a special dividend for long suffering shareholders?????

Answer

There are so many private investors that have lost there shirts here with dilution

THERE SIMPLY AINT ENOUGH GOLD!!!

Versus newmont mining

An investment in Newmont Corporation (NEM), the world’s largest gold mining company, would have been a steady and successful choice over the last 15 years, significantly outperforming most junior mining stocks.

If you had invested £1,000 in January 2011, your investment would be worth approximately £2,150 today (not including the dividends you would have collected along the way).

The Breakdown

Newmont is a mature, large-cap stock, so it hasn't had the extreme consolidations or "penny stock" volatility of the smaller miners.

1. The Starting Point (Jan 2011): 15 years ago, Newmont was trading at approximately $61.00 per share. At the 2011 exchange rate (roughly 1.56/£1), your £1,000 would have bought approximately 25.5 shares.

2. The Current Value (Jan 2026): As of today, Newmont is trading at approximately $103.50 per share. 

3. Currency Conversion: Converting that back to British Pounds at the current 2026 exchange rate (roughly 1.23/£1), that is approximately £2,145.

The "Hidden" Bonus: Dividends

Unlike the smaller mining companies that reinvest every penny into the ground, Newmont is a famous dividend payer. 

• Over the last 15 years, Newmont has paid out a significant amount in cash dividends—including some very high yields when gold prices peaked in 2021–2022 ($2.20 per share annually). 

• If you had reinvested those dividends, your £1,000 would likely be worth closer to £3,500+ today.

Why did Newmont grow while others fell?

• Scale and Stability: As the largest gold producer in the world, they have mines across multiple continents, which protects them from local political issues that often sink smaller miners.

• Smart Mergers: Their 2019 merger with Goldcorp and recent acquisition of Newcrest transformed them into a global powerhouse.

• Gold Price Leverage: As a major producer, they benefit directly from the rising price of gold because their costs stay relatively stable while their profit margins expand.

Compared to greatland gold GGP

An investment in Greatland Gold (GGP) 15 years ago would have been one of the most successful "penny stock" investments in UK history.

If you had invested £1,000 in January 2011, your investment would be worth approximately £14,800 today.

The Breakdown

This calculation is a bit complex because the company underwent a major 1-for-20 share consolidation (reverse split) in June 2025 to move from a "penny stock" to a higher price per share. 

1. The Starting Point (Jan 2011): 15 years ago, Greatland Gold was trading at roughly 1.8p (unadjusted). Your £1,000 would have bought approximately 55,555 shares.

2. The 2025 Consolidation: In June 2025, the company performed a 1-for-20 consolidation. 

• Your 55,555 shares would have been reduced to approximately 2,778 shares.

3. The Current Value (Jan 2026): As of today, the share price is approximately 533p.

• 2,778 \text{ shares} \times 533\text{p} = \text{£14,806}

Based on the current stock price and historical data for KEFI Gold and Copper (LSE: KEFI), a £1,000 investment made 15 years ago would unfortunately be worth significantly less today.

This is due to a combination of long-term share price decline and a major share consolidation (reverse split) that occurred in March 2017.

The Calculation

1. Price 15 Years Ago (Jan 2011): Around that time, KEFI was trading at a peak. Adjusting for the 2017 consolidation (1-for-17 ratio), the equivalent starting price was approximately 128p to 176p.

2. Current Price (Jan 2026): As of today, the share price is approximately 1.24p to 1.33p.

3. The Result: Your investment has lost roughly 99% of its value.

SHOCKING!!

Why did this happen?

• Share Consolidation: In 2017, the company performed a 1-for-17 share consolidation. This means if you had 1,700 shares, they were turned into just 100 shares. While this doesn't change the value at the moment it happens, the share price has continued to fall since then.

• Dilution: Like many junior mining companies, KEFI has frequently issued new shares to raise capital for its projects (like Tulu Kapi in Ethiopia). This "dilutes" the value of existing shares held by long-term investors.

Current Outlook

While the long-term history is difficult, the stock has actually seen a significant recovery recently (up over 150% in the last year) due to progress on their mining projects. However, for a 15-year holder, the price is still a fraction of its 2011 highs.

Stop the squabbling please.

Let's all be clear facts are facts

KEFI has been a dire dire investment

Could have gambled on MBO last week and had a 10 bag already.

Now all the so called smart investors ME INVLUDED have been farting about with KEFI for decades and seen their investment destroyed. Not all the time and not everyone some have been lucky in the recent years run up.

But cmon everyone needs to admit they got this badly wrong sharzey KEFI Ect it hasn't been what anyone expected.

Now looking forwards

Personally I think this is still elevated risk

Could be war

Could be gold drops between now and 2028 first pour

Could be global catastrophe

Could just be the gold isn't coming out as expected

Ai could derail the global economy or kill us all

Investor appetite for countries like Ethiopia is mired in fear and uncertainty

Ethiopia seizes and nationalises all resources

OR

GOLD could go to $10k

The world order settles down

Ai doesn't kill us all

KEFI finds more gold deeper down

Ethiopia developes as a nation attracting more foreign investment

My guess is this will bob along for the next few years maybe 5p maybe a catastrophe and it all falls through from some black swan event and it vaporises.

FACT it's been a fire investment and suspect the legacy overhang of that means it caries fear uncertainty and risk from legacy

Glad I sold a while back I'll keep watching and maybe buy back (AS I AM ENTITLED TO AN OPION AND RIGHT)but not today!

Good luck

Shareholders have done a lot of heavy lifting in the early days many literally losing their shirts over the last 15 years share price declines

The total Project cost is c.US$500 million after taking into account that the mining contractor finances the mining fleet of c.US$60 million and historical expenditure was over US$100 million.

I guess my point being some at KEFI have awarded themselves very nicely these last 15 years

But later in the RNS I believe it stated £100 million

Has KEFI historically invested £100 million or two hundred million??

Since its IPO in 2006, KEFI has invested roughly US$100 million into exploration and development initiatives, focusing on the Arabian Nubian Shield since 2008, where US$13 million has been spent in Saudi Arabia and another US$87 million in Ethiopia, mainly on Tulu Kapi.

KEFI was invited into Saudi Arabia in 2008 to be the mining technical partner of the conglomerate ARTAR and was invited into Ethiopia in 2014 by the institutional shareholders of the Tulu Kapi Project to overhaul the Project and implement its start-up. Over this timeframe, the Company's partners and predecessors have themselves also spent more than US$100 million alongside KEFI.

One gold stock now PAT and I guess a small stake in ORCP but the latter is a wild card.

But to put in context PAT has 7 to 20 million ounces

It will be an interesting year there I expect several names here to be watching PAT in the coming months

Mmmmm grossly misleading will KEFI clarify that

Agreed!

Still to go

So clearly market prices all this in at 1.3p

I guess investors wary of Ethiopia oh well