RE: Takeover period7 Oct 2020 14:32
Mike, the plan to return value to shareholders is simple. Advance, farm out, drill and sell on our assets.
Our assets are, rightly so, heavily discounted at this moment in time as they are unproven and some way from being proven, if they are ever proven at all.
As each asset is derisked more and more of their value will realised in our valuation and the SP. So far we have IMO substantially derisked Pensicola and Sellene through the Shell farm out and the joint works complete to advance our understanding of the prospects. Cadence has been derisked but to a lesser extent.
IMO, these 3 main prospects and the work complete so far are worth more than the value IOG put on DELT alone.
Not to mention the massive pipeline of other assets we have still to progress through the value chain.
I am not some ramper blinded by guaranteed returns. I fully understand there is significant risk associated with DELT. However, we have several of the best exploration licences in the SNS and we only need one to deliver commercial gas to see many multiples of todays valuation.
Exploration is always a gamble but IMO the odds are in our favour.