RE: A silly question to the experts4 Oct 2022 14:29
Hi Seav, I would assume that you have read GGP’s RNS’s.
You state with regards to the 5% that “its agreed with NC as a reasonable value amount.” I don’t know where you have got this from?
Below is an extract from an RNS 21/7/2022 which explains what others have already alluded to on this and many occasions, that the 5% option price is in GGP’s opinion not an indicator of FMV or suitable to attempt to value GGP’s stake in Havieron.
“Determination of the option price of US$60m as at December 2021 was in accordance with the highly prescriptive process and principles agreed in the March 2019 Havieron Farm-In Agreement and November 2020 Havieron JVA and, as such, does not in Greatland's view represent a true market value for Havieron. This included a prescribed process where an adjudicator had a binary choice between the option prices proposed by each of the two parties, and therefore was not permitted to independently determine a different option price. The JVA included a number of valuation principles, including in respect of commodity prices, which Greatland considers materially impacted its ability to advocate for a higher option price
Furthermore, given the option price was determined as at 15 December 2021, only geological data available up to that date could be considered. The option price does not take into account the subsequent growth drilling and development progress at Havieron since that date”
Cheers Mark