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I can report that the Crest Nicholson development of ARTISAN in Bn3... That's a top demand ares, has been sold to Southern Housing Group for an undisclosed sum. (SHG). Of this prestige development 5 flats were sold while the sales office was open. The sales office was closed without warning in July. So 42 remaining flats were sold to SHG . All these remaining flats are on the market on a shared ownership basis.

As far as I remember the original dispute goes back to the discovery of under reporting of the gold content of the dore or concentrate that was exported by ACA . Can someone enlighten me why Gold dore or concentrate was exported as opposed to gold bars? Are the smelters very expensive? IS the export of gold concentrate a common practice from other production areas in the world? Does BArrick Or Ransgold export dore from anywhere else? Is it a political or economic decision on the part of ACA? If Ransgold Barrick build a smelter would that partly pacify the Government of Tanzania??

Well I bought here at 108 waiting for the rebound that happened before. I m still waiting . meanwhile the shorters have moved in. Do I dispose them. Certainly not. They buy short I buy long. Theiy risk to loose their pants for in theory the price can increase with no limits. As a long termer my looses are limited to a zero price. So let's not kid ourselves that we are all here to make dough. In a market if you gain then someone else looses. If you sell your shares someone else see s value and buys. The rest is hot air. So I m hanging in here waiting for the messiah rise. For that is how we see the appointment of a new FD. He comes I go to greener pastures......

Regarding gold if you have the time go ACACIA mining ACA . I am a holder here and we holders have been in a tailspin from over 550 18 months ago to now about 131. They were below a pound. Since Barrick the major owners of ACA have announced a merger with Ransgold we are rather excited that the SP is finally moving . Have a look at ACA s chats.....it's very informative as here. So everybody when the top up time here ?!!

I wonder is it possible to arrive at a figure of the. Average book cost of the Landbank? This would shed some light on what pressures CRST are under to obtain completion prices.....

This may have been touched upon before but just to ask the wise ones here....Investors Chronicle have advised a sell on Rangold. "arriving at a 9 per cent drop in gold prices this year and an even worse one for gold stocks ,the logic for the merger is as much defensive as its synergistic. They quote the Aca dispute and " Rangold is at loggerheads with the government of the Demogratic republic of Congo over the effects of a new mining code on its Kigali mine and has faced a series of strikes at its Tongan mine in the Ivory Coast " I know little of the latter but I was hoping this new team could deal with the Government of Tanzania with tact that ACA lacked. But I fear it's not as I hoped. I am also weary how Lomnin have struggled with labour relations in their mines....and look at their downbeat SP, So my question is how does this downbeat view of Rangold affect Us here at ACA.?..

Thanks for that. Mind boggling figures. I guess the length of time Crst have had these varies enormously It must be a huge step deciding when to develop as in theory the value of the land is always up and once development commences you are stuck with the house sale figures whatever they might turn out to be? A rising asset that requires no maintenance. The monies used to buy such land is it split between borrowed monies and retained profits? In other words what is the finance costs to CRST to hang onto Land?l

Hello Shan...Three years later are you still invested here? Would you invest now? Cheers

Just to clarify JT stands for.....?

Thanks for that illustration. So as the market in the south is hardening..and it is....people in my experience want to go Multi-agency. So it appears another nail in the medium term here for PB.

This is a great litte narrative. Even if 50% comes true I ll be happy. So I ve topped up. By the way I notice folk has stopped talking about that red herring...The Gold Price!!

Can anyone inform us of the Landbank value CRST hold? and its geographical distribution?

Extraordinary isn't ....and with a p e of some 427per cent...You have ask yourself why we even look at p e ..ever..?!!

My mate , always an eye on saving costs, looked at using PB to sell his his Alfriston cottage on PB. He tells me he couldnt use another agency or the terms were too draconian. Has he got the wrong end of the stick or is it difficult to use PB and other agents?

The shorters are VERY active in CRST.....XEROS.....and others. All have FD s . Not to sound reproachful but what can a FD do in these situations?

I would be really curious if any body out there had IMG stock. THis company once a darling too of Aim had mega contracts with Apple. Apple pulled the plug and within say Four months the Chinese bought it. It is now delisted. IF anyone knows the nuts and bolts of what happened I think it would help us IQE holders to see how to react here. I am a natural bear and would buy further stock but bot if the shorters might have other agenda....and catch us out......

I love your enthusiasm but I ve got to ask are you a programmed robot.?!

Nicely put. Not many folk post here talking about the actual chemistry of the production of Graphene. But as as the chemists say to get from the lab bench to manufacturer in meaningful quantities is a huge leap yet to be completed by any outfit out there. No one is disagreeing that Graphene is 200 stronger than steel etc etc....but we are waiting for the manufacturing breakthrough. Why do you think the Institute of Graphene in Manchester hasn't produced many VRS ? As for me I bought at 13 p and was annoyed I didn't buy at 11p dips ...sounds daft now but it's true. Anything above 50 p I thought was a gift from Heaven. Neil Ricketts is a Graphene messiah. A brilliant prophet with the P R dexterity of a teenager blogger...and that's a compliment. He really is the guy who could sell ice to the Eskimos....but is he going to be the Andrew Carnige of Graphene. Time will tell....

This short tracker link is brilliant. If it's correct my mind is put at rest that PB is not being shorted. cheers...

As a newb to share holding when a company delays reporting accounts is it necessary a bad or good thing? Also I ve been reading about the Shorters? Does anyone thing Purplebricks could be a target ?