RE: Prem23 Oct 2024 19:08
Having read the postponement RNS and watching the meeting today several things are now very clear:
1. Canmax have lost faith in George and are now no longer supporting PREM.
2. The 9.5 billion shares will not be anywhere near enough to provide the company with sufficient capital to pay the creditors and cover day to day expenditures. It would most likely last about a month at most. Therefore he'll be back cap in hand asking for more before the end of November.
3. The plant requires a lot more work than just this final fix with the cleaners. As we already know the sorters need to be replaced and the LIMS is to be replaced with a more powerful unit. All these things require funds which George does not have.
4. Possible JV partner requires further capital investment from PREM. Funds which PREM does not have nor has access to.
5. Due Diligence by a potential JV partner will take time, time which PREM does not have due to cash constraints.
6. Other projects are unlikely to provide any cashflow in the near future, Circum investment at best may return PREMs initial investment.
7. George wants to get back to RHA and get that back up and running. How does he propose to fund that?
It's clear that the vote is going to be against the motion leaving George in the difficult position of needing to raise significant funds. He doesn't have access to traditional funding, therefore he has 2 options, an open offer, which wouldn't be on favourable terms,or the CLN route. Whichever route he chooses shareholders will suffer a further depreciation in the value of their holdings.
Unless George can talk Canmax around to changing their mind then PREM is done for.
I suggested some time ago that Canmax were playing a long game with a view to a land grab for Zulu, and it would appear that they are now making their move.