Funding alternatives...30 Apr 2024 10:53
This is my post in response to S/O on ADVFN suggesting we are "going down the toilet" in the next few weeks, running out of cash...
Here is the complete list of options:
1 An equity issue. Could be done at any time. Yes the price would be penal, but are you going to tell me that with a NED on the Board Jiangxi haven't been asking for more shares.
And SOLG are so confident that they keep saying no..."non equity, non dilutive..."
2 The sale of the former CGP shares...155 million sat on the CGP balance sheet.
There would be absolutely on difficulty whatsoever in selling any or all of those shares, especially to Jiangxi or another would be bidder.
But Scott and Sangha have stated they would not sell these in the foreseeable future and certainly not anywhere near the current price.
3 Another streaming deal...
The last Osisko deal was $50m for 0.6% when copper was $3.83 and gold was $2000
Since then the value of that 0.6% has increased by 21%, so it should be a walk in the park to do another 0.5% for $50m...
4 An offtake deal. Scott stated earlier this year that since PFS3 they had at least TEN Expressions of Interest in doing an Offtake deal. The most likely candidates must by definition include: Trafigura, FNV, Glencore, Wheaton, Yamana, Jiangxi, etc...
In March, First Quantum were close to bankruptcy. Jiangxi agreed a deal for $500 million for 50,000 tonnes of copper anode a year.
Maximum, Solgold would need only $50m to cover all their cash requirements for the next 2 years, because Scott has stated categorically that "we are not mine builders..."
So given that First Quantum were desperate and given the TEN competitive interests, I believe we would be able to raise $50m for a commitment of as little as 4,000 tonnes a year or less from our 150,000 tonnes a year average copper equivalent production.
4,000 tonnes a year at current values is $41m a year...
(But better still we could do an offtake deal for Porvenir, which is an open pit mine...
Maybe less with the competitive element of gold included...)
And its no skin off the current management's nose because...
The deal would be conditional until production started; it represents a loan in kind; it could be cancelled by an intended predator; and...best of all...
It would light a fire under the SP because cash is the only concern holding the SP back right now (together with the manipulation), so I would expect the SP to trade in the 20s within weeks, meaning the CGP shares could be sold and the offtake agreement cancelled...
Simples