RE: _Reality Check2 Dec 2019 05:53
"The new approach would help de-risk the project and mean less dilution for shareholders, including thousands of local retail investors who have backed the company."
"The miner has also identified almost $370m of cost savings by reconfiguring tunnelling and processing plans."
“We have a number of parties?.?.?.?actively engaged in due diligence and they are working through that programme. We are also in discussion with a number of financial investors about debt financing,” said Mr Fraser.
"Most of the $600m, which needs to be raised by the end of March, will come from debt investors, according to people briefed on the plans, with the balance from a strategic partner."
"Analysts reckon a sovereign wealth fund or a potash producer could be a potential partner. The Qatar Investment Authority is effectively the biggest shareholder in Sirius."
With progress on tunnelling continuing to exceed expectations according to Sirius, then imo we could be looking at potential cost savings of nearly half a billion pounds by March - a figure imo that will bound to have a positive impact on discussions for funding the project to construction.
Let's not forget that the day prior to the bond news announcement the SP was trading 4.5 times higher than current levels at just over 15p so this is still priced in by the market to fail.
Any whiff of a breakthrough and the SP should at least double within a few hrs....