Member Info for Minesinthemine

I am 41, and post doing some house refurb will have circa 900,000 SXX shares with 700,000 of them wrapped up in an ISA. I currently feel so fortunate to be in this position (foolish some may say with eggs/baskets etc..) but work long hours and miss out on lots of family time to have built up this holding. My plan is to clear down mortgage before 50 through working. Spend SXX shares outside of my ISA for family fun. Hoping that by then SXX will deliver enough divi to consider retiring. If for any reason the SXX dream goes pop I feel happy in my gamble and confident that whilst it will affect both my retirement age and quality that I have my company pension and will simply need to put off retirement until at least 65. I see it as a gamble of 15 years work not money and as with any gambling don’t gamble more than you can afford to lose. GLA

100% of my portfolio - spread from 16p to 46p average 27.9. LTH with 65% wrapped in ISA and 35% outside. Though will be selling 20% or holding throughout August to pay for building work. Hope is to hold and grow my ISA holding through 5-8 yrs to retire late 40s/have a career break. If the gamble fails, i’ll just have to work until 70. GLTA

I don’t disagree. Clearly reduces the debt requirements. I truly hope this has been a proactive decision to reduce costs and not forced due to not reaching the Torps to secure the debt facilities. Time will tell but am really pleased CF and team and continuing financial innovation to maximise the chance of an all debt st2. GLA

This IS still largely a PI share and there are still significant risks. Without the risks there wouldn’t be the opportunity for the potentially life changing returns for the many PIs invested. We are all (hopefully) reading the information available and making a personal assessment as to whether and how much to invest. Whilst there are no fixed odds like a casino I feel I have at least made an informed decision understanding that there may be at worst case no mine, more dilution, another polyhalite source found with easier access, someone invents the Star Trek food machine etc..... But I’ve made my decision and as with all forms of gambling, haven’t put in more money than I can afford to lose. If you don’t want to invest then don’t. I for one am really enjoying this journey and the positivity in the recent ground breaking video on Twitter definitely reminds me that I am lucky to have the ability to invest and will gladly put up with the ups and downs the derampers and others as I know that I’ve invested in a company that can change so many lives, not just its shareholders ‘when’ it comes off in line with the current plan. If not, then there’s nothing I could have done other than not take the risk, and where is the fun in that....... Never mind the talk of the next few months (or days) look over the next few years and if you are worried then sell out now, but hindsight trading isn’t an option. GLA

It’s greater than 15% of the 2m req’d. I agree with others, the Africa market and language around benchmarking is great news. We’d all like more and soon, but it’s a step forward not backwards. Let’s take the positives. I nearly dumped 400,000 shares that aren’t in my ISA wrapper on Monday after the downward trend continued but having come this far I am sticking with it. Keep the faith.

It’s great that we have some new members on the board and some new PIs. But from what I can find out, it appears this surge in volume is PI’s not II’s and I expect the spell of good weather has worked its magic and got some new recruits who want to be part of this great news UK story. We still haven’t had any more TORPs, news on St2, news on build progress etc.... so the risk profile is the same yet we have seen this surge. I’ve been with SXX for 3 yrs and bought all the way through from low teens to 50p with a substantial holding. A period of stability then some REAL news and subsequent II holdings increase are the things I’ll get excited about. This share is still too much PI driven but I still smile every day when I see the blue days and remind myself this is a long term project with benefits for many people(it took a lot when I was £120k down). Bring on the news, let’s hope lots of progress at site is being made in this good weather and GLTA