RE: SIGNIFICANT RESOURCE UPDATE: KIZILTEPE23 Apr 2020 13:03
You’ve got to see it from both sides. The new partner is more likely focussed on Salinbas, but they’d still be coughing up a large amount of cash and take on a lot of risk. Gaining 50% of the rest of the assets significantly eases the risk. Plus, for AAU it significantly speeds up the route to production as Salinbas meaning in a few years time, even with a reduced stake, we’ll be bringing in more profit than we are now, it will likely pay out a dividends as they’ve already stated and will give us enough cash for focus on Cyprus. Short term, the JV is the best option, longer term (5 - 10 years) going it alone would likely be more profitable, but would also reduce the rate of AAU’s expansion.