Member Info for mrtibbles

Hi Kando
Thank you from myself and on behalf of all the other members for compiling this information and posting it, just the type of post we need to get into the public domain to lift spirits and promote confidence in Centamin.

Thankyou Burton for your post.

hi Mr Bond,
Also very fair comments Mr Bond.
Take care!

Tibbs

Agreed Robbie!

Hi Cowichan,
Mr Bond has also contributed a great deal to the forum and enlightened some of us about many aspects the mining industry.
I'm sure we all post something at sometime that someone finds annoying, certainly I'm as guilty as anyone else, although that's all part of freedom of opinion and free and open debate amongst friends and other forum members.
I remain in no doubt that the majority of long term members are completely justified in any criticism the past behaviour of the previous management which has left the share price in the bargain bucket shop for yet another festive season!
It's understandable that the Centamin BOD would prefer to move on, they are no doubt very much aware, hopefully embarrassed that they failed to ensure proper responsible and fit for purpose governance of Sukari from their comfy board room seats in Jersey.
How many times in the past did Pardey promise that "lessons had been learned! after yet another Sukari balls up had necessitated an RNS warning that the promised guidance wouldn't be achieved, I've lost count!
But it is apparent now that despite those warning signs and the published articles warning that all was'nt as well as claimed at Sukari the BOD sat on their hands when they should have kicked ar(ses down the road and brought in new competent management,
In many respects long term share holders were treated like mushrooms "kept in the dark" whilst their trust was taken for granted and even betrayed!
I appreciate in many respects this is going over old events, but that said all the more reason to remind share holders that behaving like mushrooms has done them no favours in the past.quite the contrary!
That said I feel confident that Martin Horgan is determined to put things right and appreciates that although you offer constructive criticism at time's, you also promote many of the positive aspect's about Centamin that otherwise some share holders wouldn't be aware of.
Lets hope for some real tangible results rather than just promises in 2022!

Happy Christmas to you and your family!

Tibbs

Happy Christmas and a very happy new year to you Market!
So glad that you popped in this morning!
Hope you manage to get a few tot's during the festive celebrations!

Keep well!
Best Wishes
Tibbs

HI Rebess
Merry Christmas to you and also one and all!
Thank you and also to all our forum friends!!

Hi Mr Bond,
Must admit that due to my limited understanding of open my mining techniques I underestimated the consequences of the discovery of the crack in the open pit wall, after reading comments from other former mining professionals that he safety systems in place had worked as they should, then it would be a case of a statement from the new CEO about what action was being taken and the share price would remain around £1.60-£1.70 until the next quarters announcement that things were back to normal.
Even allowing for the past mishaps, missed targets and erratic performance of the previous management I certainly didn't envisage the announcement that open pit waste clearance had been neglected to such an extent that Sukari would need the extensive and costly strip back that is now in progress to restore Sukari production to cost effective and sustainable levels.
I am as surprised,disappointed, even appalled, not sure which is the right wording to describe my feeling about the BOD in Jersey claim to have been unaware of the build up of uncleared waste at Sukari, but then there were some analyst's from big brokerages that visited Sukari, shouldn't they have noticed the failure to clear waste?
So now we feel the pain and have to be patient yet again whilst most of those that caused the mess have taken their rewards
That said and from personal experience I know Martin Horgan is much more aware of and does take investors views seriously, I hope I'm not wrong , but I feel pretty confident that we have the right CEO now who is well aware of the past ,but sees the task in hand to turn Centamin around as the priority, lets hope it doesn't take too long and the recovery is as permanent as it can be in gold mining.

Happy Christmas to you and your family

Hi Mr Bond,
Agree in the main with your comments, although since his arrival some investors might be surprised just how much Martin Horgan is aware of and also gets discussed at a board level.
As far as Martin Horgan is concerned there is only one way to run Sukari, that's properly!
I would say more but it would be inappropriate on a public message board.

Keep well Mr Bond!

Tibbs

Thank you for all the input from fellow share holders on NED's & BOD .
So any thoughts on where we go from here ?
It is it worth us all composing a group letter and letter and sending it ti I.R. for the attention of the new CEO, Chairman & BOD querying the worth, suitability , professional competence or even commitment of the present NED's ?
Also how many of the BOD or NED's have ever visited Sukari and when and what were their observations and conclusion's, presumably there should be some written reports?

Hi Tornado,
Thank you for the hope of better times ahead for share holders!

By Denise Grady
Aug. 5, 2019
Safety concerns at a prominent military germ lab have led the government to shut down research involving dangerous microbes like the Ebola virus.
“Research is currently on hold,” the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, in Fort Detrick, Md., said in a statement on Friday. The shutdown is likely to last months, Caree Vander Linden, a spokeswoman, said in an interview.
Fort Detrick, in Maryland, has been the epicentre of the US Army’s bioweapons research since the beginning of the Cold War.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/05/health/germs-fort-detrick-biohazard.html

But last month the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – the government’s public health body – stripped the base of its license to handle highly restricted “select agents”, which includes Ebola, smallpox and anthrax.
The unusual move follows an inspection by the CDC at Fort Detrick which found several problems with new procedures used to decontaminate waste water.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/virus-biological-us-army-weapons-fort-
According to its website, USAMRIID has been the US Department of Defense’s lead laboratory for medical biological defense research since 1969. The News-Post reports that the facility has both level 3 and level 4 biosafety labs and has worked on pathogens such as Ebola, Yersinia pestis (plague), and Francisella tularensis (tularemia). Those pathogens are among those considered “select agents and toxins” by the Department of Health and Human Services, which only allows authorized labs to work on them.
detrick-leak-ebola-anthrax-smallpox-ricin-a9042641.html
According to its website, USAMRIID has been the US Department of Defense’s lead laboratory for medical biological defense research since 1969. The News-Post reports that the facility has both level 3 and level 4 biosafety labs and has worked on pathogens such as Ebola, Yersinia pestis (plague), and Francisella tularensis (tularemia). Those pathogens are among those considered “select agents and toxins” by the Department of Health and Human Services, which only allows authorized labs to work on them.
https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/cdc-shuts-down-army-labs-disease-research-66235

HI Cowichan,
thanks for the link,
Tibbs

Hi BobLiz,
Possibly a question that we should ask investor relations and if no answer then during the Q & A at the next webinar?

thanks Mr Bond,
Considering the size of Sukari operations and all the other considerations involved regarding coordinating personnel and visitor movements, not to mention security and potential risks associated with the ongoing pandemic and from your explanation it seems a very prudent decision to have a Sukari dedicated visitor, personnel transport co ordinator with the relevant professional experience.
It makes it clear who is the person responsible and that there is a controlled system in place which may help improve operational efficiency.

Hi Razor's,
Very fair and pertinent points raised in your post which I agree with entirely !

Thanks Mr Gnome,
interesting info!
what really make me angry is the when asked why the waste was'nt being cleared the IR gave the reason that the BOD were unaware of the situation.
As Mr Bond highlighted it certainly highlights just how many times ,if any that the BOD had visited Sukari, seems the were dependant upon what Parley reported back!
As for Youssef , just a lazy free loader in the job through nepotism!

Thank you Mr Bond,
Interesting info for those of us who don't have such experience.

Fair comments halfpenny,
As you rightly point out is the slippage/wall cracks, lack of waste clearance something a geologist would pick up on, although from Dr Farrows CV it does seem as though her qualifications and expertise may be more extensive to encompass other area's of mining technique, i don't honestly know, so its over to our more qualified experienced member share holders to advise?

hi Bobliz
Thank you for your thoughts on this, I hope Cowichan, Dasut or indeed any other of our fellow share holders with the relevant technical expertise will forward their opinion and advice regarding if this is something that a non exec with her experience should have picked up on after her appointment in 2019?
As Dr Farrows appointment was prior to the start of the pandemic there is no reason why she shouldn't have been able to visit Sukari where the failure to clear waste would have been pretty obvious to someone with her professional expertise?
I shall also be seeking the opinion of a well respected and experienced mining analyst on this.
Once we have the information then we can decide if it is worth raising the matter with Centamin via the official channels.
Might be good question to ask on the next Webinar telephone Q&A session?
Cant see the point of appointing non exec mining experts that miss something so blatantly obvious ,especially when there were two independent mining analysts reports of 2015 & 2018 highlighting concerns over the way Sukari was being run (high grading), this should have at least have raised some suspicions that that all was'nt well and encouraged her to carry out some inspection of on site operations