RE: Onwards and Upwards9 Mar 2026 09:38
Opinion (from elsewhere)
1) Other than the failure to disclose related party transactions, the accounts issued to date appear to be accurate;
2) All of the technical information issued in relation to the project is accurate;
3) There has been no change as regards the LOI investor in the US: the investor remains engaged and has always acted in good faith.
The focus of the board is on trying to navigate the current situation in a way that best preserves and enhances shareholder value.
Although today's news is deeply upsetting, there are positive angles. We now understand part of the reason why the company has struggled to make progress and have identified meaningful sums that the company will seek to have repaid. That claim is an asset which the company did not know it had a few weeks ago. The company is clearly in a better position as a result of these developments.
I use the analogy of a patient that has been ill for some time and now has a diagnosis. The diagnosis is not great, but at least the healing process can now begin.
spoken to a few financiers over the last few weeks, and they have all said that Marcus and Richard were not credible. As long as they were heading up the company, the City believed nothing was ever going to happen at Empire.
Now at least we have a chance. People now are willing to look at the project: before that they looked at MEJ and RW and didn't go any further. Which is why I say we are in a better position now.
....IMO I can see a decent recovery from here. A fresh start and hopefully better fortunes !