RE: Offer23 Sep 2023 10:01
Slippery, just my opinion but I think JM and MC HAVE to sell because for one reason or another they are not going to build the mine (and I don't believe they ever wanted to in the first place) and if they don't sell to a producer who will build the mine they will lose the permits. MC has stated that the sales process has a defined duration (not being disclosed), perhaps because they've agreed that time period with the Ministry of Mines in order to get the rubber stamp for conducting the asset sale. Of course, they will tell the market "we will not sell this cheap" and "if we don't get the right price we will build ourselves" (that's just common sense), but what they really want is the fair, market price for the assets as they know they won't be able to get more than that. The goal of the sales process is to discover the fair market price of the assets through competing bidders, rather than one low ball offer.
I'm guessing they will sell the assets this year, the question is for how much and none of us know what that will be, it all depends on whether they have some of these non-binder offer bidders competing with each other behind the scenes. But this is all just guess work on my part, I have no special knowledge different from any of you.