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Now it's reared it's head again we can sleep well knowing we will have a great day again tomorrow - it really is our lucky charm!

Bye then Normski - come back in a year and let's have the chat about what a wonderful investor you are!! Good luck to you and your best buddy. If you base your decisions on TW's factually incorrect novella rather than proper good old-fashioned research you deserve to miss out out on opportunities that don't come around too often. If you think TW's track record is something special then you are not cut-out for investing

If I had spent all that time putting together a 100 page (which apparently is only 60 but that's the mark of TW) I would be very disappointed to see the SP here only dropping 8.53%. What he has inadvertently done is shot himself in the foot - ZOE now has got massive exposure, TW has been exposed as someone who knows nothing and appears to base his advise on personal vendettas (usually costing his followers everything) and has this time gone too far and will almost certainly now face investigation and potential criminal charges and hopefully bankruptcy. There seems to be a concerted stance against his behaviour this time and a real desire to wipe him out once and for all and after all the shenanigans in the US I think he picked the wrong time and the wrong company.

All you derampers and posters that like to arrive on a board to gloat when a SP drops had better make the most of this RNS. It isn't bad news at all and confirms exactly what we already knew. The good news is alluded to in there and will come shortly. You have a few days to cause as much havoc here as you want because every RNS that drops after today is going to push the SP higher and higher. Those that know are already buying and this morning's drop has now reversed. This is just the beginning of the new ZOE and we will say our goodbyes now as I doubt you'll be coming back here any time soon

After the work Trevor and Antonio have put into this I do not for one minute think anyone offering hundreds of millions would even get in the door

...and John Story ran the Fevertree comparison with the comment that the CBD market was 100x bigger than the tonic water market - he also commented that CBD is predicted to be the fastest growing market in the history of world economics

2016 was my first HNR buy on the back of research done by Grapheast on this board. He spent a lot of energy extolling the virtues of DTU and with Schlumberger trialling the technology I was convinced it would do very well. My first buys were around 12-13p and I bought more up to 62p. When the SP crashed after that like many others I pretty much forgot about them and put them into the lessons learned drawer. Over the years I had experienced the dreams of companies being dashed so was starting to grow a very thick skin. From mining in Yorkshire (I actually made some money on them), oil drilling in Somalia and the wilds of Alaska, mineral mining in the wsteppes of Russia, alternative fuel for power plants and ocean tankers and even turning oil into water I fell out of love with my investments. Having changed direction from my previous career I ended up spending 7 months travelling around the world finishing back in Ireland last March to a very different world. Being locked down led me to review my portfolio and in a rash moment decided that I would consolidate. My main holdings were ZOE and 88E and I decided to sell 88E after their poor drill results and put the funds into ZOE as they were very cheap. I mentally had written the shares off as I knew very little about CBD. Lockdown meant I had plenty of time to research and I ended up buying more around 6p. I was lucky - no real skill involved but I feel blessed to now look at my account and see how things have changed. I really feel for those that have missed out here but as John Story said earlier in the week he feels the SP is actually cheaper now than it was back in April so 5x or 10x from here is still a fantastic opportunity. I look forward to the chance to put something back into society when I decide the journey has run it's course for me (but that will not be for years yet). Good luck to everyone that is holding and I wish you success with your investments

If you look at the progress from 11-12 months ago when the foundations were being put in place and the behind-the-scenes work was going on the SP has increased around 15x. Now with each passing month we are starting to hit more and more stores, the brand recognition is increasing, we now have money coming in so just imagine what the SP is capable of over the next 12 months. I think many of the figures being banded around are conservative - take note that John Story made it clear that figures confirm CBD to be the world's largest growth sector

I think many people believe they have missed the boat but if they listen to the John Story interview should be encouraged that he feels 80p is cheaper now than the 10p he paid last year. If you run the numbers form what he was saying it comes out with some very scary numbers - I daren't mention them as those that don't know don't know!!

Wolf - take a look at ZOE - some exciting numbers to come and I think an exciting few months

occurs - go ahead by all means but you are likely to make yourself look more silly than you are here. If you can read please read the RNS slowly. SYME are providing a fully Sahriah compliant platform to those businesses that require it. Their partners (iMASS) are responsible for managing this service and are fully Shariah compliant. Please share your response form the Shariah Board. You may also wish to email iMASS and share their response here

poor - I spent time doing a lot of research and bought in last week. Very happy to have a position there

The company is not Shariah compliant but it does not claim to be - you seem to have made that assumption unilaterally. The RNS is quite clear - they have a Shariah compliant inventory monetisation platform. Nowhere does it state that "SYME are Sahriah complaint" nor does the company make that claim.

For sake of clarity:-

There is no claim that SYME is Shariah compliant - the partners (iMass) that will deal with the ME operation are Shariah compliant.
Shariah compliant banks and financial institutions do not make money by charging interest as Shariah prohibits that explicitly. The businesses they loan money to pay back the loans interest-free but "pay" the banks and financial institutions by giving them a share of their profits. I lived and worked in the Middle East for many years and trust me the banks make very good money!

Occam I have confirmed below an answer to that question

There is no claim that SYME is Shariah compliant - the partners that will deal with the ME operation are Shariah compliant.
Shariah compliant banks and financial institutions do not make money by charging interest as Shariah prohibits that explicitly. The businesses they loan money to pay back the loans interest-free but "pay" the banks and financial institutions by giving them a share of their profits. I lived and worked in the Middle East for many years and trust me the banks make very good money!

Great posts LondonVP - thank you. I would comment that I don't consider we have been seriously re-risked yet (which is why our SP is where it is). I hope that AZ pulls a few rabbits out of the hat before coming out of suspension but even if not the next few RNS's will hopefully provide what we need to massively de-risk the business and allow us to move onwards and upwards. As the business does not need huge capital injection to grow I foresee the possibility of dividends sooner than many would expect

Don't forget the online sales - I think the numbers there will be a great surprise. I think for once there's no major concern that the numbers need to be at a certain level as those investing here know what the potential is - whatever is confirmed will just demonstrate the wheels are in motion and we can expect growth month on month for the foreseeable future. Happy days

craigy my currency conversion was done online in real time (and checking now $1 still equals £0.73). If you care to check you will find it is correct. I was not questioning whether or not we are heading north if you read my post fully.

Thank you Porstmouth1 - you are more than welcome to copy and post if you wish