RE: $21 million for housing received5 Jan 2026 15:24
Yes I did notice that but of course it's all a load of baloney - even though the auditors allowed him to say that in the published accounts. Really, so that'll be a yes then - verified payment - that's what auditors do.
Of additional and of even more significant upside on the PPP JV, what did Andrew Bell say in his last video update chat, very interesting imo? Worth reflecting.
1. There is going to be a due diligence trip to Saudi shortly (this month?), after which there will more orders for factories. He clearly said another 6 factories were planned. So that would 9 for starters. 3,000 units per factory per annum conservatively (he said once streamlined may up to 5,000 units) - so prudent, annualised at 27,000 housing units.
So who's going to fund US$41M near term for the next 6 housing factories then? Maybe another DRC Ministry again initially? But obviously there needs to be a serious financial source moving forward to back such a large model, an already producing mega DRC licence to fund this likely imo. Fits the DRC PPP model. Andrew Bell said there was a shortlist of licences (from the President Office). Maybe they are closer on deciding?
2. He said Koto JV would be entitled to a profit over-ride - recall he mentioned around $2,500 per housing unit. 9 factories means, full year, 27,000 x $2,500 = $67.5M to Koto, for starters. RRR have 50% of Koto. Think he also said somewhere that there will be profit to Koto on installation of each factory. All adds up.
3. Andrew Bell also explained that Koto JV will be selling the completed houses back to the DRC Ministry of Rural Affairs (the first contract, other DRC Ministries are planned he said) - so it seems contractually Koto will have a buyer for all units, so no financial risk holding completed housing stock. Not surprising, DRC need over 1M social houses, probably just for starters, DRC are very keen to kick start the programme, a major initiative, hence the funding of initial $21M.
The JV presentation on LinkedIn says 145 factories are needed in total. Serious numbers going forward on what will be along term project.
Dicko's list is a good summary of other RRR current assets. Any one those listed succeeding will be transformational for both the company and recent investors imo. I see a few succeeding.
Happy new year and good luck to all RRR holders.