The start of the price decline12 Sep 2019 10:16
I've always maintained that the start of the price decline was caused by this RNS on 15th Aug 2018.
At that point we looked primed for a bounce upwards from 8.85 then bang and we've never recovered. If you were one of the II placees that would not have gone down well. Had they assumed / hoped we would be a much bigger player than we are ?
Oman & Moz in my opinion had been almost disregarded by those II's, they came onboard for the lithium.
Personally I always thought it was not a bad thing to miss out on the extra areas as we have more than enough to be getting on with.
We know Jupiter were one of the placees and they are gone. Their problems are well documented hence the description "distressed seller", absolute shambles of a company. It's obvious we have seen at least one other exiting recently. Quite often these funds have strict policies and criteria and if we find ourselves outside of that they will sell down, no messing around they just move on and write off the loss.
Look at the chart from 14/15th August onwards.
Wed, 15th Aug 2018 17:33
RNS Number : 9456X
Savannah Resources PLC
15 August 2018
15 August 2018
Savannah Resources Plc
Non-core Portuguese Exploration Licence Applications Status Update
Savannah Resources plc (AIM: SAV and SWB: SAV) ('Savannah' or the 'Company), the AIM quoted resource development company, was advised on 15 August 2018 that the Directorate General for Energy and Geology ('DGEG') has rejected six of a total of nine exploration licence applications in northern Portugal made by Savannah's subsidiary, Slipstream Resources Portugal LDA (''Slipstream''). The applications were pending at the time that Savannah acquired its shareholding in Slipstream in May 2017. These exploration licence applications are entirely separate to the Company's flagship Mina do Barroso Lithium Project, which has a 30-year* granted Mining Lease and continues to advance at pace with the Feasibility Study on track for completion towards the end of Q1 2019.
The six rejected exploration licence applications comprise the Vilar, Almendra, Beca, Caminha, Reigoso and Caramos applications. As these applications had not been granted no exploration work had been conducted on the areas by Savannah.
Savannah understands that the areas covered by the now rejected exploration licence applications fall within zones that will be the subject of an exploration application round of open public tenders that promote the interest of multinational players with demonstrated technical and financial capacities. Savannah currently intends to make tender offers once the tender process is launched and believes that it has excellent credentials for this process with a strong balance sheet and demonstrated lithium exploration and development expertise.
Savannah awaits advice from the DGEG concerning the status of the Calvelo, Meda and Ponte de Lima exploration licence applications.