It happened sooner than I thought...30 Jan 2026 08:59
I wasn't expecting all the weak holders to sh*t themselves until Monday at the earliest!
However it seems the puulback on the gold price and some trouble in the north has sent them all into a panic.
I think we can all agree the road to TK hasn't been a smooth one but it has got this far. Everyone involved - especially those 'in country' - will have a much better idea of what's really happening and I suspect the "fully integrated final funding package" will go ahead in February as expected.
The gold price today, whist it has a bearing on the NPV and thus the sp, shouldn't really be a concern as first gold is at leat 18 months if not 2 years away and we have no way of predicting what it could be by then; in fact the whole world could look vastly different by then.
The trouble in Ethiopia, like most conflicts in Africa and the Middle East, has very deep roots and a long history. You could hardly ever call those regions 'stable', but even the all-out civil war was mostly confined to the northern Tigray region between the Ethiopian and Eritrean backed forces on one side and the TPLF on the other. Whilst a worry it didn't really affect the wider country.
Don't panic. Hold for gold.