RE: II6 Jan 2025 15:35
Look OF has said many times he's an exploration Geo. If a very different skillset to construct and run a mine - that's absolutely not a criticism of OF. But we're getting ahead of ourselves here on this.
On the possibility of a Rio/SVML situation I sincerely hope that is not the outcome. That has led to a situation where basically the ONLY major now in a position to buy the world's largest rutile deposit and one of the largest graphite deposits being Rio (holding just below 20%). Of course it would be much better for SVML to go ahead and develop these resources but there's no way Rio is going to permit that, and is likely to pick them up for a paltry 35% premium on the current SP, even Rick Rule has said this.
However, as OF gathers more funds, with the possibility of the USA DoD finally getting its act together and delivering that grant, we can hopefully enjoy far more value being created here for shareholders.
I've no doubt if we had a full listing in the USA we'd probably be a lot higher by now, but we are where we are.