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I pop on here now and again to check on the share price and to see if Tradey or one of his alter egos is still posting up. I remember Tradey being on the old Centamin board and coming up to 4 years ago, when the shares prices were roughly the same, calling Centamin a "Dog of a share" and saying he was going to make some "real money" with Boo.

Centamin was bought out by Anglogold Ashanti and the shares are now around the equivalent of Centamin being £3 a share . They were about £1.05 when Tradey called them "a dog of a share" . They had a few decent dividends along the way too. :-)

Tradey then claimed market manipulation and shorting, quoting volumes of shares bought and sold, for the reason the price of Boohoo was falling. He would often try to shout down or mock anyone who disagreed with him. I guess he has been having "Cheeky top ups" all the way down here? ----AND if the fall does reverse, he could eventually claw reduce his loses and maybe even make a profit? He must have acquired a lot with his top ups on the way down from over a quid to 16p?

Does anyone know why he stopped using his name? Did he get reported and banned?

I'm sure someone else will tell you more, but they have gone over to a quarterly dividend of at least 12.5 cents.

The 80 cents was a nice little bonus. Hopefully the next 2 quarters will be similar, rather than just a large 4th quarter.

I think the thing in favour of share holders is that Sid WANT WG. Hopefully the accounts wont be too bad and then other bidders might come onto the scene.

It could even be one of Sids competitors who might put in an offer a fair bit higher than Sids, either hoping to get WG themselves or to make Sid up their offer. If someone else other than Sid came in and bought WG, Sid would not be happy and would probably be sniffing around again next year, after realising what they missed out on.

Time will tell.

HL have something up that you cannot buy them now.

This is what it says.

"This stock is currently unavailable to buy through HL.

Recently the prices we’re being offered by our market counterparties have worsened, resulting in wider spreads between the buying and selling prices typically quoted on our website.

There is no impact on any existing holdings, but you may need to call us to sell your holding due to these wider spreads."

Who are you buying with?

Fingers crossed for some good figures and a climb in the share price.

I was thinking the same the other day. I saw the share price recovered a little yesterday and was expecting the value of my shares to have gone up.

However when I checked last night, this message came up with HL

"This stock is currently unavailable to buy through HL.

Recently the prices we’re being offered by our market counterparties have worsened, resulting in wider spreads between the buying and selling prices typically quoted on our website.

There is no impact on any existing holdings, but you may need to call us to sell your holding due to these wider spreads."

The selling price was $44.97 and the buying price $46.99 --------------that is just taking the P-ss!

It is showing as down another $47 today, to $3287. Lets hope that it starts to move in the right direction (upwards!) again soon. At least, even at this price, they must be making a lot of money.

What's the reason for the recent dip in the price of gold? I would have thought with the current ongoing situation in the middle East it would have at least held?

Or is it something to do with oil or the American economy?

Mine was in HL on Friday.

I bought some of these at 34/ 35 before the Sidara "possible offer" came in. I was hoping for the share price to recover 10 or 15p and make a few hundred quid or so------and maybe leave some in for a full recovery.

My postie, who tends to buy shares that have dropped, hoping for recovery averages 72p so he would lose out if the 35p was accepted.

Most of the people commenting on here have piled in in the week before suspension and are not LTH, who will lose a lot if the 35p is accepted.

I hope for their sake and my posties, that the offer is kicked out/ rejected or another bidder comes in.

I have nothing to back it up, but I feel Sidara will up the offer to 45p in the hope of clinching the deal. They could actually do it by upping the amount to shares holders and reducing the £450 cash injection, I guess?

The thing is, without the figures, all our posts are just guesswork, hunches, hopes and gut feelings.

Unless the figures are really bad, my feeling is that Sidara will not want to walk away again as they would not be able to come back within (how long?) and would have no credibility. They also want WOOD and would hate to risk losing it to a rival during the period when they could not come in again.

As I've said--nothing to back it up---------or to put it another way ---Just my view.

I understand what you mean Siko. Some people think people abuse food banks in this country. I still find it hard to believe that we have them!

I always put something together for the local food bank for Christmas as I hope it will help out some people who are genuine and struggling .

I always think "There but for the grace of God"

I sold some too. I am not in a position where I could afford to risk not banking some.

I made a small donation to our old friend Siko's fund raising.

https://gofund.me/bd6063e4

I hope others will too. There are people on here who hold hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of these shares and have made tens/ hundreds of thousands of pounds here, some of it due to keeping the faith with Siko's updates, during the darker times. If they would be so kind as to donate the value of a share or two, I am sure Siko would appreciated it.

Yes--Good to hear from you Siko. I hope you are well.

Without going into details, I do not have much money but I appreciate the basics in life.

I do appreciate all your efforts on this board over the years. I have made a small donation. I'm sorry it could not be more.

You should add the link on the Anglogold Ashanti board as I am sure there are quite a few on there who have made tens of thousands and hold hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of shares, partly through your help over the years.

I hope life treats you well.

Thank you.

Yes nice figures, but the last few days of gold going down and the share price down 15% is giving me Centamin flashbacks. Hoping it will turn round and both gold and the share price will reach new highs.

Totally off topic. Are MrBond46 and goldgnome the same person? I seem to remember someone mentioning 2 accounts on the old Centamin board, during a bun fight or two.

I'm not bothered , just curious as they always seem to post on the same threads within a short time. If you are 2 different people I apologise to you both.

Why the big fall overnight?

Showing $3231 at the moment--------a drop of $77

I would have thought with the US economy shrinking that it would have gone up overnight?

Yes, I'm surprised that we are down a bit today. I suppose console yourself with the amount of money they will be making at this gold price and hopefully bigger dividends.

Thanks Sotolo. It will be nice if the share price climbs a bit more after the drop the other day. I am hoping to slowly reduce the number I hold and put the money into some high dividend stocks to get a bit of an income.

Is this right? Gold showing on a couple of sites now at $3389

Hi Rebess. I hope you are well? Yes recently we seem to be doing well. I am gradually trying to reduce my (small--but a lot to me) holding and put the money into some other shares.

I cannot remember the figures but I wonder how Centamin would be doing now? They would be making around $1700 an oz now before profit share at a guess?