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13 trades under £10 in value in last 20 minutes today. Can’t find anything similar elsewhere.

I have noticed that BMN trades are showing very large numbers of these compared to most other shares. I know that a particular platform is offering fee free trades but that should then affect many companies. My unscientific surveys of shares over a few days shows many more of these very low value trades compared to any other companies that I have found.

If correct is there a reason? Is this another example of this share being manipulated, perhaps by confusing the trade pattern with large numbers of these small trades. Has anyone reading this made a trade of less than 10 shares? If not then who is doing this and why?

Would appreciate any thoughts. May be something, may be nothing.

Forget that. Posts now visible.

I am not seeing any posts since 08.48. Anyone know what has happened?

I understand your frustration 0308966. Don’t want to go into detail and clutter bb with politics so will leave it by saying that I agree with your comments !!!

I am fine thanks 0308966.

I already owed my life to the NHS and their fantastic care during my cancer treatment and chemo, but want to say a huge thank you to you and your colleagues for just getting on with your jobs in such a brave and caring way under the frightening conditions that many of you have to work under today.

On Shares magazine they give almost live prices with any delay usually no more than a minute or two. Sometimes delay can be a little longer.

Regards. Pdub.

This is what I use

https://www.sharesmagazine.co.uk/shares/share/BMN/trades

HL 13.1 / 13.25

On construction interesting that Taylor Wimpey are reopening their sites!

Reverend so am I. If you have learned anything from that experience you will know that recession is not a one size fits all. Companies that supply products and services that are in demand can do well. Note that currently food pharma and gold for example have some companies performing better than the market.

And with your age and experience you will know that I am correct in asserting that governments will use infrastructure projects to stimulate the economy, and definitely true with China.

Reverend you have completely missed the point.

Countries will almost certainly use large infrastructure projects to kick start economies. Rebar is likely to be in big demand. And that requires vanadium.

We are all experiencing clear blue skies with less haze from pollution, and better night skies. I expect renewed pressure for clean technologies including renewable energy and energy storage. VRFBs are just one technology that will be available to meet that demand .... and that is also going to impact demand for vanadium.

BMN is in a great place to provide vanadium and to deliver energy storage in Africa and also contribute elsewhere in the world through its business partners.

Fortunately we have an outstanding management team that will be more than ready to seize these opportunities.

.... note, it looks like BMN will have the opportunity soon to return to some level of production, V prices have been on the increase from recent lows and China may be slowly easing restrictions. Q1 update should be out soon and hopefully that will give some much needed data on Vametco production figures and costs, but also may give us the first hard data on how Vanchem performed in a quarter.

Hi YTSS. Hope you are staying safe. Thanks for posting

I think this comment was very significant:

“Important thing is there is something we can do about it and we will. ”

Seems very confident about that.

Very pleased that he has responded to an email. Does demonstrate the importance of contacting the company if you have concerns.

Regards. Pdub.

Betatest an excellent first post.

Gambit over the last 12 months BMN and Largo have both fallen by 48%. Since the V price peak in November 2018 BMN has dropped by a smaller % than Largo.

However only BMN has two primary vanadium production plants and a clear path to achieving a large low cost vertically integrated vanadium platform.

AM just for balance I want to make it clear that the management of BMN have done an amazing job to position the company where it is today. Without the talent and vision of FM and MN BMN would still be another wannabe junior explorer or bust. It is very easy to forget that.

Having said that I have great respect for you and in all honesty I don’t disagree with much of what you have written. The PR and communication with shareholders has become almost nonexistent at times and given the obligations of the BoD to their shareholders that is unacceptable.

Unfortunately airing these views on a bb inevitably adds ammunition to the scum that troll these bbs as we have already seen today. I believe it would a better strategy to communicate these thoughts directly to the company and suggest that those that agree with you also email BMN. That would be a more effective way to convey the strength of opinion amongst shareholders.

It is a fine line between airing legitimate views and posting comments that impact on both sentiment and share price. I urge everyone to be balanced in their criticisms of the BoD. Let’s not forget just how successful this management team have been in delivering very significant parts of their business plan.

RogerScrote I am sure it won’t go unnoticed that you claim to follow BMN yet only opened an account today to agree with essentially negative posts.

I have reported you and requested admin check your identity. Maybe others will do similar.

I was also pleased to read in the RNS that the company considered the safety of their employees to be of great importance. Such a shame that in the UK we don’t show the same concern for the thousands of care workers having to do their jobs without the correct PPE.

“The welfare of our employees and communities is a top priority at Bushveld Minerals, and over the past few weeks we established a Task Team to assist develop a comprehensive cross-functional response to the pandemic. A number of awareness, prevention, risk mitigation and strategies have been developed and are being implemented.......

...... We continue to evaluate our response to maximise the safety of our workers......”

Whilst I invested here to make money I don’t want that to be at the expense of the health and well being of the work force at Vametco and Vanchem.

I am sure the BMN will bring Vametco back into production as soon as possible and in a manner that is safe for the workforce.

I am sure Fortune Mojapelo is delighted to that the Government have flagged up a path to 100% production. I am sure there are many businesses in the UK that would be very envious of such prospects.

Perhaps this is the benefit of having a President of SA with such an intimate knowledge of the mining industry and a clear understanding of just how important companies like BMN are to the future economic recovery of his country.

BMN in my opinion have a good relationship with the Governmentof SA. Remember Fortune sharing a stage with Ramaphosa at the investment conference? Then a few months ago there was a broadcasted panel interview where others criticised the Government but Fortune steered a very diplomatic path and supported the Government. Even in the recent RNS on shutdown the company made it clear that they were following all Government guidelines. As a shareholder surely it can only be in my interests that a President with a mining background is fully aware of what BMN brings to his country in terms of employment and export earnings, not to mention the possible manufacture of electrolyte and perhaps VRFBs.

A return to production, even under these tough global conditions, should be celebrated by everyone with an interest in BMN. And rising Vanadium prices together with an existing stock of market ready product should keep the dollars rolling in.

Mogwhy I had noticed that you stopped posting on WRES (operating in Spain) on 14.03.20, just after you posted the following on that bb:

13.03.2020
“I don't see that our ramp up and production will be affected by CV.
Rural communities are far less likely to be affected as can be seen from the spread in the UK.”

14.03.2020
“WRES production should be unaffected by the Spanish lockdown.”
“..... the travel restrictions only apply to private vehicles.
They can't stop the whole country producing GDP.”

14.03.2020 was the day that Spain began its lock down.

On 30 March WRES RNS announcing temporary closure of La Parrilla mine due to Covid19 regulations in Spain. It would seem that like everyone else you are capable of making errors of judgement. I wonder if those investors in WRES that read you assurances that everything would continue realised that you were then selling down your holding. Hmmm.

Good luck with your BMN investment. I am sure your comments on this very well informed bb will will continue to be carefully scrutinised.