RKH - Rockhopper14 Oct 2024 11:47
Previously shouted these at the start of the year. As i stated it felt it would be, its been a slow and steady grind......
Strange market reaction to what I thought was a solid update regarding their settlement from the Italian government.
RKH have managed to arrange an insurance policy for the cost of 4m that will guaranteed that on top of the Eur45m from tanche1, Rock will get after costs, another Eur27 to Eur61million pay-out. Which should be sufficient to cover the costs for RKH to pay for their share of Sea lion costs to first oil.
The insurance company must be confident that RKH will actually get a full pay out from the Italian government or else they will be on the hook for a partial pay out to Rockhopper.
As a poster over there has commented...
"Market reaction is weird given the minimum pay out has gone from zero to Eur 31m."
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I'm thinking it may just be a case of some very stale bulls over there atm given the time all of this has taken, plus FID isn't in their gift.
The positive is that they will have plenty of cash (almost all the their market cap will be covered by cash once the money comes in) to eventually take Sea lion to first oil.
Not sure what the magic catalyst will be that finally puts the excitement back into this share, but one to keep an eye on.