Value of the data1 Jun 2018 10:12
In short the value of the data is whatever someone is prepared to pay for it.
Today the value is 250k per month less the value attributed to anonymity.
The cost to BPC to acquire the data is not relevant. The value someone else places on it can be higher or lower. If nobody decided that they wanted to engage because of either what they saw in the data or the political stand point of the Bahamas then the value is zero.
If the license is allowed to lapse and is re sold by the government at a future date the BPC archive may have some value but the company will not be a going concern.
If on the other hand this major or any other major strike a deal with BPC it will take into consideration the potential value of the oil, the probability of finding oil that is commercially viable and a nod to BPC in the production of the data.
At that point the data value is insignificant against the potential deposit value.
The biggest risk to BPC lth is that the major sees a straight acquisition of BPC as better value than a JV. If we go that way i see 10x share price today as maximum value to lth. A fraction of the value if we strike a good JV and hit a strong oil deposit.
I post as a lth who prior to the spike from 1p to 3p was building a second pot for trading. My plan was to double my total holding, half to hold in the bottom draw half to trade the historic bpc price volatility. I did not want to risk trading my existing pot for fear of being locked out when news landed.
I am in now till the end play for BPC whatever that may be.