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Having watched the video interview, I'm at a loss to understand why, if a potential multinational deal rather than local ones is so fantastic, why this wouldn't be the preferred route in the first place. £1.2 million of birds in the hand versus a something bigger (that may or may not be) in the bush are surely preferable?

Also, I'd feel a bit more positive if our CEO didn't sound quite so desperate at various points. Protesting too much?

It's interesting that 75% of the Trustpilot reviews are 5 star indicating an excellent result. This closely reflects the company's own claims to efficacy and customer retention. Add in the 11% 4 star reviews(Very Good) and the outcomes look very promising indeed.

At times like this, we must be grateful for small mercies.

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/a-macabre-meditation-on-psoriasis

HD, my take:

It's clear that the Bird had too many eggs in his little basket. His refusal to communicate with investors has come home to roost. He's well and truly fouled his nest, and is ending up with egg all over his face. And still, not a tweet out of him ...

Or if you don't laugh, you'll cry.

Glad to see the admins are doing their job on this board. A post consisting of little more than foul language and abuse by groover, and one predictably approving of his antics by Mr Triumph, have both been removed.

It might be a "a tad hypocritical to complain about CB's performance in BZT" if I had done anything of the sort. But I hadn't. All I had said in my post was that playground insults and foul language do nothing to improve BZT's price, and probably damage it.

(And the fact that I have made profitable decisions on GLR is down to my own judgement - or more likely luck. The 10p price was achieved by Bird's 'coup of my career' puffery - on the Concordia project that ultimately calamitously failed - rather than his management skills. Quite the reverse, in fact. )

It's a shame that this share hasn't any better promoters than the likes of Mr Triumph and Groover, who seem to think infantile name-calling and foul language towards doubters is somehow supportive of the price. By not offering anything positive to say about the share or any coherent refutation of the arguments it simply contributes to the view that BZT is a dog.

kwaduko makes some valid points, and it's no sort of of rebuttal of them to simply respond with childish abuse. It also doesn't exactly build confidence. The most concrete issue is the non-appearance of Zambia lab results due in May. There should surely be some sort of explanation for this. Granted, most of Bird's company have atrocious investor communications, but we live in hope.

The golden rule with Bird, is that no news is bad news.

Fear not. The Bird will be along quite shortly with some deeply disappointing news, simultaneously announcing an enthralling new acquisition providing patient shareholders with untold riches. (In time.)

Show me a chartist with a new Ferrari and a country estate, and I'll start taking account of them.

I wonder if we're moving towards yet another Concordia/Star Zinc moment.

I'm sorry to see that my concerns about Star Zinc have been proven correct. As a long term holder, I've gradually learned to interpret Bird's pronouncements (or lack of them) ever since the Concordia fiasco. Simple rule of thumb - when he's upbeat, take it with a pinch of salt; when he's silent, duck and cover. We're now back to a jam-tomorrow scenario, which is where Bird thrives, dropping seemingly lucrative hints, dangling enticing prospects. As it happens, I'm still about 40% up as a result of selling at 10p (when he went silent on Concordia last time round) and slowly buying back in. I feel sorry for those who haven't been so lucky. As a result of the latest nonsense, I now see this as a trading share which at some point will spike again owing to some Bird-esque RNS hot air before collapsing back exhausted. I can't honestly see it a genuine investment any more. Expect another jam-tomorrow project when the KCB plan collapses and Ka****u turns to dust.

(BTW, the explanation of the retreat from Star Zinc is preposterous. Was he not aware that there were schools and homes in the mining area until now? Perhaps his next investment was to be in a child-friendly explosives company.)

The absence of any clarification from CB on this vital matter speaks volumes and is a real cause for concern. The status of the Star Zinc small-scale mining licence has been a running sore for several years now, despite having been described initially by CB as a mere technicality. If he won't respond to shareholders on this, it's appalling communications at best. At worst, it's something more sinister.

I've been concerned for some while with the non-appearance of the Star small-scale licence. Over two years ago Bird had said that acquiring it was a simple matter. More recently in July 2020, it had suddenly become something "to be handled very carefully and sensitively gaining full ministerial support." And still no sign.

As a genuine income generator, Star Zinc is the only short-term prop for the share price. If it fails, at best investor confidence will be severely damaged, and at worst the whole house of cards - with all its jam tomorrow - may collapse.

Glenover has had one interested party or another sniffing around it for years. I don't see why anything there will change any time soon.

I live in hope that Bird's opaque and rambling announcements (and frequent inexplicable silences) are not a reflection of his state of mind.

This seems to follow the usual Bird philosophy as also seen at GLR. Just as promised revenue-producing or price-enhancing milestones are overdue and investors start muttering, another jam-tomorrow project is announced. At GLR, it's the monetisation of the Star zinc project - still no licence after three years; here it's the overdue assays for Hope. Will the cycle ever be broken with something concrete?

General ebb and flow when there's no news and not much prospect of it.

It compares in one respect. With Concordia, there were 1. huge claims, 2. then missed deadlines, then 3. an admission of failure. With the latest copper project we have just passed stage 2 (31 October). Will stage 3 follow?

Also where is the years-awaited small-scale mining licence for Star? Likewise the Glenover rare earth metals deal?

Still waiting for the small-scale mining licence for Star Zinc. This has taken several years. It has to be granted before any monetisation of GLR prospects takes place and any stability for the share price. Without it, it's an endless procession of jam tomorrow from Bird and price manipulation campaigns from the rampers.