RE: Fund raise option8 Oct 2022 08:17
Good morning addicknt.
Maybe you are overthinking this and it may be a lot simpler.
BHP and NCM anti dilution rights end on the 27th October 2022 (I believe).
This event will happen after that date, so if BHP and NCM want to maintain their percentage of the market capitalisation of the company. Then I believe they must do this in the open market.
Maybe the recent decline in Solgolds share price is because an order is being filled for one or both.
This would explain why we have had a lot of activity off book.
Could it be this that BHP and NCM were unhappy about.
So why I have always said we will not get an offer until the diverse book changes, we now have a change.
I am however struggling to understand which way this has changed.
On one hand BHP and NCM have been diluted, and if they have been filling orders how successful have they been.
If they haven't been filling orders they remain diluted, and if they want to restore the status quo, then they can on the open market. (Good luck with that one)
So I do feel that a sale of ENSA is now a possibility, although still hard to achieve.
I however on the other hand recognise that the book is even more diverse as although the CGP buyout gives their shareholders just under 20% of the company, that this is not one shareholder and as such these shares cannot be acquired en block.
So no doubt many CGP shareholders will sell their Solgold shares when this goes through and again positions may be filled.
So I believe even more unlikely for a bid for Solgold as a whole, because the diverse book has become more diverse and makes a hostile bid all but impossible, and we still don't get a friendly bid because no one will offer the price required and they don't want the other unexplored tenements including Porvenir.
Now we come to the share capital that Solgold acquires in this deal.
We acquire a sizeable holding of Solgold shares in treasury.
These can be used for their voting rights and increase the BOD influence, or can be used to raise funds or cancelled.
I don't believe they will be cancelled as that would make the book less diverse, and I don't believe they will be used to raise funds at this stage as the chunk is sizeable.
So the most likely outcome in my mind is voting rights at this stage and maybe sold on the open market or en block when the price is higher.
So what happens now.
Well we wait and see do we get the updated PFS for Alpala and the PEA for Porvenir on time.
Does this move the share price and enable us to raise funds with treasury and no further dilution.
If this gets us to DFS, then the game changes again, because suddenly minimal dilution is a reality and we have a many options.
Interesting times.