Honest view of the situation7 Dec 2017 00:59
Yes there was a substantial discount - but this now needs to be considered a great buy in/top up opportunity.
You must not forget this was 2p only 3 months ago and the share price rose from 0.8p to 2p in a month (from beginning to end of August) which does show this has the potential to move and gain momentum quite quickly, this was on the back of the placing shares being soaked up over a few weeks, then the strategic tranche buyer stepped in (who I feel will enter the frame here in 1 shape or another). It could be deja vu.
Im no ramper but this could honestly be the most undervalued play on AIM at present on a fundamental asset valuation basis and has the potential to multi bag over the next few months.
You must not forget we nearly sold Mankayan for $70m a few years ago, with 4.3 million ounces of gold and 1.3 million tonnes of copper which is Jorc compliant - now with Gina ousted the Philippines is far more mining friendly - if you would have asked me a year ago if I thought Mankayan would be sold, I would have said no. Things have changed and there is significant interest in the project at present, if a price of, lets say $10m was achieved in cash it would be a great result and would instantly transform the company. That transaction would make it the cheapest per ounce Copper/Gold porphory acquisition worldwide.
Now looking at Eureka there are world class copper grades of over 1% in Argentina with some gold credits, which on the back of strong copper prices would easily be worth $4-5 million cash. We have spent around $6m on acquisition and exploration ourselves.
Looking at Choco a lot has been achieved in the past 12 months with the independent scoping study, option payment, mining camp, processing plant, infrastructure, secondary plant, verified grade to bedrock. This has substantially de-risked the project for an in country partner, we have done the hard work in providing this model works and the grades are economical. It's simply a matter of time now before we get that partner to fund us.
Now you're telling me a £2m valuation for BZT is fair?! This has just been an unfortunate series of events which meant we cant commit to the ramp up ourselves and so are doing the right thing in halting the project, conserving the cash, look to get the sales/JV deals done for Eureka & Mankayan then move forward with securing that partner.
There is no point thinking in hindsight regarding raising money when the SP was at 2p in September, which I agree should have been done but thats life!
This situation does remind me of JOG's drilling of a duster a few months ago, then the subsequent crash then the new drilling that made the discovery shortly after. All the best guys & girls