RE: Snooty/Quindell23 Aug 2017 14:56
I agree with some points but not all - its not the strategy to sell the cut and polished stones, it takes more time to sell the product and although you get a much higher price that is not the end game here. Getting an off taker/sight holder to take large quantities, doing all the marketing and assuring we get good margins is a considerably better play. Once we have the benefit of a strong balance sheet (which we don't have the luxury of now) then we can move to working with our larger, rarer stockpiled material. At present the strategy is to heat treat the stones only to rapidly increase value, but cutting and polishing isnt worth doing to allow the larger partners to have their margins. If we are making $1.5 per carat as an average for all our produce thats 150% profit right there which is the real beauty of having such a low cost base.
In my eyes the only issue here is the cash position, but I seriously seriously doubt they will dilute us at what is the strongest point in the companies history (in Australia) with profitability and viable sales channels leading to profitability.