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Thanks Bear looks like Harry is gradually realizing that we have a gold price that is likely to go higher with projects that are economic on a much lower gold price and kefi might get "consolidated". Hopefully we will not get any more of that consensus gold price forecasts BS that were laughingly wrong on the low side should have asked me as I obviously got more idea than whoever is advising the company.
HtTps://ivanhoeelectric.com/electric-metals/saudi-arabia-maaden-jv/
You can see the area here
htTps://www.kefi-goldandcopper.com/projects/saudi-arabia/hawiah
Hawiah is located within the Wadi Bidah Mineral District (“WBMD”) in the southwest of the Arabian Shield.
Https://goldprice.org/ gold on the rise might see it above 2400 today which would be twice the price from a few years back.
Https://www.juniorminingnetwork.com/junior-miner-news/press-releases/3170-tsx/ie/158929-ivanhoe-electric-and-saudi-arabian-mining-company-ma-aden-complete-first-full-quarter-of-exploration-activities-in-saudi-arabia.html
Next Stage Mapping and Sampling Commencing on Additional Joint Venture Lands in the Al Amar and Wadi Bidah Belts
(The significance is that Kefi is active in the Wadi Bidah area as well with some of the areas bordering each other)
Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VokidFIks7o
Think it could turn out more complicated than it seems FC as the OLF is not blaming the government yet and Jaal Maroo was more restrained than you would expect. Could be as the bbc says or a family dispute or infighting between the olf and ola or within those groups or someone that wanted to stop peace talks. I am sceptical that it was government sanctioned as the government wants peace talks but we will see.
HtTps://www.zerohedge.com/markets/gold-warning-us-or-running-markets
htTps://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/allied-gold-announces-positive-exploration-results-at-kurmuk-s-tsenge-gold-prospect-and-new-oxide-discoveries-at-sadiola-supporting-the-company-s-objectives-to-extend-mine-life-and-increase-production-817591888.html (Ethiopia mining)
htTps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLSEq-Jbfck power metals (looks like listing of Saudi element still going ahead)
Https://www.kefi-goldandcopper.com/files/announcements/kefi-renewal-of-jibal-qutman_-exploration-licence-17oct22.pdf
“is pleased to announce the renewal of the Jibal Qutman Exploration Licence (K/144) in Saudi Arabia.
“The re-issuance of the Jibal Qutman exploration licence
‘Jibal Qutman’ Exploration Licence (EL K/144) has been renewed on a 5-year term covering 99.68Km2.
This licence gives the company access to a 270Km2 ‘Jibal Qutman Exploration Area’ which also consists of the recently issued ‘Jibal Qutman North’ and ‘Jibal Qutman Southeast’ exploration licences, covering a significant portion of the highly prospective ‘Nabitah-Tathlith’ gold belt
(see Figure 1 in the appendix below).
From what i see kefi should be able to put in a claim for any work done in JQ north and south East the central area I don’t know depends what Is meant be re-issuance and renewal.
One difference is gold now listed as one of the minerals (see previous links for details) maybe they are suggesting that JQ does not qualify might depend on whether in the fine print. Does the licence count as belonging to kefi from when it was originally given or when kefi effectively got it back which covered a bigger area than originally.
Https://newstimeber.biz.id/ethiopias-dollar-bond-hits-two-year-high-on-imf-bailout-optimism/ (Ethiopia general)
https://www.2merkato.com/news/trading/7763-trade-ministry-aims-to-boost-ethiopias-forex-earnings (Ethiopia general)
https://www.spa.gov.sa/en/N2079420
(now includes gold)
Eligibility criteria include: investors interested in participating in the EEP must focus on minerals categorized under Class 'A' of the Mining Investment Law, such as Copper (Cu), Lithium (Li), Nickel (Ni), Gold (Au), and Iron ore (Fe); and exploration activities should target underexplored areas or critical minerals to ensure a comprehensive exploration approach.
Eligible applicants must also possess a valid exploration license under five years of tenure, requisite expertise, and a proven track record in greenfield exploration. Under the program, investors are required to submit their work program applications by May 31. Successful applicants will be announced by July 31
Https://www.kitco.com/ gold just broke through the 2300 mark
That’s ok SB but likely to be irrelevant why I post here as soon not going to be able to that often as it simply takes too much time and energy. Apart from following what the gold price is likely to do you have the Saudi mining sector taking off in big way which means the news there is constantly expanding and on top of that kefi being in Ethiopia means you have whole African mining angle. I could probably research about eight mining stocks in the time it takes to research kefi or just research gold in a tiny fraction of the time.
Will try to hold on till second bank sign off or kefi takeover or JQ DFS or even bigger gold price breakout some turning point after which its going to be pretty irrelevant what anyone says but if a job offer pops up will have to concentrate on that and maybe pop occasionally back to see how rich everyone is ;)
Hi SB not paid to post been invested since kefi went into Saudi and was I think the first first person to call for Harry to step down and probably annoyed him a couple of times over the years once when I highlighted the Amak listing and probably several times when I have highlighted the potential of a Saudi listing . Already mentioned in a recent post I will have to either stop or severely cut back on the amount of posting I will due to other commitments as I have no choice. All this is public knowledge for a lot of the old timers.
As for commercial gain i could have made more money by playing the game of bigging up kefi one day and trashing it other days like other posters here hell i could have just stepped back and not posted a couple of times let the share tank when it was under concerted attack by the usual suspects then bought in when it bottomed then counter attacked. Also could have made more money by just selling up kefi and speculating on the gold price which I have called correctly for a long time now. Anyone can see from my posting history I have not done any of that.
As for the forensic nature of my posting I am an old style research based investor which I guess makes me a bit of a dinosaur when the trend is just to trade the sentiment and who cares about any of the actual facts. Guess my main motivation for posting is to actually see other kefi investors make some money though that might seem blasphemous when the game is to make as much money as you can and stuff everyone else.
Https://www.juniorminingnetwork.com/junior-miner-news/press-releases/2840-tsx-venture/peak/158526-sun-peak-metals-announces-commencement-of-drilling-at-the-shire-project.html
"It is very exciting to restart our work on the Shire Project after more than three years" stated Greg Davis, Sun Peak's President and CEO. "Our team's expectations are high that new copper-gold VMS discoveries will be made on the project this year."
https://news.cision.com/akobo-minerals-ab/r/akobo-minerals-ab--publ----new-share-capital-registered-following-set-off-issue,c3956530
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2487991/amp (Saudi mining)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ethiopia-bets-property-ownership-offer-130639810.html (Ethiopia general)
https://www.fanabc.com/english/world-bank-announces-a-1-4-billion-program-to-ramp-up-ethiopias-energy-sector/ (Ethiopia general) (should make it easy for Ethiopian government to pay for putting in any electrical supply needed for TK)
https://www.kitco.com/news/article/2024-04-04/gold-becoming-global-battlefield-brics-looks-bullion-challenge-dollar (gold)
Https://techcabal.com/2024/04/04/ngx-buys-stake-in-ethiopias-first-ever-bourse/
https://fsdafrica.org/press-release/ethiopian-securities-exchange-esx-closes-its-capital-raise-significantly-oversubscribed-by-domestic-and-foreign-investors/
the Exchange witnessed dramatic interest by domestic and foreign commercial investors, obtaining a whopping ETB 1.51 billion (US$ 26.6 million), representing subscription of 240% of its initial target capital raise of ETB 631 million (US$ 11.07 million), with participation by a total of 48 domestic and foreign institutional investors across financial and non-financial sectors.
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/ethiopian-stock-exchange-gets-bids-for-twice-the-shares-on-offer-1.2055137
While Harry never going to be the next Elon musk he does not have to be. Break even at TK is 1312 at a price of 2150 you get all the moans over why it has taken so long but four or five years ago kefi was trying to get things going with a gold price at 12 13 hundred though the cost would have a bit lower you are looking a multiple of the profit margin it was previously just on TK on the gold price as it is now let alone the future and JQ going into production.
https://www.kefi-goldandcopper.com/files/presentations/kefi-general-meeting-webinar-26mar24.pdf
Thought we could have a mini competition.
The rules are guess the closing price of gold 2024. To make it easier you can have a worst case guess for a gold and a best case for gold. As a tie breaker have to name three black swans events that could happen to cause gold to go ballistic.
My guesses for black swan events that could happen are..
1.Bitcoin price collapse back down to less than 30000 dollars
2.Confiscation of Russian funds that have been frozen on a wide scale
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/western-banks-warn-risks-eu-plan-grab-russian-assets-sources-say-2024-03-21/
3.Trump assassination attempt that either kills him or injures him so that he cannot continue his presidential bid.
Worst case for gold I see as 2999 best case 4000 plus.
Would say Bitcoin could hit that level just from the general craziness around it and then trigger a flight to gold form its investors. Fallout of any big confiscation of funds from Russia would be would lead to a flight to gold as well. As for Trump prefer him to Biden (though is Hobsons choice) but the level of craziness and the desperation to stop him becoming president in a country where everyone has a gun…