RE: Will take.....31 Dec 2025 11:56
Sadly still stillwaiting the value of Weardale hasn’t increased since approval for the development of the site was given 10min this ago. In that time Lithium has increased almost by 100% so there is obviously no coalition between the two.
The big sticking point at the moment - and why I’m so frustrated and appalled by the snail pace action of the uk govt - is this statement last February in the RNS
‘ Weardale will now seek to advance the development of the site, with the pilot stage of the development expected to be completed in 18 to 24 months. Weardale will continue to liaise with Durham City Council in regard to the build out.’
Since then Weardale have not advanced the project at all and into either they find some investors or the uk govt put some funding into this then it will go nowhere.
Seems crazy to me that Stubbens doesn’t snap up MAC for say £6m (3x current value), get itself in the LSE quickly and cheaply whilst buying a significant stake in Weardale, which, according to the Company is now sitting on a project with the potential to make over £1bn. And that was stated 10 months ago, since when the price of lithium has pet much doubled. I find it inconceivable that there is no one looking at this as a hugely undervalued opportunity. We’ll probably wake up one day and before you can blink it’ll be announced MAC has been made an incredibly modest offer. It may well end up being 3 or 4 x the mcap but it’ll only be a fraction of the potential value gained from an 8% stake in a project that could now end up being worth more like £2bn !