RE: Survival of bpc27 Aug 2018 00:32
Edgar from 3.36pm today please check Closettrader's post (first paragraph):
"Just to throw another conundrum into the ring (as well as the reduction in Potter's salary to help the farm-in negotiations as announced just a few weeks before the latest RNS), in my 10 years or so experience of following shares a cessation of interest between 2 parties would normally be announced along the lines of 'X has now withdrawn from negotiations regarding Y and as a result the current exclusivity agreement will end on Z'. However, here the RNS has just stated that the exclusivity agreement has ended leading to much speculation as to whether the oil major has withdrawn completey. Red herrings leading to SP manipulation?
I do recall a situation a few years back with this share when the Environmental Licence was (even then) being discussed and the Environment Minister was making all the right noises and the share price was pretty buoyant (around 7p I think) - an article was then released in the Nassau Guardian where the Environmental Minister at the time stated that the risks of pollution from offshore oil drilling were too great and the BG would be against any oil exploration - the share price dived.
I have found in shares that generally the bigger the prize then the greater the manipulation.
For investing in AIM you have to be a combination of a detective and a soothsayer, working with the scraps of information (and misinformation) that can be researched and are given out by the Companies involved.
As a last teaser it is interesting to note that in March 2011 45 million pounds was raised at a share price of 18.75p for 3D seismics,etc. on our licence areas after which we had 1.1m shares in issue. We now have 1.5m shares in issue - less than a 50% increase in 7 years. Admittedly the oil price then was about $110pb (now its $66pb) but someone was pretty interested in backing our licence......................."