RE: Newmont/Agnico JVA15 Feb 2023 09:36
I suspect negotiations have been going on well before the ending of the last phase and longer than we have been made aware of. Although it is totally frustrating for us shareholders as deadlines have been missed and phase 2 is on hold, we must not forget that the asset must be quite substantial and worthy of the amount of the deep scrutiny that we are currently seeing. Although they won't release details of their squabbles, I suspect the biggest part of the problem is that our partners have not been sharing the whole picture with Brad regarding the data as Brad himself has alluded to this very frustration recently. I'm thinking that the asset is a lot bigger than they first thought as I've seen no desire of the partners threatening to walk away at any time and why would they if it's a potential tier 1 prospect. Also the fact they are discussing issues that may play out in phase three tells us all we need to know regarding the future longevity of our partnership. How long all this takes to transform our share price is another matter but I'm confident it's only a matter of time.