A couple of things...1 Mar 2024 00:00
I was sorry to read the RNS today but I wasn't surprised.
So, although a different industry...just wanted to share a similar situation...Shell some years ago was involved in an exploration projection in Alaska (You may remember Emma Thompson and a rather large Polar Bear camping outside Shell offices).. They obtained a licence from US government and a JV with them. The intention was to complete a 6 stage project to end up with a productive oil well. Shell spent hundreds of millions on this project and ran into all sorts of problems (similar to Prem). In the end, they only completed the first 2 stages and deem the project a partial success with a potential to go back in the future. The reason why they stopped it was because the barrel price of oil lessened and the project become untenable due to them never being able to recoup their initial outlay back. Shell have billions in the bank so could afford to walk away but Prem dont. The plugged oil well is still sitting in Alaskan waters worth a fortune...a bit like Zulu if George doesnt get his act together with rest of Prem. There needs to be serious thought/analysis of value of untapped resources in Zulu versus the cost to process it into a sellable product...at some point if This situation continues Zulu will also become untenable.
Lastly, you may wish to look at MVST ticker. They came unstuck with Chinese partner for one of their projects (a very big project that now has resulted in a lawsuit). Not saying that Canmax have done anything along these lines....but it certainly makes you cautious (well it does me anyway!)