Another year1 Dec 2020 09:23
OK so what has your company done in 12 months
- Appointed another non-exec director Mr Bird
- Secured vehicular access to Lahtajoki but still no mining permit in a mining friendly country
- Talked about the 'discovery' of pink diamonds
- Secured two more diamond reservations around the Company’s Riihivaara kimberlite discovery
- Diversified into looking for Diamonds in Ireland
Why so little
1. "During the year under review, the Company has had to contend with a series of actions by a group of shareholders which have hindered the Board of Directors and management from pursuing the Company’s business objectives as planned during the year." Still don't understand or accept or even respect shareholder concerns?
2. Covid mentioned
3. Looks like a pretty standard year to me
Reasons to be cheerful
1. "The Directors, Professor Richard Conroy, Séamus P. FitzPatrick, Maureen T.A. Jones, Dr. Sor?a Conroy, Brendan McMorrow, Howard Bird and former directors James P. Jones and Louis J. Maguire, have confirmed that they will not seek repayment of amounts owed to them by the Company of €902,805 (2019: €738,429) within 12 months of the date of approval of the financial statements, unless the Company has sufficient funds to repay."
2. "Directors and executives took a 50% reduction in fees and salaries while technical and field staff took a 25% reduction in salaries." From when to when? But good to hear
3. The share price hasn't tanked and recovered somewhat
4. They seem to have stopped tweeting and reminding investors to view the latest company presentation.
Where next ..... who knows ....
lets hope four years on from this statement
2016 - Chairman Professor Richard Conroy said: "The acquisition of a mining permit over the Lahtojoki diamond project is excellent news. It is potentially a low cost way for Karelian to take its initial step toward becoming a diamond producer. This complements our diamond exploration programme in Finland and confirms our view that Finland could become a major diamond province."
that we can all see the "continued success" and "progress in the development of a mine at Lahtojoki and further exploration success" that isn't immediately transparent