RE: Are we moving too fast15 Jun 2023 14:23
@sandgrounded
I appreciate your concerns as I am not too keen on massive debt either.
But if the whole of Havieron and Telfer comes up for sale, I do believe that it would be a failure if Mr. Day did not make an attempt to acquire it.
It is not an opportunity that you might only get once in your lifetime.
However, I doubt that it becomes an option at all.
It makes no sense to me, why would Newmont sell a 70% stake in Havieron.
But then again, in my view, Newmont does not have a track record of making wise choices if you ask me. Walking away from Ernest Giles was a major mistake on their part if you ask me, so who knows, maybe they will do something equally silly again and give up Havieron for 6.5 million ounces in the ground which I believe to be around 200 per ounce in the ground.
I would not mind that at all.
To fund such an acquisition we need to either issue more shares or take on higher debt.
I would favour a combination of the 2.
Yes, I would get diluted, but instead of about 1/3 of a pie, we now have a whole pie. So that would make up for the dilution.
If further debt is obtained then we can issue fewer shares.
Which would also be desirable.
With his background as a CFO, I trust that he knows his way around debt, so I feel my investment is in safe hands.
But the way the market has reacted in the last couple of years, patience is obviously needed.