RE: An absolutely MUST READ17 Dec 2021 18:13
(Q) - Do you anticipate a trigger event that will entice more Institutional Investors (II’s) coming aboard?
(A) - Thinks these things are multifactorial, through 2021 really started to engage with II’s who often need multiple meetings and want to see that you deliver the operation goals that you articulate. Thinks during the course of this year that they’ve built credibility with them.
The most recent equity raise saw some 20 II’s new to the register come in, some with relatively measured parcels and it is all about them building confidence and engagement with GGP.
Relevant catalysts such as the ESG report, updated resource estimates, funding/ bank financing, getting up to London to meet people in person are all important events and factors in the first half of 2022 and are in parallel with 90,000m of growth drilling and these continued exploration updates.
Every geologist, every mining engineer, every person watching those updates just grows in confidence about the opportunity at Havieron.
(Q) - Can GGP be taken over without Private Investor approval?
(A) - The answer is No. Fundamentally, if a takeover bid was received and the BOD thought it warranted being put to shareholders it would ultimately be in the hands of the shareholders. It would obviously have to be a compelling bid, this is a unique ore body with a low-risk pathway to free cash flow.
Ultimately, it's the shareholders that determine bid outcomes but my gosh I think we’d want to extract a premium for an asset of this quality.
(Q) - Shaun, do you think the share price is undervalued?
(A) - Yes, it’s a tremendous ore body in a tier 1 jurisdiction next to infrastructure. Globally unique, hard to see an asset of this quality in a jurisdiction like this with a quick pathway to production, expect to be in free cash flow in CY 2024, this is for a discovery from 2019 that literally in 2 years’ time we have started developing.
That is unusual, the typical timeframe to develop an asset in Australia is around 10 years, talks to the quality of Hav, the conviction of GGP and perhaps Newcrest too in being willing to support putting Hav into production early.
Unique proposition and states shareholders of GGP should be popping champagne corks every day about the quality of this ore body and how it consistently and predictably continues to deliver.
Alex Borelli closes AGM with thoughts on share price and takeovers.
Analysts report valuations in the market on GGP currently have expectations that the SP should be around the mid 20’s and above.
If there is a takeover approach, there is a formal process that is adopted, although not subject to shareholder approval, a form of acceptance will go to shareholders from an offeror, but the offeror would seek to have a board recommendation and it is incumbent on us to have a valuation report on the company.
So we would go through the motions of being totally considered on the value of any offer that was received, but of course we’re