RE: The bit i dont get20 Dec 2025 11:00
Not owed £8M.
In basic terms the assets are doing this;
Selva: currentlly producing about 4M to Prospex with 1 producing well. 4 more drills planned/Seismics being done now. Late 2026 will need about 3M to fund the 37% costs of drilling. Income between 15-20M depending on TTF.
El Rom; 1 well not being used but coming to end of life (maybe 1 or 2 more years left) 5 new wells that need permits (c150 days) then drilled and linked to sell the gas. 2 wells to connect to electricity. Owns the power station 100%. Funding will be via a farm out, so Prospex will not need funds but will dilute.
Tessorillo; Owned 100%, change of government and stance would open this to £1B worth of gas. Spain buying in gas atm when it has its own is stupid but lots of govs doing silly things.
Poland; Early stage of geological studies, low cost, permit applications, will be farm outs and dilution no real cost to Prospex.
Viura; Is producing £8-10M per year on its 1 well. The income is held in the account to pay for the permitted wells, so this is Prospex share of the costs. The wells are deep and expensive but should triple the revenue.
Short term there is not much cash, but not much debt in fact none until this CLN.
So those are the facts. MK cap £9M Actually producing £12M (8 into a holding account). When all the drills are producing you have an income of £40M without Tess or Poland. As an investment company it should not need lots of costs, it is not an operator, it just needs someone to count the money until such time as it is sold or buys back its own share or pays a dividend. IMO it needs to NOLONGER GROW and concentrate purely developing WHAT IT CURRENTLY HAS. MARK ROUTH growing the company will keep the share price LOW, so I think it needs a new broom to simplfy the direction and realise that a £40M producer is going to be worth £160M to sell. YOU DO THE MATHS but nothing has changed. The company could realise 35-40p per year (perhaps more) or just sit there and pay 5-6p per year with a share buy back at 25p in place. I dont think Mark Routh would survive another vote. Just said the wrong words at the wrong time and taking the bonus and then a raise sealed his fate. At the moment the share price is silly, but it was silly at 8p. I would be very surprised if the share was not one of the top tips for 2026 but yes we all said that last year. ONE OTHER FACT is the company has more assetts NOW than ever and the crystalisation of those is nearer. Not everything is MR fault, he has been unlucky, but plenty of football managers lose their jobs on results and with an investment company the result is the share price. Could move very quickyly back to 4.5p with a new man/plan.