RE: They should have just bought shares in ECR5 Mar 2020 22:57
I'm not so sure its a question of whether its good or bad, for me its more why and on what terms.. Back when the Chinese investors came on board all ECR had as collateral was SLM, oz licences were still being processed at the time (Baillisten/Avoca). Since then, I really cant say ECR have delivered so maybe the Chinese investors see things the same way? Just look at who the BOD/CEO of the two companies are.. SLM is a 220koz JORC resource with upside and was on the books for over £1m then written down to less than £200k, I'm pretty sure ECR don't have the cash to focus on this but it almost looks like a related party transaction ie, investors haven't seen a return so here is SLM for zero
I don't think windida should be sold off btw, my guess is any farm in potential was based on windida and the award of all licences, so far only 4 out of 9 and the rest are subject to native title, which if continued with could cost time and more expense meaning the company aren't holding the upper hand. My expectation is the 4 licences will be sold off to what may have been the potential farm in partner, along with the others under application. Pure speculation on my part
This would be unfortunate as, for me at least, windida along with a farm in partner would be the ideal scenario.
Creswick was looking interesting but after the time and expense of nugget sampling, it proved no real uplift in grade, and grades at that level take 10s of £m to drill and JORC to a few hundred thousand ounces.. Id be surprised to see the company spend much more time and cash on 1g/t if that
Some decent looking results on the Baillesten licence a year or so back but nothing I would consider to be world class. My guess would be its a raise with a song and dance, possibly with an MOU of some sort, followed by drilling on a currently held exploration licence by the sounds of things. Just my thought so willing to be proved wrong