The admission of a 'sounding'21 Sep 2021 23:23
forced out in an RNS by Tom Winnifrith and his nark is really a confirmation that a placing IS underway and I have no doubt this will be confirmed very soon.
For all the screaming and crying, the accusations of the Executive Chairman leaking the raise, being incapable of running an oil company, not having a clue and everything else that has been thrown at him, nobody actually knows the reason for his actions.
Bearing in mind the decision would need to be made by the board, not just him and he would have had advice from his brokers etc. So how about people wait to see precisely why its been done?
One thing is quite obvious and quite the opposite to some people's idea of being fully financed, the company had £4,672,508 at the end of June.
Of this, £2m is to be paid to Calmar on full production at Wressle, which it would appear is imminent. There will be an invoice since then for their 16.666% of the operational costs at West Newton. This could potentially leave them with about £2m in hand, excluding whatever quarterly fees, salaries etc that would be included in that 3 month period.
Now, West Newton is still undergoing testing which when completed, will lead to ongoing operational costs. Therefore in the real world, the company although financially stable, would be looking at increasing the bank balance to ensure they can side track Keddington and Biscathorpe. Who knows what other plans they have to increase revenues?
The fact is, as painful as a raise is, it is hardly going to make the shares in issue unattractive. It will give them a strong bank balance which will be topped up every month with the Wressle, Keddington and Fiskerton revenues, likely to be in the region of £450,000.
Union Jack has turned a corner, it is for the first time profitable, is generating considerable revenue, it is a new beast that will now gain traction.
Some may say it's a leaky ship with an incompetent at the wheel but say what you like, he is guiding it into port safely!