RE: Olda23 Feb 2018 11:07
Bobby it’s been clarified on the recent interviews and RNS.
To summarise;
The RFP is being amended to better fit both parties so that it can be successfully concluded as this is a new industry the documents needed addressing as strict regulations meant they could not adhere to compliance. In itself that tells you that government are running a legitimate evaluation in that they are stringent on rules. The RFP is for Tlou and Sekaname to retender and may or may not be expedited.
In the mean time the ministry and government are being spoken to in regards a fast track 5-10mw pilot outside of an RFP in the same way as already has been granted to another solar partner in Botswana which is outside of any tender process. Now given Tlou are also looking at hybrid of solar/gas and as per their montage show solar on the field development plan perhaps this could be agreed on a 50/50 solar/gas mix for the pilot which would be perfect.
Additional to that their is discussions ongoing with mines local to Botswana who would most likely be keen to take a competitive bid from a gas to energy producer.
There is also the SAPP which opens massive opportunity to other country members either by government, localised companies and/or government backed entities to also take an energy feed.
The fact remains, Tlou have 1000% more gas in place yet the share price has halved. They have all the relevant approvals including a production license to effectively sell the product.
They have plenty of cash in the bank, strong backing by various partners, financial discussions around debt based funding sound promising and they are years ahead of anybody else in an industry offering cheaper and more cleaner solutions from an indigenous resource.
The asset is huge and 100% owned and they have zero debt, so no CLNs to worry about and no payments to worry about etc.
Those are the stone cold hard facts and they appear very bullish to me.