RE: Share consolidation23 Jan 2020 18:37
I've been involved in a couple of consolidations & they most certainly did not go well, it's anathema for smaller companies imo.
As for the fundraising well I doubt UJO had much choice but to go to the market after RBD had raised a substantial amount (once again leaked & heavily discounted) it was always going to be disastrous. As all parties were fully funded for the EWT I think it was folly to raise when they did, far better to wait for a (hopefully successful) EWT thereby de-risking the project further giving a higher sp & less dilution. None of the JV partners have covered themselves in glory tbh, although RBD did get a bigger slice of the pie.
I've seen a number of posts regarding WN as being a foregone conclusion here, no water, 1000 bopd flow rates etc. this is absolute rubbish, the whole point of an EWT is to establish if it's a goer.