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"This Slovenian permitting FARCE must be totally embarrassing for the Slovenian Government."
I coudn`t care less about the Slovenian Goverment , but ;
this FARCE `should` be totally embarrassing for Hutchison , Carver and the mute Exec Directors .
Now THAT really is a complete and utter disgrace.

Why did it take pressure and stimulus from shareholders to get the Slovenian authorities to meet with the British Embassy , to clarify the position with the IPPC ?
Why was neither Carver nor Hutchison able to achieve this very basic commitment ?
Why was the BoD not at this meeting (as far as I am aware) ?
Why do I have the impression that the credit for moving these issues forward is being claimed by AST management implied by the 9th RNS ?
I may have got my facts wrong , but the impression I got from the news flow last week , was that `An alternative Agenda` was thwarted a the last minute by some very smart determined shareholders .
Very well done , those shareholders whoever you are !

Suggests FI rather than BO .

whoever `THEY` are , have played a blinder today . MM`s have simply facilitated bias between accelerator and brake .
Nothing has changed the GPS direction , I expect we will be leaving the speeding restriction zone soon .
GLA .

Brynjon / VCB:.... Ah ! Oramorph .
My late wife was not so fortunate . I think I could probably use a daily dose now .
Good luck to you both . My admiration for you Brynjon :
" I was thankful for a good outcome and enjoy reassuring the many patients I speak to on a daily basis. "
Surely an embarrassing example to the Trump`s and many like him in this world who would probably invest their time and money in a Golf Course .
Best wishes . V111.

could it be ?
Fwiw ~~~~ Forget Shell and BP , I`m betting on the old French Connection ~~~ Total !
One of the few areas in the world where they do not have an operating interest .
Exciting times !
GLA .

"The Company has agreed with Mr Hutchinson that, with effect from 31 August 2018, he will move to a part time basis and reduce his remuneration accordingly. He will commit to devote sufficient time to properly address the needs of the Company but will be free to seek additional positions elsewhere."

Read carefully , Hutchinson HAS effectively gone .
AST adrift with nobody at the wheel .
Would not surprise me to see this Mary Celeste taken private , with the obese Carter squeezing out of one of the hatches . 5th December 2018 ?

I lost enough in this when the sp was still in the 2`s . My sympathies are with all those shareholders who have been persuaded to stay the course for a whole variety of reasons . Among the most contentious has been the constant rhetoric of `Soon` and `Imminent` reported by the AST Management . It`s an absolute disgrace , the news flow would seem to have been completely fabricated . I doubt we will ever get to the real truth here . I fully agree that individuals are responsible for their own investment decisions , but so often they will be persuaded by the information flow from the Company itself . It seems that this has now been in the main completely dishonourable .
Continuing to hold , in hope is fully understandable , I`ve been there before , but even at 35p some capital may be salvaged . Even if there were to be some extraordinary turnaround , what could the possible upside now be ? I suspect not great and I suspect almost all shareholders would suffer a financial loss .
Which ever way you cut it , this is just ANOTHER AIM scandal , a disgrace and probably zero penalties for those to whom private investors entrusted their money .
The very best of luck to those still holding shares here , I sincerely hope that you are able to salvage at lest something from the wreckage caused by the appalling management of this company .

Absolutely nothing about this Company has smelled right for the last couple of years .
It seems to me that it has been on life support by a continuous daily infusion of IPPC .
After all the mishaps , regular alternative diagnosis , and corrective surgeries the patient seems to be failing now .
Is there a Witch Doctor in the house ?
You will always smell death before you find the body .
This has a strong smell of death about it .

"Some pretty naive posting today."

~~~~You`re being far too polite , but it`s good to see civility ;)

Perhaps you made a mistake here bought too many at the wrong price ?
Chose black when it turned out to be red ?
Disappointing to read your negative perspective on THIS thread after I believe that you said you had sold out .

TicoR :...In the main the sailing fraternity are pretty responsible imo , by that I mean yachting . If in your post you are referring to the Cruising and some Shipping Companies , that`s a whole different and disgusting issue !
Some 20 million people board cruise ships every year. And while they might return to land with fond memories of umbrella drinks and shuffleboard, they leave a lot at sea. About a billion gallons (3.8 billion liters) of sewage (pdf), in fact. A huge proportion of this Cruise line phenomena is centered on the Caribbean , and current legislation allows for the discharge of human waste 10 miles from shore .
This black water is disgusting it`s teeming with bacteria, heavy metals, pathogens, viruses, pharmaceuticals, and other things (including rubber !) that can harm the health of both humans and aquatic life.
The EPA estimates that single 3,000-person cruise ship pumps 150,000 gallons of sewage—about 10 backyard swimming pools’ worth—into the ocean per week. One vessel in an EPA study produced 74,000 gallons of sewage in a single day . Very nasty !
~~~~~~~~ As you rightly say , an oil spillage , and all hell breaks loose until the Company responsible cleans it up , which they are required to do .
People should have to pay a bit more for their fun on the high seas so tanks can be cleaned and treated when the ship returns to port .

Nice little summary Welshie7 . No givens in this game , but the potential for very substantial progress is clear to see .
Fingers crossed .
GLA .

Guzzler:... LoL ! ~~~ Very sharp :)

Degsy Almomd :.... Do you post as `Tidy 2` over on A D V F N ?

Uncas : Thanks for the interesting Bahamas information flow .

spike912:
" Said we would be blue and 5.40 lunch :) haha and now we are at full ask 5.40 being paid."

Mmm ~~~ I just paid 5.249p .

Undoubtedly , that`s just `Normal` business practice !
Discount for volume , continuity of relationship , contractual agreement , etc , which probably does not apply exclusively to Vast .

!. Don`t pay too much attention to the timings .
2. Total transactions 30m .
3. Definitive adjustment 10m cancelled .
4. 5m booked as sell .
5. Leaving 15m `Sold` at a price fractionally above the 5m sell .
6. No effect on the bid which had been dropped around the first 10m transaction .

Most definitely MM tactics to transact a 15m buy ~~~ imo .
This is not a large amount in the scheme of things , but the MM`s are probably not holding much reserve stock the have to resort to these sort of tactics to fill orders while keeping the sp in a reasonably stable price bracket . The alternative would be to raise the bid , risk having a whole lot of people rushing into the market and thus making it even more difficult to find a 15m chunk of shares at the buyers price point .
Perhaps an indication of what might happen to the sp should that License arrive , or the Company releases some transformational news re Zimbabwe .
Probably not without risk , but probably with huge potential , especially if the pieces of the jigsaw start to fall into place .
GL .

~~~ Oh! ~~~ It`s gone !