RE: Artemis23 Jan 2022 09:31
Agreed @Bamps. As I see it, if they find anything at Apollo (or anywhere on their patch), then they have to work out how to afford to make it work.
Options are:
1. raise the cash (HAV over $200m so far, but with no cost for processing plant), loans or dilute, but how much for all the infrastructure plus mine etc?
2. JV with NCM. Will NCM want to move as fast as HAV? Would this be a slower operation to bring in ore through HAV infrastructure in year 10, say? May well depend on the quality of the find!
3. JV with RIO? Will this work?
4. Raise cash (via dilution?) to prove up the find for sale.
5. Merge with GGP.
I'm sure there are more options, but however you look at it ARTEMIS will need access to capital in some form or another, this comes at a cost. So 100% ownership is good but it does present challenges.
To me it is a speculative shareholding which may or may not come good. The nearby companies that have access to cash (which will include us) may end up with the lions' share of Apollo. That's if it's worth going for, of course (it may be good,but not good enough).
I'll put some cash in, but will write it off as 'lost' straight away - if it comes good, Happy Falcon. If it doesn't I've lost my bet.