RE: 2009 vs 202529 Jul 2025 06:45
805slo: Would have , Could have, Should have! Hindsight on investments is always 20/20. I don't have all the answers, but I know Mr. Riddle has spent close to a billion dollars and has, until just recently, only completed one 500 meter horizontal well along with a salvaged 50% of his only other 'successful' well. As I understand it, the skin issue, the casing issue were Mr. Riddle's fault. Also, not common knowledge, Riddle tried to play the skining issue excuse on POQ and Sheffield. I was the one who initially talked to the guy who designed the frack job and he told me it was Tamboran and their refusal to hire the frack designer to oversee the job - they decided to save $45K by doing it themselves - that was a $30+ million dollar mistake. There were several major missteps in performing the frack and it resulted in the complete loss of the well - if you recall I was the first to bring this to light on the board and told you guys the well was a total loss while Riddle was saying it was a skin issue and could be repaired. Riddle is not all you built him up to be as he got caught trying to cover up the mistake. Furthermore, when a drilling company cannot manage to successfully complete wells the problem goes to the top. The market had lost faith in Riddle - thus the inability to only raise 50% on the initial stock offering - things only went downhill from there. Tamboran was going to have to shake things up to regain the markets support and capital - that's what the board did in releasing JR and appointing more of the Pioneer group to the board - most importantly Scott Sheffield. As to your Falcon being forced out scenario, Sheffield and group cannot force Falcon out of the game - that sole risk clause is worth the world to Falcon. Falcon can sit on their thumbs as long as they want - Tamboran and/or the Sheffields can't drill up acreage fast enough to hurt Falcon's net in 4.6 million acres. As these groups drill and have more success, Falcon's acreage just keeps going up in value - let the other guys prove up the acreage. If Falcon wants to participate, they have the right to jump back in on any new block at any time - thus a possible AMEX listing in the US. Good for you with a .10 average cost. With my holdings, the best I could do was get my earlier purchases down to .15 average - I'm comfortable with that and sleep well at night. The Beetaloo is going to make both of us a nice amount of money. I can't wait to watch this game play out. Gold Luck - appreciate the dialog.