The optics of a raise now...22 Nov 2023 07:46
This is not to say they won't do it before any more drills but there is no real positive spin to put on it.
I f they goo early, then what do they say, we had 2 raises to get ready for this drill campaign having had raise for the previous failed one.
We eventually got a rig and it broke down 3 times in 3 weeks, we still never got to TD so we are not much further forward, We know helium is down, but then thats been known from the get-go.
So give us yet more money to work with the same unreliable drill to see if we can actually complete one drill properly which we have promised for years and never delivered on....
It's not a compelling argument.
However if they can drill again and then find helium then the next about of money raising won't be an issue.
So thats the only order that makes sense, (to me) and if they don't do it that way round then they have as much confidence as I do that they will actually deliver.
The big red flag that has kept my "investment" (ha!) suitably and appropriately low, is that no one, no big major, has ever bought them out. This fantastic, almost nailed on profit opportunity, which would be small beer for any of the majors has never sparked any interest from them.
So, the risk remains the same but time drags on..... what a bore this drilling game is.... (see what I did there?)
gla :0))