A costly for RRR1 May 2020 01:30
(1). He is RRR CEO/chairman . He was RGM CEO/chairman.
In 2018 while Andrew Bell was still at RGM, RGM went into a partnership with Legacy hill resources to operate a USA coal mine. It was ultimately a dismal failure.
From Red Rocks December final results it seems that on the quiet RRR lent Legacy hill resources money and it was later written off. Final results RNS says:
"The Company also reviewed an outstanding loan of £267,983 made to Legacy Hill Resources Inc, a US based operator of metallurgical coal assets. Following discussions with Legacy Hill Resources, the view was taken that the Omega metallurgical coal mine, the sole asset of Legacy Hill Resources Inc, had ceased coal production and was unlikely to have residual value sufficient to pay off the loan, and so the decision was made to impair this loan in full"
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(2). Unbeknownst at the time to RRR shareholders when Andrew Bell was a director at Steelmin on the quiet RRR lent Steelmin £1.01 million in loans. Last year's final results says:
"The Company conducted a review of the loans made to Steelmin Ltd in order to facilitate the restarting of ferrosilicon production in Bosnia, totalling £1.01m, and determined that due to the UK business going into administration and the Bosnian assets being sold off to a third party, that these loans would not likely be recovered and should be impaired in full"
(3) Bell is both Chairman of RRR and POW (formerly ABM). In Jan 2019 RRR took part in an ABM placing for £100,000. https://www.lse.co.uk/rns/RRR/red-rock-resources-update-9gsxw7dz318md8z.html
To me this was RRR giving ABM (now POW) a £100,000 freebie because with the conflicts of interest with Bell being on both boards I doubts RRR or Bell will be selling POW shares.
I recall when Bell was once a Star Striker director and RRR sold some Star Striker shares and the Star Striker board wanted Bell removed. Bell said in an RRR RNS RRR wouldn't sell anymore Star Striker shares. Then he gets forced out and resigns and he quickly sells all the star striker shares.
So also definite a conflict of interest with Bell being a Jupiter director. If Red Rock sold too many Jupiter shares then Bell could well lose his directorship at Jupiter.
The breathtaking thing about Bell is that he never even RNSed these additional loans to Steelmin or the loan to then Regency mines business partner Legacy hill resources. Shareholders basically find out when the loans have been written off.
Let's be honest it's all very murky and he should have been sacked years ago.