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Of course. I'm not sure red has ever said, so we'll just assume she's a part-time supermodel who is also a princess and goes to a different school so we wouldn't know her...
1981investor - don't forget has lovely wife - bless her. She's got bazillions too....;0
Bless them.
Z
Of course you have, poppet. Probably got some of them as a bonus for all that important 'city finance' work you absolutely definitely did do in your career...
You don't understand A trades, but you were definitely a big deal. Definitely.
You flag tiny transfer of stock reported on Christmas day as if it signal corporate action. But you are 100% a rich former city boy with millions of shares. Of course.
Still got millions Bozi...
Colonel - why are you still (after all these years) spouting ******?
You post as if you are all knowledgeable about what is going on - always have done....and yet in reality you know the square root of nothing (as do I).
Where in the name of (your)god do you learn that the chinese are in discussion with Ecuador??? I'll let you into a secret - the chinese have been entwined in Ecuador for over thirty years, from a commercial perspective. They have propped up the regime (financially) for as long as the last 2 decades. Ecuador owes China a considerab;e sum of money and much of it had to be written off by the chinese last month 'balance' their books!
I will say this - if ANYONE is closer to what is going on, both in the ecuadorian mining fraternity and in Solg - it IS the chinese.
All of the above is available on line for research purposes by the way.
We are all watching the PoG start its inexorable rise - the longer it continues - the more expensive the purchase of Alpala becomes. Someone needs to act soon to get a shop floor bargain @ENSA - or this 'hiatus' we are experiencing will continue for bl oody months if not years!
Z
SOLG selling up Redknight - Addicknt's post prompted the question.
PS - there's only one of us that has actually sold some shares in the last 24hrs... and it wasn't me...
Orpherncopper... when you say " mine and others big concern"? Who are these others?
It's ben posted on several times now and you still don't get it or it doesn't suit your negative view.... but Ecuador Gov are in a very important discussion with Chinese right now. Timelines are not in SOLG's hands especially if buyer is Chinese lol! There is a clear link between doing trade deals and securing what will be the largest footprint in Ecuador with the biggest producing mine worth multi billion investment capital.
SOLG are also in discussions withe Ecuador gov regarding terms on moving from exploration to exploitation.
So whilst you continue to suggest SOLG are struggling, just bear the above in mind. It's not all in their control. And FWIIW... if the chinese are at all worried about Ecuador politics and Lasso etc etc then they really wouldn't be this far in would they?
But you keep trying you best to suggest Ecuador is a basket case and the likes of Alpala are not desirable.
You are not an investor here. You are an infestor!
Tough decision huh Bozi...?
"I've a preference for selling up.........It doesn't mean I have to sell up though."
So had you decided to hang on by the time you finished your post?
I've "dropped the ball" regarding Solg these days. Fecking company has done the same too, it seems.
Would appreciate therefore - peeps views on the way fwd, vis a vie:
1. No drilling? No exploration?
2. No further physical progress regarding Cascabel?
3. 800+ hungry mouths to feed?
4. No money coming in?
5. Lasso could be ejected from office before he leaves anyway in 2024?
6. Is the SR just a paper exercise?
Can't think of any positives - sorry (other than amalgamating CGP and Solg).
What exactly is Solg doing - day in, day out - anyone?
Z
Orthern, yes, it would be concerning, but at this stage we have absolutely no evidence to support that position. What we do know is that Caldwell/Maxit are working 'full time' on the SR and have previously expressed a degree of urgency, so I'm not sure what's happened to make people believe they are not doing exactly what they said they would.
But Add - we're repeatedly being told by members of this BB that the SR is all a big smokescreen for what is really happening.
I don't believe it is. I've every belief that it's happening and the June outcome will be as you say, with a definitive course of action advised. Will it be the course of action that most people want - that is the question.
I just happen to believe that the interest is already involved. It has to be someone with the cash resources to negate borrowing at expensive rates and they have to have the social and technical skills to navigate Ecuador and overcome the issues that I'm sure will arise given there's only a couple of mines in existence and nothing like the plan at Cascabel.
I'd love Citi and Maxit to unearth 2 or 3 suitors who tick all those boxes but I will believe it when I see it.
"having looked at all the options over the coming months we intend to follow x path"
exactly this... and that is mine and others big concern.. it would have been at least 6 months for our board to just make a decision on direction of travel for a small explorer.... and then state 'an intention to begin the process of going down route X' and then we are waiting another 6 months as they again drag their heels further...
Is anyone else having problems with HL today? I keep getting the message Bad Gateway and I'm wondering if there's a problem with their server.
Fort, I'm asking again because I don't want you to wriggle out of yet another question. You never explained why you said BR moving stock between funds was keeping our SP down, but now I'm asking:
Do you believe what is posted on this message board changes the share price? Yes or no.
If it's 'no' (spoiler alert: it is 'no'), you need to relax a bit, and stop jumping on anyone who disagrees with you.
Bozi, that's not how a SR works and updates aren't normally provided.
I think the key question is whether or not at this stage the SR is merely an intellectual exercise, or whether they are actively pursuing one of the options. In other words, come end June will they say "having looked at all the options over the coming months we intend to follow x path", or will they say "having considered the options we have pursued x and this is what the deal looks like" (that's rather clumsily expressed, but you get my point.) My own view is were it merely an intellectual process it wouldn't have taken this long, but that's just speculation on my behalf.
Why do you feel Maxit/Citi won't generate any interest? Do you believe the asset is insufficiently attractive to stimulate interest from more than one party? I'd have thought we've already got two on the register and I'm sure there's more out there.
Addicknt - I've a preference for selling up given that there's next to no activities going on in country. We seem to have become completely incapable of doing anything since the PFS was announced. That's almost 12 months of dead time.
That said, my concern is how much progress Bob and Dan are making. Nothing is being shared with shareholders and nothing is really making it to press. We deserve to be updated more than that because the alternative is some mediocre offer is placed in front of us with a reluctant endorsement from the board.
Basically, I've no confidence that Maxit are going to stimulate an auction type process and that is disappointing. It doesn't mean I have to sell up though.
Bozi, would you rather we remained tangled in the undergrowth? Or don't you believe the company is making progress in the right direction?
The fact is we are in a very different situation from that of early summer last year and if we can't feel optimistic we may as well sell up and disappear.
If you were independent enough to buy at 13/15/16 etc why do you need people's thoughts now ?
GLA
MFU
You'll have to buy back soon orpherncopper as it will be into the 20's and you'll be scratching around for negative stuff to post then.
Just buy back in and stop with the ridiculous pretence that you are invested here. You posts over the last few weeks have gained in their negativity as you become more and more desperate to spin some doom and gloom.
Everyone can see it. It's embarrassing. But that's alright, you can just get a new alias again like last time.
Approx 40% up from lows a few weeks back, I know we had the Warren Irwin statement but that sounded like hyperbole.
Trying to work out whether to top slice some of the recent traches I bought at lows of 13 / 15 / 16 and 18 or whether I'll massively regret this is it continues the trend and gets back to highs of only a year ago.....thoughts?
Needalife /Kalbari
How are you doing? Life treating you well in Aus? Long time no speak since your previous incarnation.
Take it easy and don't be too critical of little old SOLG. We've had a horrendous couple of years here and some need to believe that the wood is emerging from the trees.
They will have a chinese boss, but at least still be employed
GLA
DK
This is looking pretty soiid today...looks like a 300k sale has been absorbed at close to the Bid...
Lets se how it settles down later today as theres no dealing before Tuesday...