Carlos Danger
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This is definitely possible if CATL are keen. Could be why Mr Pei was in Perth. Conditions would probs be loan is cancelled when 15% from Cominiere is sorted out or paid off gradually through supply with AVZ paying interest until either of those events are completed.Maybe (ok highly likely) I'm being a bit slow but surely we could get a far superior deal. Surely these guys are working off the latest BFS numbers. And the DFI, Africa bank bollocks (cant remember the name of it off the top) is supposedly to help build infrastructure and improvements on the continent and such, not what our banks generally do and ream us at every opportunity.
In your outcome, why not have an option for CATL to 'earn in' to the project - with a 9% start off an agreement to pay their 9% share but also to then put up a loan for rest of our initial agreement and they can buy in the remaining 15% upon conditions relating to the ICC clown show. They are apparently only wanting product and desperately need it, ok front up the loan at better than bank rates which we only start paying interest on the loan once the mine is built.
This shouldn't only work one way, which is much the same to the DFIs for finance too, best rates as this is to build Africa not just your coffers.
Could we then do a half debt half equity deal with the DFIs with conditions set that we have the option to buy back the equity from the DFIs, so they pay for their equity part of the deal spreading the risk at the start but then we can buy back the shares at market after ?
I suppose what I'm saying is FFS can we at least think out of the box and secure good terms for AVZ for once around finance we have had so damn long to do so!