Carlos Danger
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Like I said yesterday I would have disclosed it with an immediate ICC arbitration claim against Dathomir (with an injunction to stop the destruction of the share certificate leaving us legally ahead) and proper explanation to the market if I were them as trust with shareholders is more important than being technically legally rightI have no doubt Avz have done all the right things with Dathomir, Cong signed docs, money was transferred, case closed....
my point is, which i dont think you are getting is, should these red flags have been disclosed via the ASX ?
Just a simple statement like, " it has come to our attention that Dathomir is disputing the 15% transfer, AVZ are resolute that all processes were undertaken legally and we have good title. Dathomir dispute is spurious and lacks merit."
Same statement could have been made with Zijin ROFR......yada yada
The fact is, LTSH thought everything was rosy when ML decree was awarded............then the shit hit the fan .
Sorry, that doesnt pass the pub test!!
imo
PS.........waiting for dave evans to give me a serve and put me on IGNORE aka Hudnut.......
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I guess management didn't do that because technically the onus was on Cong to initiate arbitration and they thought they could get this overturned on appeal within the DRC. I'm sure they were also concerned that an international arbitration case within Dathcom could possibly delay the ML which they were claiming was imminent.
Even though I agree with their reasoning pending ICC outcomes about disclosure regarding the Zijin, Cominiere and Dathomir disputes, management (especially Nigel) should have definitely tempered their language about how well things were going in the DRC. We did end up getting the ML before the shitshow really began so they do get some leniency but clearly the MoP was already against us as well as our JV partners.