One way forward for Nigel would be to do an off market transfer using the value in the date he ceased to be a director.
Sure, for tax purposes it'll result in an adverse situation ( market value substitution rule).
But it'll help get out of this
Alternatively, NF could transfer/sell his AJN equity to AVZ. That would be a decent gift and hedge for all AVZ sh.
That may or may not appease AVZ shareholders but Cominiere also cited Nigel's AJN holdings in their claims. I think the offer to the bod will be it has to continue without Nigel on our terms or it's sell / ICC. I'm basing this on the media attention he has gotten compared to other bod members this week and could obviously be wrong.
As it stands Dathcom own all of PR13359 and there are a lot of different ways this can go. But I think the AFR actually may have had a good point when they said:
'Ferguson could become as important a figure in the global mining industry as Andrew Forrest or Gina Rinehart. First, though, he will have to beat the Chinese in Kinshasa.'
Or maybe I'm just reading between the lines