I reckon shareholders have been pretty patient considering we were supposed to get the expidited mining licence within a few weeks some two years ago.
The Congolese politicians and public servants have somehow stuffed things beyond belief even though everything was done according to their mining code and their laws.
The idiots are sensitive because they're being called out on social media, big deal so they should be called out imo. And they should have been sacked, jailed and worse as well. Instead they get reinstated in the government, sit there entrenched in their 20 year positions and even the buffoons at Cominière haven't been sacked.
They carry on like a pack of kindergarten kids and burst into crocodile tears if things don't go their corrupted lying way.
Give them hell, who cares at this point. I'm also of the opinion that we might as well release the bfs and bring on ICC against the government. They've tied this up in years of legal battles anyway through greed, corruption and stupidity. Zijin is a problem but the Congolese are the real problem here and they're not changing, even their own corruption watchdog is in despair for the inaction.
Ye look I’m totally over these wankers too don’t get me wrong about that ; shareholders have gone through the mills ; last 8 months in particular have been consumed with constant social media screen watching; as opposed to giving and spending time to things that really matter in life.
I think some of your last paragraph presses the point -
“Give them hell, who cares at this point. I'm also of the opinion that we might as well release the bfs and bring on ICC against the government. They've tied this up in years of legal battles anyway through greed, corruption and stupidity.”Zijin is a problem but the Congolese are the real problem here and they're not changing, even their own corruption watchdog is in despair for the inaction.
“Greed , corruption and stupidity “ - 100% ; this has been absolute mind boggling ; I can’t get my head around some of the antics of sheer stupidity that have gone on and all stemming from the greed and corruption pot ; it’s like these people do one thing which is totally incomprehensible to us ; totally stand out nuts and no repercussions…. It’s like it’s just the norm ,get on with it ; it’s corruption, it’s just the done thing , don’t think about it ! Wanna cup of tea and a biscuit ?
‘Zijin is a problem but the Congolese are the real problem here and they're not changing’ -
Again yes totally agree ; zijin are a huge problem and the Congolese who feed and get fed from entities like Zijin are a massive parasitic issue ; these combined suck the lifeblood out of everything and it’s extremely difficult to alter this, as this root grows and spreads right out over time feeding more with $ and a sense of importance ; very difficult to control once it spreads and further takes root … a little Chinese money goes a long way and provides better revenue return when dished out in the DRC and snapped up like chips to the seagulls
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Give them hell, who cares at this point
*They've tied this up in years of legal battles anyway
*Congolese are the real problem here and they're not changing,
The 3 points above is where we are at ; posters in general don’t have a clue what’s happening ; frustrated at locked up capital and thoughts as to how failure will likely alter lifestyle moving forward ; lack of information is extremely frustrating ; all the above just cuts on the nerve .
Those 3 points just show that some have come to a point and basically written it off, even though they have zero information , as to what’s evolving on the other side ; what management are up to ; who they are speaking to …. So we (shareholders) know nothing ( recent ann about why we don’t comply with listing rule 3.1, basically tells us why we don’t know whats going on deep down) , but it’s hard to stay still and say nothing , but it’s not in shareholders control . So why do we assume blindly that we’ll just take this course of action , at any particular time and Start lambasting ministers etc …. I think a great effort has been done in the lead up to where we are now by some on Twitter in calling some DRC / Chinese crooks out … but I’ve a feeling that Cominiere and co are on a final desperate retarded death roll
It’s proving up imo, that most of this is being politically balanced at this point ; slow arduous work but imo in progress ; if there was no political swells and we we’re walking this same path 4 months ago ; I very much doubt that we’d be still here ; I reckon AVZ would be already in DRC to the ICC mode.
There’s been a few posters in the past in here and indeed on Twitter with wink winks , but as we know zero has come to fruition … I’m pretty sure that these posters were pretty bang on with … let’s say ‘the feelings’ which were resonating by those that’s some would expect to know more ; but for one reason or other all these posters and sources were equally disappointed when thing passed by; seems that a lot of the apparent reasons ,when postmortem results were enquired about , was that it was to do with political tripwires and ‘enter at your own risk’ signs which had popped up and / or certain channels had seemed to have grown tumors since last speak, as those ‘distractors’ seemed to borrow deeper in order to try and protect their easy money easily, lifestyle channels which before, has just seemed natural….. of course those winkers no longer wink here ; they either just observe or keep it to themselves rather bring on a stoning or heckling like something out if the life of Brian
Anyway there’s been a couple of things especially out of the Cominiere side which of course filters on to Zijin; as of late which would suggest some desperation is also seeping in there . For those who think management are not pressing in on it full bore , I reckon you couldn’t be much further from the truth ; in the past particularly during my hotcrapper posting days I’ve been pretty critical of management ; but over the last 6 months I have gained great respect for them and how they are now navigating this; it’s been a road of an unbelievable amount of hurdles and bloody stressful for all ; this has not been made easy particularly with FTs re-elections coming up, as he’s not been able to 'put a gun to anyone’s head' so to say and forget about political repercussions …. But my feeling is that management are now on the hinge point of flipping that boulder and this with the backing of a hamstrung ,but mostly functional DRC government which are gaining momentum whilst keeping their reelection ship above water.
“Give them hell, who cares at this point. I'm also of the opinion that we might as well release the bfs and bring on ICC against the government. They've tied this up in years of legal battles anyway through greed, corruption and stupidity.”
Imo the above would probably be welcomed by cominiere , Zijin and Co ; back the DRC government into a corner ; drag this whole thing right out etc
Management are doing what they are being paid to do and fwiw ; I reckon NF has earned his keep over the last 12 months …. Obviously not a lover as to how all this thing spilled out on the ground ; but hat off to NF in how he’s been dealing with it ; he’s been away from family and out of country far far more than he’s been here over the last 10 months.
If whispers are coming out from particular individuals asking if we can smooth it down a bit on social media … and I’m frustrated beyond words … then maybe just a little longer isn’t such a bad idea … ye I know 12 months is a long bloody time
apologies for all fat finger errors , grammer etc, twas an iphone post
