It's now 119 days since we last traded
Currently the 7th extension to the initial supposed 9 day suspension
77 days since an official update on arbitration with Zijin
49 days since an official update on the mining license
The communication from AVZ management about what's happening and how long the suspension will take has been appalling. It would have been better for them to initially say it will take 6 months and we will let you know if it is sorted sooner. This 2 weeks at a time shit doesn't reflect well on their sources of information or ability to run the company.
I don't buy the idea that they have been told by lawyers to not say anything because their lawyer Christian Lukusa is running his mouth about company events on twitter and in press conferences. Even if true they should just put out an announcement saying that they aren't currently able to clarify matters because of legal advice.
The fact that management are so nonchalant about having peoples money tied up while offering no news or sacrifice on their own behalf eg salary reductions or forfeiture of gifted shares is a fucking joke. The reputational damage suffered by the company will last long past the suspension ending. Many people that were on the fence about investing in AVZ will never touch it now. Not worth the risk of having funds made unavailable for such a lengthy period of time.
To make matters worse we have been removed from the ASX200 and ASX300. All of the happy talk on here of an opportunity to buy the dip misses that the whole point of suspension was to preserve shareholder value. Now a few hundred million net shares will need to be sold which will most likely force down the price. Those shares will also be available to be traded in the future rather than being held by firm hands.
After holding through 5 years of delays and missed self imposed imminent deadlines I have almost lost faith in management's ability to deliver a positive outcome for shareholders. Despite all the Chinese whispers on this forum about a resolution being close it seems from official announcements that we are no where near getting the license and trade resuming. If the DRC continue to delay things and management don't have the desire to take them to court to force the issue then at this point I hope cash is right and we are for sale.
The communication has been poor, but it’s not been in their hands as to when this can come back out of suspension. Also the ‘less communication’ is less for those who’ve been trying to steal our asset we’ve poured 10s of millions into an developed it to a stage where it’s now ready to start construction, why give them anything to work with.
It’s obvious what’s happened even now with Cong still acting the prick, so a little strategic silence from management I’m fine with. Politics also play into the silence, hard to get decisions going our way if we are going to publicly slam the government every two weeks over their lethargic decision making.
It honestly seems fairly clear why they haven’t been able to clarify much and I’d bet the board would expect it’s holders to know this too.
End of the day am I happy with the communication, not really but I understand. Am I happy with the companies efforts during the corruption and shithousery, yes definitely so far.
The not having funds available jibe is just silly, as if the company will swing in and out of suspension for its lifetime so nobody will ever invest in AVZ to protect their ‘funds’. Yea when I’m collecting those divvies each year I’ll be terrified.
Taking DRC govt to court ? Really, it’s certainly not that bad. There has been progress, so it’s looking like cong will go the same way.
If your a genuine holder of 5 years we have been through some shit which would have prepared you for more shit, we seem to be served up shit regularly, but look at the MC look at the fundamentals and soon look at that farken BFS if you want to genuinely sell before we go mining be my guest you will be well in profit and well done for that. Personally I’m holding, as holding it for so long only to sell out before we go mining seems a crazy idea to me.
I’m thinking of holding at least 66% for those yearly divvies, being the biggest lithium mine in an EV an Energy storage revolution to last decades with lithium being the golden child well I think that’s a once in a lifetime opportunity not to pass up. But you likely think I’m crazy too lol.