AVZ Discussion 2022

[Bin59]

 

[TDITD]

Suspended lithium play AVZ Minerals has conceded a Congo court ordered its payments to acquire an additional 15 per cent stake in the Manono Project be suspended, after it was questioned about the September 20 court ruling by The Australian Financial Review.
The ruling suggests AVZ and Congo’s Dathomir face more arbitration over the deal’s validity and sale price, while extending a list of disputes AVZ faces over its ownership rights to the Manono hard rock lithium deposit in the Congo.

AVZ Minerals CEO Nigel Ferguson is disputing claims that a Chinese company owns 15 per cent of AVZ’s lithium project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. David Rowe
On Thursday last week, AVZ told the market only a properly constituted arbitration tribunal has jurisdiction to overturn an acquisition it says it executed with Dathomir in August 2021 for $US21 million.
The Perth-headquartered explorer rode the lithium boom and excitement over claims Manono is the world’s largest lithium deposit to reach a $2.7 billion sharemarket valuation last May, before shares were suspended over its mining licence’s approval by the Congo government.
Despite the ruling suspending AVZ’s payments for the 15 per cent stake, AVZ said it still had legal title to 75 per cent ownership of Manono.
In September 2021, AVZ announced a separate agreement with Chinese investor Suzhou CATH Energy Technologies to sell a 24 per cent equity interest in Manono for $US240 million, which by proxy valued the project at $US1 billion.
This compares to the $US21 million AVZ said it paid Dathomir for a 15 per cent stake just a month before in August 2021 in a transaction the Congolese mining group has now had a court rule as suspended.
On May 10, AVZ told investors its future Manono stake would fall from 75 per cent to 51 per cent after the deal to sell a 24 per cent stake to CATH completed, with the right to negotiate to buy another 15 per cent from Congo government’s Cominiere potentially taking its stake back to a final 66 per cent.
However, in May 2022 another Chinese mining group named Zijin Mining announced it had signed a separate legal deal with the Congo government’s Cominiere to acquire a 15 per cent stake in the Manono Project for $US33.4 million.
Fortune-500 company Zijin said the deal was struck in September 2021 and the Commercial Court of Lubumbashi rejected AVZ’s attempt to have the deal thrown out in November 2021 and January 2022.
AVZ didn’t disclose the Zijin legal dispute or court rulings to the market until May 4, 2022, as shares raced to $1.30 in April 2022 on a $4.5 billion valuation. Its stock was suspended on May 9.
In May, Zijin also applied to the International Court of Arbitration (ICC) to force AVZ to recognise its claim to 15 per cent in the Manono project.
“Zijin Mining confidently looks forward to the ICC hearing in April 2023 and expects AVZ’s abuse of Zijin Mining’s 15 per cent stake in the Manono project as alleged will be addressed,” Zijin’s in-house legal counsel Sun Kuiyuan said on Thursday. “Zijin Mining is disappointed with AVZ’s lack of cooperation with the minority shareholders of the Manono project.
“Zijin is surprised that AVZ has not supported its participation in the Manono project, which brings substantial capital and expertise to the benefit of all stakeholders and the DRC.”

Zijin refused to comment further. It previously said the separate sale between Dathomir and AVZ had been legally terminated to mean AVZ only had legal ownership of 60 per cent of the project, with Zijin at 15 per cent, Dathomir at 15 per cent, and the Congo government under Cominiere at 10 per cent.
It also said if AVZ proceeded with the 24 per cent sale to CATH Technologies its stake would drop from 60 per cent to 36 per cent to mean AVZ “will no longer have an absolute controlling interest” in Manono.
AVZ refused to comment on questions around the September 20 court ruling and a separate December 2021 court document related to the Dathomir deal.
Company secretary Ben Cohen said AVZ would only respond further with its lawyers present due to unspecified allegations on social media that Financial Review reporter Tom Richardson is connected with a short selling group named Boatman Capital, which chose to publish mistruths.
London-based short side research firm Boatman Capital has followed Zijin in claiming AVZ’s stake will fall from 60 per cent to 36 per cent if the deal to sell to CATH goes ahead, which theoretically means AVZ would own less of the project than Chinese interests.
On September 9, AVZ issued a statement attacking Boatman for publishing alleged mistruths around the Congo courtroom barneys and reiterated its position that it still owns 75 per cent of Manono.
In response, Boatman instructed lawyers Grosvenor Law to demand both the ASX and ASIC investigate AVZ for allegedly misleading the market and failing to follow its disclosure obligations.
Boatman has also submitted court documents and made unreported allegations to Australia’s regulators it said supported its statements.
Tom Richardson writes and comments on markets including tech, crypto, software, small caps, banking, payments, and regulation. He worked in asset management at Bank of New York Mellon and is a member of the CFA Society of the UK as an IMC graduate. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at tom.richardson@afr.com

The shorter is trying his best, slimy pos.

 

[Bin59]

Towards the creation of the Congolese Battery Council​

03.10.2022

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has a Battery Council, a public structure whose mission is to contribute to the implementation of the project of the competitive value chain of electric batteries.
The draft decree on the creation, organization and operation of this public institution was adopted on Friday, September 30, 2022, by the Council of Ministers.
According to the Minister of Industry, Julien Paluku, this is a technical structure "to monitor and evaluate the materialization of the President of the Republic's commitments as part of the implementation of this ambitious project of the competitive value chain of electric batteries in the Democratic Republic of Congo".

This structure will provide the technical elements necessary for the government to ensure the supply chain of minerals that enter into the manufacture of batteries, explained the head of the Congolese Industry.
The Congolese Battery Council will collaborate with Battery Councils from other States according to the cooperation agreements between the said States and the Democratic Republic of Congo, stressed the Congolese government spokesman.

Reagan Ndota
AFRIQU'ACTU / MCP, via mediacongo.net

 

[DiscoDanNZ]

That Tommy R fuck head article makes my blood boil.

 

[Mr Inappropriate]

Suspended lithium play AVZ Minerals has conceded a Congo court ordered its payments to acquire an additional 15 per cent stake in the Manono Project be suspended, after it was questioned about the September 20 court ruling by The Australian Financial Review.
The ruling suggests AVZ and Congo’s Dathomir face more arbitration over the deal’s validity and sale price, while extending a list of disputes AVZ faces over its ownership rights to the Manono hard rock lithium deposit in the Congo.

AVZ Minerals CEO Nigel Ferguson is disputing claims that a Chinese company owns 15 per cent of AVZ’s lithium project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. David Rowe
On Thursday last week, AVZ told the market only a properly constituted arbitration tribunal has jurisdiction to overturn an acquisition it says it executed with Dathomir in August 2021 for $US21 million.
The Perth-headquartered explorer rode the lithium boom and excitement over claims Manono is the world’s largest lithium deposit to reach a $2.7 billion sharemarket valuation last May, before shares were suspended over its mining licence’s approval by the Congo government.
Despite the ruling suspending AVZ’s payments for the 15 per cent stake, AVZ said it still had legal title to 75 per cent ownership of Manono.
In September 2021, AVZ announced a separate agreement with Chinese investor Suzhou CATH Energy Technologies to sell a 24 per cent equity interest in Manono for $US240 million, which by proxy valued the project at $US1 billion.
This compares to the $US21 million AVZ said it paid Dathomir for a 15 per cent stake just a month before in August 2021 in a transaction the Congolese mining group has now had a court rule as suspended.
On May 10, AVZ told investors its future Manono stake would fall from 75 per cent to 51 per cent after the deal to sell a 24 per cent stake to CATH completed, with the right to negotiate to buy another 15 per cent from Congo government’s Cominiere potentially taking its stake back to a final 66 per cent.
However, in May 2022 another Chinese mining group named Zijin Mining announced it had signed a separate legal deal with the Congo government’s Cominiere to acquire a 15 per cent stake in the Manono Project for $US33.4 million.
Fortune-500 company Zijin said the deal was struck in September 2021 and the Commercial Court of Lubumbashi rejected AVZ’s attempt to have the deal thrown out in November 2021 and January 2022.
AVZ didn’t disclose the Zijin legal dispute or court rulings to the market until May 4, 2022, as shares raced to $1.30 in April 2022 on a $4.5 billion valuation. Its stock was suspended on May 9.
In May, Zijin also applied to the International Court of Arbitration (ICC) to force AVZ to recognise its claim to 15 per cent in the Manono project.
“Zijin Mining confidently looks forward to the ICC hearing in April 2023 and expects AVZ’s abuse of Zijin Mining’s 15 per cent stake in the Manono project as alleged will be addressed,” Zijin’s in-house legal counsel Sun Kuiyuan said on Thursday. “Zijin Mining is disappointed with AVZ’s lack of cooperation with the minority shareholders of the Manono project.
“Zijin is surprised that AVZ has not supported its participation in the Manono project, which brings substantial capital and expertise to the benefit of all stakeholders and the DRC.”

Zijin refused to comment further. It previously said the separate sale between Dathomir and AVZ had been legally terminated to mean AVZ only had legal ownership of 60 per cent of the project, with Zijin at 15 per cent, Dathomir at 15 per cent, and the Congo government under Cominiere at 10 per cent.
It also said if AVZ proceeded with the 24 per cent sale to CATH Technologies its stake would drop from 60 per cent to 36 per cent to mean AVZ “will no longer have an absolute controlling interest” in Manono.
AVZ refused to comment on questions around the September 20 court ruling and a separate December 2021 court document related to the Dathomir deal.
Company secretary Ben Cohen said AVZ would only respond further with its lawyers present due to unspecified allegations on social media that Financial Review reporter Tom Richardson is connected with a short selling group named Boatman Capital, which chose to publish mistruths.
London-based short side research firm Boatman Capital has followed Zijin in claiming AVZ’s stake will fall from 60 per cent to 36 per cent if the deal to sell to CATH goes ahead, which theoretically means AVZ would own less of the project than Chinese interests.
On September 9, AVZ issued a statement attacking Boatman for publishing alleged mistruths around the Congo courtroom barneys and reiterated its position that it still owns 75 per cent of Manono.
In response, Boatman instructed lawyers Grosvenor Law to demand both the ASX and ASIC investigate AVZ for allegedly misleading the market and failing to follow its disclosure obligations.
Boatman has also submitted court documents and made unreported allegations to Australia’s regulators it said supported its statements.
Tom Richardson writes and comments on markets including tech, crypto, software, small caps, banking, payments, and regulation. He worked in asset management at Bank of New York Mellon and is a member of the CFA Society of the UK as an IMC graduate. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at tom.richardson@afr.com

What kind of journo can’t even get the country right? I’m guessing that he doesn’t know that Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo are different countries…

[Edit: Props to anyone who wants to point this out to him on Twitter.]

 

[LX600]

What Simon Cong and Zijin really want is delaying the project by using dodgy ways

 

[oxxa23]

What Simon Cong and Zijin really want is delaying the project by using dodgy ways

tbh, i take simon cong as more a money hungry grub... he just wants cash... delays dont line his pockets...

 

[Bin59]

Suspended lithium play AVZ Minerals has conceded a Congo court ordered its payments to acquire an additional 15 per cent stake in the Manono Project be suspended, after it was questioned about the September 20 court ruling by The Australian Financial Review.
The ruling suggests AVZ and Congo’s Dathomir face more arbitration over the deal’s validity and sale price, while extending a list of disputes AVZ faces over its ownership rights to the Manono hard rock lithium deposit in the Congo.

AVZ Minerals CEO Nigel Ferguson is disputing claims that a Chinese company owns 15 per cent of AVZ’s lithium project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. David Rowe
On Thursday last week, AVZ told the market only a properly constituted arbitration tribunal has jurisdiction to overturn an acquisition it says it executed with Dathomir in August 2021 for $US21 million.
The Perth-headquartered explorer rode the lithium boom and excitement over claims Manono is the world’s largest lithium deposit to reach a $2.7 billion sharemarket valuation last May, before shares were suspended over its mining licence’s approval by the Congo government.
Despite the ruling suspending AVZ’s payments for the 15 per cent stake, AVZ said it still had legal title to 75 per cent ownership of Manono.
In September 2021, AVZ announced a separate agreement with Chinese investor Suzhou CATH Energy Technologies to sell a 24 per cent equity interest in Manono for $US240 million, which by proxy valued the project at $US1 billion.
This compares to the $US21 million AVZ said it paid Dathomir for a 15 per cent stake just a month before in August 2021 in a transaction the Congolese mining group has now had a court rule as suspended.
On May 10, AVZ told investors its future Manono stake would fall from 75 per cent to 51 per cent after the deal to sell a 24 per cent stake to CATH completed, with the right to negotiate to buy another 15 per cent from Congo government’s Cominiere potentially taking its stake back to a final 66 per cent.
However, in May 2022 another Chinese mining group named Zijin Mining announced it had signed a separate legal deal with the Congo government’s Cominiere to acquire a 15 per cent stake in the Manono Project for $US33.4 million.
Fortune-500 company Zijin said the deal was struck in September 2021 and the Commercial Court of Lubumbashi rejected AVZ’s attempt to have the deal thrown out in November 2021 and January 2022.
AVZ didn’t disclose the Zijin legal dispute or court rulings to the market until May 4, 2022, as shares raced to $1.30 in April 2022 on a $4.5 billion valuation. Its stock was suspended on May 9.
In May, Zijin also applied to the International Court of Arbitration (ICC) to force AVZ to recognise its claim to 15 per cent in the Manono project.
“Zijin Mining confidently looks forward to the ICC hearing in April 2023 and expects AVZ’s abuse of Zijin Mining’s 15 per cent stake in the Manono project as alleged will be addressed,” Zijin’s in-house legal counsel Sun Kuiyuan said on Thursday. “Zijin Mining is disappointed with AVZ’s lack of cooperation with the minority shareholders of the Manono project.
“Zijin is surprised that AVZ has not supported its participation in the Manono project, which brings substantial capital and expertise to the benefit of all stakeholders and the DRC.”

Zijin refused to comment further. It previously said the separate sale between Dathomir and AVZ had been legally terminated to mean AVZ only had legal ownership of 60 per cent of the project, with Zijin at 15 per cent, Dathomir at 15 per cent, and the Congo government under Cominiere at 10 per cent.
It also said if AVZ proceeded with the 24 per cent sale to CATH Technologies its stake would drop from 60 per cent to 36 per cent to mean AVZ “will no longer have an absolute controlling interest” in Manono.
AVZ refused to comment on questions around the September 20 court ruling and a separate December 2021 court document related to the Dathomir deal.
Company secretary Ben Cohen said AVZ would only respond further with its lawyers present due to unspecified allegations on social media that Financial Review reporter Tom Richardson is connected with a short selling group named Boatman Capital, which chose to publish mistruths.
London-based short side research firm Boatman Capital has followed Zijin in claiming AVZ’s stake will fall from 60 per cent to 36 per cent if the deal to sell to CATH goes ahead, which theoretically means AVZ would own less of the project than Chinese interests.
On September 9, AVZ issued a statement attacking Boatman for publishing alleged mistruths around the Congo courtroom barneys and reiterated its position that it still owns 75 per cent of Manono.
In response, Boatman instructed lawyers Grosvenor Law to demand both the ASX and ASIC investigate AVZ for allegedly misleading the market and failing to follow its disclosure obligations.
Boatman has also submitted court documents and made unreported allegations to Australia’s regulators it said supported its statements.
Tom Richardson writes and comments on markets including tech, crypto, software, small caps, banking, payments, and regulation. He worked in asset management at Bank of New York Mellon and is a member of the CFA Society of the UK as an IMC graduate. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at tom.richardson@

 

[Tunedin]

AFR article is a hit-piece written by someone who thinks they’re untouchable. There is and has been an orchestrated attack on AVZ by multiple players that together created a shit storm of events (online troll’s, hit-piece articles by both Australian and foreign press, multiple legal actions taken against AVZ, Boatman capitol hit-piece) leading to a short selling event that never saw the light of day.

The short sellers have been burning ever since. The people with the most to say against AVZ either hold a short position in AVZ or have been hired/payed to do so. There would be a few voices in the mix that are fan boys of other listed CO’s and enjoy getting a few kicks into AVZ while it’s on the ground defending itself. Make no mistake, AVZ are protecting themselves and us. Their strategy has and continues to burn anyone with a short position including institutions that were buying up just prior to the sell off, organised collective of retail shorts and existing hostile Chinese holders. How do you think they vent their frustration of having been stuck in suspension paying massive fee’s? How do you think they might be wanting you to think and act upon any indication AVZ is coming out of suspension?

I believe that AVZ have hired the best legal team to defend themselves. I personally would like more information but I would prefer to get information directly from AVZ and not pissed off individuals and organised short sell syndicates. We will all have that opportunity end of week. I’ll see fellow Melbourne based investors on the 8th, after the presentation and any official information released prior I look forward to any informed discussions over a beer.

 

[Winenut]

Well reading that AFR article is just about enough to tip me straight back into rant mode!

However, having turned over a new leaf and looking to surprise a few with a little intellectual commentary and astounding versatility I shall refrain from a crass and vulgar display.......for now

Very keen to see how the week unfolds re: announcements etc in the lead up to the Halloween roadshow in Perth

Definitely hoping for some positive news as one day I really want to get absolutely slizzered at a debauched $2 party.....

Okay better stop there....started to get a little off the rails

Have a good week everyone!

 

[Fletch77]

Well reading that AFR article is just about enough to tip me straight back into rant mode!

However, having turned over a new leaf and looking to surprise a few with a little intellectual commentary and astounding versatility I shall refrain from a crass and vulgar display.......for now

Very keen to see how the week unfolds re: announcements etc in the lead up to the Halloween roadshow in Perth

Definitely hoping for some positive news as one day I really want to get absolutely slizzered at a debauched $2 party.....

Okay better stop there....started to get a little off the rails

Have a good week everyone!

T bagging Tommy

Fucking C### face with a face like a smashed c### !!

 

[Winenut]

T bagging Tommy

Fucking C### face with a face like a smashed c### !!

Again the mantle passeth.....

 

[DiscoDanNZ]

Well reading that AFR article is just about enough to tip me straight back into rant mode!

However, having turned over a new leaf and looking to surprise a few with a little intellectual commentary and astounding versatility I shall refrain from a crass and vulgar display.......for now

Very keen to see how the week unfolds re: announcements etc in the lead up to the Halloween roadshow in Perth

Definitely hoping for some positive news as one day I really want to get absolutely slizzered at a debauched $2 party.....

Okay better stop there....started to get a little off the rails

Have a good week everyone!

Life's more fun if you act like Fletch though.

T bagging Tommy

Fucking C### face with a face like a smashed c### !!

 

[Fletch77]

I cooled down and edited that rant slightly but it’s not edited in your replies …. Apologies I forgot about the ladies in the room..

My sentiment stands though.. can‘t believe that slimey little prick..

 

[BRICK]

View attachment 19539

10 years experience is fuck all in the school of life

 

[Winenut]

I cooled down and edited that rant slightly but it’s not edited in your replies …. Apologies I forgot about the ladies in the room..

My sentiment stands though.. can‘t believe that slimey little prick..

I was able to edit my post to match Fletch

More than happy to oblidge.......believe me I know what it can be like posting on a bit of emotion

 

[Dijon101]

Timing of all these articles is impeccable.

Motley fool, afr, boatman all payed by those wanting to manipulate the market.

Fuck em.


Serious question though,
Could the road shows be happening to raise more capitol or is our cash burn still good for the foreseeable future??

 

[DiscoDanNZ]

I was able to edit my post to match Fletch

More than happy to oblidge.......believe me I know what it can be like posting on a bit of emotion

Likewise, the original will live on in my heart for a while though

 

[DiscoDanNZ]

Timing of all these articles is impeccable.

Motley fool, afr, boatman all payed by those wanting to manipulate the market.

Fuck em.


Serious question though,
Could the road shows be happening to raise more capitol or is our cash burn still good for the foreseeable future??

Error 404: Journalistic integrity not found.

At least its easy to calculate what the discount to the average would be for a CR

 

[Rediah]