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First come, first served…
Who knows? I'll take whatever feel good snippets are on offer from AVZ lawyer at the moment.First come, first served…
What does that even mean in the context of our ML? That statement is not evidenced through results to date.
Umm ahhh hmmm awkward, we are STILL waiting to be served.........only something like a YEAR now. However we have had some very nice words lately, maybe I can feed my kids some nice words for dinner tonight, I may pop down to the local Porsche dealer and buy a Taycan with my newfound nice words.
Excellent work as per usual frank
Mate unfortunately for the Chinese we still have a bank full off of cash and will not be intimidated . As for Cong if all he wants is $50mil in total then lets cut a deal before he takes it to Arbitration . As for Zijin's 15% quite frankly I couldn't give a sh1t as long as we have 51% control .Don't you find it's strange that while many local reporters were following Dathomir/AVZ tribunal case, no one was aware of its decision dated 20 September 2022?
We've learnt about this case number (RPA7610 à l cour d'appel d Lushi ds l Haut-Katanga) on 31st August from Kayala Flore tweet. According to her Simon Cong was asking for $50 mil. Last time I spoke to her on WhatsApp on 25th September she confirmed there was no verdict yet. During this time I was also in touch with another reporter who was chasing court ruling and got nothing as well. And then one month later out of the blue...
I have couple of thoughts about this - both negative and positive ones but most realistic one seems to me that DRC Government and AVZ achieved some kind of principal agreement already and Kinshasa ordered to bury this verdict under the tree where this court sits (see below). It seems only very limited number of people knew about it until someone leaked it to Boatman and to cocksucker afr journo (probably Cong).
I'm convinced to think that this problem with Simon Cong will be solved with help of the government. Same relates to ICC case with Zijin. Time works against DRC now. All around the world they are talking non-stop about the leading role of the country in a world's green transition, they already presented new site for a battery plant and they are not that dumb (I hope so) not to understand that they will need an operating lithium mine soon to fulfil all their wet fantasies. If that TV show with Zijin and MoP some time ago was not a fake one then I'm pretty sure DRC will ask Zijin to step away and drop ICC case.
No one can take mine from AVZ. All they can do is to try to starve us out (and in my opinion this is what they were trying to do since May) and make us leave selling asset for peanuts. But it didn't work out and it seems they finally realized that. I know that end of September and October was very busy for Nigel in DRC. I still believe something big is brewing over there and I hope this time DRC government is serious about making things done.
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Agree 100%.Don't you find it's strange that while many local reporters were following Dathomir/AVZ tribunal case, no one was aware of its decision dated 20 September 2022?
We've learnt about this case number (RPA7610 à l cour d'appel d Lushi ds l Haut-Katanga) on 31st August from Kayala Flore tweet. According to her Simon Cong was asking for $50 mil. Last time I spoke to her on WhatsApp on 25th September she confirmed there was no verdict yet. During this time I was also in touch with another reporter who was chasing court ruling and got nothing as well. And then one month later out of the blue...
I have couple of thoughts about this - both negative and positive ones but most realistic one seems to me that DRC Government and AVZ achieved some kind of principal agreement already and Kinshasa ordered to bury this verdict under the tree where this court sits (see below). It seems only very limited number of people knew about it until someone leaked it to Boatman and to cocksucker afr journo (probably Cong).
I'm convinced to think that this problem with Simon Cong will be solved with help of the government. Same relates to ICC case with Zijin. Time works against DRC now. All around the world they are talking non-stop about the leading role of the country in a world's green transition, they already presented new site for a battery plant and they are not that dumb (I hope so) not to understand that they will need an operating lithium mine soon to fulfil all their wet fantasies. If that TV show with Zijin and MoP some time ago was not a fake one then I'm pretty sure DRC will ask Zijin to step away and drop ICC case.
No one can take mine from AVZ. All they can do is to try to starve us out (and in my opinion this is what they were trying to do since May) and make us leave selling asset for peanuts. But it didn't work out and it seems they finally realized that. I know that end of September and October was very busy for Nigel in DRC. I still believe something big is brewing over there and I hope this time DRC government is serious about making things done.
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Are your balls still wedged in the drawer ?Umm ahhh hmmm awkward, we are STILL waiting to be served.........only something like a YEAR now. However we have had some very nice words lately, maybe I can feed my kids some nice words for dinner tonight, I may pop down to the local Porsche dealer and buy a Taycan with my newfound nice words.
"Hows your portfolio" -A
"Ahhh mixed bag mate, in the plus but suspended and havent been able to touch for about 24 weeks mate" TDITD
"Christ thats a bugger mate, have you at least got some nice words" -A
"Fuck me mate, recently I've been overflowing with nice words, my portfolio is absolutely teeming with some very nice words" -TDITD
"Mate wtf you complaining about then, those nice words will have you set for life you lucky bastard" -A.
Many/most/if not ALL of us very patient and long-suffering shareholders are somewhat bored/fatigued/disinterested of words now, this may come as a surprise to the BOD but, action would be nice fellas, you know like a whole year of talking and nice words is really undoubtably marvellous, however some of us astonishingly demanding shareholders would now like some tangible results, an outcome even. Its almost as if we are investing to make money and go mining.
Anyhow, back to the nice pretty words fellas, that'll help.
I may throw a couple of "imminents" on the BBQ later, kids will love it
Taking advantage of the forum of this forum which brought together representatives of African countries, entrepreneurs and technical and financial partners from other continents, the Minister of Industry called on the countries of the black continent to mutualize to transform the economies of imports to local processing economies of natural resources."The second element that makes the Republic a major element in this energy transition is today in Europe as everywhere else everyone wants to get out of vehicles with combustion engines in circulation, they must be replaced by electric vehicles and again the elements that go into the composition of these electric batteries are in particular Cobalt, Lithium, Manganese Etc we have in the Democratic Republic of Congo 70% of world reserves of Cobalt on this point, there is no match, the DRC is a very important player in the energy transition. According to Bloomberg, if it is necessary to install a plant to manufacture electric batteries in the USA, it would cost 117 million USD, the same factory in China 112 million USD, the same factory in Poland 65 million USD against the same factory under the same conditions in the DRC would cost only 39 million USD it means that investing in the DRC in the manufacture of electric batteries costs three times less in the USA, in China and elsewhere. The DRC is much more attractive and competitive in this sector."
For Julien Paluku, speaker at this forum, the lack of infrastructure and energy in this country are opportunities that investors should seize."We presented to the Council of Ministers the establishment of a Congolese battery council, it will be the governance structure of all these Energy Transition issues, it remains only for the President of the Republic to appoint the leaders of this council which will have within it a technical committee that will be composed of experts from all sides who know the subject well so that we ensure that the governance of this chain of value of Electric Batteries becomes a structure both technical and operational for moving forward. Between Zambia and us, we are already on the right track and we invite other African countries that are producers of these elements that I mentioned so that we effectively install this large regional value chain that will capture world markets," he said.
"We cannot raise the processing of our minerals effectively if there is no infrastructure, if there is no energy. I have always said that Africa's problems are not problems. These are opportunities to seize," said Julien Paluku.
This older post from TDITD still very relevant . Sorry mate for revisiting but it's a classic .You know,
It almost feels like with the ML about to be granted, you could finally gently cup your balls and with huge relief slowly lift them up and out from the drawer that has been menacingly threatening to slam shut for years now. Sometimes that draw has had a big hairy sweaty hand on it and has looked like some sadistic bastard was about to slam it shut slowly moving it back an forth, but so far every time it looks perilously close we have heard a calming voice as we look over our shoulder, its Nigel.
He arrives places a hand on shoulder playfully comments on our dishevelled state as he proceeds to carefully and with precision shave our haggard and weary balls, thoughtfully placing a hot towel on them and removing the menacing hand from the drawer we feel intimately safer. He then produces from what seems like nowhere a moisturising cream to rejuvenate our fatigued war-torn family jewels, much better you say out loud, but he has already gone......however we realise we are still standing here still with balls in the drawer ffs, but they do feel great, I must ask him where he gets that moisturising cream from.
Once again a hand is on the drawer, vexatiously threatening once more to slam it shut. "Nigel, Nigel where are you I shout...."
(Disclaimer, if this is thought to be in bad taste I will take it down and apologise)
Sorry all just looking for a bit of info and I'd thought I'd throw it out there as we have a few accounting and tax types in the Group
Does anyone know the answer to the question below or able to provide any guidance?
If a person (who is holder of shares) dies on an ASX non-trading day (ie a weekend) what price should be used for the cost base of the shares for the beneficiaries of the estate???
Is it the closing price on the last trading day prior to death?? Or potentially the opening or closing price on the first trading day after death??
I've been doing plenty of digging but can't seem to get a definitive answer to my problem or a guideline or ruling from the ATO site
Thanks Rich for sharing your wisdom. I needed that. Holding strong.At last Roadshows in 2021 and in 2022 (called prior to roadshow cancellations) there was a private discussion of a surprise twist for shareholders which was never disclosed in its exact nature. (AVZ not to be a one trick pony discussion , and diversification many of you heard) (positive outcome even before the concerns that have arisen in last 6 months)
The government through their actions seem to be building up to that event (my guess , pure speculation)
I think we will get a bit more of the action than we bargained for (which will blow out estimates made by Con Garlas)
Further clues are in the article below, why would Julien be stating this in the press.
My thoughts are
-Larger Processing Plant than imagined
-Rail infrastructure to be fast-tracked
-We have a share of an interest in a Hydroxide plant (perhaps more than one if Europe is engaged)
-Plan B was always CDL for redevelopment (but as a last resort , I think we do not need that Plan B unless a major player makes an offer just to do a JV with CDL)
The costings below are rather specific for Julien to quote, for battery plant I think they have researched further and realised this project can be made to a larger scale very quickly. (my speculation). The discussions on ownership are just noise, which is already determined in outcome by DRC Goverment, just not actioned yet unfortunately.
Article link below
Belgique - 8e édition de Rebrading Africa Forum: Julien Paluku appelle les pays africains à mutualiser les forces pour quitter l'étape des économies des importations à la transformation locale des ressources naturelles
Les travaux de la 8e édition de Rebranding Africa Forum se sont clôturés vendredi 21 octobre 2022 au Parlement de la Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles en Belgique.actualite.cd
The work of the 8th edition of Rebranding Africa Forum ended on Friday 21 October 2022 at the Parliament of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation in Belgium. Focused on the implementation of investment attraction strategies by African countries, the Democratic Republic of Congo was represented by its Minister of Industry Julien Paluku Kahongya.
On this occasion, Julien Paluku shared the experience of the Democratic Republic of Congo on the process of installing a first plant for the manufacture of electric battery precursors in the province of Haut-Katanga and setting up Special Economic Zones that offer tax, para-fiscal and customs benefits to investors, by developing his country's Master Plan for Industrialization valued at 58.4 billion US dollars.
He continued:
Taking advantage of the forum of this forum which brought together representatives of African countries, entrepreneurs and technical and financial partners from other continents, the Minister of Industry called on the countries of the black continent to mutualize to transform the economies of imports to local processing economies of natural resources.
For Julien Paluku, speaker at this forum, the lack of infrastructure and energy in this country are opportunities that investors should seize.
Yep, It's been that way for a few months.On the Cami website on 13359 it states:
"active transformation PR (Permit de recherches) en PE (Permit d'exploitation)", or "active transformation PR to PE".
Always been this way?
ThanksYep, It's been that way for a few months.