Carlos Danger
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Going off the last 2 years I'd say there isn't much that can be shared on the forums because fuck all is actually happening to progress us to the mining licenceI think there is a need to acknowledge there is not much that can be shared in a public forum other than nods, winks and vague statements, given the various "bad actors", double agents, multiple personalities who abound, plus Huawei up our digital bums 24/7. The perception that the BOD are sitting on their arses doing nothing other than playing golf while spending their salary on ill-fitting suits, hookers and blow is misguided. There are multiple active networks of shareholders with good intel and contacts. That's one excellent outcome of the roadshows - people meet in real life and networks are created. Tagging every DRC pollie, every DRC NGO, every mining company that operates in the DRC, Joe Biden, Penny Wong and Elon Musk on Twitter is not going to progress things faster - we are on DRC time, and there's nothing anyone can do about that other than sit back, crack another tinnie and wait it out.
I see it differently with regards to the public relations campaign. I think that the pressure put on the DRC government that repeatedly making other investors aware of the shitshow we have had to endure in a respectful but assertive manner will make things progress quicker.
Whispers that the BOD don't want this happening that were prevalent a month ago appear to have stopped. I reckon Eramet shareholders are happy that their management was paying attention to the AVZ story before deciding not to invest in the DRC. And there will be many more companies that decide this and make it public unless Felix walks the 'business climate' he likes to talk imo