RE:RE:RE:TV Provides Update on Search and Dewatering Efforts at PerkoYou are correct. This is standard industry practice - the local mine located in another country is usually owned by a local incorporated company and those shares are held either by the "parent" company or through an offshore company. Intercompany loans are usually strucutured from the parent to the operating entity.
In this case, Trevali owns the shares of Nantou and Nantou owns the Perkoa mine (about five years ago in a MDA or 20F filing, there was a diagram that showed the share ownership details and structure).
In the December 2021 FS Note 1 (page 11) it states:
The Company’s principal subsidiaries and geographic locations are as follows:
> Nantou Mining Burkina Faso S.A. 90.0%
> Rosh Pinah Zinc Corporation (Proprietary) Ltd. Namibia 90.0%
Trevali may have a few options with Perkoa - operating the mine for the next few years, selling it to a local party or handing it to the government or ....
There is a lot of speculation about Perkoa's future because management has not communicated its updated plans, estimated life-of-mine, exploration results, etc.... Next week will provide some clarity but given the current situation and past management performance, shareholders may be still left in the dark...
kramaswamy wrote: So, I'm absolutely not an expert on this topic, but it appears that Trevali owns the mine, however, as per the Perkoa NI43-101 document,
"Roscoe Postle Associates Inc. (RPA) was retained by Trevali Mining Corporation (Trevali) to prepare an independent Technical Report on the Perkoa underground zinc mine (Perkoa), located in Burkina Faso, which is operated by Nantou Mining Burkina Faso S.A. (Nantou Mining). Trevali holds a 90% interest in Nantou Mining while the Burkina Faso State holds a 10% interest, in accordance with the Mining Code."
I can't find any information whatsoever on Nantou Mining, nor am I at all versed in ownership structure, but is there a possibility that the fallout from this will land on Nantou Mining instead of Trevali? Perhaps there's some clause that will allow them to simply abandon the project completely, and write it off, instead of being stuck paying the bill for the next decade?