RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:Down another 14% It’s a fair question Derpdude.
I looked at Centerra’s assets from factsheet and recent presentation. Seems approx. 34% of NAV is centered in Krygyz, 66% is divided between projects in Canada, Turkey and US. Exploration projects are all in Turkey, Canada, Portugal and Nicaragua etc. Top 10 institutional shareholders (approx., 38%) appear to be unrelated to Krygyz. I think if Krygyz had a substantial direct holding in the company it would have had to been declared in the April 2019 presentation.
I am not a lawyer, but I fear that the reason that past courts would not hold Centerra to be a Krygyz asset is because there was/is no indication of Krygyz being either a major shareholder, or ‘housing’ the majority of the company’s project assets.
Stans may have originally felt that with the largest asset being in Krygyz it would have made the company culpable for the country’s debts, but the court has a responsibility to treat all shareholders equitably. Therefore, trying to sell off Centerra’s assets would have been deemed inequitable to their shareholders as the vast majority of assets appear unrelated to Krygyz; likewise, with the shareholding.
As to the question asked elsewhere re., if I believe that Stans shareholders will get nothing, I don’t know. I try to present based on my best available evidence (again, even if its only 'oranges' available). I don’t know how Stans intends to reward shareholders if an award is given (don’t know what is meant by a special dividend – from 0.01 cents to ?).
Large majority of awards made have been in the 20 – 33% range (recent TMI was an outlier at about 7.5%) so anecdotally, it is unlikely that Stans will get the majority of its request (regardless of possible value re., sunken costs, facility and feedstock). Further, as I indicated last time Krygyz either ignores or challenges awards in court, so the timeline even if the award is tomorrow is likely to be longer rather than shorter.
Again, I, like everyone here is just giving my best guess based on what I can glean. I could well be wrong, and I would be delighted to be so. I am in for the ‘long haul’ so I am sure we would all like to be rewarded. Fortunately, one way or the other the result won’t be the end of me.
Further, there are no simple yes or no answers to this saga, which makes this whole thing so interesting from an investor/observer standpoint.
GLTA
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