RE:RE:RE:DirectorsAgreed Garden. Sandeep, more so than anyone before him, benefits far more with stock price improvement
than he does with any salary. Paul and some others were well bought in but nowhere near the same level. I believe his buyin was for self net worth increase but also to communicate to the market place he is committed to bringing this to the point of completion and buyout...even if it is on a timeline that doesn't sit well with most retail investors. I too wish things had moved along more quickly and we'd have been bought out by now. But I am also blessed to be in a position where I don't need the cash now and can wait it out, even into the early 2030's if that's what it takes. I suspect it will not be that long since that's the timeline for an operational mine. We'll be bought out after permitting at the latest and that's a timeline of like 2-3 years after ESE submission (likely early next year). I've asked Sandeep for an updated ESE submission timeline after he admitted to me he had paused it when he first came on board, but it is not back in process. So, I doubt H2 2024 submission is still on table but more likely H1 2025...which coincidentally is when the RIO and Mitsubishi agreements end.