I agree that it is important for all the management players to get along well with each other in the future. But, it is apparent to me that the new CEO has already met the company's criteria.
In fact, it may well be that the next moves that the new company CEO, is about to make, have already been approved.
It is also apparent to me that the old management was wise by making their timely private placement, just days prior to Pascal Hamelin's effective appointment date on April 4.
Pershimex Resources on which Pascal Hamelin sits as a newly appointed board member prefers not to make cheap private placements, especially when they may obtain much of their future financing by having Abcourt bulk mine some of their ore.
Why dilute their company's share price when an available drill financing alternative is so readily apparent?
What happened to Abcourt's bank financing scheme? Did it become, much too expensive?
According to the company's press release the new private placement is being made for "...working capital and payment of debts of the corporation..."
https://abcourt.ca/en/news/abcourt-realisera-un-placement-prive-sans-courtier-dun-maximum-de-15-m/ This would tend to make me believe that the company is now, basically broke.
How did it come to this?
According to management, Covid is to blame. But is this viral crisis, really over?
I suspect that its negative effects will gradually diminish as the company rediscovers the necessary tools to combat this lingering virus. There are always solutions to remedy a bad situation.
It may be that Mr. Hamelin just doesn't like cheap private placements. And he may also prefer more obvious solutions that could solve many lingering problems. It never hurts to shine some new light on any subject or important consideration.
But, with the company in some temporary financial difficulty, this continuing destruction of shareholder value is about to happen, once again to Abcourt Mines.
Perhaps, with Mr. Hamelin's new set of skills that he is bringing to the table, he will never let this kind of financial fiasco, ever happen again?
Success could also one day lead to a company, buy back of shares. That would be a most positive development! Then these present day board members, could again raise their heads, now lowered in shame.
No mining company CEO or company director should be forced by circumstances, beyond his control, to cower to the market!
This need must feel truly disappointing for any true mining executive, who has ever demonstrated, any past success. This apparent failure might also have lead to the recent Abcourt CEO resignation.
It wasn't, really the fault of Mr Renaud Hinse! But he realized that his time was over! He had to go!
Mr. Pascal Hamelin may later choose to exercise his options that he will soon be given. But, if he is really believes that Abcourt has a future, perhaps he will start purchasing shares on the open market like he recently has done with Pershimex Resources?
Abcourt's website investor presentation states that the company now expects commercial production at its Sleeping Giant Mine to commence at the end of this year. The delay continues unabated.
Let's hope that Pascal Hamelin may be able to speed up this process.
And maybe he will also get the ball rolling on the Abcourt-Barvue mine? What's been taking so long? Isn't there some easy solution to this issue that a better connected and more experienced CEO could solve relatively quickly?
https://abcourt.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Nouvelle-presentation-Abcourt.pdf Since a wall of shares are now blocking any upside in the share price, many present day shareholders seem very reluctant to wait. They would prefer to sell and give away their shares for a pittance. Why the sacrifice? Is it because they may be afraid of losing all of their Abcourt capital investment?
Why was the present private placement done when there is still money available to borrow to fund the development costs at the Sleeping Giant Mine?
Presently, due to Covid, the cost of gold production from the Elder Mine is just too high and the terms of the bank loan, may now be, too much to handle. The SG mine isn't developed for free.
Interest rates are rising and fast! How high, will they get? Who knows that?
The old management may feel reluctant to get in, a little too far, over their head?
And we thought that these terms were easy?
Has the new CEO bitten off more that he can chew? With the never ending backdrop of Covid, can he ever succeed?
He accepted the challenge of the position. So he must have discovered some remedy for what now ails Abcourt Mines.
He must have a plan!
A resolution to the company's recent poor financial performance needs to be better addressed!
If he is successful, that wall of shares will quickly disappear!
Let's hope for the best! But it would be better, if we didn't, always have to hope!
This may be the year of painful truth!
But I'm not telling you anything that you don't, already know!
2023 may be better, or it won't.
Heads or Tails?
I'm still not selling, are you?
That's my gamble
All the best! Java