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All small stuff (the bickering in the article) on the road to implementation. If they can get these cars to charge nearly as quickly as it is to pump gas, and limit the excess drain during power-hogging parts of a drive, these cars have a shot.
The trouble is still that they use a huge amount of resource and the amount of shipping required for parts takes out a huge chunk of the energy savings (if any yet). If proven viable, these costs will subside as more facilities are constructed globally to manufacture the batteries/automobiles.
The next 5 - 10 years will be interesting in this field.
Many thanks for that huge reply! :)
Six minute charge time, huh? It takes just as long at the pump so there is no difference. If 6 minutes is true, then that's a very good thing. However, it seems that a lot of accurate information was elusive to the writers. Time will ultimately tell this part of the story.
VRB's for off-grid use? You mean like for homes? Don't reply--I'll look that up myself.
Thanks.
I don't know the answer here, I'm just thinking 'out loud.' The VRB is not an energy producing device, it's a storage device. So you have to add that $600k to whatever you put into place to create the energy. I'm not sure how that compares with other means.
I wonder if smaller units will make their way into the markets?
I also don't know how quickly electric cars charge. One of their big drawbacks is that for long-distance driving, you have limitations. So I wonder about the demand for smaller VRB units. Hybrids are great that way, but I'm not sure about pure electric automobiles.
I think this release is basically telling the market that Energizer intends to see the project through to production. They may have suggested otherwise in the past, but I think there are (at least) two items working against an acquisition right now:
1) There is still too much risk in the project to be an acquisition target, and
2) They've just made a JV and increased their resource thus raising the cost of any potential acquisition.
My thought right now is that the present management intends to produce before selling. Any thoughts?
I don't think a trading chart gets much uglier than this. ENZR is all fundamentals at this point.
1) If Malagasy has a large presence in Madagascar, then politics could be involved.
2) Since the north resource is somewhat unknown, it makes sense to expand south into the known since the opportunity presented itself.
3) The additional resource could help them secure dominance in the vanadium pentoxide market.
On the surface, it seems like a wise move.
We know that they need to continue exploration and they have not been spending money on it while the PEA is in progress. I see your point, but I would rather raise concerns about the 200 MMT projection when we have more information about the northern resource.
Yea!!!!
The PEA should be out late in December. It may take a little longer this year to move up. But I sure wouldn't mind a good pps going into next year.
How much cash do they have in the bank that makes you concerned? Do you even know? I do. I bet you don't.
Come on...tell us. If you're so concerned, tell us what you're concerned about.
Do they have $500k? $2M? $20M?
Come on there, nellie. Tell us what they have and what you're so concerned about. Educate us!
You know, I put this person on ignore. I guess it doesn't work.
I spoke directly to management. I have no concerns about cash right now. I also know that they personally purchased shares.
Go find the information out yourself. You contribute nothing here.
Sure. Why not look into the options.
I think they have plenty of money in the bank right now to weather this storm.
Concerned about cash in the bank?
I sent him an email last week and have not heard back.
Do you mean that something wicked this way comes?
I wonder what the impact will be with several solar companies going belly up in the US this year. I think our primary green target was wind energy, but still...
I hope it's people buying cheap shares. However, I can't imagine what weak hands might be left? Longs have been suffering with this one for a long time.
I hope not. I haven't bought shares in ages. I think I want some at this level. :)
Wow. Seeing over 200,000 shares bid at 20 cents. Lots of buyers at this level.
I don't know if it's a good or a bad thing. A lot of interest, but this kind of volatility needs to stop. Once again this ear, all of the technical indicators have been nose diving for months. There simply isn't enough interest in vanadium right now, particularly with all of the fear out there.
Gold bullion seems like the only thing doing well. Even the gold miners have been lackluster at best.
Just my annual second-guessing, I suppose.
Your buddy deleting posts apparently doesn't know what "nom de guerre" means or he would have recognized it as insult and deleted yours...
With all of the posts that have been deleted, I can no longer follow who is responding to what. If anybody other that SBJ1 took offense to anything that I had to say, then I apologize. It was not my intent to question any of your reasons for being invested or posting here. I was speaking primarily to her. I'm still a shareholder and bullish on the prospects for ENZR. Good luck to you.
It was my rather poor attempt at sarcastic humor...what can I say?
Yes, it was I who said that. I may have said it this year, too.
However, now is when things should start rolling. Whatever the reason for Harrs, this is a setback and I'm not pleased with the pps drop, either.
Sigh...you won. I was wrong. I sold all of my ENZR stock and I'm done. I just can't handle it dropping below 20 cents again.
Too bad that I forgot to look into the location of the next closest significant vanadium mine in that region of the world before selling out. I'm sure it wouldn't have mattered. Besides, presently the largest and most prolific vanadium mine in the world is in Brazil. With all of the infrastructure, stadiums, housing, attractions and what not that they'll have to build there for the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics, I'm sure that even that won't impact the supply/demand characteristics for vanadium worldwide. I'm sure Brazil has enough vanadium supply (and output capacity) for everybody. But alas...what's done is done.
And a fond farewell to you gentlemen. It's been fun. You're welcome for all of my cheap shares. But I must admit when I've been beaten.
I think that's a very good possibility. I just wonder if her accomplishments touted at Sherritt were real or significantly exaggerated. If the truth is what you think (which I consider a very rational explanation), then it's good that she's departed. However, if that is true, then my concern is that we did not close some very important deals. That would be a setback that we don't need in the current market environment.
I hope she was drawn to another company.
Too bad we're going to hit 20 cents. I thought it would hold up better this year. There are too many problems and unknowns in the global economy or I'm sure it would have.
"You don't just resign from a company with a multi billion dollar potential future, unless there is something seriously wrong. What that is, I don't know, but there is something wrong."
Plenty of opinion in that piece. Why don't you put it in an article?
Proof? Or just more speculation?
Unless you know something for certain, then it is just your opinion. You make it a statement of fact. So if you have something, prove it. Or retract your post.
It is always possible that she isn't going to a battery company and instead screwed up a deal with one. It is also possible that the solid news release was intended to control damage.
Anything is possible. I asked if anyone had information; not for more rhetoric.
-Jihadi
We don't know why Harrs has resigned, but most assume it could be for the worse. What if she is actually going to a battery company? Does anyone have information?
All other points in the news release do seem to point to a solid PEA report; especially given that they are submitting for a mining permit and they have labor on site preparing. Would they be doing this if the PEA were less than optimistic?
If they are, it's an awfully big head fake and it isn't paying off. I'm as of yet unconcerned about the drop in share price. This may be the usual time of year for it to drop, but it honestly seems that economic instability all over the planet may be a more realistic reason for it. I don't think it has anything to do with the company.
Proof?
If it gets any lower, I might have to accumulate again just in case you're right and the pps is ONLY worth 2x or 3x it's present value. It should be a lot higher IMO.
I guess if I say that and mean it I'll be branded a 'jihadi.'
Funny how that post didn't disappear...
Well...I can't fault anybody for wanting to buy low and sell high! :)
That's not me bidding at 25 cents, by the way. I have all the shares I want.
I'd rather complain about the people selling at 25 cents; but people have their own needs.
I thought that this was interesting and somewhat parallel to our investment:
http://business380.com/2011/08/18/acciona-to-introduce-concrete-towers-for-wind-turbines/
Wind power seems to be moving forward.
I would have liked to know the reason for her departure other than the usual rhetoric. I was much happier with her on the management team. I don't particularly trust a number of the others. They have yet to prove themselves to shareholders in a big way.
Perhaps they are approaching a point now where losing Harrs won't impact forward progress. I like that they have plans outlined for the mine and they are hiring people to move forward.
Interestingly, the general market is pretty calm today. Not much movement either way, and less than 4000 share transactions for ENZR so far on the BB. It's hard to tell if this news means anything to anybody.
Either way, we're holding up way better this year than we did last year, and in a much more volatile and dangerous market. I see this as very positive and that news of the company's potential is starting to get a hold. Further, I think that the majority of shareholders at this point are 'strong hands.' It feels to me like we are in a much better position this year than last. JMHO.
I'll be slightly aggravated at whoever sells to the 20,000 share @ 24 cents bid.
Watch...it'll be someone with a margin call. Serves 'em right for using margin in this market. But too bad for us.
I think there might be some short-term setbacks. I think it's reasonable to consider that a number of South American countries will look to be more independent of the US and Europe, perhaps even China, and establish their own continent. Hopefully the unholy trinity in SA (Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador...and Peru might be joining them) disintegrates with affluence and hopefully real capitalism.
I don't know what to make of China and India right now. Lot's of inflation. But they may just keep commodities going as their own inflation hedges. Perhaps that plays to our benefit with ENZR.
What's your take on the plunge over the last 4 months of Brazilian commodities?
Thanks, Bywisdom. I've said it several times before and I'll say it again: I believe that there is uranium on the property. I have no proof or knowledge of anything. I just know that vanadium and uranium often occur together in the earth's crust.
I just can't believe that there would be a deposit this large of highly pure vanadium on one property without another significant element present. Maybe it's uranium, maybe it's gold, maybe it's something else. My bet has always been uranium. And of course, that's just a bonus to the asset we already have.
As Spark or Riverrock previously posted, it appears that management is exercising options. Given the anticipated news release(s), this seems like an opportune time for them to do that. So maybe they are close to a deal or two with either a buyout or a JV partner.
I'm just glad (I think) that I have been able to hold for this long and not have to sell for one reason or another.
Best of luck to the longs...I hope our patience is rewarded, at least to some extent, soon.
True. There are always other circumstances to make someone need to sell, as unfortunate as that may be. I just assumed we were talking about the stock taking another serious summer dip. Maybe it will dip, but it is hard for me to see another 50% drop right now.