I disagree with this interpretation of the funds discussed.
Here is the excerpt from the PR announcing Dan's joining of the team:
Here is the PR from 9/12/14:
So if we link these two PR's together I believe the funding situation is clear and well defined.
First PR states that Long Term Investors have committed the funds to begin the work to spin out and upgrade the listing of the Company's Nio-Star subsidiary. In the second PR Dan states that the needed outside consultants and professionals are in the process of being solidified.
My deduction from these PR's is that Long Term Investors have committed to moving the company through these stages by supplying the required funds needed. Since the company is in the process of completing these steps the total funds needed is currently unknown. Once the needed team is built a total cost will be determine, and the Long Term Investors will then fund the required capital. At that time I believe the company will be very transparent about the amount of funds raised.
So, I guess Dan has not released the amount of funds given due to the fact the amount needed, and the full funded amount is not current structured.
In my opinion this is better then raising a lump sum for funding. We have deep pocketed Long Term Investors that are funding full advancements and not simply supply lumps of cash.
What does this mean for shareholders??? We have enough money to move the project forward. We do not need to worry about only being able to fund 90% of the stated advancements and then run out of money. The Long Term Investors have committed to fund the advancements in full!