Thank you, it is true that we do not know what was said between FFGO and NMGL. There never was an absolute commitment to buy or sell 100% of the gold mines. To date, we have less than 50% of both mines purchased. No minority shareholders have sold their shares of Bouse or S. Copperstone. We don't even have one party that owns 100% of the mines. We need one party to own 100% of the mines to sell 100% of the mines. Then we need to hope that it will finally be a cash sale, not another share swap.
I had believed that there would be pressure and leverage from Sloane, NMGL, and others who will not receive cash until the mines are sold. I had also believed that the 3% liquidating dividend would put additional pressure to bear. I believe there is also a late penalty payment of over $1 million if the mines were not sold in a year from the sale date of the mines. The details are a little foggy on this $1 million or so payment. I know I saw it on one of the filings at some point. If someone remembers and can link it, that would be nice.
I thought that the principals, 3% annual liquidating preference, $1 million penalty, and NMGL turning over a profit would all provide pressure and incentive to buy 100% of the mines and sell 100% of the mines.
Those theories are at risk after 2 years. Perhaps, NMGL wants to allow the dividends to expire through dissolution or neglect, so, it doesn't have to pay any dividends to FFGO shareholders?? I don't see any evidence of fear or 3% interest being paid. I haven't seen ANY progress of anyone buying the remaining portion of the gold mines. We have to buy 100% of the mines before we can sell 100% of the mines.
Otherwise, we can go after the 50% that is sold, namely, the FFGO portion. We can sue on the FFGO portion. FFGO alone made the promises to us in press release after press release. NMGL did also make some commitment also.
Ronald Lowenthal had to know about the FFGO FAQ page. He never did make a disclaimer and had to have SOME reason for filing an SEC filing to exchange NMGL A&B's for FFGO shares.
As far as gold valuations...I will look into mining claim valuations. Going back that far is a problem in the first place. I don't think concrete proof for the valuations were ever released to the public. We were left to reason that if a company would pay $258 million then it must be worth over $500 million if you bought the entire mines. I guess I am optimistic that Bouse and S. Copperstone could be worth some good money. I cannot prove my optimism in a concrete way. I can point to Copperstone mine and Bonanza mining companies results. This has been linked in the past before. Yes, next door neighbors are no guarantees, but, I guess I have some optimism.
Thanks for your links to possible gold values from you and Oldminer. Unless we get the actual assay reports that do exist, it is all guesswork. Maybe, they can be compelled by court order if they are needed to help determine damages for a possible settlement. The "entity details" of the gold mines were actually included in the email I sent.
My optimism runs low when I consider the possible reasons for the lack of progress on ANYONE buying ANY portion of the gold mines in the last 2 years. It could take a year or two AFTER that to SELL the gold mines after the purchase they have been purchased.
Time is running out, we need some REAL leverage to get something done, it appears.