Diese Mail verschickt Herr Lehmann an Aktionäre die nachfragen wie es aussieht mit ihren Arbeiten und Statusbericht usw.!
Thank you for your enquiry about the progress of CKD. I do not speak
german but have tried to translate your question. I am the CEO and
Managing Director of CKD. We no longer use Esvedra as our Investor
relations company in Germany. Until we find a replacement we will be
preparing our monthly reports and sending them to the shareholders we know
of. Soon we will establish a new web page and continue on as before
except I will write direct to the web page.
As for the share price, we are in the same situation as everyone. The
share market has lost confidence and the small cap exploration companies
like ours hav e been hit the hardest. As for our program we are about to
finalise our first target area for testing which was the Plooysburg
project. Unless things change dramatically we will not proceed with work
there after June. We have been finding diamonds and have found a few more
in the third pit but now enough to continue. This was our first target
area and what we call a "greenfields" area. This means it is untested
and although a greater risk it also can be the best reward. So far the
rewards are not there. Our next area is not "greenfields" but a known
area on the Vaal river. Because of the way we have worked in the past 18
months we are in a very good position to move onto this prospect. In
diamond exploration it is always very risky but this farm is a lower risk.
We are hoping to work profitably there for a few years while we continue
to look for prospective areas. I have also recent traveled to the
Democratic Republic of the Congo to look at a diamond concession there. I
am in negotiations with the Congolese concession holder to develop this as
well. It may take until Christmas to finalise these negotiations or if we
are not happy with the terms we will not continue there. We have a few
other prospects to choose from and we still have enough funds in the bank
to work without any outside income. With the new projects we are aiming
to be cash flow positive soon.
Exploration is a very risky business. But having said that and knowing
the Plooysburg has not proven up to our hopes we are still in a good
position as we own our own recovery plant and have a very professional
team in place as well as having cash in the bank. Because of this I have
just bought another 600,000 shares myself. I thank you again for your
support and hope you will stay with us in this exciting adventure of
diamond exploration.
James Lehman
Managing Director
Central Kimberley Diamonds Ltd.