Hi andy - not sure if I can offer you too much on this topic. My understanding is that the Poms seem to have a greater appreciation of & risk-tolerance for, African-based mining companies. There are also some big resource funds in UK who would be able to access Conti script. Remember what JB said recently - the company is promoting itself strongly to big institutions & funds, such as BlackRock. Apparently RenCap (google them) are very hot on Conti & will be sponsoring Conti's AIM listing, as well as the JSE listing, via their SA subsidiary. The proactive investor UK article I just posted goes to show how interested the UK market is in thermal coal producers now.
DT raised the issue of Conti potentially making an acquisition on the back of funds raised through the AIM listing. Look at this article for the context in which he said it.
Hope this helps ...
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