Have just spoken to someone with a good understanding of the situation in regard to this matter. His understanding is that the brunt of this proposal is aimed at near-term producers who don't at present have a clear pathway to value-adding to their commodities, and that slack will be cut to companies such as TGS who are moving swiftly in that direction with their SXEW plant.
Furthermore, according to my source, 60% of TGS concentrate is already being refined in the DRC by Trafigura under the terms of their off-take agreement with Tiger. As has been mentioned by others, I take comfort from the fact that we are 40% partnered by the DRC Government, and they have been flexible in the past, and it would also be in their inteest to also be flexible now. Lets see how it pans out.
TGS Price at posting:
27.5¢ Sentiment: LT Buy Disclosure: Held