Gode nyheter og mail fra Altai
Etter nyhetene 20 nov hvor Moreau sier de skal gi statlig støtte på 120m cad til selskaper som utvinner hydrokarboner, regner jeg med at kursen bare vil stige fremover. Dette er det sterkeste bull-signalet hittil i mine øyne. Det er rart kursen ikke har gått mer, men på en annen side er det få som følger med daglig. Jeg har de siste dagene skrevet mail med styret i Altai hvor jeg har stilt spørsmål vedr sosial aksept, som jeg anser som vår eneste store trussel, og limer inn et MEGET positivt svar:
Your question regarding social acceptance is to the point. The Quebec government and specifically the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, has not established any specific criteria for social acceptability. It is certain that Municipalities play an important part in the evaluation of social acceptability but so do also various local social and economic organisations and citizen groups. Some of these organisations may come from the business sector and some also from local social or environmental groups. As for the landowner, landowner authorisation will continue to be required for specific programs, such as stratigraphic or exploration/production drilling and for other exploration activities. As a rule in Quebec, there are few problems with specific landowners and several municipalities do support or accept exploration drilling. The opponents, in our experience, tend to be national or provincial ecological groups with varied interests. It must be stated that some of these groups, though not all, are financed indirectly by pro-renewable energy groups.
As for Altai permits, we have had to date no indication of difficulties with local landowners. We have never had any conflicts or issues with the municipalities on Altai permits and we don’t expect issues in the coming months. However, they will be approached for discussions on our exploration programs in due course. This could be done after the Hydrocarbons Act is promulgated and once the proposed new regulations have been revised and are published. We expect the new regulations to be finalised and adopted in the short term, perhaps in January or February but this, of course, remains to be confirmed by the authorities.
Store krefter i sving for å starte utvinning, det er helt sikkert. Jeg tør vedde ganske mye på et oppkjøp annonseres rett etter reguleringsslipp. Det er trolig det beste alternativet for oss aksjonærer. Lykke til og gratulerer til alle som har kommet seg inn på en fremdeles lav kurs.
Your question regarding social acceptance is to the point. The Quebec government and specifically the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, has not established any specific criteria for social acceptability. It is certain that Municipalities play an important part in the evaluation of social acceptability but so do also various local social and economic organisations and citizen groups. Some of these organisations may come from the business sector and some also from local social or environmental groups. As for the landowner, landowner authorisation will continue to be required for specific programs, such as stratigraphic or exploration/production drilling and for other exploration activities. As a rule in Quebec, there are few problems with specific landowners and several municipalities do support or accept exploration drilling. The opponents, in our experience, tend to be national or provincial ecological groups with varied interests. It must be stated that some of these groups, though not all, are financed indirectly by pro-renewable energy groups.
As for Altai permits, we have had to date no indication of difficulties with local landowners. We have never had any conflicts or issues with the municipalities on Altai permits and we don’t expect issues in the coming months. However, they will be approached for discussions on our exploration programs in due course. This could be done after the Hydrocarbons Act is promulgated and once the proposed new regulations have been revised and are published. We expect the new regulations to be finalised and adopted in the short term, perhaps in January or February but this, of course, remains to be confirmed by the authorities.
Store krefter i sving for å starte utvinning, det er helt sikkert. Jeg tør vedde ganske mye på et oppkjøp annonseres rett etter reguleringsslipp. Det er trolig det beste alternativet for oss aksjonærer. Lykke til og gratulerer til alle som har kommet seg inn på en fremdeles lav kurs.