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Gold/Mining/Energy : Royal Oak-RYO

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To: JCgold3 who wrote (860)3/29/1998 10:03:00 AM
From: JCgold3  Read Replies (1) of 1706
 
I just read on the Yahoo Board that there is a Tuesday meeting in Chicago
with the unsecured subordinated debt holders. This may be Peggy's
opportunity to present them with a proposal to:

- reject the Trilon proposal which will only put their
original bond in more jeopardy than its ever been
- replace Trilon with a consolidated debt package which
covers their original notes which totaled US$239 million
at year end 1996, the $120 million that they would need
to cover Kemess implementation, early start-up, and
accounts payable, plus any other debt they might have
including the $44 million which would have been covered
by the $120 million note from Trilon.

I would think that this would be very attractive to the writers of the
subordinated senior notes as they are still facing the prospect of clients losing
their whole investment if the POG doesn't increase in the short to intermediate
term. They would jump to the front of the line in terms of having their
investment secured by Kemess, maybe Peggy throws in a little equity
that dilutes the stock 10%, and they are only dependent upon Kemess
numbers coming within reasonable proximity of their estimates to guarantee
a reasonable ROI.

The Senior Subordinated Notes were 10 year notes at 11%. A similar
arrangement with new notes that are secured by Kemess with a little
equity on the side would appear to be a great deal all the way around
including us shareholders.

All of this is speculative on my part but IMHO Peggy has something like
this in mind. To really go out on a limb, if she does complete some
type of transaction that consolidates and spreads out RYO debt over a 10
year period, she'll probably go after a major acquisition of her own
within a year once Kemess is in full production, providing cash flow,
and the stock price has recovered enough to make a stock purchase
feasible.

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