Q: ORC.B is stated to be trading ex-dividend today but has a TSXV ‘due bills’ clause attached to its $1.00 special dividend. Would you please clarify when exactly the stock trades ex- dividend for its regular 10cent dividend and for its $1.00 special dividend?
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Q: . It will be paying a $1.00 per share special dividend in October. This is in addition to the regular quarterly dividend of $0.10 per share which will continue to be paid. After paying the special dividend, I estimate that Orca will still have about $6.00 CAD per share in cash. Can you confirm if the understanding of cash they hold is correct and also update any thoughts on the stock.

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Q: Hi. Pursuant to my prior question about Orca, based on the "bare bones" math it appears that Orca has a Market Cap of $70.4 MM CAD (19.8 MM shares x $3.56CAD), cash on hand of $136.8 MM CAD ($98.5 MM USD), no debt, and cash flow from (6 month) operations of $72.5 MM CAD ($52.2 MM USD), or $3.66 CAD/share. Note that all the financial data is taken from the 6 month statements up to June 30 2025. I guess my first question is whether not I am missing anything material in the "math", as these numbers indicate a negative Enterprise value. The follow up is that if this numbers are indeed correct, then this valuation must be a function of perceived political risk, given that Orca operates in Tanzania. Can you shed any insight on this, or is this outside your wheelhouse ?