Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

HK Type 4 license through Ballingal Investment Advisors Ltd. 

I'm a highly experienced sell-side analyst with in excess of 22 years of covering Asia Pacific equities, the past 19 years immersed in event strategies encompassing M&A risk arbitrage, directional long/short, stub trades and restructuring.  

My background also includes accountancy (liquidation/bankruptcy/receivership) earlier in my career and as a chief financial officer of a global commodity company based in the US and Mexico.

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

New World Resources (NWC AU): Kinterra Capital Emerges With A 12% Stake

Xanadu (XAM AU): A Mongolian Face To A Mongolian Project

MAC Copper (MAC AU/MTAL US): Harmony Makes A Move

Xanadu Mines (XAM AU) Inks Deal With Bastion After Zijin Tarries

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>On the 21st May 2025, copper miner <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/new-world-resources-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9712:1" rel="noopener">New World Resources (NWC AU)</a> <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/new-world-resources-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9712:1" rel="noopener"></a> inked a Scheme with <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/central-asia-metals-plc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23521:1" rel="noopener">Central Asia Metals (CAML LN)</a> at A$0.05/share, a punchy 95.7% premium to NWC’s 30-day VWAP.</li>
<li>Copper plays are definitely in vogue after <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/harmony-gold-mining-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:25115:1" rel="noopener">Harmony Gold Mining (HAR SJ)</a>'s recent Offer for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mac-copper-limited-6dcb19d0-2c56-496c-817a-5d64e48b3c5d" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45237:1" rel="noopener">MAC Copper (MAC AU)</a>, and Bastion Minerals' tilt for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/xanadu-mines-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1270:1" rel="noopener">Xanadu Mines (XAM AU)</a>.</li>
<li>NWC closed up 4.2% yesterday, and was briefly through terms, again, today (as I type). On decent volume. Opportunistic investor (s) or a third party bidder? </li>
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On the 21st May 2025, copper miner New World Resources (NWC AU)  inked a Scheme with Central Asia Metals (CAML LN) at A$0.05/share, a punchy 95.7% premium to NWC’s 30-day VWAP.
Copper plays are definitely in vogue after Harmony Gold Mining (HAR SJ)'s recent Offer for MAC Copper (MAC AU), and Bastion Minerals' tilt for Xanadu Mines (XAM AU).
NWC closed up 4.2% yesterday, and was briefly through terms, again, today (as I type). On decent volume. Opportunistic investor (s) or a third party bidder? 


New World Resources (NWC AU)'s Possible Interloper