ASA Resources – oh dear: shares suspended pending financial clarification, more wholesale theft and fraud on AIM

AIM-listed ASA Resources (ASA), formerly Mwana Africa, has been getting into a right mess of late, with significant funds having been remitted from operating subsidiaries in Zimbabwe and not properly accounted for. Funds remitted to group entities in Hong Kong have not been accounted for and it seems  that the bank accounts in Hong Kong appear to remain under the control of two recently sacked directors, Mr Yat Hoi Ning (CEO) and Mr Yim Kwan (FD). It is an all too familiar story for followers of the ShareProphets AIM-China Filthy Forty: directors walk off with the cash, get sacked but can’t be reached. Now ASA tells us that it’s shares are suspended pending financial clarification – and a third director, Mr “Brian” Ching Fung Hung having gone AWOL has now also been removed from the board.

#ASA shares suspended, cash still missing its looking grim

COMEDY: #ASA Resources - director "Brian" Ching Fung Hung removed as rest of board say he has disappeared

ASA Resource – updates on cash “unaccounted for”...

Having yesterday reported that there is strong evidence of funds “amounting to several million US dollars” being transferred to entities in China without full value being received and that “analysis reveals that there is a pressing need for cash”, ASA Resource Group (ASA) states it now “provides further information on the group's cash position”…

#ASA Resource – cash update following news of “strong evidence” of cash being misappropriated

ASA Resource – from “completely mischievous” allegations to “strong evidence” of fraud in 2 weeks, calling Babylon Zoo…

Early this month ASA Resource Group (ASA) announced its directors had “received certain anonymous allegations relating to… certain aspects of the financial management at Freda Rebecca” (gold mine in Zimbabwe in which it has an 85% interest). However, it sought to reassure that “the company's directors believe these allegations to be completely mischievous”. Now though “the board is extremely disappointed to report”… Uh oh…

#ASA Resource - review of financial management allegations, though currently considered “completely mischievous”

Asa Resource looks attractive but isn't without risk

Any sort of background legal dispute involving smaller AIM companies is often a red flag to investing, but in the case of Asa Resource Group (ASA) I can still see value and potential here, even taking into account the recent legal challenge to its operations in Zimbabwe.

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