Question 1

Martin, upon learning of your startup, I watched all nine episodes of your show: Billion Dollar Wreck. Your determination in recovering the contents of the RMS Republic is amazing. You, your family, and your investors have made many sacrifices in the quest to accomplish your o...

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We had thought about cutting up the vessel into sections and recovering it all. Unfortunately, she has lost virtually all structural integrity. There are also several hundred tons of rotting food provisions, almost a biohazard - where would we bring it? Our research on the location of the cargoes within the ship is now extensive. We now know with certainty the location of the Second Class Baggage Room where we believe the 45 tons of Russian State Bank gold was stored, and we have a very high ...

Question 2

Seems like a high adventure movie taking place with all types of dangers lurking under the sea with a pot of treasure IF things work out. If things do work out what would investors expect to make on their investments? Would you return 65% of revenue of treasure after expenses ...

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Hi Richard, We plan to pay 6X on your investment from 65% of revenue, whatever revenue we generate from the sale of recovered cargo. We plan on selling off the $800,000 US Navy coin-monies as soon as practicable. That cargo has been appraised at $150M to $340M. We are simultaneously making available a Reg. D 506(c) offering available only to Accredited Investors at our website https://LordsOfFortune.com. There the minimum investment is $25,000 for a .05% of the monetized cargo. If only the Na...

Question 3

Hello Martin, If I was to invest 1000 dollars and the navy gold was recovered in the amount of 200 Million what may my investment be worth? How much do you hope to fundraise through wefunder? How much would you hope to raise from accredited investors? Thanks

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If we are successful, a $1000 investment through Wefunder will return 6X or $6000 within two (2) years of recovery (by October, 2026). 6X was the same paid out to investors in the famous and very successful HMS Edinburgh salvage, a WWII British Cruiser carrying 5 tons of gold bars. At the 6X for the Wefunder, that is still one of the largest returns for "treasure" investors; I don't think you can find many/any other investment opportunities, treasure or not, that will pay 6X over two years. O...

Question 4

Capt. Bayerle, can you expound on your timeline please? Specifically, when do you intend to initiate the dive; time to recover all valuable cargoes; preservation & logging; and eventual sale of the haul in full or part. Thank you.

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Our 2025 plans are to be on-site June 1, 2025. Our Operational Plan can be found at: LordsOfFortune.com/r…ery_Plan_v_1.0a.pdf In essence, we need a minimum $5 million for the Excavation Prong, all of which we can raise through a Wefunder Regulation C offering. Once gold is seen, we can debt finance the recovery - however long that may take. Typically, salvages of this size will require several seasons of recovery. We hope to distribute in-kind as soon as practicable the US Navy $800,000 1909 ...

Question 5

Hi team, Some great adventure here. I hope you guys get to recover both Navy shippiment and Russian bank shippement. Let us say I invest 1000 bucks, I would get a return of 6X if the shippment is recovered. Worst case if it won't be recovered, what will happen to that usd 1000...

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There's always a risk-return analysis. Although we believe we have a much lower risk than comparable ventures - we've already found the ship, we now own the ship and cargoes, all future claims are barred by Court order (we've all but eliminated legal risk), we have proven the US Navy cargo (having litigated with the Government for about a decade and won!), we believe that there is a high probability of the existence of the Russian State Bank cargo, and other valuable cargoes (passenger effect...

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