Copper King Mining Company: A Case Study In Using Loans And Equity To Finance A Start-Up

3.What are the constraints on management as well as the benefits of each of these financing alternatives? Are these restrictions reasonable?

a.Hard Money Loans

b.Credit Suisse Waterfall loan

c.Private Equity

d.Public Stock Sale

4.How did the loan restrictions protect the lenders against risk? Could the various parties have made different choices or compromised earlier to avoid bankruptcy and earn a return on this valuable asset?

5.Optional Question: Did the fact that the company tried to chart a course unique from the rest of the industry cause it to run into problems?