They have sufficient money to fund the start up of direct shipping. If first revenue is delayed much beyond planned dates, there may be need for a small fundraising.
And the very nature of laterite means that most of it IS just lying about on the ground in pretty chunks.....
hukka - TSX is VERY tightly regulated. FAR more so than AIM. Just look at the NI43-101 requirements for resource companies for a start! ASX appears better regulated than AIM, but never having invested in an ASX stock, I don't know much detail.