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Big Barry opens his last Diggers Conference
/in Uncategorized /by Wally GrahamTHE CONFERENCE CALLER: As usual the Diggers & Dealers Conference was opened by charismatic chairman Barry Eldridge. Eldridge informed the gathered throng this is to be his last year in the position and though he may be vacating big chair he let all know he wasn’t going quietly. Governments, particularly in recent years, have borne […]
Orbis updates Natougou estimate
/in Uncategorized /by Wally GrahamTHE CONFERENCE CALLER: Orbis Gold (ASX: OBS) took advantage of the first day buoyancy of the Diggers & Dealers Conference to announce an updated Mineral Resource estimate for the company’s Natougou gold deposit, in south‐east Burkina Faso. “The big change is in the upgrade in the Indicated category, which lifts our confidence in the Resource,” […]
Phoenix commences mining at Castle Hill
/in Uncategorized /by Wally GrahamTHE CONFERENCE CALLER: A company announcing the commencement of mining couldn’t choose a better time than day one of the Diggers & Dealers Conference. Phoenix Gold (ASX: PXG) did just that with mining kicking off on schedule at the Kintore West open cut mine, part of the company’s Castle Hill Stage 2 project area on […]
Graphite: The market’s new favourite
/in The Bourse Whisperer /by Wally GrahamTHE BOURSE WHISPERER: Graphite, it seems, is the ‘new market darling’ of the resources sector. During a recent day of trading in the boards of the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) graphite was the key word on a number of company releases. Lamboo Resources (ASX: LMB) proclaimed: “Significant Thick Flake Graphite Intersections From Phase 2 Drilling […]
Joint Venture announcements
/in The Bourse Whisperer /by Wally GrahamTHE BOURSE WHISPERER: As they say in the classics; it’s better to have 50 per cent of a project than 100 per cent of no project. Thunder Bay North Earn-in and Option to Joint Venture Panoramic Resources’ (ASX: PAN) wholly-owned subsidiary, Panoramic PGMs (Canada) has signed an Earn-in with Option to Joint Venture Agreement with […]
Hi Ho, Hi Ho, it’s off to work we go
/in The Drill Sergeant /by Wally GrahamTHE DRILL SERGEANT: Each week any number of junior exploration plays set out to drill their ground. Here’s a small selection of what’s been happening this week. Commencement of multi-stage drilling program Excelsior Gold (ASX: EXG) is about to kick off a multi-stage development and exploration drilling program at the company’s Kalgoorlie North gold project. […]
Share price movements during Diggers & Dealers
/in Uncategorized /by Wally GrahamShare price movements during Diggers & Dealers CONFERENCE CALLER: There is a lot of competition amongst companies attending Diggers & Dealers to land a ‘Presentation Spot’. Each year the forecourt outside the Goldfields Art Centre is abuzz with conversation focused on the subject of who is presenting and who missed out. Looking at the line-up […]
Fund Raising across the Boards
/in Uncategorized /by Wally GrahamTHE FUND RAISER: Some solid action across the Fund Raising front this week. $6M Capital Raising for Cambodian gold project Renaissance Minerals (ASX: RNS) has resolved to raise $6 million through a heavily oversubscribed equity placement, being made to new and existing institutional and sophisticated shareholders. The funds raised from the Placement will enable the […]
Northern Star increases Jundee Estimate by 68 per cent
/in The Bourse Whisperer /by Wally GrahamTHE BOURSE WHISPERER: Northern Star Resources (ASX: NST) is gearing up for a big time at the annual Diggers & Dealers conference next week after declaring it anticipates increasing the mine life at its Jundee gold mine in Western Australia. The rise in the company’s expectations stem from an increase to the project’s total JORC […]
Musgrave wins Fraser Range tenement ballot
/in The Bourse Whisperer /by Wally GrahamTHE BOURSE WHISPERER: Musgrave Minerals (ASX: MGV) will be another company keen to deliver its presentation at Diggers & Dealers next week. The company has won first prize in a ballot for Fraser Range tenement EL 28/2405 in Western Australia, now named the Mamba project. Location of Musgrave’s new Mamba project in the Fraser […]