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Pioneer to acquire gold rights in the Acra project from Xstrata

THE BOURE WHISPERER: Pioneer Resources (ASX: PIO) has reached an agreement with Xstrata Nickel Australasia Operations (XNAO) to acquire 100 per cent of the gold interests in, what was formerly, the Acra Joint Venture project. The tenements concerned coaver 103 square kilometres and are located east of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, close to projects held […]

Crest drilling to refine Majestic North targets

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Gold exploration company, Crest Minerals (ASX: CTT) has commenced a comprehensive infill and extension drilling program at the company’s Majestic North project in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia.   The 110 hole program is a follow-up to Crest’s maiden Aircore (AC) drilling program in July, which demonstrated wide-spread gold anomalism.   […]

Stanmore Coal upgrades The Range Resource

THE BOURSE WHISPERER: Stanmore Coal (ASX: SMR) has completed a further review of the company’s The Range project, in the Surat Basin, Queensland.   Project location. Source: Company announcement   The review followed the company receiving final laboratory and geological modelling results from a 2012 drilling program and has resulted in the certification of an […]

Orion submits new Queensland tenement application

THE BOURSE WHISPERER: Orion Gold (ASX: ORN) has lodged an application for exploration tenure with the Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management. The application is located north-west of Rockhampton and covers 80 sub-blocks over approximately 254 square kilometres.   Regional location of application. Source: Company announcement It is situated along strike to the north […]

MZI says Feasibility Study shows Keysbrook will generate outstanding returns

THE BOURSE WHISPERER: MZI Resources (ASX: MZI) has received the results of a Feasibility Study for the Keysbrook mineral sands project, located in Western Australia. The Feasibility Study has demonstrated the Keysbrook project to have strong economics. Highlights if the study include: –    Mine life of 7.2 years with potential to extend to up to […]

Ventnor continues Thaduna/Green Dragon copper mineralistaion

THE BOURSE WHISPERER: Australian base metals company Ventnor Resources (ASX: VRX) has released further significant results from the previously announced high-grade zone of copper mineralisation at the company’s Thaduna/Green Dragon copper project, located north of Meekatharra, Western Australia. The Green Dragon project is situated within the Doolgunna district, 40km east of Sandfire Resource’s (ASX: SFR) […]

Horseshoe Metals hits high copper at Horseshoe lights project

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Horseshoe Metals (ASX:HOR) has told the ASX how busy it has been drilling at its 100 per cent-owned Horseshoe Lights copper – gold project and Kumarina copper project, located in the Peak Hill Mineral Field of Western Australia. Drilling has been underway at Horseshoe Lights since May 2012 testing for shallow copper […]

Survey records negative sentiment toward High Frequency and Algorithmic Trading

The rise in algorithmic and high frequency trading (HFT) on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and global stock exchanges has raised considerable alarm among investors, analysts and other market participants. In an effort to ascertain perceptions in the market relating to algorithmic trading and HFT and the impact both have on investor sentiment, activities and […]

Solid gold trumps paper money

CONFERENCE CORRESPONDENCE: Global stocks down another 90 per cent in the next few years as the world’s financial system continues to its eventual demise is just one of a series of dire predictions from Swiss-based Matterhorn Asset Management founder Egon von Greyerz. Speaking at the 2012 Gold Investment Symposium at Sydney’s Luna Park, von Greyerz […]

Bullion beats shares as gold companies underperform

THE CONFERENCE CALLER: Investors who bought physical gold bullion in 2006 instead of buying shares in gold companies at the same time did the right thing according to Evolution Mining (ASX: EVN) executive chairman Jake Klein. Speaking on Day Two of the 2012 Gold Investment Symposium at Sydney’s Luna Park, Klein said that although that […]