Zitiert aus ABC.net.au
"Last Update: Monday, June 26, 2006. 6:31pm (AEST)
Gold mining company in administration
One of Australia's biggest domestic gold companies has been placed into administration.
The Kalgoorlie-Boulder based company Croesus Mining suspended
trading three months ago after posting a first-half loss of $27 million.
The company's board appointed an administrator because it was unable
to strike a deal with its Tokyo-based hedging partner.
The administrator, Brian Hughes, says the company's flagship gold
mine in Norseman and its employees will be protected.
Mr Hughes says the operation is still viable.
"There's a big opportunity here and that's just a case now of playing that out," he said.
"We'll be advertising, looking for expressions of interest for restructuring
the company, recapitalising the company, selling various assets.
"We'll cast the net wide and see what opportunities arise, but the bottom
line is it's going to be business as usual at Norseman."
Croesus chairman Michael Kiernan has vouched for the 250-strong work force at Norseman.
"The employees' entitlements and their salaries in the past are safe," he said.
"Their entitlements and salaries going forward are also safe."
Mr Kiernan says calling in administrators could have been avoided if the
company's Tokyo-based hedging partner Mitsui had agreed to let
Croesus defer paying its debt."