Tschonko,
die IMI steht auf meinem Einkaufszettel.
Vorher muessen die Austral_Emus aber noch die
schönsten Schwanzfedern opfern.
Rund 10% bin ich vom Depothöchststand runter
und finde die Gesamtsituation für alle MetallMinen hervorragend.
Es leben Hoch LaoTse, Hadschi Halef Ben Omar und Ann Spophie Mutter.................dreimal hoch
Gruss
Gogh
@Eldo,
andersrum:
IMA macht in Argentina weiter wie bisher.
In Argentinien sitzen die Gerichte in
alten Kolonialresidenzen. Es gibt gerade
soviel Personal, dass jeder Fall ein eigenes AktZ. erhält.
Prozessdauer wird in Generationen angegeben z. B. "2".
Gruss
Gogh
Und wer meint AQI sei am Ziel, verwechselt
den Nürburgring mit der Galopprennbahn in Baden Baden.
Was können die Canadian Judges in Navidad ausrichten.
Die kriegen nicht mal ein Visum, es sei denn sie geben sich als Touristen
in Argentina aus. Dann können sie wenigstens auf der Veranda
Mate Tee trinken.
Nichtmal in Canada an der Börse kann IMA bei Nichtbeachtung
des Urteils gesperrt werden.
Irgendwo, irgendwie, irgendwann
....und nichts ausschliessen
gogh
der wiegesagt bis jetzt kein Stück besitzt
Wer glaubt, dass die Richter zwischen IMA und AQI entschieden haben,
denkt was Naives.
Es ging den Richtern darum den Wirtschaftsstandort Kanada und
nebenbei sich selbst ins Licht zurücken. Strenges Due Diligeance
macht sich gut. An Schwachen kann man herrlich ein Exempel statuieren.
Dahinter versteckt man sich beim nächstenmal, wenn einem
Weltkonzern vom Gericht was zugesteckt wird.
Da fällt wieder was ab für Richter; und seis nur Glanz und Gloria.
b
Habe keine IMA und bedaure die Justizgeschädigten.
Gruss
Gogh
Initial Drill Results
oberflächennah ist das Zauberwort
Der Kurs wird erst laufen lernen nachdem die Silberfreaks
mehrheitlich 30 - 50 % Gewinn realisiert haben.
Ambesten schickt man die Phantatsen in der Geschäftsleitung komplett hinterher.
Z. B. bei Orko könnten die seligen Silberfreaks ein neues zuhause finden.
gogh
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Eröffnungsposting: Ohne Radbezug, kurz Radab
Da kommt einer als Präsident Frankreichs,
der Überzeugungstäter ist.
Also ein Weisser Rabe im Politikergewerbe.
Da kommt was von autre Rhine mit Macht.
Der Link führt zu einem Aufsatz in der Financial Times Deutschland.
Sehe die Dinge genauso.
gogh
06.06.07
Das Gleiche von MINEBOX 06.06.07
Man merkt, dass TNG früher eine Drilling Co. war.
Der Stolz sind
"– a new diamond drill rig
and
- a high-powered reverse circulation rig."
Gogh
Tennant Creek Gold commences NT drilling
Tennant Creek Gold open cut
Tennant Creek Gold has commenced both diamond and reverse circulation drilling at its
Manbarrum Zinc-Lead-Silver Project in the Northern Territory as part of the its $8m exploration field
season for calendar 2007.
Two rigs are currently operational at Manbarrum
– a new diamond drill rig
and
- a high-powered reverse circulation rig.
Reverse circulation drilling commenced at the project mid-last week,
======================
targeting extensions to the Sandy Creek deposit, which contains an
initial JORC compliant resource of 10.5 million tonnes at 3% Zn, 0.74%
Pb and 5.5g/t Ag (3.3% Zn Eq).
Diamond drilling commenced yesterday at Sandy Creek
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to verify broad intersections of high-grade zinc-lead-silver mineralisation
from last year’s drilling. The diamond drilling will also extract core for
metallurgical and geotechnical purposes.
================================
The first fence of reverse circulation drill holes,
located
50m south of the Sandy Creek resource zone,
have all intersected significant Sphalerite (zinc sulphide, ZnS) within a
broad near-surface zone, averaging 300m wide by 20m thick.
Geological logging of the results to date, together with information from
detailed Induced Polarisation (IP) surveys currently underway, have
significantly enhanced the tonnage potential of the Sandy Creek Resource.
Information received to date from the IP surveys indicates extensions to
Sandy Creek Main Zone to the south, well beyond the limit of drilling to
date, and probable continuous mineralisation to the northeast linking with the NEIP Prospect.
Tennant Creek Gold’s exploration team has confirmed the potential for the Manbarrum Project,
which is located 70km northeast of Kununurra,
to host multiple pods of
Mississippi Valley Type (MVT)
base metal mineralisation of similar scale or larger than the existing Sandy Creek deposit.
The company’s objective for its 2007 drilling program is to confirm this
potential and to establish a strategically significant inventory of zinc-lead-silver resources.
Tennant Creek Gold’s Managing Director, Neil Biddle said the company
was pleased to have its 2007 drilling program finally underway,
with the two rigs now operational and working round the clock.
“The forthcoming drilling programs will provide definitive evidence of the
broader scope and potential of the Manbarrum Project, including
confirmation of whether we have a potentially major new MVT district,” Mr Biddle said.
“Typically, MVT-style deposits occur in clusters and our exploration team
is confident that the Manbarrum Project has the potential to evolve into a
world-class MVT district,” he said.
- 06 Jun 2007
@Miner,
ja das hatte ich noch vergessen. Silberfreaks argumentieren
gerne à la "Bill Gates" und "Buffet" haben Ag_Vorräte angelegt.
(Und die müssen es ja wissen.)
Jetzt wissen es die, die Blättchen schreiben.
Oder wie RITA sagt "die Geologen erläutern den
Analysten die Bohrresultate".
Jeder nach seiner Facon, chacun à son gout
Oder
Die letzten beissen die Hunde
Gruss
Gogh
Ist mein ewiges Staunen über Silver Freaks:
Ist es schwaches Wissen oder taktisches Dummstellen.
Die "hohen" Erzgehalte liegen in Tiefen zwischen 200 bis 400 m.
Es gibt keinen einzigen Schacht, d. h. voller Investbedarf.
Ökonomisch sind die Gehalte grenzwertig; wohlwollend betrachtet.
mit Silberblick
gogh
05.06.07
War Verlinkt über Kitco:
REUTERS vom 05.06.07
Anscheinend schafft TNG.AX es, in der Branche auf sich aufmerksam zu machen.
Das Bohrprogramm ist gigantisch. Da werden immer mal wieder
(Teil)Bohrergebnisse berichtet werden.
Die Zinc (Equi) Gehalte sind mit 3% eher gering. Das Deposit
liegt aber oberflächennah (wird alles Tagebau). Da kann man
die tonne_Zinc billiger produzieren als andere mit 3x höheren Gehalten.
(M. E. ist TNG Tennant um ein Vielfaches chancenreicher als HER Herald)
gogh
Tennant Creek Gold Limited Commences Drilling At Manbarrum Zinc Project
05 Jun 2007, 03:57 AM ET
Tennant Creek Gold Limited announced that both diamond and reverse circulation drilling
has commenced at its 100%-owned Manbarrum Zinc-Lead-Silver Project in the Northern Territory
as part of the Company's recently announced AUD 8 million exploration field season for calendar 2007.
23 May 2007, 08:56 AM ET
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Tennant Creek Gold Limited Announces Commencement Of Exploration Program
07 May 2007, 02:17 AM ET
Tennant Creek Gold Limited announced the commencement of
landmark $8 million exploration program at its 100% owned Manbarrum
Zinc-Lead-Silver Project in the Northern Territory, with major resource
drilling programs scheduled to commence shortly as part of its 2007
exploration field season. which comprises some 30,000 metres of
diamond and RC drilling as well as further detailed IP (Induced Polarisation) and gravity surveys
is to delineate a substantial inventory of strategic zinc-lead-silver resources at Manbarrum during 2007
and confirm the Project's potentially world class nature, hosting multiple MVT (Mississippi Valley Type) zinc-lead-silver deposits.
It will include an intensive program of resource extension drilling focusing on the Sandy Creek deposit itself,
where TNG announced an initial JORC compliant resource of 10.5 million tonnes
at 3% Zn, 0.74% Pb and 5.5g/t Ag (3.3% Zn Eq) earlier this year.
The current Sandy Creek resource remains open at depth and to the north, south and west.
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Die Aktie nicht nur fuer Men_Eater;
schliesst in Sydney 23,5 CentsASD bei 11,8 Mio Stück Absatz
gogh
04.06.07
Miners dig to record depths to find more gold
1 Jun 07
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Zitatweise Auszug aus Aufsatz in RSA_Minenzeitung
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This favourable environment has prompted Gold Fields to start work on a R4,7-billion project to deepen both its Kloof and Driefontein mines, near Carletonville, to 4 020 m and 4 121 m below surface, respectively, providing access to 10,8-million ounces of gold.
Shaft sinking at Driefontein is expected to be completed by 2011, which will make it the world’s deepest mine, with the silver medal going to Kloof once it is fully developed.
AngloGold Ashanti is continuing with its R1,2-billion Below 120 Carbon Leader project, which will take its TauTona mine, also in Carletonville, to 3 902 m.
This will yield 2,6-million ounces of gold over a nine-year period ending 2017.
“By July 15, 2008, we should be able to celebrate the unveiling of a new Guinness Book of Records plaque at a depth of 3 778 m below datum,” TauTona GM Frank Russo Bello told Mining Weekly last year.
This plaque will bear the words “The deepest man-made hole in the world”.
Currently, the accolade for the world’s deepest mine belongs to AngloGold Ashanti’s Savuka operation, in the North West province, which decends to 3 777 m.
This mine was due to close in the first quarter of last year, but will now remain operational as long as it is profitable to do so, says AngloGold Ashanti executive director Neville Nicolau.
Positive economics have also opened the doors for the R2-billion deepening of the Mponeng mine, again near Carletonville, to below 3 600 m, extending the life-of-mine by a further eight years.
Harmony is also deepening its Elandsrand mine, in Gauteng and the North West province, which is set to go below 3 300 m, opening up an additional 6,22-million ounces. This project is scheduled to be completed by 2010.
Mining deeper and deeper does not come cheaply, though.
At Driefontein, apart from the capital costs to get there, mining at depth will cost R66 000/kg over the life of the mine – not bad when considering the current gold price of about R160 000/kg.
Indeed then, there is money to be made, should all the fundamentals remain positive, but nobody says it’s going to be easy.
A costly affair
Mines are large consumers.
Gold Fields CEO Ian Cockerill says the power consumption of a mine such as Driefontein equals that of Eastern Cape city East London. The mine has an installed capacity of 800 MW.
“We pay R250-million a quarter in electricity bills. It makes up 12% of our costs.”
The reason for this is that an underground mine must be ventilated and cooled, and increasingly so as it goes deeper.
At Driefontein, at 4 000 m, the rock temper-ature will reach 55 730C as one inches closer to the earth’s molten core, explains Gold Fields head of South African operations Terence Goodlace.
“We have to take cognisance of the fact that it continues to grow hotter as we go deeper.”
The solution to this is improved cooling technologies, with the use of ice rather than water to cool underground working conditions, he adds.
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) mining technology senior scientist Schu Schutte says the cut-off point where workers can function optimally underground is about 28 730C wet bulb.
Wet bulb temperature provides an indication of ambient humidity, which often reaches high levels in mines.
At temperatures higher than 28 730C wet bulb, two things happen, notes Schutte.
The ability of mine workers to concentrate and to make accurate spatial perceptions decreases.
In other words, the possibility of making a fatal mistake increases.
Individuals also work even faster than before, and with decimated accuracy.
It is, therefore, not surprising that an analysis of the effect of heat in gold mines, conducted between 1987 and 1994, indicates a notable increase in the injury rate when temperatures reach 29 0C wet bulb and upwards.
Physically speaking, it is possible to continue working until the temperature reaches 32,5 OC, although this is not desirable, says Schutte.
“Formal heat-stress management programmes and administrative control measures are required where wet bulb temperature reaches 28 OC, while routine work should not be permitted where wet bulb temperature exceeds 32,5 0C, or the dry bulb temperature is more than 37 OC,” he adds.
What all this means in practice, Schutte notes, is that Driefontein will have to reduce the environmental temperatures at 4 000 m to 28 0C wet bulb or below, if it wants to create a productive and safe working environment.
Interesting to note, he adds, is that platinum mines are much warmer than gold mines, owing to the rock environment in which platinum-group metals reside.
Virgin rock temperatures, which apply to unbroken rock, increase at about 9 OC per kilo- metre depth in the central Witwatersrand region – but nearly double that for the Bushveld Igneous Complex.
This means platinum mines will, considering current cooling technology, have much more difficulty to reach the depths of gold mines.
However, it is not impossible.
South African researchers are continuously developing technologies to enable deep-level mining, having been the first country to dig this deep into the earth.
The country’s Chamber of Mines conducted a study into heat tolerance among mineworkers in gold mines as far back as the 1930s.
A more recent CSIR project called Deepmine probed the technology necessary to drop down as deep as 5 km in local gold mines.
It concluded that these depths are not impossible, but that the gold price will have to justify the cost.
Goodlace says the break-even point of the Driefontein drop-down project is R86 000/oz, but adds that growing project costs will see this increase – which means Gold Fields will only continue to go deeper if the gold price holds steady, or rises from current levels.
After all, nobody’s going to dig 4 000 m into the earth’s belly for the sheer fun of it. Shareholders demand a profitable company.
A complicated dig
There are many things to consider, says Goodlace, but in the end, pushing down to 4 km is about two fundamental things: cooling and sound rock engineering.
“We know the rock strength is such that we can go to 4 000 m. We’re at 3 500 m, so we’re nearly there anyway.
“The key is to ensure we reduce the stress of the surrounding environment. “In essence, we need to simulate shallower mining conditions.”
At three-and-a-half kilometres deep, the natural pressure on the rock is about 9 500 t/m2. If you start mining, the pressure on the remaining rock can double or triple.
This can lead to fatal rockbursts if not handled expertly.
“Mine design is key as you go down to 4 000 m. We have to take a close look at the way we design our system of stopes and haulage, ensuring we leave the neccesary support in place to carry the rock,” says Goodlace.
Another issue to consider when digging deeper is travelling time to the work face.
It’s impossible to reach 4 000 m in a single drop down a mine shaft.
At 3 000 m down, the rope of the cage carrying workers down the mine weighs 70 t – this for a cage that has a capacity of 10 t. It simply becomes too heavy to reach any deeper.
So, gold mines typically reach 3 000 m and below using a multiple shaft system.
At TauTona, current travelling time to the work face is an average of 1,5 hours.
This is set to increase to two hours as the mine goes deeper, which means only 4,5 hours to 5 hours out of a nine-hour shift will be spent working.
A possible solution to the problem is developing linear motor systems which do not make use of a rope – but this is costly technology, not yet fully developed.
So, what’s next?
The good news for those considering deeper-level mining is that one would only suffer decompression sickness at 6 000 m underground.
Nitrogen narcosis (the bends, which scuba divers should be familiar with), and oxygen toxicity (too much oxygen in the air is lethal) set in at 16 000 m and 22 000 m respectively.
The bad news is that the difference in pressure will aready cause your ears to ache at a few hundred metres (similar to when you take off in a plane) – not to mention acute toothache as cavities, which contain gas, become extremely painful with changes in ambient pressure.
Worse news is that the rock temperature at 5 000 m is around 70 0C.
Consider the cost of countering this. If traditional methods are used, vast amounts of water will have to be pumped to and from the surface to keep the mine cool.
Electricity costs will soar. Travelling times will be more than the actual time spent working. And what do we really know about the earth 5 km down?
“Mining beyond 4 000 m, to 5 000 m, is a bit of a push,” says Goodlace.
“No-one has ever operated at that level. It is unknown territory.”
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@Eldo,
die bezaubernde RITA macht kanpp 5 Jahre in Minenaktien.
Die hat genauso ihren unverwechselbaren Schreibstil wie wir.
Daran erkenn´ ich sie wieder.
Die bezaubernde RITA war lange in Harmony investiert.
Man kann fast sagen, sie hat dieselbe Entwicklung weg
von den Majors hin zu den Explorern wie unsereiner gemacht.
Gruss
Gogh
Chronistenpflicht:
0,57 ASD am 04.06.07 in Sydney Absatz 700.000 Stück
War heute ein Hüpfer um 7 Cents.
Die Aktionäre der ersten Stunde haben bis 31. Mai
ein Optionsrecht für 0,15 ASD ausgeübt.
Da wurden alte Aktien verkauft und mit dem Erlös durch Neue per Ausübung
der Option ersetzt.
Das ist jetzt durch.
TNG bohrt fleissig. Es sind Erkundungsbohrungen zur Erweiterung.
TNG berichtet erfahrungsgemaess darüber zeitnah in Haeppchen.
Was dabei rauskommt ist jetzt natürlich noch offen.
Der aktuelle Kurs ist m. E. nach unten abgesichert, selbst bei Niente_Results.
Sollte es gut laufen, sehen wir noch diesen Sommer den One ASD Kurs.
Gruss
Gogh
Im Grunde kann jeder das Hoeschen bekommen.
Je mehr Leute in die guten Minen einsteigen, umso besser.
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Die Biester tragen nur leider oft keinen Slip.
Und diejenigen die überall rumposaunen welch feinen Slip sie haben,
oh mein Goooott.
Bei TVI.V lass ich die Kantine mit der Frischmilch nicht aus den Augen.
Randalierende Katholiken holt die Gegenreformation.
Gruss
Gogh
Bezaubernde RITA hat tatsächlich in Minenecke geliefert.
Die Sachen liegen auf einer Linie:
Extrem hohes Risiko plus Abenteuergeschichte.
Jede kann Zocker für eine Weile anziehen und dann hat RITA Party.
gogh
03.06.07
Jetzt gibt der Nordland_Elch Pfötchen und ULfUR ist nicht da.
so macht das keinen Spass
Gruss
Gogh
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so sieht heute, 01.06.07, ein User des Australischen Boards Hotcopper die Lage von BATAVIA:
Stock Code: BTV - BATAVIA MINING LIMITED
Posted By: sduncan
"Hi
I have sold all my shares to take tax losses over the past few weeks.
My options will also lapse worthless as there are no buyers.
It is probably to late for the Directors to do anything too creative now with
a bonus option issue for holders etc.
I did not like the way the company had shafted shareholders over the
past 12 months with:
- the Deflector feasibility study fiasco(when the Jun o7 option money was presumably going to be used to fund the establishment of the mine)
- then sale of uranium assets to Thor
- then consolidating shares on the back of bad news
- then on top of that pissing of the majority of shareholders by allowing the BTVOC option series to lapse worthless (there were many other options available to the company where they could have re-set the option price for another 12 months to compensate the holders for the shafting they have taken).
Batavia is a great stock for offsetting tax liabilities though.
So despite the resource boom it has gone no where for the past 3 years.
I don't think I will be back, unless it drops back to 4c or so, I might take
the risk then, but the performance of the company to date, has been
extremely unremarkable and I think the compnay will struggle to regain investor confidence. "
schliesst in Sydney 20,5 CentsASD
war die letzten Tage schon gestiegen
Groesstes Problem zur Zeit der Kannibalismus=alte Gewohnheit
Gogh
01.06.07
With Support From Center for Pacific Islands Studies/University of Hawai‘i
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PNG GOLD MINE REPORTS $67 MILLION LOSS
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
(PNG Post-Courier, May 31)
- Highlands Pacific Limited yesterday told its shareholders "they should be smiling in 12 months time" due to the company’s new management team and better commodity prices.
Chairman Robert Bryan told shareholders at its 10th annual general meeting the company was previously experiencing a rough sail, especially from the poor performance of the Kainantu Gold Mine, but promised there "are sexier blue skies ahead."
The past year has truly been a case of agony and ecstasy. Excitement over the commissioning of the Kainantu Gold Mine and the formal launching of the Ramu development program, and frustration and disappointment over operational problems and the slow ramp-up of gold production at Kainantu (mine).
The end result has been a stressful time for the company this year," Mr. Bryan said.
Highlands Pacific made a net loss of US$27.5 million (PGK83.5 million) plus another loss in forward gold sales of US$35 million (PGK106 million) bringing to total loss of PGK195.9 million (US$67 million) for 2006.
While agreeing there was still room for improvements, he added the company had lured in some of the best managers in the mining industry and with this colorful management outfit, shareholders could be assured there would be progress and much better returns for them by next year.
Highlands Pacific has appointed John Gooding, a mining engineer, as its managing director as well as appointing a new general manager for its Kainantu gold mine, who will be teaming up with chief geologists and maintenance managers.
"This new turn-around team will focus on developing a new mine plan ... and I believe they will deliver the goods," he said.
Despite criticisms leveled against Highlands Pacific by banks about its decision to forward gold sales to cover debts at Kainantu Gold, he said: "To cover additional costs incurred at Kainantu, Highlands recently raised a further US$20 million (PGK60.7 million) as new equity with associated options, from Resource Capital Fund IV."
"This was a major boost to the company's working capital and a timely show of confidence by RCF IV. This equity injection is giving the company the breathing space it needs to get the Kainantu performance back on track."
Papua New Guinea Post-Courier: http://www.postcourier.com.pg/
