Beiträge von gogh

    Quelle: REUTERS vom 24.03.06


    Western Areas' shares jump after Anglogold interest

    Fri Mar 24, 2006 4:36 PM GMT




    JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Shares in South African gold producer


    Western Areas surged on Friday after the Chief Executive of AngloGold


    Ashanti said the firm was "attractive".



    The shares raced 6.9 percent higher to 46 rand, the highest level in nine


    years, according to Reuters data.



    On Friday, in an interview with Reuters, AngloGold CEO Bobby Godsell


    discussed the possibility of acquisitions and was asked whether he


    thought Western Areas was attractive.


    "Western Areas is of course attractive for two important reasons.


    Firstly it represents long-life ounces and secondly it requires both capital


    and underground mining skills in order to bring those ounces to account.


    In a way there's an analogy there with the Obuasi mine in Ghana."



    AngloGold, the world's third biggest gold producer, now owns Obuasi


    through its last big acquisition of Ghana's Ashanti Goldfields for $1.44 billion in 2004.




    Western Areas' main asset is a 50 percent stake in the South Deep


    mine, one of the world's richest and deepest ore bodies. The world's


    biggest gold producer Barrick Gold is the other joint venture partner in South Deep.



    Godsell declined to say if AngloGold was interested in making a bid for


    Western Areas, replying: "We're interested in all long-life ore bodies."



    When asked if he had made any contacts with Western Areas or South


    Deep, Godsell said: "When we do deals we announce them, and until


    we've done them we tend to shut up."



    Earlier this month, rival Harmony Gold bought a 29.2 percent stake in Western Areas for about 2 billion rand.


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    zuletzt 10.03.06)


    per heute 24.03.06 aktualisiert.
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    nichts verkauft



    kräftig aufgestockt:


    -BTV Batavia Mining, Australia






    Australien ASX Kürzel:


    BTV


    CRS


    DOM


    LAF


    MEE


    NMC (nicht NCM)


    OGD


    PEM


    PPD


    PSV


    SMY


    TNG




    Außerdem Toronto, Vancouver:



    APG.TO


    CAL.TO


    CBE.TO


    CRU.TO


    HRG.TO


    Golden Star


    NGG.TO


    ORV.TO


    RIC.TO


    TWG.TO


    TVI.TO


    QRL.TO



    und Südafrika


    JCI.RSA


    Western Areas WAR.RSA



    und
    BMG (AIM.London)

    LAF wird nach 1 Tag wieder gehandelt:

    +13% mit 19 Mio Stück Umsatz

    Die haben die "Scheinkrise" wirklich prima gelöst.

    41 Mio ASD investieren Instittutionelle gegen junge Aktien.

    Die Produktion läuft wieder an und wird mit dem frischen Bimbes vergrößert.


    gogh

    Würd mich nur interessieren, was mit den neuen Stollen

    am HARLEKIN Schacht los ist.

    Kiernan sagt, dort hat man zuwenig performance

    weil die Exploration vorher fehlerhaft war.

    Waren die Drill-Ergebnisse fingiert

    oder hat man nur zuwenig Löcher gebohrt um zu sparen?


    Von solchen "Kleinigkeiten" hängt viel ab.


    gogh

    CREW seine Projekte ohne Verwässerung


    gogh





    DATE: March 21st 2006
    TRADING SYMBOL:
    TORONTO & OSLO: CRU, FRANKFURT: KNC, OTC-BB-
    other: CRUGF
    NOT FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES


    New Issuance of Bonds


    LONDON, United Kingdom, (March 21st 2006). Crew
    Gold Corporation announces that it has received
    subscriptions for a new issue of secured bonds in
    the aggregate principal amount of approximately
    USD 80 million, comprised of a USD tranche of USD
    50 million and a NOK tranche of NOK 200 million.
    These bonds are expected to be issued on or about
    March 31, 2006. Under the term sheet the loan can
    be increased to a total of USD 100 million.


    The proceeds of the bond will be used to replace
    Crew`s previously announced existing project
    financing of the Lefa Gold Mine (Guinea) and to
    finance its Apex Gold Mine project. The Company
    also intends, based on recent new regional
    exploration data, to increase the regional
    exploration work at both Lefa and Apex.


    `The bonds provide an attractive alternative to
    the existing project facility for the Lefa Gold
    Mine,` said Jan Vestrum, President and Chief
    Executive Officer of Crew. `The bonds have terms
    that are more favourable for Crew than the more
    onerous project facility and, as a result, will
    provide Crew more flexibility going forward both
    in terms of production and sales. Crew`s
    production at present is un-hedged and the
    replacing of the project loan by the new bond
    allows the company to stay un-hedged if so
    desired. The development of the Lefa Gold Mine
    appears to be on schedule, and commissioning of
    the 7 million ton a year plant is expected to
    take place in December 2006.


    The USD tranche of the bonds will have a floating
    interest of 3 month LIBOR + 5.0% per annum,
    whereas the NOK tranche will have a floating
    interest of 3 month NIBOR + 5.0% per annum. The
    bonds will have a 5 year term, and Crew may
    redeem the bonds (wholly or in part) at the third
    anniversary of the issuance at a price of 105.0%
    and at the fourth anniversary of issuance at a
    price of 102.5%. The bonds will be secured by a
    pledge over all the shares of Crew`s wholly owned
    subsidiary Guinor Gold Corporation. Crew will
    undertake not to raise any new debt which results
    in the company`s total debt to EBITDA ratio
    exceeding 3.0, nor raise any new debt in Guinor
    Gold Corporation. In addition, Crew will also
    agree not to make any dividend payments or other
    distributions to its shareholders that would
    constitute more than, on a consolidated basis,
    50% of Crew`s net profit after taxes for the
    previous financial year (other than in respect of
    a divesting of non-gold assets of Crew into a
    separate entity listed on a stock exchange). The
    issue of the bonds is conditional upon approval
    by Crew`s existing convertible bondholders of the
    additional borrowings by Crew. Further tranches
    of up to an additional USD 20 million may be
    issued pursuant to the loan agreement for the
    bonds.


    Pareto Securities ASA has been appointed as
    arranger of the bond issue.


    Jan A. Vestrum
    President & CEO

    Nach CROESUS CRS hat heute LAFAYETTE LAF

    in Australien "Trading Halt".


    LAF hatte kürzlich auf den Philipinien die Produktion

    aufgenommen. Prompt haben "Schwarzgräber" und Kathol. Kardinäle

    behauptet LAF vergifte Flüsse mit Quecksilber (mercury).

    Daraufhin wurde die Mining Lizenz suspendiert.


    LAF benutzt kein Quecksilber. Aber die Schwarzgräber.



    Mal sehen was LAF tuen wird.


    Bin sowohl in CRS als auch in LAF investiert,

    woran man sehen kann wie naiv gogh ist.