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    JCI ist Gesellschafter von WAR
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    Seven bids lodged for Letseng


    Posted: Thu, 17 Nov 2005


    Quelle: [miningmx.com] --
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    FINAL bids are due today (Friday) from the seven contenders short-listed to buy Letseng Diamonds, the entity that owns Lesotho's Letseng Diamond mine.



    The bid process is being run by Investec Bank which is intimately involved because of its role in the refinancing of JCI. JCI controls Letseng Diamonds jointly with Matodzi Resources and the Lesotho government.


    JCI’s stake in Letseng Holdings - which owns 76% of Letseng Diamonds - sits in the special purpose vehicle (SPV) to which Investec lent R460m. Also in that SPV, are the 200 million preference shares JCI owns in Matodzi which holds 50% of Letseng Holdings.


    All the assets in the SPV are pledged as collateral to Investec Bank for the funds it is putting up to refinance JCI.


    Investec executive Dennis Tucker - who is running the bid process - declines to name the seven parties that are still in the running for ownership of Letseng.


    But market sources believe they are: De Beers; a consortium made up of Royal Bafokeng Resources (RBR), the Industrial Development Corporation and diversified Canadian junior miner Etruscan; Trans Hex; Canadian junior diamond company Aber; a consortium led by Clifford Elphick; a Russian consortium, and a Beny Steinmetz-led consortium.


    Elphick was the MD of Oppenheimer family company EO & Son who resigned this year after deciding to go into the diamond business for himself and recruiting a number of De Beers executives to join him.


    Steinmetz is predominantly a diamond trader and cutter. Aber owns 40% of Rio Tinto’ s Diavik diamond mine in Canada’s North West Territories.


    Apart from the identities of the bidders, the other burning issue is precisely how the sale of Letseng Diamonds will be handled because the logistics are intricately entwined with whatever is going on in the JCI saga.


    Letseng is, in fact, one of JCI’s few material assets. One mining industry source points out that it qualifies as "Schedule 1" asset in terms of JSE regulations.


    That means JCI is required to publish a circular to shareholders concerning the financial impact of the deal on the company and then win approval for the sale of the asset at a special meeting of shareholders.


    As part of that circular to shareholders, JCI would have to publish its latest financial statistics to illustrate the effect of the disposal.


    Those corporate governance mechanisms are simply not possible at this stage because of the on-going uncertainty over JCI where, on November 10, CEO Peter Gray announced a further delay in publication of the results for its financial year to end-March 2005.


    He said the forensic audit process being carried out was proving more time-consuming than originally anticipated and would be completed only at the end of December. Auditors KPMG would then review the draft financial statement for publication as soon as possible after that.


    Gray repeated his previous comment that shareholders should not rely on the previous year’s financial statements until the forensic audit and internal investigation were complete.


    Asked about the corporate governance steps required of JCI for the disposal of its holding in Letseng, JCI spokesman Brian Gibson replied that: "JCI will act only within the rules of and with the approval of the JSE."


    One other point raised by the industry source concerns Investec’s role in deciding the fate of the funds from the sale. Estimates on Letseng’s worth range as high as R900m. JCI’s share would flow into the SPV.


    Said Gibson: "Should any funds be raised through the approved sale of any assets, these would be applied in terms of the facility arrangements as set out in the announcement to JCI shareholders on 30 August 2005."


    Tucker said that: "All due processes will be observed in terms of the rules and regulations of the JSE, the SRP and and the Companies Act. That’s the only way this can be done."
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    Peter Gray, CEO von JCI

    In jungen Jahren kannte ich mal eine Mathemat.-Technische Asssistentin.

    Auf der Homepage von PDL wude ein feines helles Labor gezeigt.

    Da war mir klar North-American-Palladium wirkt anziehend -ist vielleicht 8-10 Wochen her- .


    Kurs hat sich annähernd verdoppelt knapp unter 10 CanD.

    Ganz auszuschließen ist nicht, daß der Palladium Preis eine
    Rolle spielte. Und das JV mit GFI.


    Die an der ASX gelistete PPD Pan Palladium, die in RSA
    überwiegend als Explorer tätig ist, hat Kurs-Potenzial.
    Homepage und chart anschauen.

    Im Moment läuft´s gut.

    Etwas Melankolie schadet da nicht



    All the luck
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    He had white horses
    And ladies by the score
    All dressed in satin
    And waiting by the door


    Ooh, what a lucky man he was
    Ooh, what a lucky man he was


    White lace and feathers
    They made up his bed
    A gold covered mattress
    On which he was laid


    Ooh, what a lucky man he was
    Ooh, what a lucky man he was


    He went to fight wars
    For his country and his king
    Of his honor and his glory
    The people would sing


    Ooh, what a lucky man he was
    Ooh, what a lucky man he was


    A bullet had found him
    His blood ran as he cried
    No money could save him
    So he laid down and he died


    Ooh, what a lucky man he was
    Ooh, what a lucky man he was



    Emerson, Lake & Palmer

    Hab heute noch verarmte CROESUSe nachgekauft,

    obwohl schon reichlich davon im Depot liegen.

    Ein Muß für jeden Schafscherer.


    Die Depotbank teilt mit, daß aus der letzten KapErh.

    die "deferred Gratisoptionen Strike 5,0 Cents ASD"

    eingebucht wurden.

    Bezugspreis war 4,0 CentsASD für 1 Aktie plus 1 Gratisoption


    am Montag dieser Woche.

    Ulfur schimpft, weil der Kurs heute nur 4,3 CentsASD ist "siehe Seitwärts"

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    "Fuer mich das die RR Aktien gefunden werden die Kebble geklaut hat..... das kann noch laenger dauern "


    Die waren niemals weg. Können garnicht weg sein,
    weil der Eintrag im Aktienbuch konstitutiv ist.
    Alles was sonst geschrieben steht, bedeutet nichts.



    Was dabei zu denken gibt.


    Kardinal Meisner jammert, der Kölner Dom ist weggezaubert.
    Alle Weihbischöfe, Monsignore; Nonnnen und Ministranten sitzen im Dom auf dem Chorgestühl,
    heulen und jammern wie die Schloßhunde.


    Was ist das?


    [Blockierte Grafik: http://www.journalismus.com/cms_neu/picpool/stammtisch_koeln/stk110505/stk28.jpg]


    Wer es weiß, ist reif für Kaffern-GM.

    an der JSE mit 2.900 aus dem Handel gegangen.

    Am Montag 21.11.05 wird WAR weiter gehandelt als wäre nichts geschehen.

    Auf den Bzugsrechtsabschlag kann man gespannnt sein.

    Rechnerisch müßte um 2500 eröffnet werden.


    Irgendwann kapieren mehr Leute, daß WAR

    ein Denkmal mit ZwillingsFördertürmen ist. Für wen sag´

    ich lieber nicht, sonst kann Eldo nicht ruhig ins Weekend.

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    GO,

    die 5.000 WAR sind ein Schatz. Jetzt noch 1.500 aus Bezugsrecht dazukaufen.

    Kursziel 10 EURO.

    Schau mal nach. ob auch noch KINROSS im Keller liegen. Gleiches Kursziel.

    Grüsse


    This article is from Miningmx.com 17.11.05


    DRDGOLD to retire “Roodepoort Rocket”
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    [miningmx.com] -- THE proposed $230m sale of DRDGOLD’s international assets to Australia’s Emperor Mines recognises that the firm’s South African gold mines, one of them more than a century old, are finally meeting their natural end. That’s not quantum physics, but it’s worth dwelling on the gamble DRDGOLD is taking since its market appeal has long been based on the leverage of its South African assets to the gold price.



    Consider, how through years of loss-making and corporate wrangling, DRDGOLD always headed the leader board whenever the gold price demonstrated upward activity. Among the US’s share retail market particularly, DRDGOLD was representative of everything magically transforming about owning gold. Old workings, deep in South African earth, sported the prospect of becoming richly endowed profit-makers, an illusion of wealth triggered by the possibility of a steeply ascending gold price.


    Now, the gold price is running.


    Wellesley-Wood, speaking on South African radio (Classic Business), said the gold market was “in a sweet spot that would last four more years”. He may be right. So why now replace DRDGOLD’s exposure to market oscillations with what appears to be the quite different proposition of an emerging market exploration play?
    We intend to take other juniors under our wing
    That’s what will happen if Emperor Mines successfully sets about growing its Australasian ounces and DRDGOLD Africa hits pay dirt. The influence of the South African mines will be diluted. Eventually, you could shut them and no-one would notice.


    The gambit is two-pronged, and well-considered. Firstly, it appears DRDGOLD is betting the gold supply deficit will create an urgent market need for a nimble-footed, mid-sized gold exploration company. Already, the assets DRDGOLD is selling to Emperor Mines is creating a firm with 2 million oz of reserves and 7.6 million of resources.


    Secondly, that consolidation among the top tier gold producers, as evidenced by the $9.2bn proposal to marry Barrick Gold with Placer Dome, will create more opportunity for DRDGOLD to buy assets the behemoths won’t and can’t bother developing.


    “There are 29 new gold mines in the pipeline right now and even if all these are developed, it would require a further seven projects every year to make up the deficit, “ Wellesley-Wood wrote in a DRDGOLD investor note earlier this week.


    “The reality is that not all these 29 mines will get the go-ahead as cost inflation, especially capital cost inflation for resources projects, has increased by a great deal more than the gold price. So where are the ounces going to come from?” he said. The world is gasping for gold ounces and the new DRDGOLD wants to help plug the spaces.


    It’s an intriguing concept and perhaps not too different from DRDGOLD’s gold price leverage of the past after all. But instead of leverage to known ounces in South Africa – the Roodepoort Rocket - DRDGOLD is trading on its leverage to unknown prospects in Papua New Guinea and even more distantly, Africa.


    That’s the theory. The practice may prove more challenging. Tolukuma, Vatukoula, Porgera are a variable mix of assets. And there’s no knowing how prospective the exploration tenements attached to these properties may be. But expect a renewed flurry of paper-based corporate dealings as Emperor Mines sets about building itself.


    DRDGOLD is renowned for issuing paper. Simon Kendall, an analyst for UBS in Johannesburg, told Business Report in August 2004 that DRDGOLD had issued its shares 100 times over 10 years. The company started with 2.5 million shares. Not all of the shares issues were done very profitably.
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    “We intend to play in the theatre of Australasian consolidation,” said Wellesley-Wood, and this time using more highly rated Australian paper of Emperor Mines rather than the scrip of its parent. Already, the company has bought a 5% stake in Allied Gold, a relatively unknown Australian junior, with an option to increase its stake further. “We intend to take other juniors under our wing,” says Wellesley-Wood.


    The Australian market loved the deal. Emperor gained 21.5% after the announcement that Emperor Mines was to suddenly to become a 375,000 oz/year gold producer. If it can consolidate itself, DRDGOLD will even set about taking its story to Canada. First a pipedream, and spoken about fulsomely, Wellesley-Wood won’t now be drawn on the matter, probably because he considers it more likely.





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    EMP plus 20%. Hatte wirtschaftlich gedacht.

    Das war mein Fehler.


    Die begleitenden Banken können mit kleinen

    unlimitierten Kaufordern so was leicht darstellen.

    Es gibt genug. die laufen gerne mit.

    Man lernt immer noch was dazu.

    Diesmal brauchte ich ausnahmsweise kein Lehrgeld zu zahlen.



    Den größten Teil meiner DRD hatte ich gekauft in EURO 1,5

    1,3 dann 1,1 dann 0,9, dann 0,8, dann 0,6.

    Ein Drittel davon die letzten paar Tage verkauft.

    Sehe gerade WAR startet jeute an der JSE mit 9,5% plus.
    Heute Börsenschluß ist maßgeblich für Bezugsrecht.


    MININGWEEKLY vom 18.11.05


    Gill Marcus appointed Western Areas chairperson
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    Ex deputy governor of South Africa's Reserve Bank, Professor Gill Marcus, has been appointed executive chairperson of Western Areas and has already prioritised mending fences with Placer Dome, for which gold titan Barrick recently made an offer.


    Marcus said she had accepted the appointment after “long and hard deliberation. Western Areas has been through challenging times.


    “I have conducted my own review and am confident that the company has enormous potential “The immediate priorities for the new board include setting the strategic direction for the South Deep mine in consultation with our joint venture partners, the restructuring of the hedge book, securing our mineral rights position and consideration of empowerment opportunities.”


    “The upcoming R640-million rights offer, to be completed by the end of December, will provide sufficient capital for the development and improved returns at the South Deep mine over the next two years.” Marcus said she was totally committed to resolving these challenges. She was looking forward to building Western Areas' reputation and standing as an “independent listed South African gold mining company”.


    In addition, Dave Nurek has been appointed as a non-executive director of the miner, which also announced that non-executive directors, Vaughn Bray and Mafika Mkwanazi, would be retiring from the board at the end of December 2005.


    Marcus said she would also be joining the Placer Dome Western Areas joint venture board.


    “The JV controls the affairs of the South Deep mine, which is Western Areas' primary asset.


    “It is imperative that shareholders see a continued improvement in both production and cost reduction, as well as effective control of future capital expenditure. I also want to build the relationship with the JV partner.”


    The board has decided not to appoint a CEO at this juncture. Further board appointments will be announced in due course.


    The board also includes CFO Chris Lamprecht, and non-executive directors, Sandy McGregor and Roger Dixon

    Sino-Gold pflegt gute Kontakte zur Chinesischen Regierung.

    Die Lizensen sind "wasserdicht"

    Werden auch in D mit Volumen gehandelt.

    Waren in letzter Zeit gut gelaufen.




    Aus SIEGEL-Investments-Goldhotline vom 17.11.05
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    17.11.05 Sino Gold (AUS, Kurs 2,53 A$, MKP 330 Mio A$) meldet für das Septemberquartal aus der chinesischen Jianchaling Mine eine Goldproduktion von 5.118 oz, was einer Jahresrate von etwa 20.000 oz entspricht. Die Produktion der Mine soll im Februar 2006 eingestellt werden. Bei Nettoproduktionskosten von 272 $/oz und einem Verkaufspreis von 394 $/oz verbesserte sich die Bruttogewinnspanne von 74 auf 122 $/oz. Sino Gold macht keine Angaben über die aktuelle Gewinnentwicklung. Im 1. Halbjahr des Geschäftsjahres 2005 erzielte Sino Gold einen operativen Verlust von 6,1 Mio A$ oder 477 $/oz. Mit der Entwicklung des Jinfeng Projektes plant Sino Gold die Produktion auf jährlich 250.000 oz auszuweiten. Sino Gold hält einen Anteil von 82 % des Projekts. Sino Gold erwartet zunächst eine jährliche Produktion von 150.000 oz (Sino Anteil) bei Nettoproduktionskosten von 183 $/oz, die dann auf jährlich 250.000 oz (Sino Anteil) gesteigert werden soll. Die Reserven haben eine Lebensdauer von 6,8 Jahren und die Ressourcen eine Lebensdauer von 11,5 Jahren. Eine Ausweitung der Reserven und Ressourcen wurde nach erfolgreichen Bohrprogrammen bereits in Aussicht gestellt und soll in den nächsten Monaten veröffentlicht werden. Der Produktionsbeginn ist für Mitte 2006 geplant. Sino Gold verfügt über weitere vielversprechende Explorationsgebiete. Die Derivatepositionen wurden von 35.000 auf 279.000 oz erweitert und decken einen Produktionszeitraum von 1,2 Jahren ab. Sino Gold macht keine Angaben über die Höhe der unrealisierten Verluste aus den Vorwärtsverkäufen. Am 30.06.05 (31.12.04) stand einem Cashbestand von 58,9 Mio A$ (35,7 Mio A$) eine gesamte Kreditbelastung von 59,7 Mio A$ (15,7 Mio A$) gegenüber. Beurteilung: Sino Gold ist der derzeit größte ausländische Goldproduzent in China. Sollte Sino Gold die Produktionsausweitung auf jährlich 250.000 oz bei einer Gewinnspanne von 100 A$/oz gelingen, würde das KGV auf 13,2 zurückfallen. Positiv sind das Explorationspotential und die relativ geringen Vorwärtsverkäufe. Negativ sind die aktuelle Gewinnentwicklung und das Risiko aus dem Produktionsstandort in China. Sino Gold bleibt eine Halteempfehlung. Empfehlung: Halten, unter 1,50 A$ kaufen, aktueller Kurs 2,53 A$, Kursziel 4,00 A$. Sino Gold wird an verschiedenen deutschen Börsen gehandelt (vgl. Halteempfehlung vom 15.05.05 bei 1,535 A$, Kauf unter 1,50 A$ war zwischenzeitlich möglich).

    DOMINA nur mit leichtem Plus.
    Es stehen noch lange Schlangen vor dem Marterpfahl.
    Ist ja für Schafscherer eine Attraktion im Outback

    NacktStar und Croesus erholen sich leicht,

    Nur die Batavia Zigarre bleibt völlig kalt, nichtmal nennenswerter Umsatz.
    Ohne Veröffentlichung der Drills aus den letzten 2 Löchern wird das so bleiben.