Commodities

Baoulé Diamond Sale Stellar Diamonds plc, the London listed (LSE:STEL) diamond development company focused on West Africa, announces that its next diamond sale of up to 4,439 carats from trial mining of its Baoulé kimberlite project in the Aredor area of Guinea will take place in Dubai and Antwerp via the eDiamond auction platform during […]

FORESTRY PERMITTING REGULATIONS & TRIAL MINING UPDATE Ariana Resources, the Anglo-Turkish gold exploration and development company focused on Turkey, has announced that newly introduced forestry regulations for the mining industry will significantly reduce the cost of obtaining forestry permits. Additionally, trial mining undertaken within a granted forestry permit area at the...

MOU to acquire Mothae Kimberlite Diamond Project in Lesotho from Lucara Paragon Diamonds Limited, the AIM quoted diamond development company, announces that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Lucara Diamond Corporation, a TSX quoted mining company, to acquire a 75% interest in and operate the defined Mothae Kimberlite Resource, which is located only […]

Genel Energy (LSE:GENL) was on the move today continuing its great run of late. At close of play it was up to 628p up 21.5p today. It would seem that the M&A talk just won’t go away and a rising oil price certainly helps. As I highlighted on www.longovershort.com last week, Genel has world class […]

Preliminary Results Cluff Natural Resources has announced its audited preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2014. Highlights: · Continuing to build substantive portfolio of Underground Coal Gasification Licences inshore UK – portfolio totals 690km2 · Awarded eleven blocks contained within five licences in the Southern North Sea in the 28th Offshore Licensing round […]

All three of the leading U.S. stock market indices are down today following the Commerce Department’s report on the GDP for the first quarter, whilst observers are still waiting to hear the monthly report from the Federal Reserve. At 1:30 pm EDT the Dow and the S&P 500 are both down 0.64%, with the  Dow down […]

Horizonte Minerals Plc, (LSE:HZM) the nickel development company focused in Brazil, has completed of the bulk sample collection ahead of the full scale pilot plant campaign for its 100% owned Araguaia nickel project in Para State, north central Brazil. Highlights: · High grade nickel intersections received from bulk sampling drilling include: o 11.45 meters grading […]

Ivrea Project: Second Exploration Permit Issued Nyota Minerals Limited (LSE:NYO) has announced that a second exploration permit at the Ivrea Project in the Piemonte Region of Italy has been issued to KEC Exploration Pty. Nyota announced on 10 February 2015 that it had entered into a binding agreement for the acquisition of 70% of KEC. […]

The share price of BP (LSE:BP.) closed marginally down (0.05%) at 479.75 after reaching 484.20 in intraday trading, up at the point by 0.875%. BP continues to trade nearer to the low end of its 52 week range if 364.40 to 526.80. But today’s story is not so much about its share price activity today […]

Commences First Phase of Exploration at Walchen VMS Deposit, Austria Noricum Gold Limited, the Austrian focused precious and base metal exploration and development company, has announced that the first stage of exploration work at the Walchen VMS deposit in Austria, acquired in late March 2015, is now underway. Highlights: · Noricum management and field staff […]