Commodities

It was less than a fortnight ago, June 11th to be exact, when Lamprell (LSE:LAM) watched the bottom drop out of his share price as investors showed their displeasure with the company’s remuneration report presented at its AGM. On that day, Lamprell’s share price dropped  22 pence (12.9%) to 149.00 just two days after reaching […]

Heads of term agreed with Geo Estratos, an established Mexican oil and gas services company Astar Minerals has said it has agreed heads of terms with Geo Estratos S.A. de C.V., an established oil services business in Mexico, to form a 51%/49% joint venture between Astar and Geo respectively to jointly evaluate, explore, develop, and […]

SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESMENT COMPLETED AND FILED WITH ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY FOR ARAGUAIA NICKEL PROJECT BRAZIL Horizonte Minerals Plc, (AIM:HZM) (TSX:HZM) the nickel development company focused in Brazil, announces that it has filed the Social Environmental Impact Assessment with the Pará State Environmental Agency in Brazil for its 100%-owned Araguaia Nickel Project located south of...

Goal is to commence commercial gold production before the end of 2015 Armadale, the AIM quoted investment company focused on natural resource projects in Africa, has commenced drilling at the Mpokoto Gold Project in the Katanga Province in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The company also continues to advance Phase 2 […]

Whilst the general populace looks upon the current unrest and atrocities in Iraq, the financial markets are reacting, not with the horror of the general public, but with concern about the potential value of their investments. In no way do I mean to make this sound like the financial world has no heart. I am, […]

The share price of ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) hit a 52-week high in early trading this morning at 103.25. It is currently at 102.97 at 11:10 EDT, up 0.30% from Friday’s close. The share price low point for the 12-month period was 84.79, reached in October 2013. ExxonMobil may be a giant among giants, but its sheer […]

Goldplat plc, the AIM listed gold producer in Africa, announces an operations update for its two market leading gold recovery businesses in South Africa and Ghana and its Kilimapesa Gold Project in Kenya. Trading Update: Goldplat continues to operate profitably in the second half of FY 2014 (‘H2 2014’), and the operating profit is expected […]

Is it possible that what happens within the country of Iraq, a veritable poster child for middle eastern turmoil, could have so great an impact as to cause the fragile economic recovery to collapse? The worry on the street is that the answer is “Yes.” The world is a crazy place to live, but it’s […]

Exploration Update – Soil Sampling Programme at Schonberg Project and Rotgulden Update Noricum Gold Limited, the Austrian focused gold exploration and development company, has issued an update for its wholly owned Schonberg and Rotgulden Gold and Precious Metals Projects located in south-central Austria. Overview: · Exploration at Schonberg fast tracked following results of 400 soil...

Ferrex plc, the AIM quoted iron ore and manganese development company in Africa,has signed a contract, on a part equity payment basis, to complete a minimum 1,200m drilling programme at the Malelane Iron Ore Project in South Africa. The drilling programme, due to commence in July 2014, is aimed at increasing the current Inferred Resource […]