Bns Telecom Share Discussion Threads

[pecker1] 18/1/2006 19:37

All Eyez,

You could get your wish if the drill results are poor and BTP opt out of the SA deal. But if they are good and the deal goes ahead, you may as they say get tired of waiting for your 10c. Time will tell.

[hi-there] 18/1/2006 19:24

V good thread and just in time Ashley

[hi-there] 18/1/2006 19:23

"by" doesn't that mean wide off the mark.

[all eyez on me] 18/1/2006 19:19

see you picked up on one of my tips Ash. Sold this one yesterday for a nice >100% profit. I reckon commodities will weaken though this year as global liquidity dries up. Time to take profits and buy back in closer to 10c when the sellers come back in

[pecker1] 18/1/2006 18:49

Ash,

This has certainly shot up in the last few weeks. I like the way they have negotiated the SA deal, ie drill before buy. If OK then your figures above could come into play. A very different beast to PLA but, IMHO, not a bad choice for a greenfield punt. Have made money out of Desert Sun, so hope to here too.

[red ninja] 14/1/2006 00:38

Thanks Ash.

[mr ashley james] 13/1/2006 21:10

Red Ninja,

Yes I believe TSX:BTP have effectively 70% of 8,700,000 toz PGE ie 870,000 toz per KM2 of Bushveld.

Re broker IMO probably TD Waterhouse otherwise known as Greenline who will trade Canadian stocks to I think 9.30pm GMT.

All IMHO, NAG, DYOR etc
Enjoy your weekend

Cheers

Ash:)

[red ninja] 13/1/2006 21:03

Ashley,

Which is the easiest UK brooker to buy companies like Bear Tooth through.

The Desert Charm prospect looks interesting could provide good upside in the share price

[mr ashley james] 13/1/2006 20:13

Beartooth to buy 70% interest in Desert Charm


2006-01-13 08:20 ET - News Release

Mr. Michael Johnson reports

BEARTOOTH PLATINUM CORPORATION ANNOUNCES OPTION AGREEMENT ON SOUTH AFRICAN PLATINUM PROPERTY

Beartooth Platinum Corp. has signed an option agreement to acquire a 70-per-cent interest in Desert Charm Trading 189 Pty. Ltd. Desert Charm owns and controls approximately 27,000 hectares along a potential platinum reef, immediately to the west of Lonmin's Limpopo division, in the Limpopo region of South Africa. Desert Charm's property could contain up to 10 kilometres of both the Merensky and UG2 reefs, the two primary platinum and palladium producing reefs in South Africa.

Preliminary geophysical interpretative data indicate that a magnetite-bearing horizon, associated with the Bushveld complex, which contains both the Merensky and UG2 reefs, is present. In addition, historic drilling of the Limpopo property, indicates reef-bearing horizons in drill holes located within 150 metres of the Desert Charm property. Lonmin's Limpopo division consists of four project areas: Voorspoed, Doornvlei, Zebediela and Kafferskrall East. Lonmin is expanding production at the Voorspoed operation to 75,000 ounces of platinum per year by 2007. Lonmin is also conducting a feasilibility on the Doornvlei property.

Beartooth has paid Desert Charm $50,000 (U.S.) for a 90-day, exclusive, due diligence period. If the due diligence is successful, Beartooth will pay Desert Charm $950,000 (U.S.) and will enter into a formal joint venture agreement with Desert Charm for a 70-per-cent interest. Beartooth will then undertake to finance up to $5-million (U.S.) over a three-year period to explore and develop the joint venture property.

During the due diligence period, Beartooth will drill to intercept the potential on-strike continuation of the Bushveld Merensky and UG2 mineralization. A drill rig has been mobilized to the site and drilling is expected to commence next week. In this area, the Bushveld, Merensky and UG2 reefs are covered with up to 500 metres of younger basalts. It is anticipated that the companies should be through this basalt unit by the end of January.

Michael D. Johnson, Beartooth's president and chief executive officer, stated: "This transaction has the potential to significantly increase Beartooth's portfolio of world-class platinum group metal exploration projects and expand the company's project development efforts into the prolific Bushveld complex in South Africa. In addition to our exciting property in the Stillwater complex in Montana, USA, the acquisition of Desert Charm has the potential to make Beartooth into a world-class PGM company."

Corporate update conference call

Mr. Johnson will host a conference call on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2006, at 11 a.m. ET, to discuss both the South African and Stillwater projects and answer any questions.

Live conference call information:


Date: Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2006

Time: 11 a.m. ET

Local callers telephone: [phone]

North American callers: 1-888-789-0150

International callers: 416-695-9753


We seek Safe Harbor.

[mr ashley james] 13/1/2006 19:02

US$1026 Platinum US$278 Palladium

[mr ashley james] 10/1/2006 16:20

Palladium 46
Pd
106.42(1)

The essentials
Name: palladium
Symbol: Pd
Atomic number: 46
Atomic weight: 106.42 (1) g
CAS Registry ID: 7440-05-3
Group number: 10
Group name: Precious metal or Platinum group metal
Period number: 5
Block: d-block


Description
Here is a brief description of palladium.

Standard state: solid at 298 K
Colour: silvery white metallic
Classification: Metallic
Availability: palladium is available in many forms including wire, foil, "evaporation slugs", granule, powder, rod, shot, sheet, and sponge. Small and large samples of palladium foil, sheet, and wire can be purchased from Advent Research Materials via their web catalogue.
Ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, and platinum together make up a group of elements referred to as the platinum group metals (PGM).


This sample is from The Elements Collection, an attractive and safely packaged collection of the 92 naturally occurring elements that is available for sale.

Palladium is a steel-white metal, does not tarnish in air, and is the least dense and lowest melting of the platinum group metals. When annealed, it is soft and ductile. Cold working increases its strength and hardness. It is used in some watch springs.

At room temperatures the metal has the unusual property of absorbing up to 900 times its own volume of hydrogen. Hydrogen readily diffuses through heated palladium and this provides a means of purifying the gas.

Isolation
Here is a brief summary of the isolation of palladium.
It would not normally be necessary to make a sample of palladium in the laboratory as the metal is available commercially. The industrial extraction of palladium is complex as the metal occurs in ores mixed with other metals such as platinum. Sometimes extraction of the precious metals such as platinum and palladium is the main focus of a partiular industrial operation while in other cases it is a byproduct. The extraction is complex and only worthwhile since palladium is the basis of important catalysts in industry.

Preliminary treatment of the ore or base metal byproduct with aqua regia (a mixture of hydrochloric acid, HCl, and nitric acid, HNO3) gives a solution containing complexes of gold and platinum as well as H2PdCl4. The gold is removed from this solution as a precipitate by treatment with iron chloride (FeCl2). The platinum is precipitated out as (NH4)2PtCl6 on treatment with NH4Cl, leaving H2PdCl4 in solution. The palladium is precipitated out by treatment with ammonium hydroxide, NH4OH, and HCl as the complex PdCl2(NH3)2. This yields palladium metal by burning.

[mr ashley james] 09/1/2006 19:06

Beartooth 7,545,000-share private placement


2006-01-05 16:49 ET - Private Placement

The TSX Venture Exchange has accepted for filing documentation with respect to a non-brokered private placement announced Nov. 16, 2005.


Shares: 7,545,000



Price: 10 cents per share



Warrants: 7,545,000 share purchase warrants to purchase 7,545,000 shares

[mr ashley james] 01/1/2006 22:58

PLATINUM JANUARY 2006



Composite Indicator
Trend Spotter TM Sell

Short Term Indicators
7 Day Average Directional Indicator Sell
10 - 8 Day Moving Average Hilo Channel Hold
20 Day Moving Average vs Price Sell
20 - 50 Day MACD Oscillator Buy
20 Day Bollinger Bands Hold

Short Term Indicators Average: 20% - Sell
20-Day Average Volume - 2485

Medium Term Indicators
40 Day Commodity Channel Index Hold
50 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
20 - 100 Day MACD Oscillator Buy
50 Day Parabolic Time/Price Sell

Medium Term Indicators Average: 25% - Buy
50-Day Average Volume - 1796

Long Term Indicators
60 Day Commodity Channel Index Hold
100 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
50 - 100 Day MACD Oscillator Buy

Long Term Indicators Average: 67% - Buy
100-Day Average Volume - 1734

Overall Average: 8% - Buy

Price Support Pivot Point Resistance

973.0 958.3 969.8 981.3

PALLADIUM MARCH 2006



Composite Indicator
Trend Spotter TM Sell

Short Term Indicators
7 Day Average Directional Indicator Sell
10 - 8 Day Moving Average Hilo Channel Hold
20 Day Moving Average vs Price Sell
20 - 50 Day MACD Oscillator Buy
20 Day Bollinger Bands Hold

Short Term Indicators Average: 20% - Sell
20-Day Average Volume - 1189

Medium Term Indicators
40 Day Commodity Channel Index Hold
50 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
20 - 100 Day MACD Oscillator Buy
50 Day Parabolic Time/Price Sell

Medium Term Indicators Average: 25% - Buy
50-Day Average Volume - 1688

Long Term Indicators
60 Day Commodity Channel Index Hold
100 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
50 - 100 Day MACD Oscillator Buy

Long Term Indicators Average: 67% - Buy
100-Day Average Volume - 1547

Overall Average: 8% - Buy

Price Support Pivot Point Resistance

261.50 251.30 259.20 267.10

[mr ashley james] 28/12/2005 20:10

The Bull,

BTW 112 Grammes Per Tonne Palladium Platinum at a Pd to Pt ratio of 1 to 8 ie 12.44 g/t Pt 99.55 g/t Pd would work out at current US$30.90 per gramme Pt and US$8.295 per gramme Pd at US$384.40 per Metric Tonne Platinum plus US$825.77 per Metric Tonne Palladium ie combined US$1210.17 per Mt Value Rock.

Now obviously averages are bound to be lower noting previous drill data at 17 g/t PGM and samples at 13.60 g/t but grades are similar to JM Reef at Stillwater ie extremely high by any standards.

BEARTOOTH PLATINUM CORPORATION ANNOUNCES POSITIVE RESULTS FROM 2005 FIELD SEASON AT STILLWATER COMPLEX

December 1, 2005

Beartooth Platinum Corporation (TSX Venture Exchange: BTP) is pleased to announce results from their 2005 field program at the Company's Stillwater Property, located in southwestern Montana, USA. The Stillwater property consists of 825 mining claims totaling approximately 14,000 acres.

During Beartooth's first holistic evaluation of their Stillwater Property, with claims that lie contiguously with the Stillwater Mining Company's producing platinum and palladium mines, BTP has started to produce very positive results.

Results of the 2005 data compilation program indicated that a zone called the A and B Chromitite Horizon had been seriously under explored. One hole, drilled previously by other exploration groups in the B Chromitite zone, intersected 3 feet grading 17g/t (0.55 ounces per ton) Pt + Pd +Au from the B chromitite zone, and previous, arbitrary, surface samples returned grades up to 112 g/t (3.60 ounces per ton) Pt + Pd + Au.

Follow up soil sampling and geologic mapping during the 2005 field season has extended the A and B chromitite horizon, continuously for over 5 kilometers (15,800 feet) on Beartooth controlled claims.

Preliminary geochemical studies indicate that the A & B Chromitite zone is similar to the UG2 horizion of the Bushveld Complex in South Africa. Currently four Bushveld Companies: Implats, Amplats, Lonmin and Aquarius, are producing approximately 62% of their ore from the UG2 horizon.

In addition, Mr. Mike Johnson, President and CEO of Beartooth said "A preliminary review of the available data for the chromitite-associated mineralization indicates an average Pd to Pt ratio of 1:8, making these units Pt-rich in comparison to the better known J-M reef of the Stillwater Complex."

In the Fishtail Creek target zone, geophysical surveys indicate that the area contains several profiles similar to those generated at the outcropping JM Reef. However, the magnitude of these profiles is less than the profiles over outcropping JM Reef. Consequently, the depth to the Stillwater complex is unknown. However, early snows in the Fishtail Creek target area terminated the drill program before Stillwater Complex rocks were intercepted. Currently, we are using oil and gas field technology to reinterpret the geophysics to determine the depth of the Stillwater complex. We will resume drilling at the beginning of the next field season.

As the 2005 summer field program winds down, plans for a significant drilling program on the property are being formulated for the 2006 field season. Initially it is anticipated that multiple drill rigs will be employed to develop a potential resource within the A & B Chromitite horizon.

The Company expects to release further results as they become available.

About Beartooth Platinum Corporation

Beartooth controls 825 unpatented lode mineral claims over the exposed 50 kilometre strike length of the Stillwater Complex, North America's largest known resource of PGE's where there are two operating mines of the Stillwater Mining Company (SMC) from the J-M Reef. Beartooth's mineral claims are contiguous with these significant resource properties. Additional information about the Company and its properties is available on the Company's website at www.beartoothplatinum.com.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

Beartooth Platinum Corporation


Michael D. Johnson, President and CEO, 775-721-7966 or email: [e-mail]


Dave Meyer, Vice President Corporate Development, 416-861-5891 or email: [e-mail]



CHF Investor Relations

Linda Armstrong, Vice President, 416-868-1079, Ext. 229 or email: [e-mail]

Anyway relatively unheard of stock, in the right place at right time, with US Investors only having one domestic PGM Producer ie Stillwater Mining Co AMEX:SWC listed, logically next place they will look will be TSX:BTP.

So yes possibly high risk, but initial data is extremely positive on B Chromite Reef.

If it does extend 5000 metres at 2.50 metre width we are talking big numbers.

Palladium Stocks should get very hot in 2006 IMO

Refer AMEX:SWC NYSE:PAL TSE:PDL for guidance.

All IMHO, NAG, DYOR etc

Cheers

Ash:)

[mr ashley james] 28/12/2005 17:54

The Bull and here is why I am so bullish Palladium stocks:-




Palladium catalysts may kill platinum price rally
December 6, 2005

By Danielle Rossingh

London - A four-year rally that enabled platinum to more than double in price may be over now that car makers are switching to less costly palladium.

Platinum may fall as much as 11 percent to $890 an ounce in the first half of next year, according to Johnson Matthey, the world's largest distributor of the metal.

General Motors, the world's biggest car maker by sales, designed its exhaust systems to substitute palladium for platinum "when one metal gets too expensive", said spokesperson Tom Hill.

Norilsk Nickel of Russia, the world's largest palladium producer, said demand for the cheaper alternative might rise 63 percent next year as jewellers increased use at the expense of platinum.

Wolfgang Wrzesniok-Rossbach, the head of marketing and sales at precious metals company Heraeus Holding, last month said: "We expect a substantial drop in demand as palladium gets substituted for platinum.

"There isn't much demand from industrial buyers at these levels."

Platinum fixed at $998 (R6 356) an ounce yesterday afternoon in London after rising to $1 008 earlier in the day, its best price since March 1980.

Platinum and palladium, which are mined in South Africa and Russia, are used in catalytic converters, which help reduce emissions from automotive exhausts. Platinum is also used in computer screens and jewellery. About 57 percent of platinum demand stems from makers of car catalysts, while jewellery producers account for 30 percent, according to Johnson Matthey.

Umicore, the world's third-largest maker of catalytic converters, this year introduced a system for diesel cars that uses a catalyst made with both platinum and palladium.

"Palladium prices are very low compared with platinum," Umicore spokesperson Geoffroy Raskin said last week.

"If you replace platinum with palladium, you get a much more cost-effective catalyst. It also offers car makers more flexibility because they can choose between the two in the future."

The technology allowed Umicore to replace as much as 25 percent of platinum with palladium, Raskin said.

Platinum prices may also come under pressure as car makers produce more hybrid cars, which run on a petrol-electric motor.

"We view hybrids as a threat to platinum group metals demand," Robin Bahr, a metals analyst with UBS AG in London, said in a report in November.

Output of platinum would fall short of demand this year by 120 000 ounces, Johnson Matthey said last month.

Demand for platinum in jewellery might drop 6 percent to 2.02 million ounces this year as record prices deterred Chinese buyers, according to Johnson Matthey.

Demand for palladium from Chinese jewellers is forecast to rise 71 percent to 1.2 million ounces this year. - Bloomberg

[mr ashley james] 28/12/2005 17:26

The Bull,

LSE:EUA went from 18p to 55p in about six months not one of my biggest winners admittedly, have had a reasonable 2005 with one 4 bagger ASX:PLA and already several 1 baggers and above over last few months in fact my mining portfolio is probably up about 250% over last six months overall.

Had a very good 1999 to 2002 in PGMs picking Messina Limited JSE:MES, Southern Era Resources Limited TSE:SUF, Norilsk Nickel MSE:GMKN, Kroondal Platinum Limited JSE:KPM, Aquarius Platinum Limited ASX:AQP JSE:AQP, LSE:AQP, Northam Platinum Limited JSE:NHM Stillwater Mining Company AMEX:SWC amongst others.

As these shares have tended to go up 800% to GMKN 163.10 times over the last seven years there is no need to worry about me, I am doing very well thank you.

In fact 40% and 45% up respectively on two bought last week.

The secret is to buy low sell high, as long as you avoid AIM Mining stocks and Market Maker spreads SD and the huge London transaction costs I find you can make a lot of money in ASX, TSE/TSX, JSE, AMEX/NYSE and other mining market stocks.

All IMHO, NAG, DYOR etc.

Cheers

Ash:)

[the bull] 28/12/2005 17:06

Not another Eurasia Ashley is it, you were raving about them for so long

[mr ashley james] 23/12/2005 20:51

Tomorrow's Gold?
Puru Saxena
15 Dec, 2005

The majority of precious metals are at record-highs. Platinum, gold as well as silver are soaring due to the excessive liquidity floating around the planet. Money supply growth is rising fast in most nations today and this sector has been the biggest beneficiary.

Despite the ongoing bull-market in precious metals, palladium has (so far) not joined in the party and here lies a fantastic investment opportunity. Palladium is a precious metal, one of the platinum group metals (PGM), which are typically are found in ore deposits.

In my opinion, palladium is getting ready to march ahead. Palladium's bear-market, which lasted roughly five years, is now over and a new bull-market is underway.

In order to make profitable investment decisions, it always pays to study the primary drivers behind prices - supply and demand. In the case of palladium, supply and demand dynamics are getting better and this should translate into much higher prices.

On the supply side, Russia is by far the world's largest producer of palladium, followed by South Africa and North America. A few years ago, Russia caused a supply shock by declaring that it would not sell palladium in the following year. This announcement caused prices to spike and palladium peaked in early 2001 at $1,050/ounce.



On the demand side, catalytic converters for automobiles constitute roughly 50% of palladium's use while jewellery, electronics and dental-work make up the rest.

A catalytic converter is a metallic device, which is implanted in automobiles to reduce harmful carbon emissions. Depending on prices and availability, auto manufacturers often switch between palladium and platinum as both can be used to build catalytic converters. One thing is for sure, the demand for catalytic converters can only go up from here as the 2.4 billion Chinese and Indians start buying more automobiles as they become more affluent.

As palladium prices jumped higher on the Russian news five years ago, auto manufacturers dumped expensive palladium in favour of platinum, which was still relatively cheap. As demand for palladium dried up, it caused a severe decline in prices (as falling demand always does) and the metal went down to $170/ounce recorded earlier this year. In other words, the price of palladium fell by an astronomical 85% from its peak! On the other hand, as the demand for platinum grew bigger, its price headed north. Today, platinum trades above $1,000/ounce compared to palladium, which is much cheaper at $270/ounce. So, the situation has now reversed in favour of palladium and (once again) auto manufacturers are starting to choose the cheaper substitute, which will push palladium's demand, hence price to appreciate in the future.

Moreover, palladium's demand for white-metal jewellery is also rising rapidly in China where the growing middle class is embracing this high purity and relatively affordable metal. In fact, the manufacture of jewellery has now become the second biggest application for palladium as demand surges to 1.43 million ounces this year - a result of a more than 70% increase in the production of palladium jewellery in China!





Source: Johnson Matthey

To put things in perspective, last year's annual supply of palladium was 7.9 million ounces whereas total demand came in at 6.5 million ounces. This created a massive surplus causing prices to drop below $200/ounce. This year, demand for palladium is forecast to rise by 400,000 ounces to 6.9 million ounces. Most of this growth will be due to a rise in purchases of the metal for jewellery in China. Supply of palladium will drop however by an estimated 370,000 ounces to 7.5 million ounces. The previous year's surplus will therefore be cut by more than 50% to roughly 600.000 ounces.

Markets forecast the future and tend to move in anticipation of the news. Accordingly, palladium has already started climbing and has appreciated by almost 30% over the past month alone! So, you can see that favourable shifts in supply and demand have started the new bull-market in palladium, which is still in its early days. Other precious metals such as gold, platinum and silver are at record-highs whereas palladium is still trading at a 75% discount compared to its peak recorded in 2001. This situation is unsustainable and palladium should play "catch up" over the months ahead. If my assessment is correct, the price of palladium could rise significantly and the metal may turn out to be the best performing investment you ever made.

Experienced investors can consider investing in long-dated futures contracts or you can buy physical palladium bullion. Another way to participate is by investing in shares of palladium producing companies, which will go through the roof as palladium's bull-market gathers steam. Most of such shares went down dramatically during palladium's four-year bear-market and have only started rising. My advice is to select companies, which have a large quantity of palladium reserves in their mines. Their stock price should rise exponentially as palladium becomes more expensive. Finally, this is a generational bull-market in commodities, which has a long way to go.

[mr ashley james] 07/12/2005 20:34

Palladium up to US$279 in Futures markets.

[mr ashley james] 06/12/2005 18:20

Palladium catalysts may kill platinum price rally
December 6, 2005

By Danielle Rossingh

London - A four-year rally that enabled platinum to more than double in price may be over now that car makers are switching to less costly palladium.

Platinum may fall as much as 11 percent to $890 an ounce in the first half of next year, according to Johnson Matthey, the world's largest distributor of the metal.

General Motors, the world's biggest car maker by sales, designed its exhaust systems to substitute palladium for platinum "when one metal gets too expensive", said spokesperson Tom Hill.

Norilsk Nickel of Russia, the world's largest palladium producer, said demand for the cheaper alternative might rise 63 percent next year as jewellers increased use at the expense of platinum.

Wolfgang Wrzesniok-Rossbach, the head of marketing and sales at precious metals company Heraeus Holding, last month said: "We expect a substantial drop in demand as palladium gets substituted for platinum.

"There isn't much demand from industrial buyers at these levels."

Platinum fixed at $998 (R6 356) an ounce yesterday afternoon in London after rising to $1 008 earlier in the day, its best price since March 1980.

Platinum and palladium, which are mined in South Africa and Russia, are used in catalytic converters, which help reduce emissions from automotive exhausts. Platinum is also used in computer screens and jewellery. About 57 percent of platinum demand stems from makers of car catalysts, while jewellery producers account for 30 percent, according to Johnson Matthey.

Umicore, the world's third-largest maker of catalytic converters, this year introduced a system for diesel cars that uses a catalyst made with both platinum and palladium.

"Palladium prices are very low compared with platinum," Umicore spokesperson Geoffroy Raskin said last week.

"If you replace platinum with palladium, you get a much more cost-effective catalyst. It also offers car makers more flexibility because they can choose between the two in the future."

The technology allowed Umicore to replace as much as 25 percent of platinum with palladium, Raskin said.

Platinum prices may also come under pressure as car makers produce more hybrid cars, which run on a petrol-electric motor.

"We view hybrids as a threat to platinum group metals demand," Robin Bahr, a metals analyst with UBS AG in London, said in a report in November.

Output of platinum would fall short of demand this year by 120 000 ounces, Johnson Matthey said last month.

Demand for platinum in jewellery might drop 6 percent to 2.02 million ounces this year as record prices deterred Chinese buyers, according to Johnson Matthey.

Demand for palladium from Chinese jewellers is forecast to rise 71 percent to 1.2 million ounces this year. - Bloomberg

[dailos] 02/12/2005 16:48

Ash
Have a look at CLF (Cluff Gold)
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