Civitas Social Housing Share Discussion Threads

[domtheone] 09/5/2012 13:22

Timmmmmmmmmbeeeeeeeeeeer.

Nice to see.

[enamel] 27/4/2012 10:37

The chairman keeps trying, never gives up. Will tugsten be his lucky strike?
Perhaps, but it is very early days.

Spain is a long way from the Caspian Sea. Having lost a packet on oil I am interested to see what happens next.

[domtheone] 17/4/2012 19:00

Dive dive dive.

[tomboyb] 16/4/2012 19:56

Off the press today -



China Tungsten Industry Report, 2012

China, the country with the richest tungsten resources in the world, holds 65% of the global tungsten ore reserves and accounts for around 85% of the global tungsten ore supply. In 2011, China's output of tungsten ore concentrates (WO3 65%) hit all-time record high of 135,700 tons, up 4.60% over 2010. Restricted by the limited new exploited resources and the policies concerning total exploration amount control and export quotas, China's output of tungsten ores will witness little scope for growth in the coming years and the global tungsten market will present tight supply,

So it certainly will be a high Tungsten price for a while - CSH has drilled 3 holes with the result of one today - clearly more significant than the average grade - Holes 2 and 3 should be soon and quite exciting if the mineralised results are similar of higher -

[tomboyb] 16/4/2012 16:06

Overhang looks like it is clearing - we still have to wait for the results of the others holes dug - could get interesting.

[tomboyb] 16/4/2012 14:54

CSH - grade results look pretty good - Only one hole results with significant intersections -



A big bet by Buffet on tungsten...or a firm specific move to lock-up supply?


- World's top investor also buying into Tungsten - There is a bigger picture developing here -

[asong] 16/4/2012 14:45

the tungsten story starting to get attention.

Devon mine is focus of global trade war for tungsten
Deep in the Devonshire countryside, an old metal mine has become the latest – and most unlikely – battlefront for the global trade war between East and West.

[asong] 16/4/2012 12:43

looking good for another move up soon once peeps see the potential here we should move towards the .75 level imo.
the tungsten bubble is just beginning imo.

[tomboyb] 16/4/2012 10:38

A bit crazy - But the option to acquire La Parrilla was granted in July 09 - When commodities were just about recovering - Clearly not reflective when considering what is going on with Tungsten today -

New proactive article -



Caspian Holdings shares lifted by high grades found at La Parrilla tungsten mine
10:02 am
Shares in Caspian Holdings (LON:CSH) rose in early trade after the group announced positive initial results from an drilling campaign aimed at appraising extensions of the orebody of the La Parrilla tungsten mine in Spain.

By 10.00 am, the stock was up more than 20 per cent at 0.4751 pence.

Caspian has an option to fully acquire La Parrilla, a former producing open pit mine which closed in the 1980s.

Caspian has drilled three out of five holes in a 1,500 metre diamond core drilling campaign on the property which is targeting an open zone to the west of the existing open pit.

To date a total of 887.4 meters have been drilled in three vertical holes. The fourth hole is underway.

Assay results have been received for the first hole IP-01 which indicate thick high grade intersections well above the average mine grade of 0.1 per cent WO3 (tungsten trioxide).

All holes drilled to date have intersected visible tungsten mineralisation.

Significant intersections from the first hole include a 16 metre interval with 0.2755 per cent WO3 and 36 metres with 0.3551 per cent.

Executive chairman Michael Masterman said: "We are pleased with the promising results of the drilling programme at La Parrilla, which is testing the western extension of the high grade mineralisation. The results should enable us to commence initial mine development planning and proceed to exercise the acquisition option."

The technical design of the La Parrilla tailings project has now been finalised and approval documents submitted to the mining authorities.

All approvals are expected to be granted by the end of the third quarter 2012.

Annual plant feed will be 330,000 tonnes and annual production is anticipated to be 28,000 metric tonnes tungsten and 26 tonnes tin, which will deliver over €7million per annum in revenue at current tungsten and tin prices.

La Parrilla is situated in the Extremadura region of southwest Spain, approximately 310 kilometres southwest of Madrid. The site is accessed directly from the highway along a 3 kilometre asphalt road and is serviced by electricity and water.

The project comprises a tungsten mine and a tungsten tailings project. The historic mine resource estimated by SRK in 2008 is 36 million tonnes at 0.09 per cent WO3, making it one of the largest tungsten deposits in the western world.

The tailings project is expected to be in production by approximately mid-2013.

The price of tungsten has more than doubled over the last three years.

The La Parrilla tailings deposit and tungsten mine development offer a low cost, high margin resource development opportunity for Caspian.

[tomboyb] 16/4/2012 10:28

Morning - news at last - and looking at those figures - Those look like pretty high grades versus the average - Much higher than expected -


Caspian reveals high grade results from first hole at La Parrilla
16 April 2012 | 08:51am

[dicko80] 16/4/2012 08:42

they should clear 4.5m euro profit

[flashheart] 16/4/2012 08:20

Agreed but 7m Euro or 5.8m sterling revenue (yes I know thats not profit but its low cost - high margin)at a current mcap of 4m and likely upgrades is not too shabby in my view.

[dicko80] 16/4/2012 08:01

good grades, but less m interesected...

but cant believe it has taken this long, just for hole 1 results...

[flashheart] 16/4/2012 07:44

There we are guys........ and do I like that!

[dicko80] 13/4/2012 15:47

bloody hope so... zzzz

[flashheart] 13/4/2012 15:45

I think we are to be enlightened next week. Exciting times ahead.

[tomboyb] 11/4/2012 11:11

Admittedly incredibly poor on the news side - on the plus management hold almost 60% of total equity with a dir forking out £100k recently -

Tungsten is in demand - I don't think that has been reflected in the share price - however to be reflected there has to be some sort of news -

[keya5000] 11/4/2012 10:41

Its the lack of communication when the previous RNS eluded that they would produce updates on each drill hole thats the problem.


The lack of info leads you to believe possible negative results and they are waiting for a positive drill before they release the first tranche of news.

Possibly not the case but poor communication,which is the worst thing you can do on AIM.

[tomboyb] 10/4/2012 14:57

Blimey - below 0.40p -

[bobbyshilling] 03/4/2012 15:43

I am surprised that we have had no updates yet regarding the drilling, as they did say in the 11th Jan rns that results would be reported progressively, and we are nearly 3 months in, and the whole programme for the five holes they estimated to take only 4 months.

[tomboyb] 03/4/2012 11:10

A Rare Metal You've Never Heard Of Is On A Tear

Few investors know that tungsten was the number one metals performer in the world last year, gaining 35% while most other metals declined in price.

[tomboyb] 03/4/2012 11:08

Is Tungsten the next hot rock?
April 3, 2012: 5:00 AM ET

With demand for the metal on the rise, are investors like Berkshire Hathaway starting a "tungsten rush?"