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12/3/2007
08:53
Believe Lewins is presenting in Switzerland and Germany over the next few days @ BAC Platinum roadshow. He's also been invited to speak at the Merill Lynch conference in Dublin which is highly unusual for a junior as it's a conference dominated by the largest companies in the sector/industry leaders. It's like getting an invite to the Bilderbergers!
yikyak
08/3/2007
23:21
snippet from Dr Robert Hope, aka ash

Re Platinum Australia Limited ASX:PLA AIM:PLAA



Referring to Eagle Research Report 23rd October 2006

IMHO Next target on Platinum Australia Limited ASX:PLA AIM PLAA AU$2.025 based on Inverted Head and Shoulders read AU$1.175 to AU$1.60 neckline, and based on the fact the 7.50% discounted NPV based at US$1100 Platinum and US$4000 Rhodium of AU$1.41 that increases by AU$0.14 per US$100 rise in Platinum above AU$1100 and AU$0.06 per AU$500 Rhodium rises above US$4,000

Hence at US$1208 Bid Platinum US$108/US$100 x AU$0.14=Extra AU$0.1512
Hence at US$5900 Bid Rhodium US$1900/US$500 x AU$0.06=Extra AU$0.2280

Call it AU$0.38

These increases in NPV take no account of the fact Smokey Hills ASX:PLA interest now 80% not 65% post Aquisition of SHP.

No account of Palladium rising from roughly US$320 to US$352 ie by 10%, Irridium rising from US$400 to US$460 ie by 15%, Ruthenium rising from US$200 to US$870 ie by 435%, nor Gold rising from US$575 to US$650 ie by 13% since this report was written.

Most importantly it does not include anything for Panton which looks like producing 40,000 toz PGE pa, ramped up to full BFS Mine design 80,000 toz PGE pa

As this share is likely to benefit most short term from Smokey Hills Revenues and KALPLATS Increased Resources, and longer term we are looking at 95,000 toz pa from Smokey Hills (PLA 80%) 180,000 toz pa Kalplats (PLA 50%)and 40,000 toz pa Panton (PLA NLT 50%)ie attributable 186,0000 toz pa rising to 230,000 attributable by 2010 probably, I am likely to be valuing this at US$930,000,000 to US$1,150,000,000 market capitalisation by 2009 to 2010 using US$5,000 per annual toz of production.

It strikes me a move to AU$2.545 or AU$2.875 in first half 2007 is a given and longer term I expect this to be the next Aquarium Platinum Plc ASX:AQP LSE:AQP, which lest we forget pretty much increased from AU$0.20 to AU$40.00 over 8 years between 1998 and 2007, I am thus likely to be looking at around over 184,530,521 shares in issue plus 26,415,000 options combined 210,945,521, versus a predicted 2009/2010 market capitalisation of between AU$1,200,000,000 and AU$1,500,000,000 at a price target of AU$5.68 to AU$7.02 per share by then, even just based on current Precious Metals Prices which I think could easily multiply by 360% by 2010 or 2012.

Needless to say most quality mining and development plays tend to trade well above NPV anyway.

justjules
26/2/2007
18:59
Another buy signal generated today. I think if share price could get a rise and close above 57p tommorrow, then it will be well on its way to breakout. Tommorrow looks to be a crucial day .....imo.

maxi :)

maximoney1
26/2/2007
18:14
article in minesite

Courtesy of Route66 and maximoney

What's in a name? In the case of Platinum Australia, who cares, because the company which has Australia in its name has moved to within sight of becoming a South African platinum producer. By the middle of the year first ore should be coming out of the Smokey Hills project, to be followed by the bigger Kalahari Platinum (Kalplats) project. With the price of platinum holding comfortably above US$1100 an ounce Platinum Australia is well positioned to make quite a splash in the platinum world. In fact, the splash could be very similar to that made in the late 1990s when another small Australian company, called Aquarius Platinum, invaded the home turf of South Africa's platinum giants, only to be ignored initially as an unwelcome interloper but now recognised a significant player in South African platinum – not to mention a share price which has rocketed along from around A$1.60 in 1999 to recent sales at A$34.50, turning a modest business into one capitalised at A$2.9 billion.
At A$1.53, and with a market value of A$282 million, Platinum Australia is a minnow alongside its older Aussie cousin, roughly 10 per cent the size of Aquarius. But, there is no doubt that Platinum Australia is travelling the same road. Whether it can repeat the performance of Aquarius will be half the fun in watching over the next few years, because even the grumpiest sceptic would have to acknowledge that the seeds of something interesting have been sown.

"We're making good inroads in closing the credibility gap," Platinum Australia's managing director, John Lewins, told Minesite from his Perth office. "Smokey Hills will be first production for us, and that means we'll be making the transition from a junior explorer to producer." Lewins said that while many small Australian gold companies had succeeded that had not been the case with platinum, a metal which has proved damnably elusive in Oz – especially for Platinum Australia which came closer than anyone else in developing a platinum mine in its home country. Failure to launch the Panton Sill project, located in the far north Kimberley region of Western Australia, was not the fault of management at Platinum Australia. Markets, particularly for palladium which fell sharply and for the Australian dollarwhich rose sharply, turned against Panton which is now being re-assessed via a joint venture with the nickel miner, Sally Malay Nickel.

With Panton ticking away in the background as a potential third cab off the rank, the real action for Lewins and his crew is in South Africa. It is here that the company has successfully completed the acquisition of an 80 per cent stake in the relatively modest starter project called Smokey Hills, located on the eastern limb of Bushveld Complex, about 300 kilometres north of Johannesburg. The mining plan is to move quickly into a positive cash flow position from mid-year sending ore from a small open-pit to be toll-treated at a nearby processing plant. While cash tinkles over a 12-month period from the small open pit, an underground mine will be developed and Platinum Australia will construct its own plant designed to process at a rate of 720,000 tonnes of ore a year for the recovery of 95,000 ounces of 4E platinum elements (platinum, palladium, rhodium and gold).

`The economics of Smokey Hills, which will cost US$40 million to develop, are enough to make the most jaundiced observer blink. "On our base case models, using long-term platinum pricing, Smokey Hills should generate returns of around 70 per cent," Lewins said. "Using July 2006 metal prices, when platinum was only US$100 an ounce more than it is today, the return is in excess of 600 per cent. We estimate that 4E production cash cost will be around US$225 an ounce, with platinum making up 45 per cent of the mix, 45 per cent palladium, 9 per cent rhodium and 1 per cent gold."

If Smokey Hills is the starter project, Kalplats could be the company maker. Located 330km west of Johannesburg Kalplats is a project which has been kicked around by a number of South African owners, none of which was particularly interested in the deeply plunging ore structures, having grown-up on the much flatter UG2 and Merensky platinum reefs of the Bushveld. Platinum Australia and its 51 per cent partner in the project, Rainbow Minerals, have already established a resource of 3.4 million ounces of 3E platinum group metals (PGM), including a high-grade core of 1.4 million ounces. "We're pretty confident that we can add significantly to the known resource," Lewins said. "That's why were going at it pretty hard right now."

How hard? Well, what might be called "five rigs hard" with three currently operating and two more just moving to site. The aim is to drill up sufficient material for Platinum Australia to go to its banks and shareholders with a plan to develop a mine producing 200,000 ounces of 3E PGM, with additional drilling possibly lifting Kalplats to the status of a 300,000 ounce a year producer which Lewins said would "make it a truly world class deposit." Lewins said the material in the Kalplats orebody was very similar to that mined on the Bushveld with the major difference being that the Bushveld material is chromatite rich, while the Kalahari ore is magnetite rich.

But, Minesite butts in, with a geologically naïve question. How did a bunch of Aussies get their hands on something as potentially valuable as Kalplats because surely the magnetite in the ore made it easy to pinpoint using aeromagnetics? "Well, that's an interesting point," Lewins said. "Because the first thing we did when we got on site was fly detailed aeromag, yet the previous owner, who spent US$10 million on the deposit, did not fly detailed aeromag. For about US$50,000 worth of work we learned a lot more about the structure, and pinpointed additional targets which are part of the work we're now doing."

The plan for Kalplats is to drill like crazy for the rest of the year while working up a bankable feasibility study which will include an interim report which will be the equivalent of a pre-feasibility study. The interim report will be ready around May, and the final by the end of the year, adding to what should be a year of significant news events – which might also include fresh thoughts from Sally Malay on what to do with the Panton project.

justjules
19/2/2007
17:54
When you look at the depth of 1.3km of pretty unremarkable and hugely costly grade to extract that Impala have just picked via their acquisition of APP then you have to ask at what price PLAA?

The deal looks like a book building exercises to bolster the overall resources that is unlikely to ever see production due to the cost of extraction being so prohibitive at such depth. Impala's current production costs comes out at $700 per oz, forecast to increase by 20% in 2007 to roughly $840 overall!!! So the bigboys are stuck with deeper and deeper mines at higher costs for extraction so they are either on the hunt for resources to bolster the book values or they believe we are due to see a far higher PGM price going forward. Either way Platinum Australia continues to look, well, incredible, whether you judge it on payback, grades, extraction costs/margin. Platinum Australia's production cost are expected to be sub $225!


I look forward to when PLA's numbers are crunched and compared with the major and larger at depth producers. With Kalplats I think PLA could be a genuine money making monster in the making. A monster I might add that has no need to import uneconomic resources onto it's books to 'counter' increases in 'at depth' production costs.

(LONDON (AFX) - Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd said it will buy African
Platinum PLC for 55 pence a share, in a recommended cash deal that values the
target at 297 mln stg.)

yikyak
30/1/2007
17:17
interim results
justjules
25/1/2007
07:28
25 January 2007







PLATINUM AUSTRALIA ISSUES 15 MILLION FULLY PAID SHARES TO COMPLETE ACQUISITION
OF 80% OF SMOKEY HILLS PGM PROJECT





Platinum Australia Limited (ASX:PLA) (AIM:PLAA) is pleased to announce that it
has completed the acquisition of an 80% interest in the Smokey Hills PGM Project
through the issue of 15 million new fully paid shares to the Vendors.





PLA Managing Director John Lewins said: "Following the successful completion by
PLA of the Bankable Feasibility Study on the Smokey Hills PGM Project and the
cession of the New Order Prospecting Right to our Joint Venture Company,
PhokaThaba Pty Ltd, we have now settled all aspects of our acquisition of 80% in
the Project. Under the terms of the Sale Agreement signed in May 2005 this
required PLA to pay ZAR15 million (US$2.1 million) and issue 15 million fully
paid shares in the Company."



"PLA is now very focused on the development of the Project having recently
announced the placement of the order for two 1400 kW ball mills for the Smokey
Hills Processing Plant which are due to be delivered in late 2007."



In October 2006 PLA also announced that Standard Bank of South Africa had been
mandated to arrange the Project Financing for the Project comprising a debt
facility of ZAR 220 million (US$31 million). The balance of the ZAR 280 million
(US$40 million) of the capital required to develop the project will be provided
by PLA and the joint venture partners.





The deemed issue price of the above shares is $1.545 and the shares will be held
in escrow for 12 months from the date of issue.



An Appendix 3B and a Secondary Trading Notice are attached.





Smokey Hills PGM Project



The Smokey Hills PGM Project is located on the eastern limb of the Bushveld
Complex in the Limpopo Province, 300 kilometres north of Johannesburg.



PLA commenced a resource definition drilling program on the project in July 2005
and a Bankable Feasibility Study with GRD Minproc as the Lead Engineer in
October 2005. The results of the BFS showed the project to be extremely
attractive and very robust and able to generate returns of over 70% on the Base
Case assumptions and in excess of 600% using July 2006 metal prices and exchange
rate.



The Company envisages commencing operations at Smokey Hills initially as an open
cut and then progressing to a shallow underground mine. During the initial phase
while the plant is under construction PLA proposes to mine ore for toll
treatment through a nearby plant to generate early cash flow. This phase would
last for approximately 12 months after which ore would be treated through the
on-site plant at a rate of 720,000 tonnes per annum and producing approximately
95,000 ozs 4E PGM (Platinum + Palladium + Rhodium + Gold) in a flotation
concentrate. This would be toll treated or sold to any one of a number of
smelters in South Africa, the nearest of which is less than 100 kilometres
distant.



Dependent on the timing of the issuing of the necessary permits PLA proposes to
commence construction and mining operations in early 2007 with plant
commissioning occurring some 12 months later.



PLA signed a formal Sale Agreement with Smokey Hills Platinum (Pty) Ltd ("SHP")
to acquire up to 80% of the Project through the staged acquisition of 100% of
SHP in May 2004. With this staged acquisition now completed PLA has an 80%
interest in the Project with the balance of the Project is held 5% by the local
community and 15% by Corridor Mining Resources, a company owned by the Limpopo
Provincial Government.

justjules
24/1/2007
21:32
A$1.80 next?
yikyak
17/1/2007
13:32
"Newswatch" Jules - top right hand corner if you look closely.

Apologies to others for o/t but mustn't spell it out here.

compoundup
17/1/2007
13:05
Hi Edward...
'Bully sitting on a little box on the desktop...'? I am not sure my thick brain has worked out what you mean

justjules
17/1/2007
10:08
Salutations Jules. Wouldn't have anything to do with Bully sitting on a little box on the desktop would it? ;-)

Still holding these shares tightly. IMHO the story only gets better, especially if you factor-in the demand for palladium for its hydrogen absorption characteristics in the future hydrogen economy.

compoundup
17/1/2007
09:40
Thanks Jules - well spotted
capntubs
17/1/2007
09:35
Platinum Australia orders two ball mills Outokumpu Technology
AFX


LONDON (AFX) - Platinum Australia Limited said it has ordered two 1400 kW ball mills for its Smokey Hills PGM Project processing plant from Outokumpu Technology for just over 3 mln usd.

The company said the order marks the project's transition from evaluation to development and the price is below the one estimated in the feasibility study.

newsdesk@afxnews.com

rar

justjules
15/1/2007
17:24
yikyak,

Putin has now issued a decree abolishing quotas:

pecker1
15/1/2007
16:56
Norilsk Nickel platinum group metal exports halted by Kremlin delays
By: John Helmer
Posted: '06-JAN-07 19:00' GMT © Mineweb 1997-2006



MOSCOW (Mineweb.com) --The London bullion market was busy cutting platinum $16 per ounce, and palladium $2 per ounce, in Friday trading, in lockstep downwards with gold -- apparently oblivious of a serious supply disruption in Moscow.

Starting from January 1, Norilsk Nickel, the single largest exporter of palladium in the world, is unable to obtain the government export quotas it requires to ship abroad platinum, palladium, or rhodium. The only source of Russian palladium that may reach the market for the time being is the metal which the state stockpile agency Gokhran has been holding for years now in a bank vault in Zurich.

Norilsk Nickel spokesman, Viktor Borodin, acknowledged there has been a delay in export quotas for platinum group metals (PGMs). He told Mineweb this has happened before, with delays that have in the past stretched for five months or longer. The "company will fulfill its obligations to traders and customers,"he noted, without explaining how timely delivery can be effected. There is no predicting when exports may resume, Borodin added.

What has happened to delay Russian PGM exports is easier explained than mended, because the quotas are linked to the slowness with which the United States, then a handful of other states, have tried to slow down Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Several months ago, President Vladimir Putin received the text of a draft decree abolishing the traditional Russian mechanism for annual export quotas on PGM and diamonds. The gold trade was deregulated several years ago, but the government hung on to the restrictions for PGM and diamonds, because they gave leverage, and more, to state officials who supervised the process; and because Russia's trade negotiators wanted to use an offer to abolish the quotas as a bargaining card in the WTO negotiations.

It was for the latter reason, more than the former, that there has been a delay in Putin's signing the decree. In parallel, and anticipating problems with the WTO, Norilsk Nickel says it filed its annual application for an export quota for the year 2007 back in October. That has been approved at the Finance Ministry, but not by the Prime Ministry, which has been taking its cue from the Kremlin.

In the first half of 2006, Norilsk Nickel reports that it sold 1.5 million oz of palladium, almost all to export markets, for $559 million. The physical volume was down 1%, compared to H1 2005, but the revenues were up 37% year on year. Platinum volume in the same period was 336,000 oz and sold for $474 million -- volume was up 34%, revenues 26%, compared to the year before.

Rhodium production and sales data are not released by the company. Reporting the market consensus, Rob Edwards of Renaissance Capital estimates Norilsk's annual production of rhodium at 115,000 oz'; at current rhodium price highs in the marketplace, company revenues from rhodium may exceed the totals for palladium and platinum. Altogether, PGM sales account for about a third of Norilsk Nickel's revenues.

Delaying these sales for weeks or months will not matter to the revenue bottom-line for Norilsk Nickel if deliveries eventually catch up, and in the meantime prices rise on speculation of a lengthy period of disequilibrium between demand and supply. Upward pressure on the platinum and rhodium highs will be problematic for physical speculators, because there is no telling when a Putin signature will put an end to the delay.

Russian negotiators for accession to the WTO have already agreed to abolish the trade restriction on gems and precious metals, and in 2004 formulation of the presidential decree dismantling the old quota system started at the Ministry of Finance, headed by Alexei Kudrin. Kudrin is a safe pair of hands for a bureaucrat, but his knees turn to water when he passes through the Kremlin gate. He has not been able to persuade the president's advisors to move ahead of WTO accession with the quota abolition decree.

When resistance to Russia's joining the trade body by some WTO member states, led by the US, delayed agreement on accession, the presidential staff pigeon-holed Kudrin's draft decree. The Bush administration finally agreed to accession a few weeks ago, but there remain other, mostly procedural obstacles to completing the accession process. A source at the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade confirmed it has approved the abolition of the quotas. Lower-level government officials are hopeful the hold up at the Kremlin will end with Putin's signature during January -- unless further delays materialize in the WTO process.

A new spokesman at the Finance Ministry, Andrei Saiko, claimed the draft decree has been accepted in the Kremlin, but he could not say when the signature will be attached. He referred the question to Gokhran, which is an agency subordinate to Finance, but with a mind of its own. Olga Medunova told Mineweb she hasn't heard anything about the fate of the decree.

Gokhran remains the last relic of the Soviet system of PGM control, and it jealously and secretly guards its prerogatives. The size of the palladium stockpile in Switzerland remains a Russian state secret, even if Swiss bankers know the number precisely, and Swiss Customs publish regular bulletins when the palladium is sold out of the vault, and is exported from Switzerland to the US, Japan, or other destinations.

Even more secretive is another Finance Ministry agency in Moscow called Almazjuvelirexport (Almaz for short). It used to house the trading brains of the Soviet Union's PGM sales department; one man, Sergei Gorny, a deputy chief of Almaz, was the powerful figure in charge of releasing the metal -- Norilks's annual production, other mined platinum, and stockpiled PGM -- on to the market. For a time in 2002 and 2003, Gorny had hopes of obliging Norilsk Nickel to work with Almaz in a joint venture for marketing PGM in international markets. But the joint venture didn't suit the two oligarchs, Vladimir Potanin and Mikhail Prokhorov, who think of Norilsk Nickel's sales revenues as iintimately connected to their own pockets. Putin understood as much, and they were never powerful enough to persuade the Kremlin to privatize Almaz's US subsidiary and allow them to buy it.

Gorny hung on to his restricted sales function, but he has been slowly slipping on the deregulation banana-skin ever since, kept upright only by the intransigence of the US in the WTO negotiations.

Almaz retains its power to trade state stockpiled PGM on behalf of Gokhran, and if the export delay continues, Almaz might tempt the market into bidding higher for the Zurich stocks. Almaz is not talkative about its intentions. The last time Gorny spoke to Mineweb was in July 2003, when he claimed the joint venture with Norilsk Nickel "is still in the process of establishment. It doesn't carry out any operations yet." Asked to comment on whether there had been a change in government policy regarding coordination of sales of PGM between the government and Norilsk Nickel, Gorny replied that coordination is going on "in a working order". Both remarks were obfuscation.

When Almaz was recently asked to say what it planned to do about the delay in abolishing PGM quotas and the parallel delay in issuing export quotas, an Almaz official, who refused to give his name, referred the question to ""the person you need [who is] currently away, and he may not appear today and tomorrow." Asked to identify him by name, the source said he "does not know him." Asked how it is possible to know his movements, but not his name, the source claimed "our company is a big one". That's wishful thinking -- if and when Putin signs the abolition decree, Almaz is likely to shrink to the vanishing-point.

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yikyak
12/1/2007
04:36
And the Palladium Army Marches North to the Next Level.
mr ashley james
09/1/2007
10:15
Ash,

Good to see Lewins talking about starting up Panton:

pecker1
08/1/2007
02:03
The Sunday Times January 07, 2007


Metals tipped to shine in 2007
Commodities have soared for five years, but you may have to tread more carefully in 2007. Philip Scott offers some advice


COMMODITIES shone bright in 2006, posting their fifth year of gains, and many analysts expect the bull run to continue as demand from emerging economies, such as China, drives prices higher. But investors will need to be more picky about which commodities they back.
Zinc took the top spot among the metals in 2006, with a gain of 137%, followed by copper at 83% and nickel up 65%, according to Barclays Capital, the investment bank.



Agricultural commodities also posted strong gains as scorching summer temperatures and growing demand for biofuels pushed prices higher. Orange juice finished the year at a 10-year high, corn soared more than 80% and soybean commodities were up 140% Funds investing in companies that mine commodities, such as Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, have also boomed. The average investment trust in the sector has surged 33% over 12 months and 380% over five years.

After this strong run, some advisers say investors should not expect such a good year in 2007. The global economy is expected to slow, led by the US, meaning demand for some commodities is likely to drop.

Copper, one of last year's star performers, has already had a tricky start to the year. It fell below $6,000 a tonne for the first time in nine months last week, and is down 10% since January 1.

Oil also fell sharply, with prices in London and New York dropping below $56 a barrel for the first time since 2005.

But even if the next 12 months are not as spectacular as 2006, many analysts think double-digit returns are still on the cards. Kevin Norrish at Barclays Capital said: "We expect 2007 to be another strong one for commodity prices. Nevertheless, overall percentage gains are unlikely to match those made in 2006."

Barclays Capital expects zinc and nickel to post the biggest price gains. Stocks of both metals are low, so demand is likely to outstrip supply.

Other strategists predict some of the less well-known commodities will be winners in 2007. Ian Henderson at JP Morgan Asset Management favours platinum. Although its price has already shot up, doubling in the past five years to about $1,130 an ounce, he expects excellent returns.

Platinum is used in catalytic converters, which are fitted to all new cars across the developed world to reduce toxic emissions. US legislation, which came into force on January 1, means they will be installed in all new trucks in America as well.

Leading platinum producers listed on the London stock market include Lonmin and Aquarius Platinum.

Uranium, needed for nuclear power, is also hotly tipped. As with most commodities, China will be one of the main sources of demand. It has nine nuclear reactors, and another six will soon be up and running.

Some of the agricultural commodities, or softs, are also expected to have a good year. Corn is in high demand because of its use in the production of ethanol, an alternative fuel. In Brazil half of all cars run on ethanol.

The British government wants 5% of all fuel sales to be biofuels by 2010 - a twentyfold increase on today's levels.

Cotton is also being tipped because China is importing large amounts for its burgeoning textile industry.

The commodity market is not for the faint-hearted. It should account for only a small portion of your portfolio - about 5% - because the risks are high.

The easiest way to get exposure to the market is through a fund. Mark Dampier of Hargreaves Lansdown, an adviser, recommends First State Global Resources, JP Morgan Natural Resources and the Blackrock Merrill Lynch Gold & General fund. Commodity investment trusts include Merrill Lynch Commodities and Merrill Lynch World Mining.

Exchange-traded funds can give you exposure to individual commodities. Etfsecurities.com offers a number of commodity-based products including corn, cotton, nickel and zinc funds. There is no platinum-based ETF, but there are rumours one is about to be launched. The best way to tap into uranium is to buy Urasia Energy, listed in London.

mr ashley james
07/1/2007
16:05
Yikyak,

Interesting March Palladium Futures did actually touch US$349 on Friday before Dollar got walked up.

Palladium 2007-MarNYMEX: PA07H
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7 Jan 2007, 10:57am ET

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Day's Low & High: 331.00 - 349.00
Open: 340.00
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Volume: 975
Avg. Volume: 82
52-week range: 301.00 to 365.05

mr ashley james
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