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PRECIOUS METALS

Newcrest in big US note offering

Company offering US$1.15 billion of senior secured notes

08 May 2020

VIEW FROM THE WEST END

Keep calm and carry on

Economic fallout from Covid-19 looks relatively more dangerous than the health concern

11 March 2020

VIEW FROM THE WEST END

The few bankable projects are easy to spot

Fatal flaws of development assets are ignored by ignorant investors and unscrupulous management

03 July 2019

VIEW FROM THE WEST END

Build small, finance less

There is little point optimising theoretical projects of scale that can never be funded

24 April 2019

PROFIT & LOSS

Shanta ends 2018 strongly as VAT wait continues

Tanzania-focused miner's interminable VAT wait continues, making it sell more gold forward in 2019

17 January 2019

VIEW FROM THE WEST END

Wolf forced to pay the piper

Too many problems and not enough contingency gave control to financiers

18 October 2018

MINER'S RIGHT

Balance sheets still in focus

Mining goes debt free but does that also mean it's gone ex-growth?

20 August 2018

ESG

Ratings agency predicts strong 2018

Outlook, though inherently cautious, still suggests another positive 12 months for miners

29 January 2018

RESOURCE STOCKS

Mt Ida Strikes Higher with Baldock

Phase 1 infill drilling confirms high-grade gold and strengthens Mt Ida’s growth

RESOURCE STOCKS

ABM: Big Gains at Oval & Maikhan Uul

Key outcomes from metallurgical testing at Oval and exploration growth at Maikhan

RESOURCE STOCKS

Mt Malcolm Secures CIL Gold Mill

Inside the strategy behind Mt Malcolm’s 500,000 TPA CIL mill acquisition

RESOURCE STOCKS

Mt Ida Delivers Again

Ballard Mining discusses the latest Mt Ida regional drilling results and what comes

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