Shanta Gold (SHG:AIM) The company reported record annual gold production for 2016 of 87,713 oz; beating guidance of 82k-87k oz. All in sustaining cost for 2016 was US$661/oz which was lower than guidance of US$690-740/oz and an improvement over 2015 AISC of US$845/oz. Q4 2016 production was 18,897 oz Au, at AISC of US$747/oz. The […]
Mariana Resources (MARL:AIM) (MARL:TSX-V) Mariana announces a positive preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for the Hot Maden underground mining project, 30% owned with Tukish partner Lidya who owns 70%. Post-tax NPV US$1.37 billion. Post-tax IRR for the base case mining 153% excluding acquisition costs. Total metal production of 2.6 million ounces of gold and 142,000 of copper over […]
Following its strategic review, Alliance Trust announced, on 15 December 2016, proposals under which its equity portfolio would move from being run using a single manager to a multi-manager approach. The trust has now announced further details of the proposed equity managers and says that a general meeting to approve these changes is to be […]
HICL Infrastructure has announced that it intends to proceed with a placing, open offer and offer for subscription of ordinary shares during the first quarter of 2017. The company says that it currently has a funding surplus of around £6m, but also has commitments of approximately £200m in aggregate in respect of conditional acquisitions which […]
Custodian REIT has announced that it has acquired a block of six retail properties and two restaurants in Shrewsbury town centre. The properties are occupied by Paperchase, Holland & Barrett, Azzuri Restaurants (t/a ASK), Edinburgh Woollen Mill, Thomas Cook, Greggs, Sam’s Club (t/a House of the Rising Sun), Whittards and William Hill. The company says […]
Tharisa plc (THS:LSE) The company reported solid production results for Q1 2017, period ended 31 December 2016. Produced 34.8 koz of PGM and 322.2 kt of chrome concentrate in the quarter, compared to 24 koz of PGMS’s and 272.1 kt of chrome in the same quarter 2015. Out of the chrome production 77.1 kt was […]
Caledonia Mining (CMCL:AIM) (CAL:TSX) The company produced approximately 13,591 oz of gold in Q4 2016 from its 49% owned subsidiary, the Blanket Gold Mine in Zimbabwe. Production represented an 18% increase over Q4 2015 and a 1.2% increase over Q3, 2016. Full year production was approximately 50,351 oz of gold, which set a new record, […]
The independent directors of Prospect Japan Fund today announce that they are in preliminary discussions in respect of a possible offer by Prospect for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Prospect Japan Fund (the “Possible Offer”). The independent directors of Prospect Japan Fund, who have received financial advice from Stockdale Securities Limited, consider […]
ICG-Longbow UK Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments (ICG-Longbow) has announced proposals proposals for a change in investment objective and policy, a placing programme for 40m shares and the continuation vote. The company says that, over the coming 24 months, the majority of its current loans become due for repayment and, given the material changes […]
Alpha Real Trust has announced that it has written to shareholders of Industrial Multi-Property Trust. The letter follows the publication of second Industrial Multi Property Trust (IMPT) EGM circular. Rather than cut and paste, we are including the text of the letter below. Dear fellow shareholder in IMPT, We write to you in response […]