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I attended Paydirt Media’s Latin America Downunder conference last week. It was well attended and had a good turnout of officials from most Latin American countries. There was a session devoted to water, which I though was an excellent idea, given the water shortages across the world. Monica Porto, Deputy…
Possibly the best thing that could have happened to FMG was the iron ore price falling to USD85 per tonne, some 12 months ago. That’s the point at which FMG had its “titanic” moment. The company realised that if it didn’t take evasive action very quickly, the ship could go…
Last week I visited the Barrytown Ilmenite Project (“Barrytown”), located on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. I was met at Christchurch by Mr Jim Hickey, Managing Director of Pacific Mineral Resources Ltd (“PAC”), which is in the process of acquiring a 100% interest in Barrytown.…
The Barrytown Ilmenite Project is located on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is an immature (young and with little oxidation) beach sand deposit that also hosts a little rutile and gold, along with the ilmenite. It covers most of the alluvial plain in the…
Fortescue has gone through a remarkable transformation over the past twelve months. This time last year FMG was reeling under the pressure of a crash in iron ore prices. Although they had a reasonable cash margin, which was allowing them to meet their debt obligations, the situation was finely balanced.…
I attended an interesting site visit to Mt Adrah last week in the company of a number of brokers and investors. The project is located in the Riverina region of NSW; prime agricultural land and an idyllic location for an exploration program. Read more about Sovereign Gold Company here and…