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Fiscal sleight of hand
Fiscal sleight of hand
WIlcat has completed a non-brokered private placement of shares to San Gold Corporation, pursuant to renewal of the option of three properties in the Rice Lake gold camp to San Gold.
Mining legend and Ivanplats (TSX:IVP) CEO, Robert Friedland, said he aims to have his African-focused mining company landing in the London stock exchange during the first half of 2013.
Mining billionaire Roman Abramovich, the Russian tycoon who owns the Chelsea soccer club, has stepped into Norilsk Nickel’s long-running management dispute between its two main shareholders by buying a 7.3% stake in the company.
Russian billionaire Vladimir Iorich keeps a low profile, but has shown he’s ready to play for high stakes – as some shareholders in mining companies he covets have discovered.
"There is a loyalty improvement, which is great for the industry."
Highlights: Production of 535.9 tonnes of nickel in concentrate, revenues of CDN$ 8.49 million (Q2 2012: CDN$ 11.38 million).
Many goldbugs like gold as a hedge against Federal Reserve policies and high inflation. Paul van Eeden, president of Cranberry Capital, says he does not fear high inflation due to Fed policies.
Two successful money managers, Adrian Day and Brian Ostroff, sat down with The Gold Report at the Hard Assets Conference to share their forecasts for 2013.
Tin mining is a profitable but damaging trade that has scarred the Indonesian island of Bangka, a granite outcrop just east of Sumatra, reports English newspaper The Guardian.