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I think Chicken is choking on the dead cat at the moment.
I think Chicken is choking on the dead cat at the moment.
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no he is ramping his little feathers off on another forum :horse: HC
no he is ramping his little feathers off on another forum :horse: HC
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Just to let you know...there will be an upgrade in Gold and also the Nickel results will be published..Nickel will be the metal for 2007...why...THEY ARE SO SHORT its not funny anymore...stocks are falling rapidly...and should our results be as good or better than the cosmos of Jubilee...see it take off in a hurry...I have bought more at 50cents...so I am convinced SBM has a long way to go...As far as SBM...even though we had a correction I am still holding as stocks should recover by year end...and SBM is putting it all together...justjohn said:
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And even chocking on a dead cat...well see it go up another 20%....even the advisers are saying this stock is worth $1+.....Sam I hope you did not panick when the market came back because i AM CONVINCED THAT WE ARE SITTING on a great stock here...like everthing in life it takes time to mature...next stop 65c to fill the gap....LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOcrackaton said:
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Morning Mr. Chicken,
Nah I didn't sell, just been sitting on the sidelines for a while. Actually want to buy more, but just changed jobs so available cash is a little thin.
Hey Chicken, check out EXT very cheap for a pretty good punt.
Don't let Hermoso get your back up too much!
Sam
chicken said:And even chocking on a dead cat...well see it go up another 20%....even the advisers are saying this stock is worth $1+.....Sam I hope you did not panick when the market came back because i AM CONVINCED THAT WE ARE SITTING on a great stock here...like everthing in life it takes time to mature...next stop 65c to fill the gap....LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO
Morning Mr. Chicken,
Nah I didn't sell, just been sitting on the sidelines for a while. Actually want to buy more, but just changed jobs so available cash is a little thin.
Hey Chicken, check out EXT very cheap for a pretty good punt.
Don't let Hermoso get your back up too much!
Sam
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This stock is one of the more steady gold stocks I have seen in a while and they are hoping to increase production to over over 400 ounces they are also well cash up Do the research do the maths no speculation here as to what way this stock will go .
This stock is one of the more steady gold stocks I have seen in a while and they are hoping to increase production to over over 400 ounces they are also well cash up
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See what Southern Cross said about them....giving them a Valuation of $1...now how is that....I have been saying that for quite a while...I stoped choking on that darn cat..or dead cat as some one said..LOLOLOjbrownstock said:This stock is one of the more steady gold stocks I have seen in a while and they are hoping to increase production to over over 400 ounces they are also well cash up
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j brown, I don't think 400 ounces is all that impressive! he he.
j brown, I don't think 400 ounces is all that impressive! he he.
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From Sabretoothed @ HC
Monday, June 19, 2006
A ST BARBARA roadshow through Australia in late April publicly stated
a long-term annual production target of 1 million ounces and 10Moz of
reserves. With current production of around 160,000oz per annum, St Barbara
is clearly stamping itself as a bona fide growth company. By Michael Quinn -
RESOURCESTOCKS*
Ed Eshuys
The next four to five months are critical, with a combined study due
in the September quarter that could potentially add nearly 300,000oz
annually to the current profile over the next two to three years.
At stake are the Gwalia Deeps and the nearby Tarmoola openpit and
plant. While both projects naturally have their challenges - Tarmoola is a
low-grade, bulk tonnage scenario that has disappointed in the past while
Gwalia Deeps is, as its name suggests . deep - the way the company has been
rejuvenated over the past 12 months should give confidence.
As the company's Sydney-based broker Southern Cross Securities
recently said: "This is a can-do management team that has delivered."
Justifying that assessment of the team led by ex-Great Central Mines
exploration executive Ed Eshuys is not difficult - just ask major
shareholder Resource Capital Fund, which had some very interesting times
with St Barbara after initially investing three to four years ago, but which
in March showed its belief by converting a $7 million convertible note into
shares (albeit at 7c/share).
Since acquiring the old Sons of Gwalia (SoG) assets from the former
blue chip miner's administrators in April 2005, a major turnaround at St
Barbara has been commenced. The company has shipped 208,000oz at cash costs
of $391 per ounce, significantly increased reserves, sold equipment, surplus
assets and projects for more than $22 million (plus shares) and reduced
$13.6 million worth of environmental bonds it had to post.
It now has almost no secured debt and, as at March 31, nearly $60
million worth of cash and investments.
It is probably also worth re-mentioning that the SoG assets cost $2.3
million - no, that's not a printing error, it really was $2.3 million! -
plus the assumption of environmental performance bonds worth $35.7 million.
While cynics might say all of the easy yards have now been made, work
to date illustrates the different operational philosophy being brought to
bear on what many might also dismiss as the old assets of a previous failed
miner.
At Southern Cross' mainstay Marvel Loch operation, for example, St
Barbara is targeting the high-grade shoots to 500m depth and below - both
from a production and exploration focus - rather than focusing on bulk
mining as was previously undertaken.
At Tarmoola, major drilling programs to upgrade the resource was
undertaken so as to allow bulk mining assessment/pit optimisations to be
undertaken in detail, including the removal of the failed eastern wall of
the pit that ultimately signalled the end for the operation when in the
hands of SoG. Geotechnical work is also underway as is beneficiation work
aimed at lifting grade.
Meantime, when Eshuys and the rest of the new St Barbara management
team initially strolled up to the Gwalia Deeps project, they were confronted
by a SoG feasibility study that described the possible development as "high
risk". This was a fair description, given it was more or less based on
spending $100 million or so on the basis of little more than 1 million worth
of inferred ounces.
The idea was a shaft would be sunk ahead of underground drilling to
increase and upgrade the deposit, with the shaft predicated on the
assumptions that exploration and mining study work would be positive - and
hence lead to development.
St Barbara was less convinced. Eshuys, who made a name for himself
during his time at Great Central Mines as a being big fan of the 'rotary lie
detector', felt the best way to move forward was to prove up the resource
from surface drilling.
While drilling down to 1500m depth around $300 per metre was never
going to impress the bean counters at St Barbara, defining more than 1
million reserve ounces at a cost of less than $10/oz has proven the strategy
a clear success.
As with Tarmoola, it also illustrates a key plank of Eshuys'
exploration/drilling philosophy, namely, aggressively drilling targets where
there can clearly be seen the potential to add value. More than $11 million
has been spent on drilling in the past nine months.
Subject to positive feasibility work at Gwalia Deeps/Tarmoola, Eshuys
said it is expected to cost a combined $100 million or so to get into
initial production at the two projects. Cash flow from the company's
Southern Cross operations is expected to cover around $40 million of that
total.
In terms of hedging, Eshuys said the company's policy is
straightforward.
"We will hedge ounces where we can see there is a high risk . that is,
a high-cash cost project where we want to protect the capital invested in
the first instance," he said.
"And that's what we've done to date. We hedged 176,000 ounces or 60%
of our production out of Southern Cross because we bought the Hercules pit
into production and its cash costs estimates were around 480/oz.
"But there was a real benefit in bring Hercules into production
because it allowed us to keep the mill full and allowed us a good operating
cost for the Marvel Lock underground material . on balance to get a cash
cost of $440/oz was acceptable risk. So we bought puts and sold calls to
protect that.
"In future, if we proceed with the development of high-risk projects
on the same basis, we will do some hedging . Gwalia we don't necessarily
consider as a high-risk project in terms of gold production.
"The board hasn't made a decision but it's likely we would hedge some
production from Tarmoola should the feasibility support a go-ahead."
Eshuys is also keen to assure shareholders, potential investors and
critics that .
Golden assets do U-turn - Part 2
Monday, June 19, 2006
Eshuys is also keen to assure shareholders, potential investors and
critics that an overall focus on lowering St Barbara's cost profile is
foremost.
"We know that [we're a relatively high-cost producer] and we're
working on reducing those costs," he said.
"It's possible at Southern Cross to invest some capital and reduce
those costs and we're studying that in detail.
"At Gwalia Deeps, I think costs will be quite acceptable. At Tarmoola,
again the way we would maintain acceptable costs is to get the right
economies of scale, so that's what we're addressing.
"Obviously cash costs at $450 when the gold price is $850 is not a bad
margin. But long term, you'd be a very brave man to say it's going to stay
there, so that's why we're addressing the cost issue."
Post-Gwalia Deeps/Tarmoola, the question swings to where the 500,000
or so ounces needed for St Barbara to meet its 1Mozpa ambition are going to
come from.
Somewhat unfashionably in this day and age, Eshuys is firmly of the
opinion that Australia will constitute the company's future.
He maintains that Australia's prospectivity is unarguable, with the
issue being that while the easy, surface discoveries have been made, 80% of
the rocks that host Australia's mineral heritage are under cover.
"So when you accept that . and when we master that, there's a good
chance of further major discoveries being made because of the prospectivity
of those rocks," Eshuys argued.
The rhetoric is being backed by St Barbara employing three "very
experienced geologists" to work full-time on identifying the areas in
Australia where the next major discovery will be made.
"And that discovery doesn't necessarily have to be on our existing
land bank, and it most likely won't be," Eshuys said.
St Barbara also has a team dedicated to identifying merger and
acquisition opportunities, though as with exploration, the world outside
Australia is off-limits. The rationale for the Australian focus is the
sovereign risk issues in Africa and the strong competition from North
American companies in South America.
* This report, first published in the May 2006 edition of
RESOURCESTOCKS magazine, was commissioned by St Barbara
From Sabretoothed @ HC
Monday, June 19, 2006
A ST BARBARA roadshow through Australia in late April publicly stated
a long-term annual production target of 1 million ounces and 10Moz of
reserves. With current production of around 160,000oz per annum, St Barbara
is clearly stamping itself as a bona fide growth company. By Michael Quinn -
RESOURCESTOCKS*
Ed Eshuys
The next four to five months are critical, with a combined study due
in the September quarter that could potentially add nearly 300,000oz
annually to the current profile over the next two to three years.
At stake are the Gwalia Deeps and the nearby Tarmoola openpit and
plant. While both projects naturally have their challenges - Tarmoola is a
low-grade, bulk tonnage scenario that has disappointed in the past while
Gwalia Deeps is, as its name suggests . deep - the way the company has been
rejuvenated over the past 12 months should give confidence.
As the company's Sydney-based broker Southern Cross Securities
recently said: "This is a can-do management team that has delivered."
Justifying that assessment of the team led by ex-Great Central Mines
exploration executive Ed Eshuys is not difficult - just ask major
shareholder Resource Capital Fund, which had some very interesting times
with St Barbara after initially investing three to four years ago, but which
in March showed its belief by converting a $7 million convertible note into
shares (albeit at 7c/share).
Since acquiring the old Sons of Gwalia (SoG) assets from the former
blue chip miner's administrators in April 2005, a major turnaround at St
Barbara has been commenced. The company has shipped 208,000oz at cash costs
of $391 per ounce, significantly increased reserves, sold equipment, surplus
assets and projects for more than $22 million (plus shares) and reduced
$13.6 million worth of environmental bonds it had to post.
It now has almost no secured debt and, as at March 31, nearly $60
million worth of cash and investments.
It is probably also worth re-mentioning that the SoG assets cost $2.3
million - no, that's not a printing error, it really was $2.3 million! -
plus the assumption of environmental performance bonds worth $35.7 million.
While cynics might say all of the easy yards have now been made, work
to date illustrates the different operational philosophy being brought to
bear on what many might also dismiss as the old assets of a previous failed
miner.
At Southern Cross' mainstay Marvel Loch operation, for example, St
Barbara is targeting the high-grade shoots to 500m depth and below - both
from a production and exploration focus - rather than focusing on bulk
mining as was previously undertaken.
At Tarmoola, major drilling programs to upgrade the resource was
undertaken so as to allow bulk mining assessment/pit optimisations to be
undertaken in detail, including the removal of the failed eastern wall of
the pit that ultimately signalled the end for the operation when in the
hands of SoG. Geotechnical work is also underway as is beneficiation work
aimed at lifting grade.
Meantime, when Eshuys and the rest of the new St Barbara management
team initially strolled up to the Gwalia Deeps project, they were confronted
by a SoG feasibility study that described the possible development as "high
risk". This was a fair description, given it was more or less based on
spending $100 million or so on the basis of little more than 1 million worth
of inferred ounces.
The idea was a shaft would be sunk ahead of underground drilling to
increase and upgrade the deposit, with the shaft predicated on the
assumptions that exploration and mining study work would be positive - and
hence lead to development.
St Barbara was less convinced. Eshuys, who made a name for himself
during his time at Great Central Mines as a being big fan of the 'rotary lie
detector', felt the best way to move forward was to prove up the resource
from surface drilling.
While drilling down to 1500m depth around $300 per metre was never
going to impress the bean counters at St Barbara, defining more than 1
million reserve ounces at a cost of less than $10/oz has proven the strategy
a clear success.
As with Tarmoola, it also illustrates a key plank of Eshuys'
exploration/drilling philosophy, namely, aggressively drilling targets where
there can clearly be seen the potential to add value. More than $11 million
has been spent on drilling in the past nine months.
Subject to positive feasibility work at Gwalia Deeps/Tarmoola, Eshuys
said it is expected to cost a combined $100 million or so to get into
initial production at the two projects. Cash flow from the company's
Southern Cross operations is expected to cover around $40 million of that
total.
In terms of hedging, Eshuys said the company's policy is
straightforward.
"We will hedge ounces where we can see there is a high risk . that is,
a high-cash cost project where we want to protect the capital invested in
the first instance," he said.
"And that's what we've done to date. We hedged 176,000 ounces or 60%
of our production out of Southern Cross because we bought the Hercules pit
into production and its cash costs estimates were around 480/oz.
"But there was a real benefit in bring Hercules into production
because it allowed us to keep the mill full and allowed us a good operating
cost for the Marvel Lock underground material . on balance to get a cash
cost of $440/oz was acceptable risk. So we bought puts and sold calls to
protect that.
"In future, if we proceed with the development of high-risk projects
on the same basis, we will do some hedging . Gwalia we don't necessarily
consider as a high-risk project in terms of gold production.
"The board hasn't made a decision but it's likely we would hedge some
production from Tarmoola should the feasibility support a go-ahead."
Eshuys is also keen to assure shareholders, potential investors and
critics that .
Golden assets do U-turn - Part 2
Monday, June 19, 2006
Eshuys is also keen to assure shareholders, potential investors and
critics that an overall focus on lowering St Barbara's cost profile is
foremost.
"We know that [we're a relatively high-cost producer] and we're
working on reducing those costs," he said.
"It's possible at Southern Cross to invest some capital and reduce
those costs and we're studying that in detail.
"At Gwalia Deeps, I think costs will be quite acceptable. At Tarmoola,
again the way we would maintain acceptable costs is to get the right
economies of scale, so that's what we're addressing.
"Obviously cash costs at $450 when the gold price is $850 is not a bad
margin. But long term, you'd be a very brave man to say it's going to stay
there, so that's why we're addressing the cost issue."
Post-Gwalia Deeps/Tarmoola, the question swings to where the 500,000
or so ounces needed for St Barbara to meet its 1Mozpa ambition are going to
come from.
Somewhat unfashionably in this day and age, Eshuys is firmly of the
opinion that Australia will constitute the company's future.
He maintains that Australia's prospectivity is unarguable, with the
issue being that while the easy, surface discoveries have been made, 80% of
the rocks that host Australia's mineral heritage are under cover.
"So when you accept that . and when we master that, there's a good
chance of further major discoveries being made because of the prospectivity
of those rocks," Eshuys argued.
The rhetoric is being backed by St Barbara employing three "very
experienced geologists" to work full-time on identifying the areas in
Australia where the next major discovery will be made.
"And that discovery doesn't necessarily have to be on our existing
land bank, and it most likely won't be," Eshuys said.
St Barbara also has a team dedicated to identifying merger and
acquisition opportunities, though as with exploration, the world outside
Australia is off-limits. The rationale for the Australian focus is the
sovereign risk issues in Africa and the strong competition from North
American companies in South America.
* This report, first published in the May 2006 edition of
RESOURCESTOCKS magazine, was commissioned by St Barbara
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STATE ONE STOCKBROKING FIRM - SELL (taken from todays Herald-Sun).
SBM - This miner faces a potential shortfall in gold production when open pit operations at one of its mines finishes in nine months. Without a suitable replacement, the company faces tough times.
Explains the aggressive exploration happening at the moment..
STATE ONE STOCKBROKING FIRM - SELL (taken from todays Herald-Sun).
SBM - This miner faces a potential shortfall in gold production when open pit operations at one of its mines finishes in nine months. Without a suitable replacement, the company faces tough times.
Explains the aggressive exploration happening at the moment..
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Now how low can we go.....bought a swag at 45cents.....go for another ride before xmas....after the election in the US Gold and oil will rise again....read what is said.....re the financials in gold and oil...its manipulated....but will find its level after the election...oil and gold to be higher...by xmas....IMHOchicken said:with Gold starting to rise will see SBM going higher...cheap at 51cents...
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Why dont you wait another couple of weeks and you can buy heaps @.35 :horse:chicken said:Now how low can we go.....bought a swag at 45cents.....go for another ride before xmas....after the election in the US Gold and oil will rise again....read what is said.....re the financials in gold and oil...its manipulated....but will find its level after the election...oil and gold to be higher...by xmas....IMHO
