Xanadu moves on cheaper Mongolia deals
May 16 - 22, 2012
THE glass-half-full perspective on the current malaise affecting Mongolian mining and exploration plays is the opportunity for companies to finally acquire new assets in a less overheated market.
Mongolian moly resource a beast
March 21 - 27, 2012
PRIVATE company Moly World has come up with a maiden resource of more than 200 million tonnes at its Mandal molybdenum project in Mongolia, which has shown early signs it could become a major, low cost producer.
No time to panic
March 7 - 13, 2012
IT IS down to its last few bucks and is capitalised accordingly but underlying this junior with a tight capital structure is a big copper and gold play where resources are on the horizon, plus well located nickel ground featuring drill targets ready to be hit.
Coal could power wider search
February 1 - 7, 2012
MONGOLIA focused Xanadu Mines is looking to cash-in on its thermal coal exposure and concentrate on its copper, gold and coking coal projects in the strongly emerging, highly prospective resource sector destination wedged between China and Russia.
Can miners really side-step a war?
December 15 - 21, 2011
FOUR tenders for Afghani mineral projects went live in London last week as Afghanistan put its foot down on its push to take advantage of its vast mineral wealth and establish an industry beyond its agricultural sector.
New Kyrgyz leader holds development key
December 1 - 7, 2011
SUFFICE to say the inauguration this week of the new Kyrgyzstan president Almazbek Atambayev was rather eagerly awaited by Manas Resources, with the company hoping to expeditiously get the show on the road at its very profitable looking South Kyrgyz gold project once the pro-business Atambayev begins his time in the top job.
Mongolia's road to prosperity
September 15 - 21, 2011
SEPTEMBER 13: THE first step for the government of any emerging nation trying to showcase itself to international investors is to spruce up the road between the airport and the CBD. It doesn’t matter if the back streets have potholes the size of elephants, as the average foreign investor is too lazy to bother venturing that far.
Mongolian copper belt looks set to stretch
July 28 - August 3, 2011
A POTENTIAL elephant along Mongolia’s Oyu Tolgoi copper belt was brought back to public life last week, six years after being discarded by Ivanhoe Mines. The 22,000 hectare Bronze Fox copper-gold project is set to receive the exploration and development attention it has long deserved and may become a development site as early as next year.
Kazak a land of opportunity, says Pankhurst
June 23 - 29, 2011
THE long journey in the vast country that is Kazakhstan is starting to get interesting for Central Asia Resources (CVR), with the company now closing in on first gold and expecting further opportunities to come its way in the wake of production success.
The fight to sell Afghanistan’s mineral wealth
April 7 - 13, 2011
AFGHANISTAN'S mines minister Wahidullah Shahrani doesn’t blink when it’s plainly pointed out to him that his job of selling the war-torn country’s mineral wealth to foreign investors – with something about the need for rapid development in the fine print – must be one of the toughest going around. It’s a Saturday in Perth and the minister has been in meeting after meeting during the previous week.
Low-cost gold mine slips under the radar
March 31 - April 6, 2011
MACQUARIE is evidently rather assured and confident but investors are apparently still a little gun shy given the lukewarm interest in the potentially very low cost miner Kentor Gold, whose Andash project in Kyrgyzstan is on the cusp of development.
Kazakhstan front and centre
August 11 - 17, 2010
OUT of all the “Stans” in Central Asia, Kazakhstan is the place to be for mining companies, explorers and service companies. So why aren’t there more Australians boarding the next flight to Almaty?
Kazakhstan’s paperwork changes plans
August 11 - 17, 2010
CENTRAL Asia Resources’ plans for its first Kazakhstan gold project have required a rejig after the company fell afoul of what managing director Jason Stirbinksis describes as Kazakhstan’s “healthy” administrative requirements.
Going to extremes
August 11 - 17, 2010
GET in quick to Mongolia because it’s only going to get more crowded over there, thanks to billions of tonnes of coal reserves along with massive copper, gold and uranium resources sitting right on China and Russia’s doorstep. And despite some hiccoughs, the country’s government appears to be steering the country in the right direction.
Potential and pitfalls in Central Asia
August 11 - 17, 2010
LANDLOCKED and poised between Asia, the Middle East and Europe, Central Asia represents a massive opportunity for those brave enough to withstand extreme temperatures, Soviet inflected bureaucracies and social unrest.
Kyrgyz troubles won’t stop Kentor
August 11 - 17, 2010
VIOLENCE and political instability in the Kyrgyz Republic have destabilised the country and lifted its risk profile considerably. And while the situation remains volatile, companies working in the Central Asian nation, such as Australian junior Kentor Gold, believe things are improving.
