Friday broker round-up UPDATE
1st Feb 2013 07:55
Afren: HSBC shifts target price from 190p to 200p, while reiterating an overweight rating. Antofagasta: Exane BNP reduces target price from 1500p to 1350p maintaining an outperform rating. Antrim Energy: Westhouse Securities lowers target price from 70p to 65p and reiterates a buy recommendation.
Read moreMariana Resources updates on South American operations
24th Oct 2012 08:22
Mariana Resources, the miner listed both in Toronto and London, has given a drilling update for its Argentina and Chile operations. Mariana is participating in iron oxide copper gold exploration in Chile through its 20.6% interest in SCM Tierra Noble. Cliffs Natural Resources a US based internation
Read moreResources round-up: Mariana, Red Rock, Nighthawk
19th Oct 2012 09:13
Mariana Resources, the mineral exploration company focused on South America, has completed due diligence and is press on with the earn-in option with Condor Resources for the Condor de Oro project in Northern Peru, as detailed in its announcement on October 4th. Condor has granted Mariana two opti
Read moreResources round-up: Mariana, African Eagle, Herencia
5th Sep 2012 09:01
Mariana Resources the minerals developer has reported positive results from a drill campaign at its Las Calandrias gold-silver project in the Santa Cruz province in southern Argentina. Of the 21 holes drilled, 13 provided what the company described as 'significant intersections'. Nickel developmen
Read moreResources round-up: Mercury Recycling, Highland Gold Mining, Mariana Resources
10th Aug 2012 12:46
It sounds like something from a Sherlock Holmes novel, but a letter from a lawyer claiming to be acting for a South African tribe has caused a big drop in the share price of iron ore explorer Mercury Recycling. Mercury is buying a site owned by Sylvania Platinum in the Northern Limb of the Bushveld
Read moreResource round-up: ATH Resources, Churchill Mining, Mariana Resources
14th Jun 2012 12:52
ATH Resources lost almost half its value on Thursday after it said a big drop in coal prices had hit trading hard and it was in discussions with its banks. "International coal prices have fallen by some 21% since the beginning of the calendar year and by over 28% since the beginning of the group's f
Read moreCapital Shopping Deputy Chairman fills his basket
10th Apr 2012 15:54
John Whittaker, Deputy Chairman of Capital Shopping Centres, the FTSE 100 shopping centre operator, has taken 28,250 shares to the till. His purchases, 324.80p each, cost him a total of £124,236. Whittaker may have been making the most of the firm's share price, which is down 68p or 17.5% over th
Read moreMillennium and Copthorne Hotels non-exec makes sale
4th Apr 2012 15:45
Richard Hartman, a Non-Executive Director of FTSE 250 firm Millennium and Copthorne Hotels, sold 132,694 shares in the company on April 3rd at a price of 478.00p each. The £634,277 transaction followed the vesting of around 479,000 shares under the firm's long term incentive plan on March 30th 200
Read moreResources round-up: Altona, Mariana, Aureus ...
3rd Apr 2012 13:09
AIM listed Altona Energy has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Maison Global, a provider of clean energy products to China, which will see the two companies collaborate in the business development of project opportunities for the production of transportation fuels, energy products and
Read moreMariana Resources says drill programme may have struck gold
13th Jan 2012 11:06
Mariana Resources, the mineral exploration company focused on South America, says it may have found gold at its Santa Cruz project in southern Argentina. The news comes in an update on its drilling programme today in which the firm's Chairman, John Horsburgh, says: "The Phase IV drill program has d
Read moreMariana has begun drilling in Argentina
13th Oct 2011 09:19
Mariana Resources, the AIM quoted exploration and development company focused on Argentina and Chile, has started drilling at the Sierra Blanca gold-silver project in Argentina. The programme, which comprises a minimum of 5,000 metres of diamond drilling, is the fourth at the 70% owned project.
Read moreMariana Resources strikes gold
3rd Aug 2011 15:57
Miner Mariana Resources said it had had 'highly encouraging' drilling results in its Chala-Achen project in Southern Argentina Drilling along the 1.1km Chala-Achen vein system has discovered wide intervals of gold-silver mineralisation with high grade zones, the company said. The results come from
Read moreToronto Stock Exchange approves listing by Mariana
7th Jun 2011 11:38
Mariana Resources, the AIM quoted exploration and development company focused on Argentina and Chile, has today announced that it has received conditional acceptance and approval to list its shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX). The company expects to begin trading on the TSX around the 17th
Read moreLondon close: Strong start to 2011 continues
5th Jan 2011 16:44
An afternoon rally helped the FTSE 100 build on yesterday's strong start to the year and stay at levels not seen since the first half of 2008, well in advance of the global economic crash. The turnaround in fortunes was inspired by some strong US jobs data, with payroll processor ADP reporting a re
Read moreLondon afternoon: Footsie back above 6,000
5th Jan 2011 14:04
Footsie has scrambled back above 6,000 over the lunch time session though the blue-chip index remains slightly lower on the day. Miners remain a drag on the index, with the likes of Antofagasta, Anglo American, BHP Billiton and Kazakhmys falling back in line with softer metals prices. Retailers
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