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Cora Gold appoints advisor for $70m loan

Cora Gold Ltd has appointed Atlantique Finance as sole adviser on a medium-term US$70 million loan in CFA* franc (XOF) to help construction at the Sanankoro gold project in southern Mali. DEBT MANDATE Atlantique Finance is the investment banking and advisory arm of Groupe Banque Atlantique and a member of the Banque Centrale Populaire Group […]

Equipment & Logistics News Oil & Gas

Prospex clears delayed fire safety checks at Selva

Prospex Energy plc has cleared final safety checks to start gas production from Podere Maiar-1 at the Selva gas field in the Po Valley region, northern Italy. MOBILISATION The company had faced delays due to regional severe flooding but has now received formal documentation for operations to begin in eight days following completion of all […]

Finance News Oil & Gas

UKOG secures £3m loan

UK Oil & Gas plc (UKOG) has secured a £3 million loan to fund planned activities over the next 12 months at its onshore operations in England and Turkey. USES The loan, from previous lenders RiverFort Global Opportunities PCC Ltd and YA II PN Ltd, holds 0% interest and is repayable 18 months after each […]

Metals & Minerals News

Chesterfield mulls new investments

Chesterfield Resources plc is considering investing in a “new area of activity” as its optioned partner begins 2,000 metre drilling at the Adeline copper project in Labrador, eastern Canada. EXPLORATION The company, with projects in Cyprus and Canada, last year underwent a change of management, appointed a new executive chairman and began cutting costs. Its […]

Company Moves News Oil & Gas

Tullow Oil appoints Rebecca Wiles as non-executive director

Tullow Oil plc has appointed Rebecca Wiles as an independent non-executive director, effective from 28 June. She replaces Dr Mike Daly who is retiring. Ms Wiles has gained deep technical subsurface and geoscience expertise following a 33-year career at BP. She also has emerging markets experience through her role as vice president of exploration and […]

Metals & Minerals News

Golden Metal signs letter of intent for tungsten off-take

Golden Metal Resources plc has signed a non-binding letter of intent for a tungsten concentrate off-take agreement from its Pilot Mountain tungsten project in Nevada. WESTERN SUPPLIES The deal with Global Tungsten & Powders LLC (GTP) of Towanda, Pennsylvania is subject to due diligence and to Golden Metal securing funds to develop the project. GTP develops, manufactures […]