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Tungsten West to raise up to £9m as cost cutting starts

Tungsten West plc has started “major” cost cutting alongside up to a £9 million fundraise to meet “contractual liabilities” and pay for “significant annual expenditure” at its Hemerdon tin-tungsten mine in Devon. NEW DEBT The company aims to raise a minimum of £5m and up to £6.95m through a placing, not underwritten, of convertible loan […]

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Orcadian focuses on funding and farm-in for Pilot

Orcadian Energy plc said its main aim for 2023 was to find a partner and new investors to develop the Pilot oil field in the central North Sea. FINANCES In its unaudited results for H1 2022, the company added it planned to improve the technical and commercial definition of Pilot’s development as well as maximise […]

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Scotgold future at risk by poor gold grades and lack of funds

Lower than expected gold grades and potential lack of funds threaten Scotgold Resources Ltd’s future at Cononish mine, said the company. DECLINE OF GRADES The Australian miner has altered its plans from extracting ore via level development and cut-and-fill stoping to “cost effective and efficient extraction of ore” with long hole stoping in Q2 2023. […]