04/05/12
Australian Exploration Update30/04/12
Total Voting Rights25/04/12
Mineral Resource Estimate - Replacement25/04/12
Mineral Resource Estimate16/04/12
Share Incentive Plan, Directors Dealing
25/04/12
The company said Mambare in Papua New Guinea has the potential to be one the world’s largest single nickel laterite deposits. "This resource estimate of 95 million tonnes is three times the size of our initial target for this campaign," according to project manager Ian Warden.
08/10/08
31/05/07
At today?s price of 4.38p the implied market capitalization is £7.45m. This is more than twice its value six weeks ago; the share price has been driven by a recent announcement about Red Rock?s JV with Jupiter Mines and by a visit of the chief geologist to London who demonstrated to a few institutions that the Regency story ?has legs?.
04/05/12
Regency aims to exploit flake graphite shortage27/04/12
Regency Mines: VSA Capital expects further drilling to increase Mambare resource29/03/12
Regency Mines headed for most significant milestone in company's short life14/03/12
Regency Mines rises on Australian exploration report09/03/12
Regency Mines says good grades continuing at Mambare nickel project
24/01/2012
13/01/2011
20/09/2010
13/02/2009
The Company has focussed on base metal and raw material opportunities in Australia and Asia. Our primary concentration has been on nickel, with interests in an established deposit of lateritic nickel in Papua New Guinea and in sulphidenickel exploration in Western Australia. Exploration potential also exists for gold and copper in Australia. Through investments the Company indirectly holds Australian iron ore interests, Asian coal interests and through a strategicpartnership Regency is involved in nickel treatment technology.
Scale potential
The Company looks for investments and projects with potential for significant magnitude. Mambare, the Direct Nickel treatment technology, and the investment in Oracle Coalfields plc all have the potential to develop into sizeable projects on a global scale.
Nickel laterite/geothermal – Papua New Guinea
Mambare
Known and explored since 1960s with limited shallow auger drilling; the first drill programme carried out on the deposit was by the Company in 2008.
Licence area of 245 sq km
- Pre-2011 work by Company includes pits, 4,000m drill
programme and ground penetrating radar
- 2011 ground penetrating radar and 4,000m drill programme designed to test new areas of plateau and to establish JORC Mineral Resource
- Applications in process for two large nearby areas of geothermal potential
Base metals and gold – Australia
Munglinup/Ravensthorpe, Kambalda, Halls Creek
VTEM surveys flown over key project areas to assist target generation. Follow up drill programmes under preparation.
Prospects include:
- Pyramid sulphides (NiS)
- Munglinup graphite (NiS, graphite, magnesite)
- Kambalda (Au)
- Halls Creek (Cu)
Copper and gold – Australia
Bundarra
The Bundarra project covers 260 sq km surrounding a granodiorite pluton in the Bowen Basin of central Queensland and was a former mining camp that produced copper commercially in the late 19th and early 20th century and has been worked for gold.
- VTEM flown over whole area in 2011 to identify conductors and enable structural interpretation – focus on two main areas of historic mining
- Initial targets identified in preliminary interpretation
- Full VTEM interpretation and drill plan pending
Coal – Pakistan
Thar Coal Project
Regency owns 11.02% of Oracle Coalfields plc (AIM:ORCP), the owner and developer of the Thar coal project in Sindh province east of Karachi. Oracle is completing a feasibility study on its 1.4 billion metric ton JORC Mineral Resource.
- Release of results of bankable feasibility study expected imminently
- Application submitted for mining lease in 2011
- Initial production targeted for 2013
- Memorandums of understanding with Lucky Cement and Karachi Electric Supply Company for production offtake
Andrew Bell, MA, LLB, FGS, Chairman and CEO
Andrew Bell began his career as a natural resources analyst at Morgan Grenfell & Co. in the 1970s. His business experience encompasses periods in fund management and advisory work at leading financial institutions, international corporate finance work and private equity. Andrew Bell’s listed company directorships are Red Rock Resources Plc (chairman), Greatland Gold Plc (chairman), Jupiter Mines Ltd (director), Resource Star Ltd (chairman) and Cue Resources Inc.
Edmund Bugnosen, BSc, Executive Director
Edmund Bugnosen has a BSc in Mining Engineering from Adamson University, Philippines and studied Environmental Science at the International Institute of Hydraulics and Environmental Engineering (IHE) in Holland. He has worked in both the government and private sectors of the Philippine mining industry. Since 1989 he has worked out of the UK as a consultant for governments, mining companies, NGOs and development agencies, including the UN, UNIDO, the World Bank, the EU, ILO, DFID, and the BGS. Edmund Bugnosen has also served as Senior Mining Engineer in the Department of Mines and Petroleum of Papua New Guinea and as a Technical Assistant to the Namibian Ministry of Mines and Energy. He has published and presented papers on mining laws and regulation, small-scale mining and related environmental, social and development issues.
Scott Kaintz, BS, MBA, Executive Director
Scott Kaintz has a MBA from London Business School and Columbia Business Schools. He started his career as a US Air Force Intelligence Officer and analyst working across Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia. Scott Kaintz has held operational and managerial roles in the defence industry and more recently worked in corporate finance and investment funds, focusing primarily on capital raising efforts and debt and equity investments in small-cap companies. A year ago he joined Regency as Head of Corporate Finance.
Julian Lee, MA, ACCA, Non-executive Director
Julian qualified as an accountant with Deloitte & Touche in 1996. Subsequently he worked in corporate finance and venture capital in London and New York. He has co-founded a number of companies in the mining exploration, healthcare, life sciences, med-tech and FMCG sectors and is currently CEO of Rex Exploration Ltd, an exploration company focussed on gold and coal exploration in Nigeria.
John Watkins, FCA, Non-executive Director
John Watkins is a chartered accountant and a former partner of Ernst & Young and Neville Russell. He is a director of Starvest plc, a substantial shareholder of Regency Mines plc. In addition, he is a director of Red Rock Resources plc and Greatland Gold plc. Starvest plc, Red Rock Resources plc and Greatland Gold plc are listed on AIM. He is chairman of Equity Resources plc and Rare Earths and Metals plc.
Nomad: Religare Capital Markets Ltd
Solicitor: Ronaldsons Solicitors
Broker: Simple Investments
Transfer Agent: Share Registrars Limited
Registered Office:
3/F, 55 Gower Street
London
WC1E 6HQ
Business Address:
115 Eastbourne Mews
London W2 6LQ
Telephone: +44 20 7402 4580
Fax: +44 20 7402 8738
Email: exploration@regency-mines.com
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