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Solomon Gold was listed on the London Stock Exchange (AIM code : SOLG) on 10 February 2006.

Solomon Gold is headed up by experienced and committed mining industry professionals with demonstratable track records of mineral discovery and providing valuable shareholder return. The Board of Directors include accomplished professionals with experience in exploration, mine development, investment, finance and law. The Board and Management have significant vested interests in the Company, holding approximately 17.5% of its issued share capital. The Company currently has 284,623,489 shares in issue.

 

Solomon Gold has Exploration tenements in Queensland, Australia and the Solomon Islands. 

 

Website:
http://www.solomongold.com/
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Address:
7 Pilgrim Street , London EC4V 6LB.
Super Sector:
General Mining - Gold
Sector:
Mining
Industry:
Gold Mining
EPIC / Symbols:
LON:SOLG

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  • Solomon Gold shares soar on Rannes resource upgrade

    30/11/11

    Solomon Gold shares soar on Rannes resource upgrade

    The gold explorer’s shares soared as much as 50 per cent today after it unveiled a 20 per cent upgrade to the Rannes project’s inferred gold resource. It now stands at 812,000 ounces and drilling continues as Solomon works towards a 2 million ounce target.

     

  • Solomon Gold's Rannes project could transform it from explorer to miner - Fairfax

    28/02/11

    Solomon Gold's Rannes project could transform it from explorer to miner - Fairfax

    The junior gold company doubled its gold resource at the Rannes project in Queensland. Fairfax Securities’ respected mining analyst John Meyer reckons the project could transform the company from ‘an explorer to a miner in relatively short order’. Solomon is aiming for a 2 million ounce resource at Rannes, it is now a fifth of the way there.

     

  • Solomon Gold progress report on Australian drilling and Fauro licence news boost share price

    02/12/10

    Solomon Gold progress report on Australian drilling and Fauro licence news boost share price

    Shares in Solomon Gold (LON:SOLG) rose more than 6 per cent in morning trade as the group delivered an upbeat drilling update. Today’s announcement focused primarily on the company’s Australian assets and specifically progress at the Rannes and Mount Perry projects in Queensland. However there was also news on Fauro East in the Solomons.


     

  • Solomon Gold to accelerate Fauro project with new £15.1m funding

    22/10/10

    Solomon Gold to accelerate Fauro project with new £15.1m funding

    Headline grabbing sampling results and the dramatic share price of late have put Solomon Gold on the map, and it has taken advantage of the growing investor interest, raising £15.1 million from institutional investors. The new funds will be used to accelerate exploration at Fauro.

  • Solomon Gold soars on surface gold news at Rannes project

    18/10/10

    Solomon Gold soars on surface gold news at Rannes project

    Shares in the group soared on news it identified wide near surface gold intersections at the Rannes gold and silver project in Queensland, Australia. It has restarted drilling operations at Rannes after unseasonal rains had halted operations.

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Current Statement

 

SOLOMON GOLD, the copper and gold specialist with exploration tenements in Australia and Solomon Islands.

 

Solomon Gold was listed on the London Stock Exchange (AIM code : SOLG) on 10 February 2006.

Solomon Gold is headed up by experienced and committed mining industry professionals with demonstratable track records of mineral discovery and providing valuable shareholder return.

 

Solomon Gold carries a diverse portfolio of higher risk high reward exploration projects in Solomon Islands and lower risk projects which are more advanced towards resource definition in Queensland, where exploration costs are approximately one third of that in Melanesia.  Solomon Gold's projects include Guadalcanal and Fauro (Solomon Islands) and Rannes and Mt Perry (Queensland, Australia).

 

Solomon Gold’s Board includes accomplished professionals with strong track records in the areas of exploration, mine development, investment, finance and law.  Board and Management have significant vested interests in the Company, holding approximately 17.5% of its issued share capital. The Company currently has 284,623,489 shares on issue. Solomon Gold is based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

 

 

SOLOMON GOLD'S EXPLORATION TENEMENTS IN SOLOMON ISLANDS AND AUSTRALIA.

Mt Perry
Porphyry and Vein Gold
100% Owned
Rannes Carlin Style Gold 100% Owned
Fauro Epithermal Gold 100% Owned
Guadalcanal Porphyry Copper Gold JV with Newmont

 

 

Current Operations
The “Pacific Rim of Fire” is noted for its discoveries of giant porphyry copper/gold ore bodies containing in excess of 40 million ounces of gold equivalent as gold and copper. These ore bodies include Grasberg in Irian Jaya, Ok Tedi and Frieda River on the PNG mainland, and Panguna on Bougainville . Solomon Gold directors believe the Guadalcanal geology indicates the project area could host ore bodies of similar magnitude. Independently, The South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) in 2001 concluded, in a review of the region, that “Solomon Islands was (is) perhaps the most prospective of the Pacific island nations for minerals after Papua New Guinea ” .



The Mt Perry Goldfield, located in South East Queensland, a four-hour drive from Brisbane, is host to more than 60 named (and numerous other unnamed) historic mines and workings.  The area lies adjacent to Lihir Gold’s 100kozpa Mt Rawdon Gold Mine on the intersection of two major geological fault structures; the Mt Perry and Darling Lineaments.  Several high grade vein style and lower grade high tonnage porphyry style gold targets have already been identified by mapping sampling, geophysics and exploration drilling.



The Rannes Project, part of the Company’s 100% owned Central Minerals Pty Ltd., is located in Queensland, Australia. The project comprises a series of prospects; Crunchie, Homestead, Kauffmans, Cracklin Rosie and Porcupine Pie.

At the Rannes Project, mineralisation similar in texture and chemistry, as well as structural settings to that on the Carlin trend has been identified and substantiated with drilling. Solomon Gold acquired Central in February 2010 and in doing so consolidated a 200km length of exploration ground prospective for Carlin style gold mineralisation. The zone lies on the eastern faulted edge of the coal rich Bowen Basin, in an environment favourable for the introduction of mineral bearing granitic intrusions and related volcanic centres.



At the Mbetilonga Project significant copper and gold rock chip samples have been collected from the Kolokepi and Ngalimane Areas, within the eastern Mbetilonga Project and these results include up to 40.7% copper, 159g/t gold 1,190g/t silver and 2,510ppm Molybdenum. Mineralisation and alteration observed in the Kolokepi and Ngalimane prospect areas indicate possible intermediate sulphidation vein, high sulphidation and skarn mineralisation targets. Porphyry copper-gold mineralisation is also possible and targeted. During January 2011, Newmont commenced drilling at the Vuanimaho Prospect. Diamond drill hole MBT001 returned elevated gold and anomalous copper values to 0.51%.

The Work Program for the 2012 field season on the Guadalcanal tenements has not been finalised, but it has been indicated that work will be focussed on drill testing the porphyry / epithermal targets at Mbetilonga, and porphyry / skarn targets at Sutakiki as they become drill ready. Field work will also be conducted to advance the Kuma Projects and a prospectivity assessment of the Central Guadalcanal Project will be made by reconnaissance BLEG sampling. In addition, interpretation of the Chikora / Levisivisi data will be finalised and a field mapping program may be undertaken at the Mbina Prospect.




The 100% owned Prospecting Licence on Fauro Island Project (“Fauro Project”) was granted on 20 November 2009 
for a period of three years and covers 70km2 (granted) of mineralised volcanic rim on the western side and a further 67km2 (licence extension application) on the eastern side, over Piru and Masamasa Islands. The Fauro Project area covers the remnant rims of a volcano which gave off silica and gold rich mineral fluids as the volcano waned. These fluids soaked into porous and absorbent volcanic rubble known as breccias and agglomerates and precipitated gold and sulphide minerals. Copper and molybdenum sulphide mineralisation are evident in porphyry bodies in the core of the volcanic complex. Alluvial gold is known to be common in the streams draining the Fauro prospects on the western side of the volcanic rim. 

Managment

Cameron Wenck - Non-Executive Chairman

Cameron Wenck is a financial adviser and company director with over 18 years' experience in the financial services industry. Earlier in his career Cameron worked for the London stockbrokers Scrimgeour Vickers and chartered accountants PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Cameron has a Bachelor of Commerce, a Diploma of Financial Planning, is a Fellow of the Australian Society of Accountants and is a Certified Financial Planner.

Mr Wenck is a member of the Company’s Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee. He is also the Chair of the Remuneration Committee.

 

 

Nicholas Mather - Executive Director

Nicholas Mather graduated in 1979 from the University of Queensland with a B.Sc. (Hons, Geology). He has 25 years' experience in exploration and resource company management in a variety of countries. His career has taken him to numerous countries exploring for precious and base metals and fossil fuels. Nicholas Mather has focused his attention on the identification of and investment in large resource exploration projects.

He was managing director of BeMaX Resources NL (an ASX-listed company) from 1997 until 2000 and instrumental in the discovery of the world class Ginkgo mineral sand deposit in the Murray Basin in 1998.

As an executive director of Arrow Energy NL (also ASX-listed) until his resignation in 2004, Nicholas Mather drove the acquisition and business development of Arrow's large Surat Basin Coal Bed Methane project in south-east Queensland. He was managing director of Auralia Resources NL, a junior gold explorer, before its USD23 million merger with Ross Mining NL in 1995. He was a non-executive director of Ballarat Goldfields NL until 2004, having assisted that company in its recapitalisation and requotation on the ASX in 2003. He was also founder and Chairman of TSX-V listed Waratah Coal Inc until its $130m takeover by Minerology Pty Ltd in December 2008.

Nicholas Mather is Chief Executive of ASX-listed D'Aguilar Gold Limited and is a non-executive director of ASX-listed Bow Energy Limited.

Mr Mather is a member of the Company’s Health, Safety, Environment and Community Committee.

 

 

Malcolm Norris - Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director

Malcolm Norris is a senior mining industry professional with extensive experience in mineral exploration, the development of new business opportunities, and asset transactions.

Previous roles have covered a wide range of commodities, geographic locations, and the management of global portfolios of projects – in both large and small organizations.

Malcolm recently led the team which discovered the Tujuh Bukit copper-gold porphyry project for ASX listed Intrepid Mines Ltd (2006 – 2011). 

Prior to joining Intrepid (which evolved from the merger of Intrepid Mines and Emperor Mines), Malcolm held the position of General Manager – Exploration and Business Development at Indophil Resources, and prior to that held senior positions with WMC Resources including, among others, the roles of Group Manager – Exploration (2003 – 2005), General Manager – Global Exploration Manager – Gold (2001 – 2002) and several years as Country Manager for WMC Resources in the Philippines.

Mr Norris’ impressive previous exploration and management experience, together with the Tujuh Bukit discovery, provides Solomon Gold with a particularly relevant and significant set of skills and experience to take the Company forward.  As the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, his appointment aligns with the Company’s strong commitment to the discovery and development of high value gold and copper-gold deposits.

 

Brian Moller - Non-Executive Director

Brian Moller is a corporate partner in the Brisbane-based law firm Hopgood Ganim Lawyers, the Australian solicitors to the Company. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1981 and has been a partner at Hopgood Ganim since 1983. He practices almost exclusively in the corporate area with an emphasis on capital raising, mergers and acquisitions.

Brian Moller holds an LLB Hons from the University of Queensland and is a member of the Australian Mining and Petroleum Law Association.

Brian Moller acts for many publicly-listed resource and industrial companies and brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the board, particularly in the corporate regulatory

and governance areas. He is a non-executive director of D'Aguilar Gold Ltd and Platina Resources Ltd, both ASX-listed companies. Mr Moller is also a non-executive director of TSX-V listed WCB Capital Ltd.

Mr Moller is a member of the Company’s Remuneration Committee and is the Chair of the Audit Committee and the Health, Safety, Environment and Community Committee. 

 

John Bovard - Non-Executive Director

John Bovard is an extremely knowledgeable civil engineer with over 40 years experience in mining, heavy construction, project development and corporate management throughout Australia. His career to date has included roles as CEO of public companies and both Executive and Non‐Executive Directorships. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering, is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

As well as holding the position of Non-Executive Director on the Board of Solomon Gold Plc, John is also the Non‐Executive Chairman of the ASX‐listed Mt Isa Metals Limited and a Non‐Executive Director of Australian Solomons Gold Ltd.

Roles held by John over the past five years include interim CEO of Australian Solomons Gold Ltd, Non‐Executive Chairman of Axiom Mining Ltd and CEO of (TSX listed) Asia Pacific Resources Ltd; developing a large potash resource in Thailand. Other Directorships have included Danae Resources NL (Managing Director) and Greenwich Resources Plc, both through to early 2006.

John was also Project Manager for the $A800 million Western Mining Corporation (WMC), Phosphate Hill Fertiliser Project, located south of Mount Isa in Queensland, Australia. Other project experience includes managing the construction of the Porgera Mine in Papua New Guinea, the Super Pit expansion at Kalgoorlie and the development of the Bronzewing Gold Mine in Western Australia. John also held the role General Manager of the giant OK Tedi porphyry Copper Gold Mine.

John's corporate profile, together with his extensive experience in south west Pacific mining operations and construction is considered to be of great value to Solomon Gold Plc.

 

Dr Robert Weinberg - Non-Executive Director

Dr Robert Weinberg gained his doctorate in geology from Oxford University in 1973. He has more than 30 years experience of the international mining industry and is an independent mining research analyst and consultant.

Prior to his current activities Robert was Managing Director, Institutional Investment at the World Gold Council, and a Director of Gold Bullion Securities. Previously he was a Director of the investment banking division at Deutsche Bank in London after having been head of the global mining research team at SG Warburg Securities.

Robert has also held senior positions within Société Générale and was head of the mining team at James Capel & Co. He was formerly marketing manager of the gold and uranium division of Anglo American Corporation of South Africa Ltd.

Dr Weinberg is also a non-executive Director of Medusa Mining Ltd and of Kasbah Resources Ltd.  He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of London and also a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.

Dr Weinberg is a member of the Company’s Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee and Health, Safety, Environment and Community Committee.

Corporate Information

 

COMPANY SECRETARY

Karl Schlobohm 

REGISTERED OFFICE 

7 Pilgrim Street 

London EC4V 6LB

United Kingdom

 

AUSTRALIAN OFFICE

Solomon Gold plc

Level 5

60 Edward Street 

Brisbane   QLD   4000

Phone: + 61 7 3303 0660

Fax: +61 7 3303 0681

Email: info@solomongold.com

Web Site: www.solomongold.com

 

AUDITORS

PKF (UK) LLP

Farringdon Place 

20 Farringdon Road 

London EC1M 3AP

 

NOMINATED ADVISOR

RFC Corporate Finance Ltd

Level 14, 19-31 Pitt Street

Sydney, NSW 2000

Australia

 

BROKER

Fairfax I.S Plc

46 Berkeley Square

Mayfair, London 

UK WIJ5AT

 

BANKERS

Macquarie Bank Ltd

Brisbane Branch

300 Queen Street 

Brisbane, Queensland 4000

Australia

 

SOLICITORS

Faegre & Benson LLP

7 Pilgrim Street 

London EC4V 6LB

United Kingdom

 

AUSTRALIAN SOLICITORS

Hopgood Ganim

Level 8, Waterfront Place

1 Eagle Street 

Brisbane   QLD   4000

 

SECURITY REGISTRAR

Computershare Investor Services plc

The Pavilions

Bridgwater Road 

Bristol BS99 7NH

 

Contact Information

 

Registered Office

7 Pilgrim Street 

London EC4V 6LB 

United Kingdom 

Registered Number 5449516

 

 

 

Corporate Office

Level 2, 169 Mary Street

Brisbane

Queensland 4000

Australia

Ph: +61 7 3303 0660

Fax: +61 7 3303 0681 

Email: info@solomongold.com

 

 

Operations Address:

 

Australia

Resource Management (A.R.M.) Pty Ltd

PO Box 611

Gympie

Queensland, Australia

Ph: +61 (7) 5483 6199

 

Solomon Islands

Australian Resource Management (A.R.M.) Pty Ltd

PO Box 1458

Honiara

Solomon Island

Ph/Fax: +677 21995

 

Major Shareholders

For investor information click here

 

Updated from Solomon Gold website 02.05.2012

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