Northland Capital says Stellar Diamonds' £2 million placing highlights investor confidence in the company's remaining programmes.
Stellar Diamonds plc is a London listed (AIM:STEL) diamond exploration and development company that is focused on the West African countries of Sierra Leone and Guinea. Stellar has an advanced portfolio of high grade kimberlites that are currently subject to resource definition thorugh drilling, bulk sampling and trial mining. Initial resource statements are expected in early 2011 from Tongo and Droujba. In addition, Stellar has also mined and sold over 125,000 carats of diamonds from two alluvial operations in Guinea.
03/05/12
Northland Capital says Stellar Diamonds' £2 million placing highlights investor confidence in the company's remaining programmes.
12/04/12
Sierra Leone's Ministry of Mines claims the company's two licences in the Kono district should not have been renewed. Stellar disputes this and is seeking clarification.
22/02/12
Stellar Diamonds this morning delivered what it described as “encouraging” results from the first phase of its bulk sampling programme at the Droujba kimberlite pipe in Guinea. The initial grade has been calculated at 60 carats per hundred tonnes, which includes stones at 13.8 carats, 6.06 carats, 3.75 carats and 2.9 carats.
19/01/12
Chief executive Karl Smithson described the bulk sampling results as excellent. The company also confirmed the project is on track for a maiden resource statement by the end of this quarter.
23/11/11
Recent falls in the average price of diamonds in the UK should not deter investors in Stellar Diamonds and Petra Diamonds says broker Northland Capital.
17/10/11
House broker Northland Capital Partners noted that the firm has substantial resources to progress its two key projects this year, and that these have “not been reflected in the valuation which is discounting little or no success”
16/08/11
Stellar Diamonds (LON:STEL) received the thumbs up from brokers as they welcomed news from the diamond miner that it has begun resource drilling at its high-grade Tongo kimberlite project in eastern Sierra Leone. Analysts reckon the well-funded company should be in a position to move two of its key projects towards JORC status in the first quarter of 2012 and rate its shares a ‘buy’.
23/06/11
Stellar Diamonds’ £6.2 million cash call three months ago was a turning point for the company but one the market appears to have to have missed. The placing at 8 pence a share brought in a new cornerstone investor in Blackrock, and signalled the start of a very exciting phase of development for the group.
17/06/11
Daniel Stewart & Company (DS&C) has initiated coverage of Stellar Diamonds (LON:STEL) with a “buy” rating and a 15 pence target price, calling its projects “robustly profitable”.
10/03/11
In its ‘Morning Report’, the UK broker said the successful completion of this financing provides Stellar with the means to fast track its highly promising kimberlite assets. The cash also provides some much needed breathing space for working capital which should see the company through at least 12 months of exploration and development.
04/03/11
The AIM-listed diamond company emphasised that it is focused on exploring the Tongo and Droujba kimberlites in this morning's interims. Stellar plans to raise more money to unlock the potential within these projects, while diamond prices continue to rise. Northland Capital’s Andy Hanson reckons that Stellar will look to build on the success it has already had at these ‘fast-track’ projects.
15/02/11
Shares in Stellar rose 4 percent in response to initial diamond grades from bulk sampling at the group's Tongo kimberlite project in Sierra Leone. Broker Northland Capital believes that it Tongo results continue to deliver along these lines the project could herald very attractive economics.
16/08/10
The group is a highly ambitious newcomer whose goal is to also pursue regional consolidation opportunities and emerge as the leading integrated diamond miner in West Africa.
25/06/10
Stellar stated that its immediate focus is to increase production and revenue from two existing mines, which will provide a strong financial platform to deliver growth through development of its other key projects
24/05/10
Stellar Diamonds (AIM: STEL) told investors that it has now signed the share purchase agreement with Petra Diamonds Ltd (AIM: PDL).