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08/02/12
Allocate Software CEO says he feels "comfortable" with broker targets for FY profit
Ian Bowles, CEO of Allocate Software, tells Proactiveinvestors that with good institutional support the value proposition is very compelling with the stock at 79p. He says that while he is now looking overseas for opportunities there still remains a significant opportunity for Allocate Software in its primary business here in the UK healthcare market; with 42% of the sector already using Allocate's programming, there remains 39% of the NHS still not using ANY rostering software.
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03/02/12
Tangiers Petroleum Chairman says 2012 will be busy as it moves towards drilling
Mark Ceglinski, Tangiers Petroleum Chairman (ASX:TPT), tells Proactive Investors that with the listing in London (LON:TPET) and with the farm-out plans there will be no significant funding demand as it moves towards drilling this year. Mark says that the A$2.08 price target from Old Park Lane Capital doesn't reflect the company's full prospects and investors should watch out for further news this year.
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02/02/12
Botswana Diamonds Chairman says there's an 80% chance of diamonds in Cameroon
John Teeling, Chairman of Botswana Diamonds (LON:BOD), tells Proactive Investors that while Botswana remains the main focus of the company there are exciting developments for the business in Cameroon and Zimbabwe. John says that in his opinion there is an 80% chance of diamonds in Cameroon and that the country will be a diamond province, producing "good quality" diamonds, in a "couple of years".
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31/01/12
Nyota Minerals CEO says 2012 looks very exciting for the company
Richard Chase, CEO at Nyota Minerals (LON:NYO, ASX:NYO), tells Proactive Investors that the company is in the right place at the right time and with the expected developments this year Richard says that he is very excited about the prospects. He also talks about the share price.
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31/01/12
Globo CEO says it’s totally focused on expanding internationally
Costis Papadimitrakopoulos, CEO of Globo,(LON:GBO) tells Proactive Investors that the company is totally focussed on expanding internationally to enable it to benefit from the higher margins available. Costis says that while the market is already “massive” it is still growing and Globo is well positioned to grow with it
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30/01/12
Ocean Equities says DiamondCorp looks a good bet for 2012
Chris Welch, Analyst at Ocean Equities, tells Proactive Investors that DiamondCorp (LON:DCP) represents a good play in the diamond space and having overcome the problems in 2011, thrown at it from issues beyond its control, Chris says that CEO Paul Loudon is the right man to take the company forward in 2012.
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30/01/12
Gold fund manager says the gap between shares and bullion will start to close this year
Angelos Demaskos, manager of the Junior Gold Fund at Sector Investment Managers, says that he fully expects the price of gold to remain at least where it is and that this year the gap that has opened up between bullion and shares of gold companies will start to close. His picks in the fund are Focus Minerals (LON:FML) and Spanish Mountain Gold (TSX-V:SPA)
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27/01/12
Ncondezi Coal CEO discusses reserves, PFS, cash and infrastructure
Graham Mascall, CEO of Ncondezi Coal (LON:NCCL), tells Proactive Investors that having proved up 1.8bln tons of coal at its project in Mozambique, it is now working towards its pre-feasibility study. Graham also discusses local infrastructure and says that the $30mln cash the company has will last until at least until the end of this year, most likely to the early part of 2013.
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27/01/12
Margaret Lawson at SVM Asset Mgt says she's optimistic for equities over the next six months
Margaret Lawson, fund manager at SVM Asset Management, tells Proactive Investors that with the "significant" intervention by central banks and with company costs having been pared back she's hopeful that equities will benefit this year. The SVM UK Growth Fund is orientated towards growth with oil, technology and luxury goods at the forefront of the strategy.
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26/01/12
Killik & Co choose Providence Resources, RPC Gp and Lancashire Hldgs
Paul Kavanagh from Killik & Co tells Proactive Investors that he feels that a Greek default is priced in and there are some excellent opportunities for investors including: niche insurer Lancashire Holdings (LON:LRE), plastics company RPC Gp (LON:RPC) and Irish based oil & gas producer Providence Resources (LON:PVR).
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26/01/12
Petroceltic CEO Brian O’Cathain says he’s excited about the Kurdistan prospects
Brian O’Cathain, CEO at Petroceltic (LON:PCI), tells Proactive Investors that he’s excited about the prospects in Kurdistan. Brian also says that he hopes to do another farm-out deal in Algeria.
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25/01/12
FatProphets Head Trader says short the Aussie Dollar and go long Euro
David Thang, Head Trader at Fat Prophets, talks to Proactive investors about his favoured trades including short AUD and long EUR. David also says that after a drop in the S&P500 and FT100, he remains bullish on those two indices.
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25/01/12
CMC Markets says Bank of England QE should be properly targeted
Michael Hewson at CMC Markets talks to Proactive Investors and says that if the Bank of England DOES release more money into the UK economy through further quantitative easing, it should be better targeted at aiding growth. Michael says that the recent slide to a negative GDP number for the UK economy is proof, if proof was needed, that more needs to be done to boost businesses across the economy.
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13/01/12
Jupiter Energy CEO says 2012 will be a transformational year for the company
Geoff Gander, Chairman & CEO of Jupiter Energy (ASX:JPR LON:JPRL), , tells Proactive Investors that this year and next will be very exciting for the company. Having already drilled three wells at the project in Kazakhstan, each having produced oil, Jupiter is currently working on its fourth drill hole. Geoff also talks about the strong institutional investor base.
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13/01/12
VSA Capital says the oil and gas sector will provide investment opportunities in 2012
Malcolm Graham-Wood from VSA Capital talks to Proactive Investors and considers the investment outlook for the oil and gas sector. Malcolm looks as Gulf Keystone Petroleum (LON:GKP), Ophir Energy (LON:OPHR) and Rockhopper (LON:RKH), all of which he says are undervalued.
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13/01/12
WesternZagros CEO says WZR on the brink of a major oil discovery
Simon Hatfield, CEO at WesternZagros (TSX-V:WZR), tells Proactive Investors that there's the potential of a major oil discovery at its Kurdimir-2 project in Kurdistan. With three reservoirs in total being drilled, results will start to arrive in March this year. Simon also talks about the persistent undervaluation in shares.
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19/12/11
Silence Therapeutics CEO says he wants to move the stock back towards its high
Thomas Christély, CEO of Silence Therapeutics (LON:SLN), explains to Proactive Investors that his strategy is to deliver a sharper commercial focus for the biotech company taking the share price back to its highs reached in July 2007. Thomas says that with the three delivery systems now in place the company is ideally situated.
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16/12/11
John Piper, trader and author, says longer term FT100 has support at 1515
John Piper -- Trader (www.johnpiper.info) talks generally to Proactive Investors about the markets and the negative look to the charts. John says that, using the Elliot Wave Theory, the benchmark FTSE100 index has long-term support as low down as 1515, also the fact that major bear markets often retrace 80% or so, as has been the case for the Nikkei and Nasdaq. John also talks about gold and house prices.
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15/12/11
Mako Energy says current share price only take into account land values
Simon Owen, Exec Vice Chairman at Mako Energy (ASX:MKE) tells Proactive Investors that in Alberta Mako has "one very big and one potentially enormous play that Mako needs to develop over the next 12-18-months". In the meantime the Provost well will enable the company to break-even and provide free cash flow to supplement the need for additional capital.
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15/12/11
Avalon Rare Metals CEO says feasibility study on target for late 2012
Don Bubar, President & CEO of Avalon Rare Metals (TSX:AVL NYSE:AVL) tells Proactive Investors that while Nechalacho remains the flagship project, Avalon has other projects that represent good potential value. Don also confirms that the cash in the bank will take Avalon well through the next milestone with the feasibility study towards the back end of 2012.
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15/12/11
New World Oil & Gas CEO says Blue Creek has world class potential and stock undervalued
William Kelleher, CEO New World Oil & Gas (LON:NEW), tells Proactive Investors that while the Blue Creek news gives it world class potential, shares remain undervalued. To back this up, NEW's Corporate Finance Adviser Shore Capital issues a note giving a NAV of 28pence.
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14/12/11
Fluormin joint CEOs say they want to build a "substantial" company
Al Gourley & Mark Bolton, joint CEOs at Fluormin plc ( LON:FLOR ), tell Proactive Investors that the transformation that the company has undergone is only the start. They say that in the next 12-months they want to grow the company through acquisitions as well as "substantial organic opportunities". (Please note that the Witkop Mine is beneficially owned 26% by the Company’s African partner, African Renaissance – Mr. Gourley refers to a 100% ownership, which will be diluted following satisfaction of certain conditions precedent to an empowerment agreement.)
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14/12/11
Vatukoula Gold Mines reports a 47% rise in gold production
David Paxton, CEO at Vatukoula Gold Mines (LON:VGM), talks to Proactive Investors about the company's first quarter results including the 47% rise in gold production to 15,684 in the 3-month period. Dave also says it's his intention to continue to cut costs at the mine.
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13/12/11
Advanced Computer Software CEO Vin Murria says shares represent value compared to peers in the sector
Vin Murria, CEO at Advanced Computer Software (LON:ASW), tells Proactive Investors that on a multiple of 8 times earnings, shares represent good value to the sector which is on around 16 times. Vin also says the "huge amounts of cash" the company is generating means that when the outstanding debt is paid down next year the company will look at paying a dividend.
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12/12/11
Kincora Copper CEO says he’s very excited about the prospects for its Bronze Fox project
Igor Kovarsky, CEO of Kincora Copper (CVE:KCC), tells Proactive Investors that the prospects for the Bronze Fox project are very exciting as the company continues its drilling programme. Igor says that many of the drill holes have come up with continuous copper.
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09/12/11
EurOmax CEO says it has a “substantial inferred resource base” of 5.8Moz gold
Mark Gustafson, President & CEO of EurOmax (CVE:EOX), tells Proactive Investors that with its diversified asset base in three Southeastern European countries it has an inferred resource base of 5.8Moz of gold. Mark also talks about the interest in the various assets belonging to EurOmax.
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09/12/11
Caledonia Mining says it will maintain a low cost base for its Zimbabwe gold production
Mark Learmonth, VP Corp Development & Investor Relations at Caledonia Mining (LON:CMCL,TSX:CAL), tells Proactive Investors gold mining in Zimbabwe is a very profitable business and that the company will maintain its low cost base.
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25/11/11
Matterley Asset Mgt's Henry Dixon likes Dragon Oil, Cranswick& RPC Group
Henry Dixon from Matterley Asset Management tells Proactive Investors that with the current volatility there's a lot of trading going on in his funds. While he likes Dragon Oil (LON:DGO) for the potential returns, a drop in base costs for both Cranswick (LON:CWK) and RPC Group (LON:RPC) make them appealing. Henry also mentions Galliford Try plc (LON:GFRD), Millennium & Copthorne (LON:MLC), AstraZeneca (LON:AZN), Sainsburys (LON:SBRY), BG Group (LON:BG.), BP (LON:BP.), HSBC (LON:HSBA), Royal Dutch Shell (LON:RDSA) and RPC Group (LON:RPC)
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24/11/11
Stanley Gibbons says the full year dividend will reflect the growth potential
Keith Heddle, Group Sales & Marketing Director at Stanley Gibbons (LON:SGI), tells Proactive Investors that it has consistent growth and the diversification of the company will continue to add value. The launch in Hong Kong will help give an extra income and from there a launchpad into China.
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24/11/11
VANE Minerals CEO says it’s targeting a multi-billion dollar copper deposit
David Newton, CEO of VANE Minerals (LON:VML), tells Proactive Investors that while VANE has a revenue stream coming in from its gold and silver mining operations in Mexico, the company remains focussed on drilling in Arizona for a large copper porphyry. David says that the potential is “multi-billions of dollars”.























