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24/05/12
Investor Jim Mellon talks about the biotech revolution
Jim Mellon sits down with Proactiveinvestors to talk about his book “Cracking the Code” and his move, as an investor, into the biotechnology sector. He discusses his background and how he has been able to apply some of his experience as an investor in the commodity sector to biotechs. Jim also talks about some of his top picks including; Plethora (LON:PLE), Summit Corp (LON:SUMM), GlaxoSmithKline (LON:GSK), Astrazeneca (LON:AZN), Shire (LON:SHP) and Roche (SWX:ROG)
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22/05/12
SacOil CEO says he's moving the company up the "value curve"
Robin Vela, CEO of SacOil (LON:SAC JSE:SCL), tells Proactiveinvestors that having just posted a $25mln Performance Bond on the most advanced Nigerian asset, OPL 233, it enables the company to move forward. Robin says he is moving towards an "early extended well test" there. OPL 281, he says, is a much bigger play but it will rely on income from the other Nigerian asset before moving that on. Asked about the next year; Robin says that he hopes to see a move forward in SacOil's existing assets as well as acquiring a "new address", ideally, at a "new stage in the ENP cycle".
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22/05/12
Rambler Metals & Mining CEO argues the point for a tripling in share price
George Ogilvie, CEO at Rambler Metals & Mining (LON:RMM TSX-V:RAB), tells Proactiveinvestors that the increase in gold production, which is partly due to the increased speed of the rate of throughput at the mill, bodes well for the rate at which the company should be able to produce copper. Expectations are for copper production between 50-60 tons of concentrate per day and that a 5,000 ton lot of concentrate to Rambler is worth about $17mln, based on today's commodity prices. Expectations are for full copper production before the end of calendar 2012. George also talks about the strategic importance of having Chinese investors and argues for a tripling in share price.
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21/05/12
Caledonia Mining continues its "steady progress" with a strong cash position
Mark Learmonth, VP Corp Dev & Investor Relations at Caledonia Mining (LON:CMCL TSX:CAL), tells Proactiveinvestors that the company remains on its path of "steady progress". Mark says that gold production is ahead of targets and it remains the case that Caledonia continues to build its strong cash position. Mark says that Caledonia is a growth company and continues to look and evaluate the options for its cash.
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21/05/12
Chaarat Gold CEO looks to a long term stabilisation plan agreed with the govt
Dekel Golan, CEO at Chaarat Gold (LON:CGH), talks to Proactiveinvestors about the negotiations that the company is having with the Kyrgyz Republic. Chaarat Gold holds several licenses for exploration and development in the Kyrgyz Republic, the principal asset being the Chaarat Gold Project. This license area hosts a mineralised system almost 40 km long which continues at depth. The limited work already completed by the Company has already delineated over 5 Million ounces of gold. It is widely believed that this is the tip of the iceberg and that Chaarat hosts a much larger resource. Chaarat's objective is to become a low cost, large scale gold producer. This project is well underway; fully funded for the first gold pour due in 2013.
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21/05/12
The Real Good Food Company CEO says it continues to invest for expansion
Pieter Totté, CEO of The Real Good Food Company (LON:RGD), tells Proactiveinvestors that the brand emphasis continues as the company enlarges its operations to five groups. Pieter also explains about the relationship the company has with Omnicane, the Mauritius business that now has a 14% stake and how it opens the door for RGD into the ACP (African, Carribbean, Pacific) group of nations.
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17/05/12
Fox-Davies Capital analyst talks about the business of oil in Morocco
Zac Phillips Oil & Gas Analyst at Fox-Davies Capital tells Proactiveinvestors that companies like San Leon (LON:SLE) are coming on board in the Moroccan oil business and reigniting the interest in the area and testing some of the new concepts. Zac also talks about Kosmos (US:KOS), Pura Vida (ASX:PVD), Tangiers (LON:TPET ASX:TPT), Longreach Oil & Gas (CVE:LOI), Cove Energy (LON:COV)
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17/05/12
Castle Peak Mining CEO says 2013 will see the definition of the “anchor projects”
Darren Lindsay, CEO at Castle Peak Mining (TSX-V:CAP), tells Proactiveinvestors that the full evaluation of the land package that the company has in Ghana will be made this year along with undertaking initial follow up drilling on key target areas identified in 2011 with a goal to identify the potential anchor targets to pursue early in 2013.Darren talks about the big potential and the success that the neighbouring properties have in gold production.
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17/05/12
Lonrho CEO says 2012 is all about delivering strong growth across the business
Geoffrey White, CEO of Lonrho (LON:LONR), tells Proactiveinvestors that the speed that Africa is growing means that the recent growth numbers that Lonrho has produced can be sustained. Geoffrey says that having completed the investment and building phase through to the end of 2011, 2012 is all about delivering strong growth on all its platforms
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16/05/12
Optiva Securities analyses opportunities in the gold sector
Jason Robertson, Chief Analyst and Broker at Optiva Securities, tells Proactiveinvestors that there are a number of opportunities amongst small-cap gold stocks. Jason Looks at Goldstone (LON:GRL), Connemara Mining (LON:CON), Stellar Resources (LON:STG) ) and Cluff Natural Resources, a stock that is due to list later in May.
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16/05/12
Madagascar Oil CEO says potential is “vast” with a 1.7 billion barrel resource
Laurie Hunter, CEO at Madagascar Oil (LON:MOIL), tells Proactiveinvestors about the vast potential for the company . He says that the assessment of 1.7bln barrels of resource is just for the heavy oil that the company will produce. Laurie also talks about the “very public” difference with the government, but explains that these issues are now behind the company. He also discusses his preference for more retail investors.
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16/05/12
Forbidden Technologies CEO says its target market is worth “billions” of dollars
Stephen Streater, CEO at Forbidden Technologies (LON:FBT), tells Proactiveinvestors about the strategy and the recently signed deals with Google & YouTube for its video editing cloud based software. He says the billions of dollars that the market is worth is there for the taking and he expects to get the “lion share” of it. Stephen also talks about the low valuation of the company.
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11/05/12
Summit Corp enters an “intense period of development”
Glyn Edwards, CEO of Summit Corp (LON:SUMM), explains to Proactiveinvestors how Summit is able to mitigate the risk presented to investors through its programme of 3 treatment areas. In an intense period of development activity; look for data from the Phase 1 trials for the treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy by year end, C.Difficile trials should start moving into the clinic, producing data in H1 next year, and the Alzheimer’s programme should show data by year end. Glyn says at that point the commercial milestones should come.
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04/05/12
dotDigital CEO says partner relationships represent huge opportunities
Peter Simmonds, CEO of dotDigital (LON:DOTD), tells Proactiveinvestors that the future is all about growth potential and establishing new partner relations like its recent agreement with eBay. Peter also talks about the debate the board has between using some of the cash being generated from the company operations for dividend payments and using it for growth opportunities.
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03/05/12
Elemental Minerals CEO says there is "great potential" with its potash development
Iain Macpherson, CEO of Elemental Minerals (ASX:ELM TSX:ELM), tells Proactiveinvestors that there’s a distinct “window of opportunity to enter into the potash space” and it is very focussed on delivery into the opportunity that exists. Iain also talks about the potential for development and says that the company has just looked at 60sq km out of a “potential 1,400sq km” of high grade shallow potash
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30/04/12
Pura Vida targets a billion barrels offshore Morocco
Damon Neaves, MD of Pura Vida Energy (ASX:PVD), tells Proactiveinvestors that with the programme in place for this year there is a compelling investment case at the current share price. Damon talks as well about the strong management team at Pura Vida which combines both technical experience as well as having a deep knowledge of acquisitions in the oil and gas sector, something that Damon fully expects to be able to utilise.
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27/04/12
Xcite CEO delivers upbeat message on the development of the Bentley field
Richard Smith, CEO of Xcite Energy (LON:XEL, TSX-V:XEL), explains in some more detail to Proactiveinvestors about the most recent release updating shareholders on the forward development of the Bentley field. Richard also highlights the options that he says are available on the issue of funding.
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25/04/12
VSA Capital’s Graham-Wood talks about the Shell deal to buy Cove
Malcolm Graham-Wood, from VSA Capital, tells Proactiveinvestors that the all cash offer from Royal Dutch Shell (LON:RDSA LON:RDSB) to buy Cove Energy (LON:COV) is likely to stick, with the big question now being where all that cash will go? Malcolm says it’s very likely that it will remain in the oil sector and he thinks that Ophir Energy (LON:OPHR) and Afren (LON:AFR) could be amongst the most likely recipients. Malcolm also talks about the price of oil.
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25/04/12
Sefton Resources says it’s turning created value into profits
Jim Ellerton Chairman and Founder of Sefton Resources (LON:SER), tells Proactiveinvestors that the priority is to bring about shareholder value from its assets in California and Kansas. Jim also talks about the costs involved and how he wants to approach the process of raising money.
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25/04/12
Jubilee Platinum CEO says its focussed on cashflow to drive operations
Leon Coetzer, CEO of Jubilee Platinum (LON:JLP JSE:JBL), tells Proactiveinvestors that JLP is focussed on driving growth through cashflow rather than being reliant on capital investment through equity. Leon also talks about the processes involved in producing Jubilee’s ferroalloy from which platinum is extracted and how this will enable shareholders to benefit from the company’s early positioning ahead of the rejuvenation of the sector.
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24/04/12
Caza Oil & Gas CEO says he wants to “aggressively” grow reserves
Mike Ford, CEO of Caza Oil & Gas (LON:CAZA TSX:CAZ) tells Proactiveinvestors that the Caza strategy is to create shareholder value through “aggressively” growing reserves. Mike talks about the dry well disappointment that Caza had in 2011, but that Caza learned a lot and subsequently took that and translated it into two exciting prospects that the company now has in south east Louisiana. Mike talks about the drop in share price and what the company is doing fundamentally to improve the shareholder position.
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24/04/12
Rathdowney Resources CEO says shares in the company are "cheap"
John Barry, CEO of Rathdowney Resources (TSX-V:RTH), tells Proactiveinvestors that the company is in the process of converting and verifying its flagship assets in Poland which have major deposits of zinc. John says that with the muscle of its 18% shareholder Hunter Dickinson behind it Rathdowney has all the benefits of that relationship while also having the flexibility of being a junior. John also talks about the interest of the Chinese strategic investor
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23/04/12
Ariana Resources CEO says its share price doesn't reflect full value
Kerim Sener, CEO of Ariana Resources (LON:AAU), talks to Proactiveinvestors about the opportunities in Turkey and the importance of the underrated Tavsan asset. Kerim says that the share price doesn't reflect Tavsan at all, just the higher profile asset at Kiziltepe.
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20/04/12
Dart Energy CCO talks about a “fantastic opportunity”
Eytan Uliel, CCO at Dart Energy (ASX:DTE), tells Proactiveinvestors that there is a “fantastic opportunity in the unconventional gas business” and that the company has identified a number of projects that can be fast-tracked. Eytan also talks about the opportunities that Dart has around the world including its most advanced asset which is based in Scotland.
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20/04/12
Caspian Energy CEO says it has a world class asset
William Ramsay, CEO of Caspian Energy (TSX:CEK), says he’s very excited about the potential for a 200-million barrel asset. Drilling will take place in Q4 this year to verify the enormous potential that’s available to the company. William also talks about the mismatch in the share price and the asset base
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20/04/12
Digital Learning Marketplace CEO says there's tremendous potential for e-learning
Andy Hasoon, CEO of Digital Learning Marketplace (LON:DLM), talks to Proactiveinvestors about the opportunities for the company and the potential given the move that corporates are making from office based learning to training staff over the Internet.
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19/04/12
Vatukoula Gold Mines CEO says production targets remain on track
David Paxton, CEO of Vatukoula Gold Mines (LON:VGM), tells Proactiveinvestors that he continues to work towards sustainable production of 100,000oz a year. David says he’s very disappointed with the share price and while the recent severe rainfall has not interrupted production too much, the rains have contributed to the drop in shares.
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19/04/12
Dragon Oil CEO says it’s going for growth
Dr Abdul-Jaleel Al Khalifa, CEO of Dragon Oil (LON:DGO), tells Proactiveinvestors that having produced record results, seen a sharp rise in production and with a 100,000 bopd target, the company is now looking at growth. To this end Jaleel talks about Dragon Oil’s recent membership of the Bargou joint venture off the coast of Tunisia.
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19/04/12
Tethys Petroleum CEO looks towards a “substantial increase” in profitability
Dr David Robson, CEO of Tethys Petroleum (TSE:TPL LON:TPL), tells Proactiveinvestors that with the increase of Tethys’ shareholding to 85% in an asset covering an area “the size of Switzerland” in Tajikistan and the opening of a new oil rail-loading terminal in Kazakhstan with handling capacity of up to 12,000 bopd, investors can look forward to a “very exciting” latter half to the year.
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11/04/12
Mandalay Resources CEO says it aims to be debt free by year end
Brad Mills, CEO of Mandalay Resources (TSX:MND) tells Proactiveinvestors that the company will continue with the current strategy of self funded organic growth, something he says is not typical of a junior miner where there is rapidly expanding production to get cash to buy assets to raise production and continue the cycle. Brad also talks about the cash generation and the aim to be debt free by year end. If the company is in the situation of not being able to find an internal use for the cash, Brad talks of the possibility for a return to shareholders.
