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Eastern Platinumis Canada's leading platinum group metals producer. Eastplats is currently engaged in the acquisition, development and mining of platinum group metal deposits in South Africa. Eastplats, South Africa's sixth largest platinum group metals producer has assets on both the western and eastern limbs of the Bushveld Complex which holds 80% of the world’s platinum supply.
Articles
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16/05/2007
Is Eastern Platinum a Second Aquarius in the making?
On the other hand, Barplats came with a producing mine, truckloads of resource ounces and approximately $650m of existing infrastructure including expensive shafts and a DMS plant. Perhaps best of all, at a stroke Eastplats acquired a hugely experienced team of mining men. No wonder Rozier calls it a ?steal?.
News
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18/04/11
Eastern Platinum reports Q1 production decline at Crocodile River mine -
14/01/10
Eastern Platinum achieves record production from Crocodile River mine in Q4, eyes further increases in 2010 -
12/01/10
Eastern Platinum responds to rising platinum price with recommencement of Crocette development -
12/12/08
Eastplats raises stake in Barplats -
07/11/08
Eastplats to reschedule new projects to soften impact of PGM price drop
Recent Sector News
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Eurasia Mining’s Schaffalitzky upbeat on prospects for platinum project
Patient investors kicked in £468,500 via a placing yesterday to fund ongoing exploration in the Urals, where it is planning to establish an alluvial platinum mining operation. We spoke to chief executive Christian Schaffalitzky about the group’s ongoing licence talks with the Russian authorities and its exciting, but somewhat overlooked, potential.
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Lonmin: analysts cautious after disappointing Q3 production
Problems, including strike action, at Lonmin’s operations in South Africa caused the company to come in with lower-than-expected production for its third quarter. Analysts at J.P. Morgan have downgraded earnings estimates for the firm, while Goldman Sachs is reviewing its figures
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Eurasia Mining extends exploration license for West Kytlim platinum project until Dec 2012
Eurasia Mining (LON:EUA) was successful in its bid to extend the exploration license at West Kytlim, allowing it to fully explore further platinum discoveries made in the area.
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Future bright for Platinum and Palladium?
With the introduction of new exchange traded funds for platinum and palladium in the US and Europe more recently, a lot of attention has been turning to the Platinum Group Metals
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Aquarius Platinum: if you can swallow the risk the upside seems to be on offer
Aquarius is the fourth largest (455,675 ounces mined in year to June 2009) and the lowest-cost platinum producer in the world (cash cost per PGM ounce mined $644). -
Sylvania Resources has seized the opportunity provided by the current market downturn
To say Sylvania Resources has seized the opportunity provided by the current market downturn to implement its aggressive corporate growth strategy is an understatement. -
Sylvania Resources continues to benefit from unique and simple business plan
Corporate activity is abundant at the junior end of the South African platinum sector, with Sylvania Resources right in the thick of it. -
Platinum, palladium, rhodium and nickel prices continue to undermine PGM miners
Measured on current pricing, and using global mining portfolio flows over many months as a guide, there is no distinct subsector more unwanted or unloved than platinum -
Re-jigged finances administer the kiss of life to Platmin
Platmin’s Pilanesberg project is now all systems go after Brian Gilbertson’s $175m cash injection, which emphatically secures Platmin’s future, but transforms the company in the process. -
Platinum card, sir? We only take gold cards here…
With paper gold threatening to overtake platinum in worth and physical gold fetching considerably more per ounce, just what is platinum’s future? -
Eurasia Mining makes understated progress
2008?s workload at Volchetundra is focused on drilling at both Ol?che and Yukspor, and exploratory drilling in between to establish whether there is continuity of mineralisation along strike between the two target areas. -
Platmin's labour pains begin!
Every project has a gestation phase, but it?s almost over at Pilanesburg. The nursery is painted and the midwife is checking the whereabouts of the clean towels? -
Is Platmin South Africas next independent PGM producer?
Platmin claims that it will be South Africa?s next independent PGM producer. It is well placed to be the next producer ? but will it manage to stay independent? -
Is Jubilee Platinum a Potential Mining Giant?
?Potential mining giant? trumpets the Jubilee Platinum thread header on a well-known financial bulletin board. Myth, hype or reality?
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Eurasia Mining: Revisited
Exploration funding to the tune of $10 million is being provided by AmPlats as part of their 50% joint venture earn-in, and is deemed to be enough to cover all work until at least the end of 2008. 80% of the projects are held in the joint venture company ? Urals Alluvial Platinum - and the remaining 20% is owned directly by Eurasia, giving them a 60% interest overall in a portfolio with high potential.
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