John Cornford

Are these companies the safest way to play the mining sector?

Are these companies the safest way to play the mining sector?

10 mins. to read

Mine Streamers: scooping off the cream – or has it gone sour? Last month I promised I would discuss streaming companies (and their siblings, royalty buyers). The genre is little known in the UK and only commenced in 2004 in Canada, with a large investment sector built up since then still concentrated there, and to a…

A miner worth buying (at last)?

A miner worth buying (at last)?

5 mins. to read

Armenian gold hopeful Lydian International (TSX:LYD), listed on TSX but having for some time promoted itself to UK investors via its Jersey registration (and ProActive Investors), is of interest for the funding package it has just announced for its Amulsar project, due to start construction in 2016. Any gold miner able to secure 100% funding…

Coal to power (continued) – ranking project companies

Coal to power (continued) – ranking project companies

7 mins. to read

As I mentioned in the November magazine, with the outlook for other mining commodities cloudy and funding for their projects problematic (Paragon Diamonds is in trouble because finding funds has been more difficult than it thought – interested investors will find more up-to-date information on the BBs than we can provide here) it seems sensible…