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Magnolia Petroleum Plc, the AIM quoted US focused oil and gas exploration and production company, announces its final results for the year ended 31 December 2013. Highlights: * 48% increase in number of wells on Magnolia’s leases in proven US onshore formations to 149 as at 31 December 2013 (2012: 101) – 140 producing and […]

I you ask me – Thank you. I’m glad you asked. – Gulf Keystone Petroleum’s (LSE:GKP) biggest problems are the pusillanimous pipsqueaks who apparently comprise too large a portion of company shareholders. It seems that, regardless of how much progress the company makes, any hint of negative news engenders a decline in the company’s share […]

“If I tell you how I would manage that [$100,000,000] now, I would no longer have a competitive edge.” – Perry Kaufman No matter what your trading results have been in the past, trading remains one of the best ways to the ultimate attainment of financial freedom. During the recent global credit crunch, many people […]

I used to live in Kansas. It is, for the most part, a very large, flat plain. I used to say that “It’s not the end of the world, but you can see it from here.” (Did I mention that I now live on the east coast of the US, just a few minutes from […]

As long as I can remember (When you are over 65 that can be a very long time. Some days, not very long at all.), the world has always watched China, at least out of the corner of one eye. We always wanted to be ready when the Sleeping Giant awakened. Well, it did awaken, […]

Paragon Diamonds has conditionally increased its interest in its Lesotho subsidiary, Meso Diamonds Ltd, from 85 per cent. to 100 per cent. by acquiring the 15 per cent. interest held by its local partner, Martin Matekane of Matekane Mining. Meso Diamonds was recently granted Mining Lease 009/2013 over the Lemphane Kimberlite Project in the Kingdom […]

Market message boards are lit up over the continued state of Gulf Keystone Petroleum’s (LSE:GKP) share price which is currently at 94.88 after having closed on Friday at 96.00. It appears poised to close at its lowest since 30 April and some investors are getting a bit restless. It’s just a wild guess, but I […]

Action targets senior Syrian officials, a Russian bank, its Chairman, and oil refineries owned by the government of Syria The U.S. Department of the Treasury today took a number of actions to increase pressure on the Syrian regime and its supporters. The Treasury Department designated Moscow-based Tempbank and Mikhail Gagloev, a senior executive of the […]

The British House of Lords has declared today that it is time to stop talking and to start fracking. The Economic Affairs committee said today that unless Britain gets cracking it is going to miss opportunities for lower energy bills and a massive opportunity for as many as 250,000 jobs, not to mention a secure […]

Positive Initial Metallurgical Results and Operations Update, Kossanto Gold Project, Mali Alecto Minerals plc (AIM:ALO), the AIM quoted mineral exploration company focussed on West and East Africa, has announced that high gold recoveries from 60% to over 90%, in both oxidised and primary sulphide bearing mineralisation, have been returned from initial cyanide bottle roll tests […]