Global News

“When historians write this story 10 or 20 years from now, they are going to look at a very different U.S. Everything has changed.” That was the forecast of Philip Verleger, energy sector guru and former director of energy policy at the U.S. Treasury Department, in an article published this week. Energy Investors, Beware! Your […]

Empyrean Energy (AIM:EME), ae US onshore oil, gas and condensate exploration, development and production company, has arranged a US$5 million drawdown under Tranche B of its facility with Macquarie Bank to fund operations during 2014. The work will include the increased pace of drilling expected on the Sugarloaf AMI, an Eagle Ford Shale oil, condensate […]

In my humble opinion, I believe that investors sometimes spend so much time analyzing numbers on a page that they miss news that has the potential to make or break a company. Don’t get me wrong, I strongly suggest thorough analysis when investing, it’s just that there is a danger in burying one’s head in […]

The quiet community of Kirkland Lake is located in northern Ontario adjacent to the Quebec border, in an area where the forests are far more dense than the population and where the temperatures at this time of year average a high of -10.7° Celsius and a low of -23.4°C. It also sits strategically within what […]

BP have said that 2013 had been its most successful year for new field exploration for almost a decade. During the year, BP has participated in 15 completed wildcat exploration wells which have resulted in seven potentially commercial discoveries, giving a new field exploration success rate of over 40%. Lamar McKay, chief executive of BP’s […]

DekelOil (LSE:DKL), the operator and 51% owner of an established vertically integrated palm oil project in Côte d’Ivoire, has accepted the conversion of four Capital Loan Notes totalling EUR570,000. The Loan Notes will convert into 43,913,713 new ordinary shares of €0.00003367 each in the Company (‘New Ordinary Shares’) at a conversion price of 1.1 pence […]

Noricum Gold (LSE:NMG), an Austrian focussed gold exploration and development company, has announced significant high grade gold and silver mineralisation has been returned from the remaining holes drilled during its 2013 underground drill programme. The campaign was focussed on the previously producing underground mine target within the Company’s 100% owned Rotgulden Gold and Precious Metals...

Black Mountain Resources (AIM:BMZ) the silver focused development company with interests in the US, has said that it has secured A$3 million strategic long term debt financing with Alcyone Resources Limited (ASX:AYN) which will be utilised towards funding the development of the New Departure and Conjecture Silver Projects. Company chairman Peter Landau said, “We are […]

DekelOil (LSE:DKL), operator and 51% owner of an established, vertically integrated palm oil project in Côte d’Ivoire, has issued an update on its operations including excellent progress towards final commissioning of its 60 t/hr Crude Palm Oilextraction mill by Modipalm Engineering SDN BHD, the leading Malaysian engineering company. The mill is on course to become […]

Regular readers should have figured out by now that Fastjet (LSE:FJET) is one of my favorite stocks to watch.  I’ve been watching the ADVFN message boards for the past several weeks and have enjoyed the banter over Fastjet.  Who would believe that a company whose share price is in the 3 pence range would create so […]