VENTANA GOLD
GOLD
Analyst Nicholas Campbell has been one of the hottest
of the gold analysts out there, picking some of the best
stories in the sector such as Colossus Minerals, Keegan
Resources and Ventana Gold, but today Ventana has a bit
of an owie. Today Campbell suspends coverage on the
stock and his price expectations because the original ven-
dors of the property apparently want to get it back...or get
a better deal.
Campbell writes, “This is a Thanksgiving turkey no one
was hoping for.” All payments have been made by Ven-
tana, but you know how greed can get into this and the
vendors suggests, “The agreement doesn’t comply with
Colombian law.” It is pointed out in an announcement
that an arbitration panel might take a year to come up with
some sort of resolution...ugly!
That would be a long time to wait and things can go
wrong, so we take some profits on what had been one of
the best gold stories of the day, until this hiccup hit us all.
But I must point out that I see an interesting dust-up
here because when you look at Ventana and who two of
their big shareholders are—first of all, there is Brazilian
Mining and Energy billionaire Eike Batista, who owns
about 16% of Ventana and Ross Beaty, the Vancouver
mining magnate who owns over 10%.
Will this squabble slow things down dramatically and
how long could it take for an agreement? Or what else
could go wrong! Or could it all be resolved quickly?
Meanwhile, the first small financial crisis since the big
one of a year ago and something like $59 to $80 billion of
loans out of Dubai are in trouble and the world markets
are in a bit of a tizzy...but what happens? The American
dollar goes up and gold goes down! Was that supposed
to happen?
We will reiterate one of our big points on the gold sec-
tor...the brokers have now issued so many shares of so
many gold companies, it’s like a flood of share certifi-
cated being issued out there. It means that many of the
gold companies simply don’t have any leverage to the
price of gold. How about a Barrick Gold with 1 billion
shares outstanding or Kinross with...well, you get the
drift.
Your first question before who is management, what is
the project, where is it, how much money in the bank or
how soon to production, should be how many shares out-
standing?
There are always lots good adventures in the market,
but one of our favorites right now is Amazon Mining, for its
potential fertilizer/thermal potash project in a country
(Brazil) that desperately needs the product. Currently over
90% of this is imported into Brazil because of the rain
leaching the soils and with many farmers getting two or
three crops a year, fertilizer is desperately needed.
Amazon has very few shares outstanding, offering the
speculator lots of leverage, but if you live in the greater
Toronto area Amazon is featuring a “Christmas with the
Chairman” evening in the Library Room at Verity, with
food being supplied by George Restaurant.
Amongst his other skills such as having been a former
significant insider at Potash Canada and having played in
the mining game in China, Chairman Peter Gundy is also
in the restaurant business and will be having a get-
together on December 7th that maybe you should attend.
We have certainly found him an amazing source of in-
formation on many things to do with mining and fertilizer
in particular. The food should be good and hey—if you
are looking for other information on other mining compa-
nies or even one—Amazon, remember that Jed Richard-
son, Vice President Corporate Development will be there
and he is a former mining analyst with Sprott Securities.
Should be a great meeting!
Meanwhile, Amazon has just put out a new 7-page look/
see at the company and what they heck it is all about. For
those with a bit of a technical background,
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND:
Her Majesty's treasury in the United Kingdom now
owns an estimated 84% of the Royal Bank of Scotland...lucky
them after all those huge bail outs the British Government
has given RBS.
The RBS has become the poster child for bad loans,
poor risks, excessive management compensation, man-
agement being fired with exorbitant settlements to
leave...you name it. So are you at all surprised to learn
that they could be the biggest loser in the loans to Dubai?
For those of us who were involved in the Oilexco deba-
cle of last year, it was RBS—the banker, that pulled the
plug on Oilexco.
Friday, November 27, 2009
Pescod Talks about Gold...
Canadian Arrow drills sulphide mineralization at Glatz nickel project
| Canadian Arrow drills sulphide mineralization at Glatz nickel project 08:59 EST Thursday, November 19, 2009 | |
SUDBURY, ON, Nov. 19 /CNW/ - Canadian Arrow Mines Limited (CRO: TSX-V) (the "Company") is pleased to report it has intersected sulphide mineralization on its Glatz nickel copper project located 40 km south of Dryden Ontario and 70 km east of its flagship Kenbridge advanced nickel copper project.
Diamond drill hole GZ-09-02 intersected coarse blebby and finely disseminated sulphides from surface to the 90m interval. The mineralization is consistent with that displayed in trenches and outcrop exposures occurring at surface above the hole.
More significantly it also intercepted vein and stringer breccia sulphide bands over a 12m down-hole interval between 41.0m and 53.0m.
Initial examination of the core has identified encouraging widespread magmatic sulphide mineralization associated with breccia zones within a gabbro and pyroxenite intrusion. The geological model bears a resemblance to the Company's Kenbridge nickel-copper deposit.
The Kenbridge deposit is also characterized by near-surface, wide-spread disseminated nickel-copper sulphide mineralization suitable for open pit extraction that resolves at depth into narrower, high grade semi-massive lenses and disseminated mineralization suitable for underground extraction.
Kenbridge and Glatz are only two of the 23 recorded nickel-copper sulphide bearing occurrences hosted within the same 220km ring of volcanics and ultramafic intrusives located between Dryden and Kenora, Ontario.
To date two NQ size holes have been logged and sampled for a total of 416m. Core samples have been split and sent out for analyses at an accredited laboratory in accordance with NI 43-101 best practice guidelines. No estimation can be concluded at this time of the extent or true widths of the mineralization. Additional drilling has been allocated to follow up on the mineralization.
Hole GZ-09-02 was drilled on coordinates 26+00N at 45+35E, at an azimuth of 180 degrees and a dip 0f -60 degrees. Hole GZ-09-01 was drilled on coordinates 26+00N and 45+85E at an azimuth of 180 degrees and a dip of -60 degrees. The hole was drilled through the northern intrusive/volcanic contact. Although sulphide mineralization is weak, the presence of variable sulphide, potassic, chloritic and silica alteration are interpreted to be distal vector indicators of a regional mineralization package.
The Glatz Property is the first of six targets to be drilled on the Turtlepond Lake Group of projects. The Turtlepond Lake Group consists of three previously under-explored historic nickel-copper occurrences, (Glatz, Emmons and Prigg), coincident with recently surveyed electromagnetic conductor/magnetic anomalies, and three other newly discovered geophysical targets, North Glatz, Night Danger, and Double E. All targets are clustered within 1.5 km of each other and occur within a few kilometres either side of highway 502.
The exploration program is being carried out under the direction of The Company's Vice President of Exploration, Mr. Todd Keast P. Geo., a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101. The information in this release was prepared under the direction of Mr. Kim Tyler, P. Geo., President of the Company, a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.
About Canadian Arrow Mines:
Canadian Arrow Mines Limited is focused on acquiring and developing nickel sulphide deposits near existing infrastructure. The Company's principal asset is the Kenbridge Project, a nickel-copper sulphide deposit containing over 44,000 tonnes of nickel in the measured & indicated classes, (Sedar, Aug. 19, 2008), as follows:
<< - Measured Resource: 3,546,000 tonnes grading 0.45% nickel, 0.24% copper, 0.015% cobalt. - Indicated Resource: 3,593,000 tonnes grading 0.79% nickel, 0.42% copper, 0.018% cobalt. >>
The deposit remains open in three directions, is equipped with a 620 m shaft and has never been mined.
<< * National Instrument 43-101: Mr. E. Puritch, P. Eng., Ms. Tracy Armstrong, P.Geo., and Antoine Yassa, P.Geo. of P&E Mining Consultants Inc. are the independent qualified persons for the Kenbridge resource estimates. >>
Mineral resources which are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. The estimate of mineral resources may be materially affected by environmental, permitting, legal, title, socio-political, marketing, or other relevant issues.
Additional information relating to Canadian Arrow is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
This press release may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Canadian securities legislation and the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this press release and the Company does not intend, and does not assume, any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
For further information: visit the website at www.canadianarrowmines.ca, or contact Mr. Kim Tyler, President and Director, toll free, 1-877-262-6354
| © Copyright Canada Newswire |
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SUDBURY, ON, Nov. 9 /CNW/ - Canadian Arrow Mines Limited (CRO: TSX-V) (the "Company") announces it has begun diamond drilling the first of its high priority Turtlepond area nickel-copper projects located 40 km south of Dryden in northwestern Ontario. Over twelve first-pass holes are planned totaling 2,500 metres of drilling over six priority targets. The Turtlepond Lake Group consists of three previously under-explored historic nickel-copper occurrences, (Glatz, Emmons and Prigg), coincident with recently surveyed electromagnetic conductor/magnetic anomalies, and three other newly discovered geophysical targets, North Glatz, Night Danger, and Double E. All targets are clustered within 1.5 km of each other and occur within a few kilometres either side of highway 502.
The Glatz Property is the first of these targets to be drilled and will consist of four holes for an approximate total of 800 metres of NQ core. Mechanical trenching and ground geophysical surveys on the Glatz showing have delineated two parallel zones of mineralization which extend for 900 m and 700 m in length respectively. Widespread disseminated and blebby nickel-copper-iron sulphide mineralization has been exposed and channel sampled along both trends. Both anomalies are coincident with airborne geophysical anomalies and have not yet been drill tested. An 800m long VTEM anomaly is associated with the Glatz showing and eleven conductive targets have been identified. In 2007 Arrow investigated a series of historical trenches along this geophysical trend with grab sample assay results ranging between trace to 1.28% Ni, and trace to 4.56% Cu. More detail on the Glatz Property can be viewed on the company's website at:
http://www.canadianarrowmines.
The exploration program is being carried out under the direction of The Company's Vice President of Exploration, Todd Keast P. Geo., a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101. The information in this release was prepared under the direction of Kim Tyler, P. Geo., President of the Company, a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.
Canadian Arrow provides clarification on previous option grant
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SUDBURY, ON, Oct. 23 /CNW/ - Canadian Arrow Mines Limited (the "Company") (CRO-TSX Venture) announced today that the exercise price of its previously disclosed grant of stock options (see press release dated October 6, 2009) has been amended from $0.05 per share to $0.10 per share in order to comply with the rules of the TSX Venture Exchange. All other terms of such options remain as disclosed in the October 6, 2009 press release.
Canadian Arrow prepares to drill nickel projects
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SUDBURY, ON, Oct. 5 /CNW/ - Canadian Arrow Mines Limited (CRO: TSX-V) (the "Company") having recently completed a $1.83M financing is pleased to provide an update on the exploration programs planned on its nickel-copper properties located in northwestern Ontario.
"Over $1.5M is to be expended on resumption of our exploration activities," comments Company President Kim Tyler. "First pass drilling programs are prepared to evaluate the six highest priority targets on our regional projects in addition to drilling proposed on the open extensions of our flag-ship Kenbridge nickel/copper deposit."
The initial focus will be on the Turtlepond Lake group of projects located about 40 km south of Dryden, Ontario and 70 km east of Kenbridge. The Turtlepond Lake Group consists of three previously under-explored historic nickel-copper occurrences, (Glatz, Emmons and Prigg), coincident with recently surveyed electromagnetic conductor/magnetic anomalies, and three other newly discovered geophysical targets, North Glatz, Night Danger, and Double E. All targets are clustered within 1.5 km of each other. A map detailing the Turtlepond projects can be viewed on the Company's website at:
http://www.canadianarrowmines.
- The drill program which comprised our 253 million dollar property is open at depth and further drilling could significantly increase the resource. Some of our strongest results were on outer edges of the drill zone. De-watering of the 2500 meter mine shaft will allow them to get at these areas. The intersection I speak of is the 7% nickel over 5 meters that intersection comes from the end of the drill core. Further exploration could offer up amazing results. 0 summer 2008 drill results out, any significant finds in mine ready atikocan or kenora/dryden properties will lift stock.
- The company has contractual agreements with Opiwica explorations (OPW) on the TSX.V to mill there major gold and copper find with in close proximity of Canadian Arrows Planned site. Mining could begin on both projects in early 2010. This represents earnings and is a good partnership for a company seeking to be the next significant Nickel Copper producer in Canada.
- Canadian Arrow has the ability to produce nickel in its mine at 3.47 per pound nickel. That kind of number is unheard of in comparison to other mines. With production scheduled for early 2010 (around the same time our economy should be significantly rebounding) what if nickel prices return back to 15 dollars per pound? This site will look like a gem to any investor! (plus the property would be worth about 400mil at 15 dollars per pound nickel.
This is just a few of the key points that I believe make this company look attractive. If my predictions are correct we will see a significant rebound to normal multiples over the course of the next couple of months and with any significant news pertaining to my points and our sp and volume will be sent soaring. JV with cash on the books and abilitiy to help put project into production will send our sp back to .50 if not higher! I am Bull on Canadian Arrow mines.
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