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Nice to see gold doing well, if US CPI is below 6.5% tomorrow gold may break $1900, either way this is looking great with no late reported sells yesterday I noted.
interesting ..not least because of the grades quoted.. good find and thanks for sharing Boo
Nice to see much higher volumes today .. no matter what we close at this day has helped churn out people for sure
Thanks for posting Boo all helps the churn..which is what is happening atm
looks like that tip has peaked some interest...let's see what our seller(s) do ...
looking perky today ...
Well one think is for certain this is looking better and better .. I almost feel optimistic :)
well our seller seems to have taken a break or finished ... lost count the amount of times I've thought that LOL
The only time they will need money soon is if the order outstrip the ability to supply..That is a good problem to have and one which Bracco will kindly step up for. The British have an uncanny knack of talking themselves out of any investment LOL
good question Mr Bond... Eric's timing on good news the past year has been awfully unlucky. Positive RNS' seemed to come every time of bad market days which left us languishing for 12 months. He just needs to hit guidance on 4th Q production and get some Kenya news out in due course.. No idea what the SP will do but at some point this will play catch up to other miners.
well a buy 200k shares just went through at 10.1 and they are holding the bid down still. Just need a little more volume to push this up
Yep looks better ... test will be breaking 10.5 on the bid in due course ...
Well we will have to disagree on that point.. posting what the media write up as a positive cannot be pointless for investors in this company.. As for expectations, well there are two sides of an investment case and people have (and will) make their own mind up. I am bullish and make no apologies for it whereas you are not which is also fine; not pointless.
meanwhile the MM's play silly b$ggers with the spread but we will prevail this year.. keep the faith all :)
Noel.. the fact that the SP has done nothing over the past year is not something anyone can argue with. The liquidity problem with a share with 1 billion in issue is also a real downside given that the MM's operate a ridiculous spread most of the time to compound the problem. I don't see this through rose tinted glasses; far from it it is the single most frustrating share I have ever owned and any sign of volume is the only opportunity that large holders have to sell down... That said I believe that the macro climate will be favourable and if Eric can get a grip on the Kenya front then this will provide a catalyst for the long suffering large holders to re-evaluate their intentions when volume occurs.
I do wish the broker would make representations to the MMs thou and they kill momentum by risk adverse market making.
everyone have a peaceful New Year.. DJ
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